Calgary Videography - Page 3

Rusty van Reddick · #41 Posted **Oct 20, 2012, 10:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by JoelS1

This is a timelapse I shot a couple of weeks ago. It was my first attempt at something like this, so please forgive the couple of little bumps where I had to change the camera battery and moved the alignment slightly.

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Is this shot from Westview Heights apartments? It looks like you live in my old apartment! We were in 3304 if memory serves.

JoelS1 · #42 Posted **Oct 21, 2012, 10:49 PM**

right building, wrong apartment. I'm a few floors up from that.

Chealion · #43 Posted **Jan 9, 2013, 7:23 PM**

Kind of old now (was given to the city in November 2011) - the CPC did a set of six videos for elementary aged students - http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/DBA/Pages/...-Episode1.aspx

I'm not sure why some of the uploaded files on the city's account are all over the place in terms of resolution so I reuploaded them for work's YouTube page:

Episode 1 (1911-1929): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96lfdFMcpA8
Episode 2 (1930-1946): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfOFX4Ql1hU
Episode 3 (1947-1960): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9AsPx1IOpg
Episode 4 (1961-1980): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOwhGtEEQck
Episode 5 (1981-1996): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yln0GJAwpng
Episode 6 (1997-2011): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OjhrvtEc2g

*Obvious disclaimer - I work for the production company that put it together.

Chealion · #44 Posted **Apr 10, 2013, 2:57 AM**

Tourism Calgary, Calgary Economic Development and Convention Centre's new Destination video called Right Here. Disclaimer: I'm in the video and was involved in the creation. (Albeit a small role)

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SignalHillHiker · #45 Posted **Apr 10, 2013, 11:55 AM**

Just saw it on Facebook.

Shared it with this description: "Just before I moved home, I went on a business trip to Calgary - and completely fell in love. Such a beautiful, enjoyable city where, like St. John's, its residents are proud to live and seem genuinely happy. And its appearance - a tall skyline, modern glass buildings, wide streets - is almost exactly opposite that of St. John's, which makes it very interesting from my perspective. Anyhow... they have a new destination video. It doesn't have that generic anywhereness of most mainland Canadian destination videos - so check it out! What do you think? :-D"

And this comment: "I love the line in that song: "Right here is where I think. It's where I dream. It's where that dream has got some hope of coming true." - a fitting slogan, of sorts, for a city with strong intra-provincial immigration like Calgary."

Calgarian · #46 Posted **Apr 10, 2013, 7:45 PM**

I was going to post this video, beaten to the punch. I think it's really well done, hopefully it helps change the city's cowboy image...

Ramsayfarian · #47 Posted **Apr 10, 2013, 8:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

I was going to post this video, beaten to the punch. I think it's really well done, hopefully it helps change the city's cowboy image...

I think they could have done a better job showing Calgary's ethnic diversity. Other than the guitar player and the occasional cab driver there wasn't a lot of non-white folks in the video.

SignalHillHiker · #48 Posted **Apr 10, 2013, 9:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ramsayfarian

I think they could have done a better job showing Calgary's ethnic diversity. Other than the guitar player and the occasional cab driver there wasn't a lot of non-white folks in the video.

True... but, for white audiences, brunettes count as ethnic diversity.

Calgarian · #49 Posted **Apr 10, 2013, 9:31 PM**

I don't know about that...

Chealion · #50 Posted **Apr 10, 2013, 10:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ramsayfarian

I think they could have done a better job showing Calgary's ethnic diversity.

Hands down the biggest complaint about the video. Can't really comment on casting as I wasn't involved with that but logistics and cutting of entire scenes for time (eg. lawn bowling) plays a big role.

The kicker is I got asked to be part of the cast because they didn't have a white guy for one of the first scenes shot.

Ramsayfarian · #51 Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 1:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chealion

Hands down the biggest complaint about the video. Can't really comment on casting as I wasn't involved with that but logistics and cutting of entire scenes for time (eg. lawn bowling) plays a big role.

The kicker is I got asked to be part of the cast because they didn't have a white guy for one of the first scenes shot.

They cut out lawn bowling? As a lawn bowler, I am outraged.

Chealion · #52 Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 1:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Ramsayfarian

They cut out lawn bowling? As a lawn bowler, I am outraged.

If it's any condolence all that work wasn't lost on the cutting room floor - on top of the destination piece Tourism and CED both now have the start of a much more cinematic BROLL library for use around town. (Similar to Travel Alberta - free to use so long as the video promotes the city/Alberta)