On Sunday February 21, we recorded the music for Strands at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal with composer Gabriel Dharmoo and sound recordist Jean-François Blouin. The music is made up of harpsichord (Jean-Willy Kunz), marimba (Olivier Maranda) and clarinet/bass clarinet (François Gagné). The timbral possibilities of these instruments cover a wide palette of colour [...]
The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (Québec Council for the Arts) has awarded me a travel grant to cover the rest of the costs of my trip in France this March at the Aubagne International Film Festival where composer Gabriel Dharmoo and I will present Refractions. Merci Québec!
Composer Gabriel Dharmoo and I just received funding to present Refractions in the Official Short Film Competition at the Festival International du Film d’Aubagne in France this March! As I mentioned in an earlier post, this festival is about music and video collaborations, so both Gabriel and I have a chance at winning various awards, from [...]
Refractions, and particularly its music and sound design by Gabriel Dharmoo, has been selected to compete in the Official Short Film Competition, category ‘Experimental’, at the Festival International du Film d’Aubagne in France, taking place March 15 – 20, 2010. In the Short Film Competition, Refractions is among 74 films selected out of 1,187 submitted to [...]
Last Thursday we officially finished production of Strands. We had a couple more shots to get that we couldn’t fit into our 4-day shoot that took place end of October, beginning of November 09. Of course there’s a lot more post-production shooting with animation to be done, but these won’t be involving our dancers. Now I continue editing! Click above title for photos.
Refractions screened at the INVIDEO festival in Milan, Italy on November 13, 2009 to an audience of over 100 people. I was lucky enough to be able to be there and present my film, thanks to grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. Click above title for photos.
* Production for Strands finished in November 2009
* Currently in post-production
* Film to be released mid-April 2010
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