Live video for “Better Days Ahead”, written by Amanda Rheaume.
Tony Raybould – drums
Nick Gauthier – guitar and vocals
From the album “Light of Another Day” available on iTunes
Check out Amanda’s website http://www.amandarheaume.com/
CREDITS
Director . Editor . DOP – Craig Allen Conoley
Sound Recording – Luca Fiore
Location – Blacks Corner / Carleton Place . Ottawa . Canada
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Now that voting has begun we can officially share “Opposable”, one of 20 entries in OIFF’s 72 Hour Film Challenge! The film was jointly produced by Valkaline, James Park Photography, Partus Films and a handful of extremely talented and hard working individuals.
Please take a moment to watch the film and support our entry by officially voting @ http://oiff.ca/2012/02/10/opposable/
Extra special thanks goes out to Ottawa's newest art hub/cafe...The Daily Grind...The Mexican brownies and gracious accommodations were much appreciated! Visit TDG @ http://www.thedailygrind.ca/
Over the course of the last 72 hours, Partus Films, along with Valkaline, James Park Photography and a slew of talented local professionals, pooled their resources and creative minds together to create “Opposable”, a story about a lonely man who learns there’s more to life when he breaks his arm and is forced into a cast that causes him to give everyone a “thumbs up”. The narrative short has been entered into The OIFF 72 Hour Film Challenge where it will compete against 20+ other teams for the grand prize /The Adobe Creative Suite and a Red One production package from Parktown.
Stay tuned for updates on the selection process and if we made the cut!
Until then….
Here’s a little movie poster courtesy of Partus Films!
We combined the best bits of DOTR’s Synthesis installment to create a small VPK(Video Press Kit) for the group.
It was a big year for Partus Films….its birth year.
Like all things one year of age, Partus is in its infancy, finding itself in a very big world populated by everything that came before. I’d like to think that in our first year of growth we’ve managed, like all beginners, to look around, feel things out and explore our surroundings.
Role models are many and teachers have come in many shapes and sizes, from other kids on the block to mentors kneeling with open arms.
It has been a year of companionship and collaboration within Ottawa’s arts community, a playground of talent with few bullies and enough sand for everyone.
As we welcome 2012 we want to thank each and every influence, every song, every poem, every person who played a foundational role.
As far as firsts go, we couldn’t be happier….well I couldn’t be happier!
Craig
In the latest installment of The Ottawa Voice Box Sessions, we wanted to give local musician Lindsay Ferguson, a platform to showcase her voice and her popular cover of “Donal Og”. Because of the nature and tone of the song we chose Ottawa’s Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica. The churches ambiance and open door policy provided us with an interesting location to film the acapella performance. Patrons prayed and glided around both the camera and Lindsay, entranced and unopposed.
When you walk into such a space there is an unavoidable weight of something in the air. Secular or devout, the feeling slows you down, almost as if the weight of history is coming down. When we played back the ambiance of Lindsay's footsteps into this space, there was an audible synchronicity between the speed at which she performed the song and the speed of her footsteps; a ephemeral metronome. Initially we intended to solely use Lindsay's voice, but upon hearing the "beat and pulse" it became impossible not to layer her footsteps beneath her words.
On a conceptually level the footsteps even take on a metaphorical permanence, a way of perceiving life as a long walk down a long corridor, a journey ending in release and catharsis. On this journey art is the medium housed by man's great structures, evident in the sculptures and stars painted on the cathedral ceilings. Although Lindsay admitted to not being a particularly religious individual, the space was as unbiased to her as she was to it, its own sacred pre-amp plugged into her soul.
We hope you enjoy the video!
Words by: Craig Allen Conoley
If your interested in more about Lindsay, we reviewed her latest Album "Monkey's Under Stars" in our Review section of the site + you can check out her personal website @ http://www.lindsayferguson.com/
I’ve often thought we are animals just kidding ourselves; the only thing separating us from our beastly brethren are the razorblades and an aptness for flattery. I even believe we love as animals do, but pretend and deny the transitory nature of our animalistic condition to seek out long-term companionship and, ultimately, acceptance. Like Monkeys Under Stars our love is small, fragile, fleeting and vulnerable.
In the anticipated wake of Lindsay Ferguson’s recent release, “Monkeys Under Stars”, Partus Films, in collaboration with Ottawa’s Voice Box, will be featuring the artist in the next of The Voice Box Sessions. We wanted to showcase Lindsay’s voice in a space equally as monumental and angelic so we borrowed the keys to The Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica.
Expect the video and an accompanying review of the album very soon!
Partus Films has collaborated with Ottawa Magazine and Fateema Sayani to bring their popular Sound Seekers column alive in video. Check out the first installment featuring Joe Juarez aka: DJ VELVET.
Excerpt from Sound Seekers corresponding article…
by Fateema Sayani
The name Joe Juarez — aka Joe Velvet — is mapped to an era.
The centre-hub of Ottawa clubland in the mid-‘90s was Atomic (where Ritual stands now), and Juarez, along with DJs Martin Villeneuve and Max Graham, crafted the soundtrack to late nights for hundreds of regulars. House music was hot and Juarez brought those big-city sounds to the capital. He became known for getting people onto the dance floor for hours and for having the velvet touch, hence the nickname. Their regular night, called Escape, lasted for three years.
During that time, Juarez, like most musicians, had his hands in multiple professions. He was on the garde-manger line at the old Mill, being mentored by senior chefs. “I learned to cook the French way,” Juarez says.
Read more: http://www.ottawamagazine.com/culture/sound-seekers/
Watch all three installments in the first of our Synthesis Series featuring Ottawa’s electro, pop, punk, spoken word super group ‘The DAUGHTERS of the REVOLUTION”
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