Video Showcase

»A Season’s Circle

Client: Dawn Lacey

Product: Music Video / DVD

Date: 2004 - 2005

Services: Post Production / Video Editing / Compositing / DVD Interface and Design / 8-mm Archival Video Digital Restoration / Videography / Graphic Design

Victory Point FX recently completed production of a video DVD showcasing the life and music of Dawn Lacey, a local Yellowknife musician. Restored archival video, artwork, and hundreds of photographs were combined with Dawn's music and vocal recordings in a stylized artistic movie. The DVD will be available February 2006 in Yellowknife music stores.

»River of Opportunity

Client: NWT Energy Corporation (2003) Ltd. (a subsidiary of NWT Power Corporation)

Product: Promotional Video / DVD

Date: 2003 - 2004

Services: Post Production / Video Editing / Matchmoving / 3D Modeling / Compositing / Animation / DVD Interface Design

Victory Point FX produced a promotional video showcasing the construction of a proposed hydrogeneration power station at St. Charles Rapids on the Great Bear River. The project involved shooting aerial footage from a helicopter mounted camera and making several passes of the St. Charles Rapids area at various elevations. Video and audio editing, compositing, and visual effects were done in post production including construction of a realistic 3D digital model of the proposed dam which was composited into the aerial footage.

Project information and the complete video can be viewed on NTEC’s website.

»A New Look at Bovie Structure

Client: Northwest Territories Geoscience Office

Product: Scientific Video / NWT Open Report 2004-002 (NTGO Publication)

Date: 2004

Services: 3D GIS Data Compilation / 3D Modeling / Compositing / Animation

Working closely with author, Regional Geophysicist Bernie MacLean, Victory Point FX produced several animations revealing 3D surface and sub-surface detail of the Bovie Structure, a fault zone in the southern NWT. Animations were integrated with Bernie’s technical presentation at the 2003 Yellowknife Geoscience Forum. A 3D computer-generated model of the structure was constructed from seismic data and 2D cross-sections of the fault zone. Animations were produced at broadcast TV quality with additional formats produced for CD, web, and DVD distribution. Additionally, a 3D version of the model offering interactive pan, zoom, and rotational controls was created for web deployment in Flash, Shockwave, and ViewPoint formats.

The complete presentation, published as NWT Open Report 2004-002, can be viewed and downloaded from NTGO’s Gateway Browser.

»Daring to Die: The Story of the Black Devils

Client: History Television

Product: Television Documentary

Producer: Northern Sky Entertainment / Figments of Imagination

Date: 2004

Services: 3D GIS Data Compilation / 3D Modeling / Compositing / Animation

Victory Point FX produced animation sequences for a warfare documentary illustrating battle movements of the First Allied Special Service Force, known as the Black Devils, in World War II. Special effects work involved generating 3D digital elevation models of three war zones (Monte la Difensa, Anzio, and Iles D'Hyeres ) from archival WWII maps and creating animations of the terrain and retracing troop movements through the war zones.

The documentary is available on VHS or DVD from the History Television website.

»Mineral Claims 101

Client: Mining Recorders Office / Indian and Northern Affairs Canada / Government of Canada

Product: Training Video / Multimedia CD

Date: 2003

Services: Post-Production / Video Editing / Multimedia CD Interface and Design / Custom Programming / Videography / Animation / Graphic Design

Working closely with the Mining Recorders Office, Victory Point FX completed a multimedia CD to help train staff on the basics of claim staking and mineral assessment work. Production of video and animation sequences involved combining voice-over audio, video, archival photographs, custom graphics, maps, and royalty-free background music. A custom Q & A game was also developed to test users with random questions on topics presented in the video.

»Canada’s Pipeline

Client: Minerals, Oil and Gas Division / Government of the Northwest Territories

Product: Promotional Video / Multimedia CD

Date: 2000

Services: Post-Production / Video Editing / Multimedia CD Interface and Design / Animation / Graphic Design

Victory Point FX produced a promotional multimedia CD of videos outlining the importance of the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline to Canada. The video incorporates 3D digital elevation models of the Mackenzie Valley, voice-over audio, archival photographs, custom graphics, maps, animation, and royalty-free background music.

»Folk on the Rocks 2001

Product: Music DVD

Date: 2001

Services: Videography / Video Editing / DVD Interface and Design / Graphic Design

Victory Point FX produced a DVD featuring popular musical performances from the 2001 Folk on the Rocks musical festival.

»Folk on the Rocks 2003

Product: Music DVD

Date: 2001

Services: Videography / Video Editing / DVD Interface and Design / Graphic Design

Victory Point FX produced a DVD featuring popular musical performances from the 2003 Folk on the Rocks musical festival.