WHY I'M QUITTING RALLY

If you have seen the most resent season of AMC’s Madmen, You will recognize the title of this post as a parody of a show that I truly admire. (clip)  The truth however is that I don’t quit rally. I’m very much addicted. Much like any sport, from the outside it seems simple and boring but the eccentricities are captivating. Some good things must inevitably come to an end and for me the time had come to find a new challenge.

Two months ago, my wife and I decided to move to Montreal. We were both looking for the next step in our careers. MJ got great offer in Montreal and off we went.

So when I say “Why I’m Quitting Rally”, what I truly mean is, I am now a rally fan. As Director of Post-Production, I packaged over 40 rally shows, in two languages, edited, directed, story produced, location scouted, integrated a collaborative work space with 4 work stations all working off a metadata server as well as trained young editors to keep the TV2GO production department running smoothly. All this while still attending to numerous other clients and projects of all scopes and scales. I will forever have fond memories of TV2GO and the people who worked there. I can’t thank them enough for the opportunities that I had and will have. Doors have been opened due to the experiences I have had there.

That’s why I present you with the final shows that I location scouted, directed, produced and edited, in both English and French for TV2GO and its clients, which aired on TSNHD and RDSHD.

CREDIT:
Director/Field Producer/Lead Editor

WHAT IS “MY HYPOTHETICAL SEX LIFE"

The year is 2004 and I am in my final year at Ryerson University. A friend of mine, Ben Iscoe, tells me that for our “practicum” (aka. Thesis), he’d like to produce a sitcom. I jump on board. Ben pitches the project and it is approved and he and I along with a hand full of other students make a team and produce the sitcom.

Next to Ben, I would argue to have played the biggest part in the project since I took on the role of Technical Director, Director of Photography and sole editor on the project.

Today I look at that project and see many flaws. Then I remind myself, I was a student, it was produced on a budget of 7k and it was a first stab at something we had no idea how to do. Furthermore, MHSL was purchased by Protocol Entertainment (train 48, Metropia, Puck Hogs) as a potential project to pitch to networks. Nothing ever came of it but what student project ever earns money for the students who make it? MHSL also took home the "Best Video Practicum" TARA award, which is the highest award we could have won that year within Ryerson.

The project is great for what it is, a student project, and is a great platform for me to build on whenever a dramatic/scripted production comes my way.

FYI, this post is for the many who have asked to see it. And here it is.

CREDIT:
Technical Director/Director of Photography/Editor