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A Smart Story – Barbershop’s Short Doc on Using Smartphones to Save Lives

A BC Children’s Hospital initiative, funded by Mining4Life, has enabled normal smartphones to become critical healthcare tools in Uganda and Kenya. Barbershop was fortunate to help tell the story.

Kinsmen Sports Celebrity Dinner: Producing Video Content for Community Difference Makers

Tight timelines, multiple videos, day-of shoots, and large in-person audiences: the Kinsmen Sports Celebrity Dinner is one of our most demanding annual events – and most rewarding.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sets* (But Were Afraid to Ask): A Beginner’s Guide to Good Form on a Film Production

You’re new to a film shoot? Well, we’re thrilled to have you. You’re a bit nervous about the experience? Well, we’re also thrilled about your nerves. Because we have a guide to make them disappear.

Technology Production

Camera to Cloud is Rewriting the Rules

After each take, a proxy file is almost instantaneously created and uploaded to a cloud server, which is accessible to both the client, crew, and editor.

Creating an Epic Advertisement (and result) from The Littlest Hobo

We worked with FCL on a special Canada Day commercial, utilizing one of our nation's most recognizable songs, ‘Maybe Tomorrow’. The results shattered all realistic expectations.

The Art of Cutting Your Teeth at Country Thunder

Country Thunder music festival has been one of the most instrumental (no pun intended) and consequential opportunities in our company's history, forcing us to sink or swim.

With Drone and Aerial Cinematography, Sky is no Longer the Limit

From helicopters to drones to FPVs, Barbershop Films has the experience, the expertise, and the desire to add that 'wow-factor' to any level of production.

Cinematic Oomph with the U-Crane and Gorilla Camera Truck

Cinema has a deep well of tools that leave viewers asking, 'how did they do that?' We dive into our work with the U-Crane (Russian Arm), Gorilla Camera Truck, and Ronin stabilizing systems to show how to make the impossible possible.

Reshaping Around the Impacts of COVID (And a Renewed Love of Hand Sanitizer)

COVID made us rethink, adapt, and innovate along with the ever-changing world. Many of these changes turned out to be blessings in disguise.

A Smart Story – Barbershop’s Short Doc on Using Smartphones to Save Lives

By Nathan Raine

Kinsmen Sports Celebrity Dinner: Producing Video Content for Community Difference Makers

By Nathan Raine

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sets* (But Were Afraid to Ask): A Beginner’s Guide to Good Form on a Film Production

By Nathan Raine

Technology Production

Camera to Cloud is Rewriting the Rules

By Nathan Raine

Creating an Epic Advertisement (and result) from The Littlest Hobo

By Nathan Raine

The Art of Cutting Your Teeth at Country Thunder

By Nathan Raine

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