CTV Vancouver Station Tour
Our first-year students had a chance to get downtown today to visit CTV Vancouver’s station on Burrard street (apologies for not getting photos behind the scenes of our Global BC tour last week, I’ll get some ASAP!)
Looks like some of the beautiful CTV Olympic setpieces got saved and are now being put to good use in their studio, including a gorgeous 150″ Panasonic plasma set that was being used for the Olympic studio.
One of the really enjoyable experiences about visiting stations around town is meeting all of our grads – they’re working everywhere! It’s one of those unique aspects of the Television and Video Production program that really allows us to get students industry placements to get their “foot in the door”.
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More HD production this week!
First up was a commercial for Gold’s Gym – the “under glass” part comes from the location – in the racquetball courts at BCIT (the gym was busy). Inner (and outer) strength can show itself in many ways, and a bench full of cheerleaders (who are eyeing the athletic hero) feel the earth move from an unlikely source.
Shooting on-location offers some unique learning experiences. Shooting on location in poor weather offers additional learning experiences… While we didn’t get much in the way of snow for our Olympic experience, mother nature is making up for lost time with rain. And a lot of it…
Today we ventured forth with a production for “The Running Room”, which illustrates a strong motivational factor for a lonely athlete to encourage him to do more running. Extra points if you can guess the concept!
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Well, we don’t usually treat our own students this way, however we have no problems putting other kids in cages. Particularly if we’re working to create a Public Service Announcement!
First up this week, and a first for our new P2-HD production cameras is a PSA for the Delta Community Animal Shelter.
Some people are unwilling or unable to deal with troublesome pets, and their first choice is to get rid of them – but you wouldn’t do that to your own children… Would you?
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More commercials this week – our last batch before we move on to our second set of commercial spots for real clients (and shot in P2-HD on our new HPX-300 cameras).
First up this week was the classic story of a poor guy that gives his girl an “unfortunate” gift on a special day. The end result is that he ended up in the doghouse. Check the image gallery to see if you can spot the ill-advised gift…
Our second commercial of the week was actually a public service announcement to try and encourage people not to drink and drive. Although you won’t see it on the gallery photos, the idea is that everyone has a “life clock” that shows how much time they have left before death.
Of course, drinking and driving would cause that number to be shortened rather quickly…
If you look carefully at some of the photos, you’ll see CG tracking dots on some of the actors where the students will be using After Effects to composite-in tracked countdown clocks. Should be interesting!
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The first-year class had our first field-trip of the term and got to tour through CBC Vancouver’s new digs. The recent construction did wonders for the newsroom and production facilities. Very nice!
More commercials this week. We’re back from our Olympic break and back to work!
First up this week was a commercial for Fruit of the Loom underwear. Thanks to the kind folks at Knowledge: for allowing us to use their studio for the white cyc background.
Next up was a commercial for Purdy’s chocolates – allowing a young businesswoman who has a less than successful presentation, but melts the hearts of the board members with a box of tasty chocolates!
Coming up soon – our first commercial productions using our new P2-HD HPX-300 cameras. We are happy to be teaching tapeless workflows! When combined with our Facilis and Omneon servers, it’s a potent combination.
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