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.
The Birth of a Lovechild
A major player in Western Canadian film production has defied the post-pandemic landscape by emerging as a stronger and more resourceful company.
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.
Amplifying to the Perfect Volume for Live Events
Understanding the audience, the client, and the tone of the event is essential in creating experiences that resonate.
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.