March / 2010

From the President

By the time you read this, we will be on the final lap of preparations for the 2010 CSC Awards Gala. If you haven't got tickets yet, call Awards organizer Susan Saranchuk at the CSC office, or do it on-line at www.csc.ca. Of course, we can't divulge the names of this year's winners until the big event on March 27, but we can give you a sneak preview.

Our host this year will be Heather Allin, president of the Toronto branch of ACTRA and a fine stage and screen actor in her own right (George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead). We are looking forward to meeting her as we broaden our collaborative base of associations within the Canadian film and television industry and with international organizations such as IMAGO.

Our three special Awards are joined this year by the CSC Focus Award, a recognition of the efforts of one filmmaker to preserve the visual reality of those intrepid cameramen who captured the heroic contribution of Canadian soldiers in the Second World War. One of the shooters won a Victoria Cross.

This new Focus Award will acknowledge from time to time the work of an individual or group in producing a unique look at Canadian history and culture. In this year's case, the CSC Combat Camera Award, a special presentation in honour and remembrance of the soldier photographers of that and other dark periods in history, will accompany the Focus Award. Our soldiers are fighting now in Afghanistan, and we are able to see the war in our living rooms every day. The CSC wishes to honour and say thank you to the veterans of all services in all wars. And to the men and women who filmed it for history.

Now, I wish to introduce you to two new members of the CSC executive: DOP Andrew Watt csc and associate member Michael Jari Davidson will each serve as a director ex-officio. They are among the "next generation" of cinematographers whose new and refreshing ideas are revitalizing our Society. That new energy was reflected in the success of the CSC 3D Workshop in Toronto February 5 to 8 in Toronto, starring British DOP Geoff Boyle. The CSC 3D committee, as well as organizers Susan Saranchuk and Karen Longland from the CSC office, did a remarkable job. The workshop was well attended every day, and a full report will appear in the next issue of Canadian Cinematographer. The 3D committee was Dylan Macleod csc, Jeremy Benning csc, D. Gregor Hagey csc, Ray Dumas csc, Sarah Moffat and Ernie Kestler. Our thanks to David J. Woods, 3DCC, PS, White's, Sim Video and Element Technica, who donated their equipment and expertise.

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