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Entries Tagged as 'Film schoolin''
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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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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Cold Read – By Smita
August 27th, 2009 · Comments Off
Dominique and I heard two of our scripts read aloud in a cold read last night, thanks to Cold Read Calgary. It was an incredible experience!
The first time I participated in a cold read, I had no idea what it was. I walked into a boardroom with my producer, mentors and the actors (I was [...]
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Smita and I are at the Next Media Festival. We are finding out what’s next in media. Get it?
June 6th, 2009 · Comments Off
By Dominique
Smita and I are in Banff all weekend attending the Next Media festival. The Next Media Festival is basically all about making stuff and selling stuff on the internet. We are learning about trends in internet marketing, content distribution and all that sexy stuff. That and we are enjoying a few glasses of good [...]
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