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Welcome to Western Arctic Moving Pictures. We are a non-profit arts organization based in the city of Yellowknife, NT. Canada. Our mission is to produce, support, showcase and promote film, video, and digital media throughout the Northwest Territories.

 

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The 4th Annual: 48 Hour Music Video Competition

The 48 hour film festival returns in 2012

Video Sketchbook: Workshop Series

Video Sketchbook is a free Workshop Series focused on challenging the creativity of new and emerging video-makers.  It is not a technical workshop; but rather, it is for anyone who can press record, who can make a basic edit with imovie and who enjoys being creative. In the end, participants will discover a plethora of creative ideas that might otherwise go unnoticed, learn to discuss film and video more critically, and will have made a bunch of short videos, which comprise their video sketchbook. 

Submissions Open

Submissions to the Yellowknife 2012 Film Festival are now open!

The magic of Anita Doron

Shadowing Director, Anita Doron, in action has been an exercise in understanding which short moments of her time I can steal.  Much of my time is spent observing the following: How the scenes are blocked, or choreographed in other words, how scenes are then translated into shots, what choices are made for coverage, and how the actors are guided to get the best performances and ensure the emotional truth of the characters.

Various stills from the Lesser Blessed

Various stills from the production

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Week two is now finishing, and we were sad to see the writer of the Lesser Blessed, Richard Van Camp, return home to Edmonton. He dropped in on production for a few days, to observe and provide morale as only he can. One of the crew asked me afterward, “Who was that guy? He seemed really important and enthusiastic”. If you've ever met Richard, this is a very good description.

Job Shadowing on the Lesser Blessed

A week ago I arrived in Sudbury from Yellowknife, to begin a mentorship on the set of the feature dramatic film, the Lesser Blessed, based on the novel by NWT author Richard Van Camp. I'm being mentored under Director Anita Doron, who carefully lifted Richard's classic Northern coming-of-age story from its pages, and translated it into the visual world of a screenplay. The film adaptation has been six years in the making, a journey embarked upon by Anita, Richard, and producer Christina Piovesan.

The 4 Seasons of WAMP

WAMP is accepting treatments/script proposals for short commissioned videos. Pitch us your idea!