A Day in the Life...
A forum for DGC Ontario Members to share their experiences, knowledge and insights about working in the film and television industry in or outside of Ontario.
10-Second Film Takes Time
By Christine Whitlock (AD), P.A. - Guild Apprentice Program
Posted October 21, 2010
I made my 10-second film Hyde and Shriek over two Saturdays under a Directors Guild of Canada-Ontario course at Humber College North with Graeme Campbell. I had already bought a severed arm, severed leg and brain for my horror props collection from the Dollar Store. ....Read more.
The Value of Shadowing
By Dawn Wilkinson, Director, She's the Mayor and Devotion
Posted October 4, 2010
"You're in." The words I'd been waiting to hear from the moment I found out that Hungry Eyes Film and Television was considering hiring me to direct my first TV episode. I had joined DGC Ontario as a full director over a year before with the hope that this would happen, but I wasn't quite sure how long I'd have to wait. Then I learned I'd be shadowing Sudz Sutherland and Stephen Reynolds every day until my episode went into prep. ....Read more.
Directing Improv - Instinct and Presence
By Penelope Buitenhuis, Director, A Wake and Train 48
Posted October 1, 2010
A number of years ago, I directed two seasons and over 80 episodes of Train 48, a half-hour improv show that aired four nights a week on Global Television just after the news. I fell so in love with the process, and the enormous creativity unleashed working with actors in improvisation, that I made my latest feature A Wake using the same method. Cassavettes and Mike Leigh are among those who did it well, but often it became scripted. Our show gave only plot and character beats, and was created on the fly in six hours and on air four hours later. It was by no means easy, but boy was it fun. ....Read more.
ADR: The Invisible Art
By Dale Sheldrake, Supervising ADR Editor, The Tudors, 2008
Posted September 10, 2010
A young actress, Emma Hamilton, came to the studio for an ADR session on The Tudors. The network had requested some improved clarity on lines plus a line change for story purposes and changes for free TV. The scene was of Ann Stanhope (Emma) and Francis Bryan (Alan Van Sprang) having sex in the King's court behind some enormous draperies hanging on the wall while the courtiers party....Read more.
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