For a news story about SaskPower utilizing drones for aerial reconnaissance of electrical lines, veteran CTV Regina reporter Wayne Mantyka was out at Java Post Production yesterday to interview company owner (and experienced drone pilot) Jack Tunnicliffe about the use of UAVs - unmanned aerial vehicles - for commercial purposes. As part of its full slate of production services, Java Post is an…

We are pleased to have Corner Gas: The Movie director, David Storey, and director of photography, Ken Anton Krawczyk, in the office today for final colour-correction & visual-fx approvals. Jack and our team at Java Post Production have been very busy the past couple months doing our part to get this soon-to-become Canadian classic movie close to completion and coming to a theatre near you in…

A "dronie" is a "selfie" taken with a camera mounted on a drone. A drone is also known as a UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle - or a UAS - unmanned aerial system. But, strangely enough, the phrase "UASie" has never caught on in modern slang. Hard to believe, I know. Anyway, here are three "dronies" our Java Post Aerial Photography crew accidentally captured…

Working with the Phoenix Group advertising agency, the Java Post Aerial Photography crew (Trevor Bennett and Jack Tunnicliffe, pictured left to right) was down in Southern Saskatchewan late last week at Grasslands National Park, shooting some aerial scenic shots for an upcoming Tourism Saskatchewan ad campaign. Shooting sunrises and sunsets (and lots in between) made for long shooting days, but…

We're putting on the party hats (well, figuratively and PhotoShop speaking) and eating hot dogs and cheese doodles (literally) because today is the birthday of our Managing Producer, Joan Speirs! Yay! Joan won't tell us her age but she does remember back when hot dogs were filled with actual identifiable meat.  Seated clockwise around the Java Post boardroom table starting in the…

The special visual effects work for Corner Gas: The Movie has been proceeding at Java Post for several weeks now and it's been fun to walk by the offices of our animators Kevin (pictured right) and Tomás (pictured left) to get a sneak peek at some of the hush-hush visuals that will be revealed on the big screen in a couple of months. I mean, when we saw the shot of Brent with…

Our Java Post Production team was recently out at the Mosaic Potash plant near Belle Plaine, shooting on the ground and in the air to document a big concrete project by Hipperson Construction. For 11 hours non-stop, concrete was poured onto 60 tonnes of rebar to create a massive foundation, 25 meters in diameter. Sixty-two cement trucks were called in from Regina and Moose Jaw, as 480 cubic meters…

The smiling face of Java Post Production's own Randy Shumay (below in the green shirt with white shoulder stripes) can be seen on the website for the Credit Union Queen City Marathon. Randy will be running the full 42.2 KM marathon event this Sunday in Regina. Looking good, Randy! Try not to show up to the office all sweaty on Monday morning.

Corner Gas: The Movie is rolling out the red carpet for fans to be part of the upcoming film, just in time for the Toronto International Film Festival. During the festival from September 4th to 13th, the Corner Gas Sing-A-Long Booth hits the intersection of Queen and John in Toronto (outside CTV's Queen Street headquarters), giving fans a shot at being immortalized in the tail credits of the…

This morning, Java Post Production and Phoenix Group began production on a new advertising campaign for Tourism Saskatchewan. Led by the co-director/co-photographer duo of Greg Huszar and Derek Frankowski, the shoot began in a field just outside Regina. Here are some behind the scenes photos from day one: With camera assistant Todd Irving in the background, Greg Huszar sets up a low-level slider…