Behind the Scenes | Canucks Mission Home

Behind the Scenes | Canucks Mission Home

jumping into a production like this. Opening night is 3 weeks away. The clock is ticking. 3 2 1 hit it. We have to be totally prepared for each player when they show up. have as many crew available to have different sets lit. We are under the gun with no voice. I think it’s sweet. I was curious where they were going to go with it this year. I think it’s a nice change up to some of the things we’ve done in the past. We’re uh flying through space right now and when they put the glass down the cockpit gets pretty hot. So, I was leaking pretty good. Good evening. I want you ready to verify altitude with Fox. [Music] That’s the signal juice. This year’s hype video is about the players connection with Vancouver, connection with the fans, connection with the city. What better way to like emphasize the idea of mission home to save the city from the opposing team, meeting the energy of the fans to bring them home. This year we had a particular challenge because we couldn’t shoot at Rogers Arena. So we built sets at Vancouver Film Studios right in Vancouver. How can we bring that kind of momentum, that energy of the players normally get that from them skating on the ice? How do we get that feeling? So then it was about creating what can happen where we feel some energy, we feel some intensity. I feel like a little maverick in there, you know, Top Gun. I think I was more born to be a hockey player, but this is pretty cool to get to experience like a full full movie scene like this. Pretty stressful just to see how many people it takes to film a couple scenes, you know, and just like the stage and the setup and just jumping into the cockpit. This is not our day-to-day thing. So, just having a different kind of day at the office is super fun. Action cutter. You have a very narrow timeline with players and you know what they’re specifically going to do. We have to tailor our days around just having them for that time. So here in this instance, we have two sets that we’ve built lit. Camera crews are standing by and they’re just waiting for the players to show up, get dressed up, start doing their actions and their lines, and then immediately as soon as they’re done, they move to the next set. Kind of leaning into a look from Alien or 2001 or Star Wars to really flesh out the look of the show. Well, the process for putting this all together was rather lengthy. We cobbled together pieces from various sets. It really started coming together once we actually just pulled the pieces out and brought them here. The drawing for the main bridge, which is the set that we’re in, we call it the Orca 1, has seen a few renditions. Hustle vessels over Vancouver. Captain, this is not a drill. This is home. This year, the special thing is is that we’ve got Juice, and we’re really hoping that Juice sticks and becomes a part of the Conucks family. As you can see, he is a puppet and he is run by four puppeteers. I am controlling his head and Vinnie behind me is making his eyes do different things. Kaylee and Mike here are operating his arms in a more traditional rod puppet approach. He has a RC style base that can run on a controller like this, but everything else that you’re seeing is 100% custom built. And we ended up going with basically automotive parts. The LED lights are being controlled by an iPhone. Things have come a long way. Talking to the special effects department about what we could do to feel like something just explodes near the cockpit. My co-director Elliot suggested, “Oh, why don’t we just get a fireball?” We hit it and it just like completely flashed up. After we did the fireball, I looked at Brock Besser who was in the pilot seat and his eyeballs were the size of pie plates. I gave him a thumbs up and he gave me a thumbs up back. That was pretty cool. Not going to lie, I was a little afraid to touch some of the buttons, especially the eject one. To know what you’re doing in there would be sick. This is above my pay grade, that’s for sure. I don’t know if I’d want to be up here in the sky in real life. That’s probably somebody else. It’s uh fun to be on set. We couldn’t have done this without a lot of really talented people coming together. And like with a lot of these connects projects, there are people that just do it for the love of the team and the love of the craft. A lot of people put a lot of time, energy, and brilliance into it. Really hopeful that the fans will enjoy this, buy in, and chant go during the video and a big cheer after. It’s just always amazing.

Movie magic in Hollywood North. 🎬

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Thank you to all the Vancouver crew and the companies that supported this project.

Sunbelt Rentals Vancouver, Keslow Camera Vancouver, 24 Frames Post Production, Dark Shadow VFX, Mr. Wolf VFX, 24 Frames Digital Films, Michael Davidson VFX, Jack Mcallan VFX, Eric Kurzreiter VFX, Back End Sound Design, Sebastian Vaskio, Vancouver Film Studios, IMS Warehouse, Legends Ranch, Empire Props, Matrix Production Services, Canada Wide Communications, Vancouver Mobile Dressing Rooms, Action Enterprise, Double Phifer Media Inc, Best Film Services, Bucketheads, G-Creative, Giene FX, Driving Force and 2WEI.audio.

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