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'artless' is complete
SPRING 2013 | What begins as a surreal romance between two artists turns to tragedy when the largest blackout in history threatens their relationship.
This is the story behind Jeremy Major's new feature film, artless. Filmed in Hamilton and New York City last summer, the film is now finished and being launched for film festivals. Stay tuned for more...
Big bang filming
WINTER 2013 | 200 years ago, on the very soil where the Shooting Eye offices sit today, a war was fought. It went on for two years and consisted of more than 50 battles. One of those was called The Battle of Beaver Dams and unfolded in the area now know as Thorold, just west of Niagara Falls. What was unique about this battle is that it was not won by weapons alone but also by words.
A new film directed by Jeremy Major will hit Canadian classrooms this spring to coincide with the anniversary of the Beaver Dams battle. The film was made possible thanks to a grant from Canadian Heritage. Executive Produced by historian Doug Massey, the film is an emotional and intense story told primarily through the eyes of the Grand River people.
Hollywood holiday
This holiday season, the team at The Shooting Eye put their decorating skills to work in support of a great cause. Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation hosts an anual silent auction following the St Peter's Hospital Festival of Lights in Hamilton, where 5000 twinkle lights put a glow on patient faces from the hospital's courtyard.
This year The Shooting Eye donated a tree named "Hollywood Holiday", a nostalgic tribute to silver screen black & white Christmas'.
Best wishes for a Happy Holiday and exciting New Year!
Memories of a touching film
DEC 2012 | It's been one year since the release of "Lifetime in a Box", a short film produced for BravoFACT. We thought it might be fitting to share it once again. it features Chuck Mugford who also has a role in Jeremy Major's upcoming feature film, "Artless."
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NOVEMBER 2011 | Without memories life can be a lonely place.
This is the theme of a Shooting Eye-produced short film that premieres this month. Lifetime in a Box stars Chuck Mugford and Jacqueline Johnson as an elderly couple facing the challenges of aging. Directed by Jeremy Major and Aaron Lam, the film was funded by the BravoFACT foundation to assist Canadian talent.
Filmed in Oakville, Binbrook, and Gravenhurst, Ontario, the directors wanted to depict a moment in time that would perhaps raise more questions than answers.
"We often live our lives without really appreciating the little things, the small moments that seem unimportant at the time," says Lam, who also penned the script. "When we look back at our lives, the small moments are what define the journey."
Flashbacks and old photographs were fabricated to show the main characters in their distant youth. The producers brought in an old car and used aging techniques to stretch the timeline of the story over several decades.
"We had fun making things look old," says Major, who also composed the music. "Putting together the right clothing and props was a big part of making the film authentic."
New "JUXT" premieres at HFF
NOV 2012 | Okay, so... The Shooting Eye team - you know the one that's won awards for their past short films - had a little too much fun with their new film. When Nathan Fleet at the Hamilton Film Festival asked Jeremy Major to direct this year's instalment of an original continuing story for the festival, Major had no idea what shape it would take. The fourth of a series of short films, Major's new "JUXT" is a departure from anything he and his team at The Shooting Eye has ever done!
Nathan Fleet posts on Facebook:
"JUXT is an HFF original project. Each year a filmmaker is selected to create a short film. The only instruction is that it features, or mentions Hamilton and that it is left open ended. We have no say outside of that. Ken Turner & Paul J. Boresky, Jason Hofing, Craig F. Watkins contributed 1, 2 & 3 respectively. This year we will see the 4th instalment of JUXT by Jeremy Major of The Shooting Eye. It was just delivered to me and it is incredible! See all 4 Juxt films back to back on Fri Nov 9th at 9:30pm in the experimental category."
Staircase Theatre, Friday, November 9 at 9:30pm, Hamilton ON.