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Inspiration at the Movies: Earth: One Amazing Day

April 17, 2018 by Deb

Deb at R2R Festival

This past weekend, I went to the closing night of the R2R Family Film Festival. It’s great to see family-friendly films from around the world on the big screen… but I digress. Sometimes in a movie there’s a line that really rings true and you know you’re going to remember it for, well, probably for […]

Filed Under: FILM, Inspiration Tagged With: career choices, perspectives, travel

400 Room Nights

July 18, 2015 by Deb 1 Comment

So I was calling around prospective hotels for sufficient room nights to house visiting cast and crew for the duration of the shoot. There was a good estimate of the number of out of town cast and crew we’d need. Calculate who would be there for the whole shoot plus a bit of prep vs […]

Filed Under: FILM, Fun Tagged With: travel

How Many Parkas?

January 13, 2012 by Deb Leave a Comment

I have an industrial-strength parka that’s so big and thick that it stands up by itself. It’s perfect for standing around on set amid the depths of a Canadian winter. I’ve tried various combination of gloves and mitts over the years and found a combo of liner and mitt that actually warms my hands during […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: dog sledding, travel, weather, Yukon

Set Visit to the MIR Space Station

March 4, 2011 by Deb Leave a Comment

How cool to be filming on the MIR Space Station in space! That was my first thought when I worked on the “Mission to MIR” IMAX film. Yet as a non-astronaut, what are the chances of going on a set visit to MIR? Not very likely. As a matter of fact: impossible. Yes, here on Earth we tackled […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: dreams, imax, MIR, space, travel

Virtual Travel: Production Management 101

September 18, 2009 by Deb Leave a Comment

So, it appears I have travelled virtually through my books to more countries than I have gone in person! How cool! Between “Production Management 101” and “Surviving Production“, my books are in bookstores and libraries in at least 20 countries, including: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: pm101, travel

Recharging Through Travel – Belize

May 1, 2009 by Deb 1 Comment

I’m not sure how I got the travel bug, but I have to admit that travel after completing a production is one of my best ways of recharging the ol’ batteries. Either international travel and spontaneous travel tie as my favorites. On a 4-day shoot, a friend of my asked me on set where I was […]

Filed Under: Life, Work-Life Balance Tagged With: travel

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