Thu, Sep 28, 2006
In the premiere episode of this new interactive series, Award-winning host Paul Quarrington presents two short films, exploring the process of filmmaking and adapting the printed word for a multi-media universe. "Animation" goes behind the camera to delve into the rich language of graphic images used in surprisingly different ways, transforming Pauline Couture's book "ICE Beauty Danger History" into an intriguing animated documentary, and inventing quirky animated characters for the popular sci fi poems of "i-ROBOT Poetry by Jason Christie." Viewers are invited to submit their own films at MovingStories.TV.
Thu, Nov 30, 2006
Award-winning host Paul Quarrington presents two short films, exploring the process of filmmaking and adapting the printed word for a multi-media universe. "Fighting Men" addresses depictions of violence both fictional and real violence when Craig Davidson's novel "The Fighter" is made into a powerful drama, and Nathaniel Fick's "One Bullet Away" documents the young authors' visceral experience on the front-lines of America's current war. Viewers are invited to submit their own film on MovingStories.TV.
Thu, Dec 28, 2006
Award-winning host Paul Quarrington presents two short films, exploring the process of filmmaking and adapting the printed word for a multi-media universe. In this episode, Paula Todd of "A Quiet Courage" and Scott Griffin of "My Heart is Africa" spark discussion on "Finding Inspiration" in their own lives, and how their film biographers found documentary stories in the edit suite. Viewers are invited to submit their own film on MovingStories.TV.
Sun, Feb 11, 2007
Award-winning host Paul Quarrington presents two short films, exploring the process of filmmaking and adapting the printed word for a multi-media universe. In "Journeys" this episode focuses on the impact of location, with directors of the dramatic short "What Casanova Told Me" by Susan Swan revealing the magic of re-creating 18th century Venice in downtown Toronto, and in the doc "Confessions of a Pilgrim" Sue Kenney is transformed by her trek on the Camino, shot entirely on location in Spain; the film is directed by Award-winner Bert Kish. Viewers are invited to submit their own film on MovingStories.TV.
Sun, Mar 11, 2007
Award-winning host Paul Quarrington presents short films as a means to explore the process of filmmaking and adapting the printed word for a multi-media universe. "Celluloid Dreams" features Michael Connelly's ECHO PARK PROLOGUE, a film adaptation of the latest Harry Bosch detective novel along with an intense interview with this Hollywood-based writer who optioned another of his novels to Clint Eastwood. The conflict between fiction's imagined manifestation and the "reality" of putting characters on screen is also revealed. Viewers are invited to see more behind-the-scenes exclusives at MovingStories.TV.
Sun, Apr 8, 2007
Award-winning host Paul Quarrington explores the process of filmmaking and adapting the printed word for the screen in our multi-media universe. "Upside of Hype" features the film and making of Thomas Homer-Dixon's BookShort "The Upside of Down." An exploration of the effect media coverage has on artists, from Professor Homer-Dixon to the nominees of the Scotiabank Giller Prize points up the differences between publicity for authors and publicity for filmmakers. Viewers are invited to see more behind-the-scenes exclusives at MovingStories.TV.