User:Pictfire/Vancouver vagabond

Vancouver Vagabond is an upcoming docudrama to be released in 2009 about a artist and animator struggling through the Gen-X 90’s, attempting his indie career outside of Hollywood North, Canada.

Synopsis
Vancouver Vagabond, a bold feature premiere and the 1st of a docudrama film trilogy from creator Heath Tait, explores his precarious journey as an indie filmmaker in and around Hollywood North, the city’s politics and it’s multi-colour character. With the approach of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, the Vagabond series reveal a dramatic slice of both the city’s and Canada’s back story, historic and contemporary, informative and provocatively entertaining.

The story draws from sumptuous cinematic film imagery (16, S16, 35mm), some of the best material from Heath’s media history and from over 200 raw, street-sweeping documentary video hours of developments and discussions, politicians, activists, analysts, journalists, business people, arts administrators, film industry associates, friends, family and the list goes on. Heath’s personal story is seated firmly within a landscape of postmodern times, archival footage from five sources detailing Canadian and American times past.

Zany, extreme characters alongside a rich tapestry of musical forms and FX enchant this film-within-a film inside story of Pictorial Forest, an innovative award winning short animation odyssey that inspired from its own creative realization, this dramatic documentary feature film. A bonus, the 15-minute multi-technique animation Pictorial Forest is to be paired with the feature film for its exclusive commercial release on DVD.

Cast
Heath Tait

Joey Shithead - In 2008, The Vancouver Sun newspaper named Keithley one of British Columbia's most influential people of all time.

Music
Original Cinematic Scoring

Peter Allen in Vancouver & James Covell in Los Angeles, dreamt up the original scoring for Vancouver Vagabond, conceived as a hard rock opus with blends of ponderous urban, often melancholic washes. Masterfully choreographed with picture, this dance of sound design bespeaks something beyond narrative storytelling, it is an animation of the senses.

Peter Allen is very reputable in Vancouver and an active member of the Canadian League of Composers and the Canadian Music Centre. He has been commissioned to compose an extensive array of productions for all media applications.

James Covell's scores have been heard on every major TV network and in a variety of worldwide shows. He's composed many feature film scores and conducted the London Symphony Orchestra for the feature "Left Behind". He resides in Northern Hollywood.