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Royal Mark

Lyndsey — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:15:23 +0000

Jack of many trades, Mark Pesci briefly talks about his role at the one and only Royal Cinema.

Aside from working at the Royal Cinema and promoting screenings like The Room, Mark is a show promoter organizing some of the most talked about shows in the city. His shows range from anywhere such as the 80′s hardcore band, the Cro-Mags, to Montreal’s BBQ aka MARK SULTAN. Not to mention, lots of local acts like the Brutal Knights (remember frontman Nick Flanagin’s past interview).

Check out the video below then his Facebook and Twitter

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Rock Rhombus

Lyndsey — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:15:01 +0000

This week I talked to Priya, who sings for the Toronto based hard rock band Diemonds, we met up at Dark Horse Coffee.

In December, Diemonds went to India and played the rock capital of India, Shiloong, making them only the 4th band that has ever played there. They share this elite honour with such bands as Scorpions and Mr. Big. Priya also discusses her and her band’s surprise as they learned about certain regions of India and the diverse roles and importance of women within these communities.

Check out the video that briefly talks about Diemonds’ trip to India.

Be sure to listen to Diemonds on their MySpace, join their Facebook group, follow on Twitter and watch their YouTube channel.

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Mark Rendall: Child Star

Lyndsey — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:05:07 +0000

A little while ago I had the chance to interview Mark Rendall who stars in Sook-Yin Lee’s lastest film Year of the Carnivore. Mark was nice enough to offer cooking his favourite dish, stir fry with ponzu sauce.

In the past, Mark has worked with Don McKellar, watch the video to find out more and to see his interesting mechanical toy collection.

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The World As Seen By Nick Flanagan

Lyndsey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:13:41 +0000

Nick Flanagan is knowledgable in a multitude of situations: stand-up comedian, singer of punk band Brutal Knights, and freelance writer/reviewer (Now, Eye). Currently, he reviews trailers for Toro Magazine’s, “What Men Need to Know”.

For over a year now, we have been planning to get Frosty’s at Wendy’s but always settle for “the next best thing”, which always ends up being the “closest place”. Our last encounter was at Dufferin Mall – before all the renovations. The latest excursion was to Dairy Queen for some Blizards. The Frosty’s will be saved for another day.

Nick was nice enough to allow me to interview him for the Film Foodie blog.

Check it out.

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Sound with Rachel McLean

Lyndsey — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:39:22 +0000

Sound in film is not something I normally think about when I watch movies, but lately I am realizing how crucial this one aspect is.

Majority of the music I grew up with came from skateboard movies. My favourite skate parts to this day always had an amazing song to go along with it. I could not imagine a skateboard video without music.

Just having that perfect song attached to a scene makes the film (or in my case, a skateboard part).

This led me to finding someone to talk about sound and TV.

Rachel McLean is a field audio mixer and has worked on productions such as Project Runway Canada, Instant Beauty and the new sow Big Voice. She loves working in the reality television area, where unfolding the key stories relies heavily on ((audio)).

Check out a video clip with Rachel

(I’m sure she wants to fix the sound on this!)

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Music Videos

Lyndsey — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:01:47 +0000

I wanted to find out more about music videos and maybe see what the differences are compared to the film industry.

Scott Cudmore directs music video for bands such as Timbre Timbre and Great Lake Swimmers.

Watch here as he talks about music videos and his new show on aux.tv, Camera Music <—— click to watch his show!

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Suspect Video

Lyndsey — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:01:30 +0000

Stopped by Sus pect Video last week and talked to Chris Colohan. Anyone that knows Chris would agree that he is ‘top notch’. He is always there to help out and has helped me out in the past with bouncing the door at shows. Now he is where I go for motorcycle advice, not that I have one.

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Editor talks India

Lyndsey — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:42:23 +0000

Gareth Scales, editor for Cooking With Stella, talks about editing the film India and Indian Food.

Check out the trailer he edited from his company Trailmix.

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Film Foodie – What is it?

Lyndsey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:17:01 +0000

It’s me, Lyndsey Westfall, sharing my experiences of the food and film industries through interviews and photos.

Why am I doing this?

Currently, I work part time for an independent film company helping with various promotional, Festival and marketing activities for the feature film COOKING WITH STELLA. The film is about a Canadian diplomat in India, with a scheming in-house cooking guru. It’s directed by Dilip Mehta and co written by Dilip Mehta and his sister Deepa Mehta.

Help me out and send me some ideas of who to interview!