Sept 26th to the 28th, 2014.
It's going to be a BUSY weekend ...
Starting at noon on Friday, the 26th ...
Culture Days will be blasting off at Burlington Civic Square at City Hall.
Calendar of events pdf, link here.
Drop by, say hi, & learn more about this newly-formed industry-networking FAB-ulous group.
Opening Ceremonies by the Mayor will occur around 7-ish.
Lots of live music, live acts, demos & samplers.
participating in a 'meet & greet' for my short story contribution to a new book title -
ENGRAVED: Canadian Short Stories of World War One
(edited by Bernadette Rule, published by Seraphim Books of Woodstock)
(If you can't make this author's signing, you can always pick up this title here.)
As a dabbler in documentary filmmaking, one of my short videos (4min) will be shown.
Mostly I produce, direct and shoot these items as compliments
Drop into any event. All are FREE.
Create, Participate & Celebrate!
PROUD SUPPORTER OF DOORS OPEN
UPDATE & REVIEW: ... phew, fun ..
Started off with an hour & a half interview, last week, with videographer, Kune Hua, for a City-produced video for Culture Days. Location: back country on top of the Escarpment, at one of my quiet places ... I THOUGHT it went well, but I think Kune got a bit distracted by the scenery ... The end product of the Culture Days' Kick Off video had a 3 second blip of me saying 'It's about UNITY!' - as per a hastily tacked on SCRIPT. Ha! Gotta love local propaganda: "Many Voices, One Vision! " ... ra ra ...
Here's the entire 2 min City of Burlington's Culture promo video,
... see if you can spot me 'on location': http://youtu.be/jVrqOvp7c_0
The interview was followed by the 'formal' Kick Off at Civic Square at Burlington City Hall. All in all, it was well presented, but someone goofed BIG TIME with the programming choice of a kiddie punk band before & after the Mayor's reading of the Culture Days proclamation ... Their sound was not only jarring, but deafening. Still, the 'cultural troops' were there, showcasing their wares & chatting up their talents. I assisted at the Filmmaker's Alliance of Burlington's booth for several hours, meeting & greeting some fascinating members of the public. (More on that soon, if one particular 'story' pans out ...)
This short video gives a little taste of what FAB is all about ...
( I shot the two clips of Andy & gang at early Meet-Ups on my iPod.)
The next day, Saturday, I was on deck at the Different Drummer Bookstore, flogging my latest published short story contribution to the WW1 anthology, 'Engraved'. Was rather surprised by the arrival of various members of the media: The Bay Observer, Snapd Burlington and a FILM CREW from FAB. (I think they were just wandering around getting b-roll for Culture Days ... ) For a bookstore, it was pretty LIVELY.
Next up was the screening of my short film, Dave Lambert: Master Knot Tyer with a bunch of other shorts at the Burlington Public Library. In truth, hardly anyone was there, except the filmmakers' themselves. But the glory of our TOTALLY WIRED age allows any to view this event, after the fact, via the internet. The Q&A after the screening was captured on 2 sets of video cams, and seemingly it will appear somehow somewhere soon ... I'll link back to that whenever and wherever it appears ... Other filmmakers on the panel included Kune Hau (see above); Andy Shaw, Co-Founder of FAB; Jim Riley, local video artist; Alex Hutchison and Morgan Muscat, both seasoned & somewhat traditional 'storytellers'. We all yapped away, spouting our experience & preferences. Managed to get one 'screen grab' from the raw footage.
Andy Shaw, MLH & Kune Hua
Q&A with Burlington Filmmakers
End of day? Back up to the farm to put up my feet.
(Bum ankle was killing me by that point ... ) DONE!
On Sunday, a photo-journo from The Milton Champion called ...
Photo shoot happened 3pm for the up-coming STUDIO TOUR on Oct 4/5th.
On and Up!!!
UPDATE: (Nov 28th, 2014) The Filmmakers Alliance of Burlington just released
their 'Culture Days 2014' video. See it here.
