The release of our latest film, “The Legend of Johnny Canuck-Part 2″, has been pretty cool, and quite different than our previous 4 releases.

This time our film had an official premiere, at the Canucks vs. Red-Wings game on March 16. It’s one thing to see your film on a jumbotron, but add about 15,000 people on a legendary night with the team wearing the Millionaires jersey, that be crazy! Ironically though, none of these were the personal highlight for me. It was being there, watching it all unfold with my little buddy Thane, the 5 year old “Little Johnny” who stars in the film. He’s the son of one of my oldest friends who also came to the game with us, along with my beautiful girlfriend Sonya, who produces the films. Read more…

When I imagined this iconic character of Johnny Canuck and researched his 140 years of existence, I realized that his character didn’t have a whole lot of depth. Sure he was easy to grasp and likeable but beyond hard working and humble, his character was wide open.

From experience I’ve learned that all great characters have history, flaws, instincts and as a director or actor, they need rules. The following details some of the main laws we put in place for our simple Johnny Canuck character.
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Thanks to all who shared “The Heartbreak of Johnny Canuck”.

It was shared almost 500 times from the Canucks Facebook page.

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My creative process is not conventional, and depends a lot on frequent changes and improvisation throughout all aspects of production. Read more…

Ideas, scenes and concepts explained for…

The Heartbreak of Johnny Canuck

Our general philosophy for storytelling and visuals is that everything should have a purpose, symbolize something or suggest into the following shot. Here’s a few in practice from “The Heartbreak of Johnny Canuck”.
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Urban Rush likes Johnny’s tweet but poor Michael gets no hearts.

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Well to be honest we aren’t entirely sure, and here’s why.
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Thanks Harrison Mooney for this awesome article in the Vancouver Sun Sports Blog. Don’t know if you’ll ever read this but we’re a fan of your writing.

PS. Johnny thinks Aaron Rome looks like a member of his family too.

Thanks to Urban Rush for mentioning the “Heartbreak of Johnny Canuck”

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