Tuesday, October 26, 2010

"L' Art Heist" - a silent feature

"L' Art Heist" is our first attempt at producing a video project.

I teamed up with three people from opposing Set E and we managed to create a great silent video.

"L'Art Heist" is about two thieves sent out on a mission to take a painting from the "National Gallery".

The silent video was purposely broadcast in black and white and filtered with 'bad-film' to establish an old-time Parisian style of cinematography.

The project came with a little controversy though. I break the 'axis of action' early on in the film but I stand by my claim that I knew what I was doing.

I learned that you need a lot of time to film these little projects.  For this three minute video we were filming for nearly five hours, we used an hour of film and I edited for about ten hours.

A lot of work goes into the production and I couldn't be happier with the result.

The song is "Thick as Thieves" by Kasabian.



Tuesday, October 5, 2010

"If you're going to burn bridges you better know how to swim"


Our Visual Fundaments class divided into groups and sent out into the 'real world' to photograph whatever we wanted.  

The group consists of Matthew J. Van Deventer, Anita Sthankiya, Aaron Mackay, James Lewis and Sasha Perrin.

The theme is BRIDGES so we set out to photograph different bridges around the Lower Mainland.

The group quickly found that it takes more than just the ability to point-and-shoot to take a good photo.

As you will see, we have many different styles of photos from unique angles, various depths of field as well as collections of beautiful colours.

Please enjoy responsibly.



Monday, October 4, 2010

GG in the House

David Johnston has become Canada's 28th Governor-General during an official ceremony held at  Parliament Hill on October 1, 2010.

Johnston started his career as GG with a specialized ceremony that had 26 roses handed to him on Parliament Hill by specifically selected representatives from each province and territory.

Johnston then took the roses and laid them upon the tomb of the unknown soldier, a first for any Governor-General.

Johnston's installation as the official representative to the royal family comes after Michaelle Jean's impressive five year career as the 27th Governor-General.