Phillip Cairns

Currently…

Phillip — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:30:09 +0000

I’m working and taking a vacation at the same time, but mostly I’m on vacation until the end of July, maybe a little longer if I can pull it off.

Big news for my reader(s): I plan to redesign the site. The appearance won’t change much, but all my world renowned film commentary will show up more like regular posts, allowing comments and all that junk. All links to current pages will, of course, get messed up. My apologies to the thousand of people linking to this site.

Resumé - Miscellaneous

Phillip — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:50:36 +0000

March 4th to 7th, 2008
● I create captions using ProCap for a documentary about painter Jean-Claude Roy. It’s on-the-job training through NIFCO.

February 25th to 27th, 2008
● I transfer raw HD footage to DVD for a documentary produced by Morag.

December 9th, 2007
● I compile a DVD of 1930s avant-garde film shorts for an educational exhibit at The Rooms.

May 27th, 2007
● I compile a promo reel DVD for the 7th Annual Nickel Independent Film Festival. It’s a collection of 30-second clips from ten films being screened. I select a good clip from each film and create title cards for them, nothing fancy.

May 9th/10th, 2007
● I’m the video camera operator during two days of audition for the feature film, Down To The Dirt, for Newfound Films. I’ve also been working as, I guess you could call it, a producer’s assistant at Newfound Films since the beginning of May, just helping out where I can.

October 14th to 17th, 2006
● I assist Ed Tanasychuk, the technical director for the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, in creating reels for some of the screenings.
August 4th, 2006

● My article and interview with David Francey are published in The Scope. (This isn’t film-related, but what odds.)

July 22nd, 2006
● My film short, I Want It All, is screened at the Nickel Independent Film Festival and receives a good response from the audience.

July 21st, 2006
● I finish post-production on my film, I Want It All, with NIFCO mentor Justin Simms.

April 9th, 2006
● Through NIFCO’s first-time filmmaker programme, and with Roger Maunder as my mentor, I direct my film short, I Want It All. (Shot on Super 16.)

March 4th, 2006
● I volunteer as a production assistant on Brad Gover’s film short The Care Package. It’s a 2-day shoot made possible through NIFCO’s First Time Filmmaker’s Programme. (2-day shoot.)

January 2006
● I finish part 2 of NIFCO film course (editing film on Avid) with Derek Norman as my instructor.

December 2005
● I finish part 1 of NIFCO’s basic filmmaking course. It ends with shooting the class film, Hard Ticket, for which I wrote the script. (Shot on 16mm.)

Februrary 2004
● I direct and edit a music video for local musician, Mike El-Gohary.

Resumé - Sound Work

Phillip — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:22:28 +0000

February 2nd and 3rd, 2008
● I’m the sound recordist on One of Us Cannot Be Right, directed by Jacqueline Hynes. (2-day NIFCO shoot.)

December 1st, 2007
● I’m the sound recordist on a NIFCO first-time film called Working Idle by Chirs LeDrew.

November 24th to 25th, 2007
● I work as the boom operator (recorded sound directly to HD cam) for a short film called Bark by Ruth Lawrence. (2-day shoot.)

November 23rd, 2007
● I’m the boom operator (no mixing, recorded directly to HD cam) for a short film based on a play by Lois Brown. (1-day shoot.)

November 17th, 2007
● I’m the sound recordist on a NIFCO first-time film by Lynn Kristmanson called Snakes and Ladders. (1-day shoot.)

October 15th, 2007
● I work as the boom operator on Matthew Kelly’s Ruins, produced with help from NIFCO and the Newfoundland Joy Award. (A 2-day shoot.)

September 11th to 13th, 2007
● I work as the sound recordist on Nial James’s Tiger Tom, a co-production with NIFCO. (Excellent 3-day shoot.)

June 3rd, 2007
● I’m the sound mixer and boom operator for Krista Hann’s My Stupid Mouth, a NIFCO First Time Filmmaker shoot. (Single-day shoot.)

April 29th, 2007
● I’m the sound recordist (or sound mixer) on Emily Bridger’s NIFCO first-time film, Epilogue. It’s my first time as the sole sound mixer on a shoot. (Single-day shoot.)

April 5th, 2007
● I volunteer as the sound recordist and boom operator on the pick-up shoot for Scott McClellan’s short film Last Chance Christmas. I think it’s through NIFCO’s First Time Filmmakers Programme, too, with Roger Maunder as mentor.

Resumé - Assistant Editor

Phillip — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:21:23 +0000

March 17th to 21st, 2008
● The easiest assistant editor duties I’ve had so far, digitizing footage for a piece about the Nobel Women’s Intiative, produced by Gerry Rogers. It’s my first time using Final Cut Pro and I love it. The Avid method of digitizing is a pain in the neck compared to this.

March 10th to 14th, 2008
● I’m an assistant editor for a documentary produced by Morag. I digitize and subclip some of the footage for Avid editing.

February 25th to 27th, 2008
● I transfer raw HD footage to DVD for a documentary produced by Morag.

February 21st and 22nd, 2008
● I work as an assistant editor for Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas, a film short written by Lois Brown and directed by Justin Simms.

November 12th to 18th (and again in January for a few days), 2007
● I work as the assistant editor on a documentary by Gerry Rogers about folk musician Ferron.

July 21st to August 10th, 2007
● I work as the assistant editor/editor for a MUN web project produced by Baptiste Neis using facilities at Pope Productions. Learned quite a few ins and outs of the Avid Xpress Pro system on this one.

January - March 2007
● I work as the assistant editor for Newfound Films who produce a segment with Deanne Foley for CBC TV’s lifestyle show, Living.

September 12th to 16th, 2006
● As my second paying gig, this time through Streely Maid Films, I work on Sherry White’s film, Diamonds in a Bucket, as the assistant editor. (Someone forgot to give me my little credit, but nevertheless, I did my bit.)

August 27th to 30th, 2006
● I work on Jordan Canning’s film, Here On In, as the assistant editor. Through Pope Productions, this is my first paying gig.

July 21st, 2006
● I finish post-production on my film, I Want It All, with NIFCO mentor Justin Simms.

Februrary 2004
● I direct and edit a music video for local musician, Mike El-Gohary.

Resumé - A.D. Work

Phillip — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:21:04 +0000

August 21st to 25th, 2007
● I work as the 3rd AD for Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas, a short film written by Lois Brown and directed by Justin Simms. I also jump in as boom operator, background actor and stunt driver. (6-day shoot; I’m on for the first 4.)

June 18th to July 13th, 2007
● Among other positions, I work as a TAD (trainee assistant director) for the feature film adaptation of Joel Hyne’s novel, Down To The Dirt, directed by Justin Simms and produced by Anna Petras. (4-week shoot.)

May 26th, 2007
● I’m the assistant director on Monica Walsh’s Dogberries shoot, a 1-day NIFCO First Time Filmmaker (FTFM) project. One of the best FTFM shoots I’ve worked on, Monica did a great job at directing.

March 30th, 2007
● I’m the 2nd AD for the 2nd unit shoot of the feature film Down To The Dirt, directed by Justin Simms (it’s a 2-day shoot).

Janurary 2007
● I am the 1st AD for Sabah Hadi’s film, Furs (a 4-day shoot).

December 2nd, 2006
● I act as assistant director for NIFCO first-time filmmaker Wesley Reid’s short film Gambling with Love, working as usual with Justin Simms and a volunteer crew (single-day shoot).

Temporary Stuff

Phillip — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:53:07 +0000