Video

This is a generic promo for Oakwood Terrace seniors care centre in Dartmouth. Amateur and professional musicians get together several times a year to work on a program developed by the recreation director, Chantal Beauliau.

In April, 2020 a lone gunman in a replica RCMP vehicle killed 22 rural Nova Scotians and injured three more in a 13-hour rampage that began in the tiny village of Portapique and continued through 15 locations. An RCMP officer shot and killed the culprit after stumbling across him in a gas station. In the following days Normand Carrey, a musician, composed this piece in their memory. More information here: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/2020_Nova_Scotia_attacks

Jazz band directed by James Shaw held a concert on the Halifax Waterfront in September 2021.

Tartuffe, a play by Molière, was performed by the Dartmouth Players a community group in Halifax Nova Scotia on Nov 6, 2021, 457 years after its first performance in 1664.

I flew this drone over Halifax for a year or two, capturing scenes downtown and even flying out to George’s Island in the harbour.

I played alto sax in this band for a few years and wanted to do a video that would show their work and help them get bookings. They still use it. Because the scene was very dark I mixed video with shots from a still camera which does a better job in dim light.

Video for home inspector Steve Bunbury. There’s nothing like a video to give a viewer a feeling of getting acquainted with the person they’re going to invite into their home. To make the video flow smoother I roughed in a script which Steve modified and approved. As much as possible the words are his own.

Here’s a video done with a conceptual artist for Halifax Nocturne this year. We projected it onto the wall of The Round Church in Halifax recently and are planning more pop-up projections.