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Capturing emotions – filming cinema vérité documentary

CBC’s one hour documentary “Company Town” has been gathering laurels and invites to film festivals since its release last fall. I even see that the film will be screened in a real movie theatre… with people in it… at a film festival in New York city. It is a welcomed sign of change from the…

by Russell Gienapp

Food styling and videos for social media

I have done plenty of shoots during this pandemic, so I know how much work and worry it can be making content with Covid-19 hanging over everyone’s head. PPE and protocols start to overshadow the actual reason for being there… the creative process. That is why Kari Svenneby of FoodStylingToronto.ca and I are offering a…

by Russell Gienapp
It was a blast to put together the Toronto team and shoot with Canadian snooker legend Cliff Thornburn for the new BBC2 series Gods of Snooker produced by the wonderful people at Mindhouse Productions in London. If you have BBC2 the first episode airs this Sunday at 9pm on BBC2 https://lnkd.in/gJ75vFk #documentary #snooker #remoteproduction If someone made an action film of my dreamy memories of my pre-pandemic documentary work. Looking forward to the return of the days we can immerse ourselves in big projects. Photo:Michael Morrow Inspiration via photoshop: @gregorybennettdp #documentary #documentaryphotography #setlife #setlife skills working for ya on home reno Everything is easy and perfect on today’s shoot for OLG. Even the temperature in a chilly building. Not just another zoom meeting... I took a break from some home reno work to be a guest speaker to about 90 Humber Film and Media Degree students as they prepare to launch production careers. The whole time I was thinking about how much I miss my industry mentor and friend Jim Hardie and how important it was for him to give back to the industry. #giveback #creative #film #production #humbercollege Though the mask made for messy hair we had a great day making docs. #remotefilmproduction #zoomproduction #zoomproductions #zoomproductionmedia Maybe there is a reason that Elsa and @foodstylingtoronto are not bothered by the cold. Food stylist Kari Svenneby’s latest winter inspiration. #nordicstyle #foodstylingandphotography #foodstagram #foodstylingtoronto #frozen❄️ #frozenfoodchallenge #cocktailsofinstagram #photographertoronto #nordiccuisine #nordiccocktails Setting up for a remote interviewing Toronto while staying distant and being safe in Toronto with the director in the UK on zoom. #documentary #remoteinterview #filmproduction #varicamlt #panasonic #documentaryphotography This Friday Jan 22 around 7:50am @foodstylingtoronto will be on CBC Radio one Toronto (Metro Morning) talking about why she brings her family outside in the winter to cook and eat meals during the pandemic.