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Entries Tagged as 'FILMMAKING'
The First Baby Cliff Film is up!
November 12th, 2011 · Comments Off
I am very excited that the first film in the Baby Cliff Series is up!
Think trapped in the bathroom with only your significant other and a bomb to keep you company.
Taking Critique
June 14th, 2011 · Comments Off
As you may know I recently participated in CBC’s filmmaker’s challenge. It was an interesting experience for me since as a director I am much more comfortable being behind the camera. My stint on the show involved showing my film, talking about my work and then recieving an intense critique “American Idol” style from [...]
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Avoid the festival scam
May 5th, 2011 · 2 Comments
First of all I am excited to announce that the Interrogation screened for the first time on the Big Screen at the University of Calgary’s Show Us Your Shorts Film Festival a couple of weeks ago. Show Us Your Shorts is a great local Calgary Festival that I would call “one of the good guys”. [...]
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Have fun while you make movies
March 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment
The other day a friend of mine asked me for a favor. It went something like this:
Friend: Dom I can’t get a real sound guy for my shoot next week, can you do it?
Me: I haven’t run sound in a while, I’m kinda rusty…
Friend: I’m desperate Dom, it will be no stress, really simple. [...]
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Make your first bad movie
November 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments
I was recently talking to a friend of mine who has been on the verge of making his first film for about 7 years now. The other day we were out for beers and we had a conversation that went something like this:
Me: Just do it bro, get your first bad movie out of your [...]
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Dirt Bag Filmmaking-A few thoughts
November 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
I was just up shooting climbing interviews at the Banff Mountain Film Festival with my brother, Jamie Clarke who was interviewing a number of rock climbers and Mountaineers. Many of the interviewees confessed that they were just “dirt bag climbers” at heart. For those of you that don’t know, a “dirt bag climber” is,
“Piss-poor, unemployed [...]
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James Hopkins rappels, Steve Dhillon and Whitney Grace get tied up, Aaron Moseson and Ivona Mikulic prep the Red Rig
April 11th, 2010 · Comments Off
As promised, here are some more behind the scenes photos from the Baby Cliff shoot. It makes me want to do it all over again soon!
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Working with the Red Camera-By Dominique
March 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments
As some of you may know we shot the first two awesome Baby Cliff episodes using the Red Camera. The Red Camera is one of the latest and greatest new Indie Filmmaking cameras www.red.com. The great thing about the Red Camera is it’s resolution and color latitude. Uhh oh! Watch out this is turning into [...]
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My kinda schoolin’ – By Smita
January 20th, 2010 · Comments Off
These videos of the Sundance Directors Lab were very interesting. Previous lab projects include Reservoir Dogs & Boys Don’t Cry. The structure is similar to Women In the Director’s Chair one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. I can’t wait to watch more of these. I love watching projects (and filmmakers) as they develop. [...]
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