We don't know much about art, but we know what we like. And we liked this. Along with spouses, partners, and special guests, the Java Post Production staff recently held a "paint night" at the Sandman Hotel. Led by an experienced artist, the goal - besides eating and drinking - was to create our own versions of a "guide" painting. We joked that this is how the hotel gets…

In Flanders Fields - by John McCrae, May 3rd, 1915 In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing…

Java Post Production is proud to have had a pair of employees working another season on the SaskTel MaxTron crew at Mosaic Stadium. For many seasons now, Java Post's own Randy Shumay (below, left arrow) and Doug Russell have been part of the in-stadium "big screen" crew for the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders. And, with the inaugural season at the brand new…

Our mummy mascot, Beanie, and all the boys and ghouls here at Java "Ghost" Production wish everyone a very happy Halloween! Don't mind Beanie. Like us, when he gets "wrapped up" in his work, coffee is the only thing that keeps him going. (And a big spooky shout out to our animator, Tomás Ibar, for bringing Beanie to life. You could say Tomás is the…

Java Post Production has been doing the post-production work on the Minds Eye Entertainment sci-fi thriller feature film The Humanity Bureau, starring Nicolas Cage. Here are a few behind-the-scenes shots of one of our animators, Tomás Ibar, creating some futuristic visual effects for one of the shots in the movie. Tomás creates a hand-held holographic communications screen for one…

The feature story on the cover of the September 2017 issue of Canadian Cinematographer magazine is about the work of Java Post Production's good friend and colleague, director of photography Mark Dobrescu, CSC. A local Saskatchewan talent, Mark has worked on a lot of Java Post projects, and this article focuses on his work on three Minds Eye Entertainment sci-fi thriller feature films that…

Java Post Production will be seeing things more clearly with a new set of lenses. Not for our glasses, but for our cameras. We've expanded our lens collection and made a significant investment in a set of six Canon CN-E ("Cine"...get it?) Cinema Prime lenses. Designed with optimum 4K image capture in mind, these lenses are, in the words of Canon USA: "Canon gave a special…

Java Post Production teamed up with director Stephen Hall and advertising agency TAXI on SaskTel's "smartHOME" campaign.  The concept involved a female homeowner walking through her house, trailed closely by her entourage of eager assistants (electrician, security guards, etc.). Each assistant represents the personification of one aspect of the SaskTel smartHOME telephone app,…

Java Post Production was down at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan for the 53rd Annual Labour Day Classic between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The game-day sponsor (and stadium name-sake), The Mosaic Company, had something very special planned for the pregame festivities: two giant "card stunts." Involving more than 30,000 cards for each of the two…

The Java Post Aerial Photography crew spent some time documenting a project that Ungar Construction is doing at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) training academy in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Part of the training that all RCMP recruits receive involves how to handle their police vehicles safely and effectively in a wide variety of conditions. Ungar Construction was asked to create two…