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Bryan Darrell on the creation of “Tournament”

Michael — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 17:12:09 +0000

The Black Invitational Basketball Tournament was a gift Bryan Darrell left to the black communities of Nova Scotia. Bryan took some time to tell me about the first year “Tournament” was held and the reason he started it.

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Covering Canada Day

Michael — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 17:57:23 +0000

How did you spend your Canada Day weekend?

We were on the Commons in Halifax Nova Scotia working with a great crew shooting the Canada Day concert. Big shout outs to Chuck Calder at 45 North Broadcast Group, Sean Senechal from Cafe Media Solutions, Danny Leadley from Cameraman.ca and Ian Barker for coming together and providing great coverage of the concert.

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Tournament – Vince Williams on Community

Michael — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:11:35 +0000

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Tournament Doc – Post 2

Michael — Wed, 10 May 2017 00:39:37 +0000

I had the chance to sit down and talk with Carl Gannon. He was involved with the Black Invitational Basketball Tournament from the very beginning to the very end. He’s played in, sat on the Board of Directors and was a huge part of the yearly organization of the tournament for over fourty years. Here’s a small snippet of his thoughts on how the tournament grew and benefitted the community.

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TOURNAMENT DOC Post #1

Michael — Fri, 05 May 2017 17:19:10 +0000

We are under way. Research of the fourty plus year history of the Black Invitational Basketball Tournament in Nova Scotia has begun. I’ll be posting regularly with quotes from interviews, found footage and updates about the project “TOURNAMENT”. Here is a quick clip from tournament veteran Jaysen Bundy from my talk with him the other day. Thanks to everyone who has responded to me so far.

If you were involved in, went to cheer someone on, refereed in, volunteered at, DJ’ed, BBQ’ed, witnessed your best friend get dunked on or have some great pics or video get back at me.

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Videos for Value Proposition

Michael — Tue, 02 May 2017 15:04:54 +0000

Did you know that 92% of mobile video consumers share videos with others. That could be a lot of eyes on your business. Let us explain with a 30-45 second video how your products or services solve problems for your clients? Give us a call and we can help you with a value proposition video for your business.

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Change of Scenery

Michael — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:03:37 +0000

My family and I just got back from Alberta on Tuesday. Although we didn’t end up with as much time as maybe we would have liked to travel we were able to get to Waterton Lakes National Park. We had visited the park a year ago. At that time the sun was shining, the snow was almost melted and it was very bright and warm. This year, the road heading up the mountains was closed, the air was cool and there was a haze of clouds and blowing snow over the mountain peaks. I was able to grab just a a few photos from down below.

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Editing Tips From One of the Best

Michael — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:18:28 +0000

I just came across this great article on PremiumBeat.com that not only had me thinking about my own editing skills but also how I teach the craft to my students. A great read with more links if you’d like to go deeper down the rabbit hole.

Video Editing Tips and Tricks from Oscar-Nominated Editor Joe Walker

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A Good Word For Great Work

Michael — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 01:28:04 +0000

I like to make sure if someone has done great work for me, that I let them know. So today I spent some time setting up a testimonial for the crew at Lotta Digital. That’s the team that put this website together. True professionals in every sense of the word. Generous with their time and knowledge, detail oriented and quick to respond whenever I had a question. The whole HLF team couldn’t be any happier.

Testimonials are a great add on to any company website. Video testimonials are even better. Seeing someone who is completely satisfied talking about their experience working with a fantastic company speaks to your audience. It reassures them you’re the right choice. If you’ve done great work and clients would like to recognize you for that, give us a call. We’ll bring the lights, camera, microphones and even a teleprompter if needed.

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Opening the Vault

Michael — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:39:13 +0000

We just wrapped up the Advanced TV Doc workshop at King’s College on Friday. The class had a packed screening along with an in depth Q&A about process, the do’s and don’ts and advice for the next group of hopeful documentarians to pass through the university doors. I am extremely proud of all of them for what they accomplished. I am also sad to see them go.

With a little time off over the weekend I went back to revisit my final documentary project at Vancouver Film School from 2005. It’s a short doc called “Bleeding Blue Walls” that I co-created with Rosan Sashida Duffour. It’s a historical piece about the history of Canada’s oldest blues bar The Yale. My favourite part is still the narration by the late, great Jack Velker. Enjoy the watch!

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