tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719311979512054002011-08-22T07:14:20.086-07:00Views on all things creative from the Great White North!moderatornoreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271931197951205400.post-3690249129417286892010-11-24T08:21:00.000-08:002010-11-24T08:21:08.445-08:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TNUyh1Lehq0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TNUyh1Lehq0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.brokenpencil.com/">Broken Pencil</a><br />Guide to alternative culture in Canada reviewing the best zines, books, websites, <br />videos, and artworks from the underground.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.canauthors.org/">Canadian Authors Association</a><br />National writing association featuring links to resources, news and information.</p><br /><p><a href="http://writemystery.blogspot.com">Crime Writing</a><br />Resources for crime and mystery writing.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.nwpassages.com/">Northwest Passages</a><br />Canadian literature online.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pencanada.ca/">PEN Canada</a><br />Association of writers supporting Free Speech. </p><br /><p><a href="http://www.placesforwriters.com/index.html">Places For Writers</a><br />Comprehensive resource for Canadian writers. </p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pwac.ca/">PWAC</a><br />Professional Writers Association of Canada.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www3.sympatico.ca/susanio/WWClinks.html">Wordwrights Canada</a><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.cdn-lit.ubc.ca/">Canadian Literature</a><br />Quarterly publication of criticism and review including links to resources.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.cwj.ca/">Canadian Writer's Journal</a><br />Dedicated apprentice and professional writers use the information they find in <br />Canadian Writer's Journal to acquire the edge they use on their way to publication.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.redinkworks.com/">Red Ink Works</a><br />Articles, reviews and resources.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.januarymagazine.com/index.html">January Magazine</a><br />Award winning online publication from Vancouver featuring book reviews and interviews.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.danforthreview.com/links.htm">The Danforth Review</a><br />Canadian writing links and resources.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.storytellermagazine.com/">Storyteller</a><br />Canada's short story magazine.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/271931197951205400-369024912941728689?l=canadianfilmmaking.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>moderatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271931197951205400.post-15362359461540288872010-11-24T07:02:00.000-08:002010-11-24T07:02:00.547-08:00<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V5uAPxiJ7dc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V5uAPxiJ7dc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Four students from <a href="http://www.netdirectories.com/ucc/">Upper Canada College in Toronto</a> researched, designed and deployed an OLPC laptop implementation program at the Ntugi Day Secondary School in Kenya in March 2009. Read more <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.olpcnews.com/content/education/twinning_canadian_and_kenyan_s_1.html">here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/271931197951205400-1536235946154028887?l=canadianfilmmaking.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>moderatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271931197951205400.post-2699471010300401212010-11-24T07:00:00.000-08:002010-11-24T07:00:19.017-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NJKZOO/artzwild-20"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KtAhWTiQU_Y/SYNBy4vgnyI/AAAAAAAABME/hHaD0ndZcB8/s320/41-yV466ofL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297149929198755618" /></a><br /><br />Nia Vardalos took her one-woman play about the pitfalls of interracial marriage and turned it into her noteworthy debut screenplay for My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The film was a tremendous hit, becoming the highest-grossing independent feature and made Vardalos an overnight success, earning her nominations for Best Original Screenplay WGA and Academy Awards®. The Canada native also wrote and starred in the 2004 comedy Connie and Carla and is currently penning an adaptation to the Laura Zigman novel Piece of Work. In this candid and whimsical interview, she talks about how her experiences in the Second City comedy troupe helped her as an actress and a screenwriter, and how the unofficial “tell-the-Greek” word-of-mouth program had a hand in catapulting her movie to such great heights. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mwSQrak793w&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mwSQrak793w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/271931197951205400-269947101030040121?l=canadianfilmmaking.blogspot.com' alt='' 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src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/271931197951205400-570777343794239661?l=canadianfilmmaking.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>moderatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271931197951205400.post-82167276837510959502010-05-15T12:40:00.001-07:002010-05-15T12:40:36.537-07:00<div style='text-align:center'><br /><object width='560' height='450' id='FiveminPlayer' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000'><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true'/><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'/><param name='movie' value='http://embed.5min.com/19141662/'/><param name='wmode' value='window' /><embed name='FiveminPlayer' src='http://embed.5min.com/19141662/' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='450' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' wmode='window'></embed></object><br /><br /><br/><a href='http://www.5min.com/Video/4-Minute-Film-School---Advanced-Lighting-P1-19141662' style='font-family: Verdana;font-size: 10px;' 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/></div>moderatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271931197951205400.post-14202990457701412532010-05-15T06:44:00.000-07:002010-05-15T06:53:32.808-07:00<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7568309&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7568309&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/7568309">Canon 5D Mark II with RODE NTG-3 and Sennheiser G3 wireless</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/dvgeartalk">Guy Cochran</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/271931197951205400-1420299045770141253?l=canadianfilmmaking.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>moderatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271931197951205400.post-81742442861033773082010-05-14T11:48:00.000-07:002010-05-15T12:03:13.670-07:00<div style='text-align:center'><br /><object width='560' height='345' id='FiveminPlayer' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000'> <param name='allowfullscreen' value='true'/><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'/><param name='movie' value='http://embed.5min.com/216536678/'/><param name='wmode' value='window' /><embed name='FiveminPlayer' src='http://embed.5min.com/216536678/' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='345' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' wmode='window'> </embed> </object><br /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.5min.com/Video/Green-Screen-Pre-Production-Process-216536678' style='font-family: Verdana;font-size: 10px;' target='_blank'>How to set-up a green screen</a><br /><br /></div><br />How to set-up a green screen for chromakey and to best sell the green screen effect to your viewers.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/271931197951205400-8174244286103377308?l=canadianfilmmaking.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>moderatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271931197951205400.post-13416420112509966192010-05-13T12:14:00.000-07:002010-05-15T12:18:04.654-07:00<div style='text-align:center'><br /><object width='560' height='345' id='FiveminPlayer' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000'><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true'/><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'/><param name='movie' value='http://embed.5min.com/174117077/'/><param name='wmode' value='window' /><embed name='FiveminPlayer' src='http://embed.5min.com/174117077/' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='345' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' wmode='window'></embed></object><br /><br /><br/><a href='http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Set-Up-Interview-Lighting-174117077' style='font-family: Verdana;font-size: 10px;' target='_blank'>How to Set Up Interview Lighting</a><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/271931197951205400-1341642011250996619?l=canadianfilmmaking.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>moderatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271931197951205400.post-35524288308987186912010-05-12T12:23:00.000-07:002010-05-15T12:24:24.193-07:00<div style='text-align:center'><br /><object width='560' height='345' id='FiveminPlayer' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000'><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true'/><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'/><param name='movie' 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