Time to film! And just to keep it interesting, production happens as a kind of cinematic parade over four 6-hour days: 6 am to noon, noon to 6 pm, 6 pm to midnight and midnight to 6 am… We bundle up in coats, scarves, hats and gloves. We fuel up on endless cups of Tim Horton’s coffee (Double Double!). We hop the bus, the Skytrain and the Seabus. And we do a whole lotta hoofing it from one side of the Vancouver to the other… The whole city is our playground!

Shooting begins tomorrow. The forecast calls for rain, rain and more rain. Who cares? We’ve got our all our film needs in a rubber tub on wheels!

Super 8 cinematography? Check. 16mm cinematography? Check. Projection? Check. 1908 footage of Vancouver? Check. Man With A Movie Camera? Check. Caffenol processing? Check. Lomo tank processing? Check. Direct animation? Ray-0-Grams? Check and check. Bucket processing? Check. Handmade credits? Super check. Okay, kids… Go make a movie!

The Sound We See in my hometown? Thanks to the amazing folks at Cineworks, The Gathering Place and the BC Arts Council, the dream is coming true! This time around, ten dynamic young people are taking the journey with us… Welcome to the wonderful world of 16mm filmmaking Brandon, Chanele, Emerald, Fialka, Kelvin, Marizah, Megan, Mimi, Nicko and Shamsi… We can’t wait to experience your Vancouver!

Out with the old, in with the new… The Sound We See: Vancouver is about to begin!