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I did not mean for this blog title to rhyme. Honest.
So, as usual, it's been awhile since the last blog post. It's hard as a small business to keep up with all the updates sometimes! But here we are, at the end of another year. I figured this is as good a time as any to show you some highlight projects from 2019. So here goes! Vision Creative/MIC Medical Imaging The year started off with some videos for our friends at Vision Creative. Their client, MIC Medical Imaging, was in need of some information videos to display on their website and in clinic lobbies to explain some of the more common imaging procedures. These videos provide valuable insight for patients who may not know exactly what their procedure entails. The videos were all shot in one day at MIC's fantastic Century Park facility. They can be seen in MIC clinics and on the MIC website. University of Alberta - Healthy Campus Unit We were contacted in the spring by the University of Alberta's Healthy Campus Unit to produce a couple of videos. The first one was to demonstrate how to build a workout using the Physical Activity Lending Kits which are available to borrow from any U of A library. For this video, we used a U of A student as the instructor. It was shot in an exercise studio in the Van Vliet Complex on campus. Edmonton West Primary Care Network Rounding out the spring and heading into summer, we received the call again from our friends at the Edmonton West Primary Care Network. They once again needed to produce a video to coincide with their annual report to the community. The video showcases some of their unique programs and patients. This one was shot over a period of a few weeks. It can be seen on the EWPCN website homepage. Vision Creative/MIC Medical Imaging Once again, in late summer, Vision Creative got in touch with us to work with MIC medical imaging. This time, it was to produce some motion graphic spots for Edmonton Oilers and Edmonton Oil Kings hockey games. These spots are shown on Edmonton Oilers televised games, as well as on screens throughout Rogers arena during all Oilers and Oil Kings home games. We love producing motion graphics. And for this one we even got to utilize a little bit of 3D animation, which is always fun! Town of Calmar Rounding out the year, another highlight was working with a new client, the Town Of Calmar. They contacted us to produce a few videos to promote growth in their community. The first video that we produced promotes residential growth and highlights the new community of Southbridge Crossing located on the south end of town. The second video that we created promotes the community of Calmar in general. This is a great little town with a lot to offer! We have already been in talks with the Town of Calmar to produce some more videos in the coming months. So stay tuned! So that's 2019 in a nutshell at Point of View Media! There was quite a bit more going on around here throughout the year. But these are just a few of the stand out projects that we had the pleasure of producing. There's nothing better than working with old clients / friends. And, of course, we also love meeting new clients! If you or your business requires corporate video, promotional videos, web videos, training videos, motion graphics, or really any professional video production in general, then let's talk! We'd love to put you and your business in our 2020 highlight reel! Mark.
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Yes, this blog is a while in coming! Yes, the 2017 Edmonton Music Awards were back in June of 2017. But I just got so darn excited about the win that I forgot to blog about it until now!
Also, I welcomed my first child into the world back in January, so that has kinda been my focus for the last few months! Anyway, the video that Point of View Media produced for Punch Drunk Cabaret did in fact win Music Video of the Year at the 2017 Edmonton Music Awards. This is a huge honour for PDC and for myself. The Edmonton music scene is so chock-full of talent that we never would have expected this kind of recognition for our little video. We shot the video over two days (one of which was very hot!), with a crew of 3 and the band. It was a small, but fun shoot and I have to admit that I am quite proud of the results! In case you missed it, here's the video:
This video is one of 4 that I have directed for Punch Drunk Cabaret and we are now in talks to do a 5th that will be out later this spring! I always enjoy working with Bandmeister Randy B as he is a creative force to be reckoned with! I have to admit that all of the videos are his concepts - he just trusts me to bring them to life on screen.
I will keep you all posted of the progress on the new video! In the meantime, I will continue producing engaging and effective corporate videos for the fantastic clients that I have the pleasure of working with on a day to day basis. Until later! Mark Remple 
Our city is growing and changing. Part of that growth includes infill housing. When homes in mature neighbourhoods start to get run down or have not been maintained at all, sometimes it's best to just put up something new and vibrant in their place. This helps to keep our mature communities thriving and brings new life to these beautiful neighbourhoods!
The City of Edmonton has started it's "Everyone's Edmonton" campaign. This campaign is designed to give information regarding infill housing and to promote best construction practices where infill is involved. Point of View Media is proud to have been chosen by The City Of Edmonton to produce a series of videos to help with this campaign. Actually, it's technically two separate video series! The first series focuses on "Infill Stories". These are stories of people living in, building, or living near infill houses in mature communities. This series consists of 6 videos in total and was a lot of fun to produce. Here is a brief run down of the videos in the "Infill Stories" series, taken from The City of Edmonton infill website (video links are below): RESIDENTIAL INFILL - OLIVER Meet Kunal, a young professional taking advantage of low maintenance living in an Oliver condo. Explore how his modern housing choice allows him to balance his professional and social commitments. RESIDENTIAL INFILL - JASPER AVENUE Explore how Pat and Jim's modern high-rise apartment in downtown Edmonton compares to other styles of housing they have experienced. RESIDENTIAL INFILL - INGLEWOOD Learn about Kirk and Ryan's experience in a community impacted by a housing revival, growing families and new homes. RESIDENTIAL INFILL - GARDEN SUITE Discover how Carillon found a unique home to fit her changing needs, in one of Edmonton’s most popular neighbourhoods. RESIDENTIAL INFILL - WESTMOUNT Meet Danielle and Taylor, long-time residents of Edmonton’s Westmount neighbourhood. Discover how they’re overcoming a housing cost barrier to move their family to a home with the features they need, in the neighbourhood they love. RESIDENTIAL INFILL - UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA GRADUATE RESIDENCE Learn how the University of Alberta worked with neighbours to add housing for 234 new residents in one of Edmonton's oldest and closest neighbourhoods.
The second video series focuses on builders of infill. The intent of this series is to give infill builders all the information they need to properly build infill homes.
Here is a brief run down of the videos in the "Infill Builders" series, taken from The City of Edmonton infill website (video links are below): KEEPING SITES CLEAN Learn how experienced local builders keep their construction sites clean and safe to minimize impacts to neighbours. PERMITS AND SIGNAGE Hear how experienced local builders prepare their permit applications ahead of time to easily navigate the City of Edmonton’s permit process. SPACE MANAGEMENT Learn how experienced local builders work within the small spaces available to build amazing new infill homes while minimizing impacts to neighbours. WORKING WITH NEIGHBOURS Explore how a focus on communication with neighbours has improved the construction process for local builders.
There are also two more videos for this series that are still in production. They are:
DEMOLITION AND EXCAVATION TREE PROTECTION We are hoping to have production completed on these in the coming weeks. All of these videos, can be found on The City of Edmonton's infill website (Scroll down to "Infill Stories" and "Builders Video Series). This has been a very informative and fun series to produce. And, we are very happy to announce that The City of Edmonton has signed us on to produce a minimum of six more videos to promote infill housing in our great city! Stay tuned for those over the next few weeks! - Mark Nope, it's not a joke. This really happened. On a hot, sweaty, bug-infested day in July, history was made in Southern Alberta. Well, okay, maybe not history. But a little music video was made. We decided we needed a challenge. Something to take us out of our usual day gig of shooting corporate videos, promotional videos, and training videos. Not that we don't love doing these, but sometimes you just need to step out of the box and do something that is just, well, fun as heck! This is actually the third video we have shot for Punch Drunk Cabaret and they are always a blast. So, bright and early on July 25, 2016, the boys from PDC, a fine actress/model named Nina, a fantastic drone operator (and all around nice guy) named Larrie, and a crew of two from POV all hopped in a van and headed to Hanna, Alberta. Well, actually Delia, Alberta to be exact. If you've never been, the landscape down there is breathtaking and was the perfect backdrop for the story we were shooting. Speaking of the story, the treatment for the video was dreamed up by Bandmeister Randy B of PDC. It follows a Beekeeper (and a couple of odd friends) in search of his bride, the beautiful Queen Bee. The three embark on a day and night journey that takes them through fields, forests, hills, and even through a vast canyon in the Badlands. The video will also have scenes of the band performing the song, titled "Beard of Bees", live in an eclectic "barn turned stage" setting. These scenes were actually shot in June at Randy's family farm located just outside of Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Randy and his wife Debi worked tirelessly to turn a boring old barn loft into a stage fit for rockabilly royalty (which of course PDC are!). And their efforts paid off - it looked great on film! So, back to Southern Alberta. It was hot. Like 29C hot (over 30 with humidity. Oh yeah, it was humid too!). There were bugs. Soooooo many friggin' bugs. And in this environment, we lugged camera gear up steep hills, through swamps, forests and fields, and even down into a mountainous canyon. Our "cast" endured these conditions while in full costume and makeup (with both Randy and Capt. Sean E. Watts in full 3 piece suits, and Terry "Sawbones" Grant in a long, heavy Clergyman's robe and hat). Our poor bride, "Queen Bee" (played by Nina May Laderoute) had to climb a very steep hill in the height of the hot afternoon wearing a long dress, veil, and a whole bunch of makeup! All four of these people were nothing but professional. I never once heard a grumble or complaint. It was so nice to work with a crew of people that were just focused on making a great video. In the end, it was so worth it! The shots we were able to gather look amazing, purely thanks to the setting we were shooting in. It's pretty hard to make something that beautiful look bad! Oh yeah, and speaking of the landscape, what better way to catch some of it than from the air! That's where Larrie Thompson came in. Larrie is an old friend of the band, and also happens to be a very accomplished photographer. He also owns himself a drone! The original plan for the video was to only include a couple of drone shots for effect. But the country was so beautiful, the weather so perfect, and Larrie did such a bang-up job shooting, that we will likely be using many drone shots in the final edit!  I also mentioned that there were two of us from Point of View. Tagging along to help out was my right-hand woman (who also happens to be my wife!), the one and only Crystal of Crystal Puim Photography. She is always a great help, and this day was no different. Even though she was feeling a little under the weather, she stepped up and helped out with lugging equipment, coordinating people, and most importantly, keeping me fed and watered! I couldn't do these long shoots without her! All in all, it was a long (very long - 20 hours to be exact), hot, sweaty, exhausting day. One that called for an 11 pm celebratory feast at the Drumheller McDonald's. The night time drive home brought close encounters with deer and foxes, and a lot of winding through many of Alberta's secondary highways. But we made it back to Edmonton around 2 am (we left Edmonton at about 6 am the previous morning). I want to take this time to thank everyone involved for their dedication and hard work. We are in the heavy throes of editing now and so far, it looks great! Stay tuned for the final product some time in September. Until next time, Mark. Admittedly, blogging is kinda hard for me! I get caught up with production stuff, editing, bookkeeping, and social media. These things tend to eat up most of my time. Oh yeah, and I suppose I have to leave some time for family, friends, and a life! But, I am back and will be more on top of this whole blogging thing from here on in. Hopefully. So, what have we been up to at Point of View? Well, mostly producing great corporate videos, of course! Over the last year or so we have had the pleasure of working with great clients like The City of Edmonton, Landmark Homes, Bedrock Homes, APEGA, The University of Alberta, The Edmonton Music Awards, and many more! We have been very busy and that's just the way like it! Moving forward, we have some more projects scheduled with The City of Edmonton, a new video or two is in the works with our old friends at Got Stump Tree Services, and stay tuned for another blog post in the next few days about our latest music video shoot with the rag tag crew from Punch Drunk Cabaret. Here are a couple of teaser pics! Onward and upward for POV! Mark
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THE CITY OF EDMONTON
DIALOG DESIGN
THE TOWN OF CALMAR
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
THE GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA
THE ALBERTA DENTAL ASSOCIATION
LANDMARK HOMES
BROOKFIELD RESIDENTIAL
MACEWAN UNIVERSITY
MIC MEDICAL IMAGING
BEDROCK HOMES
APEGA
YMCA OF NORTHERN ALBERTA
MR. LUBE CANADA
THE CANADIAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
DIALOG DESIGN
THE TOWN OF CALMAR
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
THE GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA
THE ALBERTA DENTAL ASSOCIATION
LANDMARK HOMES
BROOKFIELD RESIDENTIAL
MACEWAN UNIVERSITY
MIC MEDICAL IMAGING
BEDROCK HOMES
APEGA
YMCA OF NORTHERN ALBERTA
MR. LUBE CANADA
THE CANADIAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
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