Animation Tips | Timing is Everything
Take a peek at animator Cordell Barker's creative process with this guest post about the importance of timing in filmmaking.
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Here we feature updates, tips, and other useful information for creators in the film and media industries, including interviews with practitioners and discussion of emerging technologies, forms, and audiences.
10 technologies that could revolutionize film
I have a suspicion that my friend Stéphane Jolicoeur (Senior Internet Applications Analyst at the NFB) lives in the future. Not that he time travels like Marty McFly (although I...
Balkan Powder Keg: Controversy, Censorship and the Missing Film
During World War 2 the National Film Board was actively involved in producing films that would provide a uniquely Canadian view of the war effort at home and on the...
Enjoy Free Animation Films and Workshops Across Canada Starting October 26th
The NFB is launching the 6th edition of Get Animated!, bringing many of the country’s finest and funniest animated films to communities across Canada in celebration of International Animation Day...
The Sloane Affair: Tax Fraud Drama with a Twist
Do you enjoy tense, exciting, dramatic films that focus on police investigations? What about gripping courtroom dramas? If you answered “Yes” to both questions, have I got a good film...
Take a Master Class with animator Patrick Bouchard in Toronto on September 9
We’re thrilled to announce that as part of our activities surrounding the Toronto International Film Festival this year, filmmaker Patrick Bouchard will be hosting a free Animation Master Class at...
Hot Shots: Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra and Ravi Shankar on Set in 1957
A Chairy Tale is a short film about a chair with a mind of its own that refuses to be sat on. It was directed by NFB legends Norman McLaren...
The Quiet Racket: Getting in Touch with Nature
Are you fed up with living in the city? Is the noise getting to you? Wish you could escape to the country for the weekend? Pack up and go camping,...
Tourist Go Home: Vacationing in Canada circa 1959
Summer has arrived in Canada once again. Time to plan your vacation. Will it be a trip overseas? A beach vacation in the Caribbean? A week at the cottage? Or...
Open Casting Call for First Nations/Aboriginal Youth
Our friend and NFB alumnus Aisling Chin-Yee (The Colour of Beauty) is producing a new feature film (alongside John Christou) and you could be in it. The film, titled Rhymes...
Road Movie: An interview with Elle Flanders
*UPDATE (14 June. 2012)* After remarked appearances at TIFF and the Berlinale, Road Movie is hitting the Prairies. From July 6 to August 18, 2012, the film installation will be...
A Trip Down Memory Lane: A Phantasmagoria of the 20th Century Compressed by Arthur Lipsett
May 13th marks the 76th anniversary of the birth of experimental filmmaker Arthur Lipsett. I thought it appropriate to talk about his films and why they have become such cult...