Telefilm and CBC announced a deal on Thursday that will see at least four Telefilm-funded movies a year destined for primetime on the public broadcaster.CBC plans to contribute to the development and production of the films, which will go into commercial release in cinemas before being aired on TV.Both CBC and Telefilm will be collaborating with independent producers on creation and promotion of the films.CBC said it would air the films on Sunday evenings, a short time after they disappear from the cinemas.This will allow for cross-promotion of Canadian films, which often get ignored amid the huge marketing spending for Hollywood films.The public broadcaster refused to put a dollar figure on the agreement.Telefilm, a federal agency that provides financial support to independent producers of Canadian films, said in release Thursday that it is seeking innovative ways to advance Canadian films.CBC arts and entertainment head Fred Fuchs will take on a new role as general manager of production enterprises, with the feature film collaboration to be one of his new responsibilities.CBC's head of creative drama, Sally Catto, will take over Fuchs's former post as executive director of arts and entertainment for English services.

CBC plans to create a TV movie about Sam Steele, a member of the North-West Mounted Police and distinguished military veteran who rode out against the Red River Rebellion and fought in the Boer War.CBC is working with the Alberta Film Development Program and Knight Enterprises to recreate the life of one of the country's most famous Mounties.Steele, who lived from 1849 to 1919, was born into an Ontario military family and joined the North-West Mounted Police, precursors to the RCMP, in 1873.He negotiated with the First Nations chief Sitting Bull, fought against Big Bear and solved a famous murder, before leading a force to the Klondike Gold Rush. He also led a private cavalry unit in the Boer War in South Africa and lived to serve in the First World War."From the Red River Expedition to the Boer War, Sir Sam Steele has been at the forefront of several monumental events around the world," Kirstine Stewart, general manager of CBC Television English Services, said Thursday in announcing the movie deal.In 2008, the Sir Samuel Benfield Steele Collection, which includes his letters, artifacts and papers, was repatriated to Canada from his descendants in Britain. It is now housed at the ...

According to reports, Telefilm and CBC have entered into an arrangement that will allow four, new Telefilm-funded movies a year to air during primetime.CBC will contribute to the development/production of the films, to go into commercial release in cinemas before being aired on TV.Both CBC and Telefilm agree to collaborate with indie producers on the creation/promotion of their films.CBC said it would air the films Sunday evenings...

ineplex Galaxy Income Fund posted higher revenue and profits based on heightened demand for movies in the third quarter.Revenue totalled $257.5 million, up 7.7 per cent or $18.4 million from $239.1 million in the same period last year.Attendance at movies in Canada hit 18.8 million, up four per cent from 18 million last year.Cineplex said its box office sales for the quarter, reported at $155.9 million, was the highest-ever box office revenue for any given quarter."From a box office perspective, [the recession] has been fantastic," Cineplex Entertainment CEO Ellis Jacob said.The Toronto-based income trust also reported higher net income of $20.4 million for the third quarter, up from year-ago profit of $18.4 million.Revenue met a consensus estimate of four analysts compiled by Thomson Reuters.That a screener of movies would fare well during a recession even as other businesses dependent on discretionary income have suffered is not necessarily surprising, economists note. Three-month stock chart for Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund on the TSX.Three-month stock chart for Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund on the TSX. (CBC)"People still spend money during recessions; they just spend it on different things," TD Economist Derek Burleton said."The entertainment sector has done well in general, and for people who are ...

The story of Hana's Suitcase has been the subject of a children's book, a TV documentary and a play, but filmmaker Larry Weinstein believes it's worth telling yet again.His feature film, Inside Hana's Suitcase, which has its commercial release Friday, is a docudrama that combines a re-creation of Hana's life with the modern story of how her experience continues to speak to children around the world.Weinstein, a Toronto documentary maker who has made music-themed films such as Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra and Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story, says the book moved him the first time he read it. Suitcase from Auschwitz showed up in JapanThe real Hana's suitcase, an empty suitcase with her name and the word "orphan" in white paint, was retrieved from Auschwitz, where 13-year-old Hana Brady was gassed in 1944.George Brady, older brother of the late Hana Brady, tours and speaks publicly about his sister, who died in Auschwitz in 1944 at the age of 13 and whose suitcase turned up in Japan 57 years later."I didn't want to make a Holocaust film," Weinstein told CBC's Q cultural affairs show. "I found the subject very dark and to be a potentially traumatizing thing, but ...

Irish rockers U2 have teamed up with YouTube to stream the band's Los Angeles concert free of charge, Sunday Oct. 25.The show starts @ 8:30 PM from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, to be broadcast live and available in the US, England, France, Canada, Italy, Spain, Japan, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Mexico, India, Israel, South Korea and the Netherlands.After the live stream, the concert will also be made available on U2's own YouTube channel, following replays on YouTube.Sneak Peek the official HD clip, promoting the upcoming concert event...

CanalPlus.fr has posted a new Iron Man 2 behind-the-scenes video featuring footage and interviews with director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. You can watch the video using the player below! Iron Man 2 hits theaters on May 7, 2010.

Many successful films and TV shows have succeeded in fooling their audiences by masquerading film or digital footage as being real. The idea is that you create a documentary style appearance which translates into the audience believing what they're seeing more.If it appears awkward, or slightly amateurish, nine times out of ten your audience will interpret that what they're seeing is an actual record of events... If created properly.Take films like "Cannibal Holocaust" or "The Blair Witch Project" for example. Why did these films have their audiences so engrossed? They believed what they were watching. The images they saw seemed more convincing and plausible based on the fact that the camera work was slightly (or extremely) shaky, implying the camera operator didn't use a tripod or dolly, but went handheld... With that, the audience forgot that a camera was being used and their minds moved to believe what they were seeing was real. The way it interacted with the story being told was vital, the camera shook when relevant and remained quite static when not, however it was rarely one hundred percent level so as to always have an implication of being held.Your aim, whether you're making a mockumentary ...

Film Making Tips 101 Camera Movements - TiltingTilting falls almost exactly under the same constraints as panning, however it’s on a vertical basis. Tilting could begin for example on the ground and head upwards to reveal a subject in action.Tips: Start a zoom, or pushing the camera in after a pan or tilt. Not a long time after, maybe as short as a fraction of a second. But follow it on from the movement and it will work more smoothly than expected.

Film Making Tips 101 Camera Movements - PanningWhen the camera pans, it moves horizontally (yes, it can be combined with tilting to form an even more spectacular shot, but panning itself is just left to right or right to left). With panning you can take a look across a landscape or scene from either direction to reveal something new.It can also be a good idea to begin a pan by following a movement. For example, a man enters the frame from the left and starts to head towards the right of the screen, the camera may then pan following him but ending on the storyline’s main subjects which he passes. He exits the frame cleanly, but the camera has been brought to the subjects in question.The pace of how you pan should also be taken into consideration so as to not disorientate your viewer. Plus, if your frame has objects which interfere with your pan, you may want to either change the pace to fit viewing these objects or move the camera.