Collaborating with Artists From "Somewhere Else"

Also published on Vancouver Film School's blog (Wednesday, May 2, 2012) There are two things I discovered early at VFS: I'd have to work with others to get stuff done, and most of the people I'd be working with had come from "somewhere else" in the world. Collaboration. It's the name of the game at VFS. Whether a massive school project or a seemingly small piece for a students's personal portfolio, absolutely nothing gets created,...

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Spring Break with the Kids

Four months rush madly by and we're back in Alberta with the kids again. Woosh! Thank you, Spring Break! After much phoning, texting, Skype-seshing, and Facebookery since Christmas, we flew into Calgary, settled into Brandi and Steve's, and booked it to Airdrie to grab James, Jenni and Ricky - the "Titanic Trio" - for a week of good times, catching up, and too-long-denied hugs, cuddles and arm punches. James is now roughly eight feet tall (give...

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1000 Views on YouTube!

I promised Mel we'd go out for dinner once my YouTube channel hit 1000 views. On April 5, 2012, I finished recording the third of three original scores for films by Vancouver Film School students, including one of VFS's sixth annual Compendium productions, The Flowers. (The others were Jason Chan's Final Verdict and Nicholas Humphries Forgiveness.) Posting Flowers and Verdict to YouTube (Forgiveness is en route) pushed the...

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