The Beehive

Full Steam Ahead on Fletcher Season 3!

2011-10-28T15:03:00.000-07:00

I am very happy to report that Season 3 of Fletcher is well underway in the production process. Over the past couple of months we have been filming in and around Toronto, and the footage is looking great! It's been wonderful having the cast and crew together again, and indeed, wicked awesome times have ensued.

The fundraising campaign via indiegogo was a great success for us at Fletcher (as our first two seasons were completely unfunded). The fans came through for us in a big way and I think they will be incredibly pleased with the results.

One more day of filming and principal photography will be wrapped. After that comes one of my favourite parts...editing all that hilarious footage into 5 new Fletcher episodes. This is one labour that I do indeed love!

Lock and load, friends!

- Regan

Capturing the spirit of a school...

2011-02-14T12:50:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure these past few months of working once again with Sunnybrook School. A great group of people to work with! The assignment this time was to create a promotional video for the school. The video would certainly give facts about the institution, but more, the intent was also to create an engaging experience that would give the viewer a feel of the school itself…what it’s like to be a Sunnybrook student.

I spent numerous days filming at the school…different events on the social calendar as well as interviewing parents, students and teachers. I also went “off campus” and filmed the students engaging in such activities as rock climbing and curling. These are some lucky kids. They are also some of the nicest kids I’ve had the pleasure of working with.

After the filming was complete I set to work on bringing it all together. This included creating an original music composition to support the video. It was a long editing process…wanting to bring forward the very best of Sunnybrook. I wanted to make sure the story was told by not only the staff, but the students and parents as well…to give an all encompassing snapshot of the school.

As for the final result…you be the judge!

Never work with children or animals...

2010-08-18T13:24:00.000-07:00

W.C. Fields once said, "Never work with children or animals". The man makes a good point, however, in BCP's most recent project for Sunnybrook School, I found the kids to be hilarious to work with.

I first met with the Head of Sunnybrook School, Irene Davy, back in May. They wanted to commission a video project that would showcase the production process behind the creation of their end-of-school musical, Willy Wonka. The idea was to show how the students participation in the production was beneficial to both their learning process and overall development.

I spent two days filming at the school. This included getting footage of the rehearsals, choreography sessions, set building and prop creation. The kids were clearly having a great time participating in a project different from their everyday norm. There were also numerous parents helping out in almost every creative facet. Very much a team effort to bring this show together. Was fun to shoot.

The hilarity of the children really came through when I was doing one-on-one interviews with them to hear their thoughts on the process. One little girl claimed this had given her so much self-confidence, she could do a whole one-woman show! She was very cute.

Also filmed the final performance, and put everything together into a DVD package that was sold through the school. The school was happy with the finished product, as was I. I look forward to working with the lovely people of Sunnybrook School in the future.

You can check out the finished "Making of a Sunnybrook Musical" video here, or visit BCP's Video Portfolio page!

Hello World - welcome to The Beehive!

2010-01-19T15:44:00.000-08:00

A year and a half after BCP's flagship show, B.J. Fletcher: Private Eye, hit the internet, we've been toiling away not only developing our webseries but doing what BCP did long before Fletcher was born - audio, video and demo reel production.

After two rounds of temporary landing pages, this is our first comprehensive website showcasing what we do day to day. Designed by our own Rochelle Dancel, it reflects our personalities and the way we work - organically and creatively, and we don't take ourselves too seriously!

The Beehive will be updated periodically with developments on our work, plans for the future and our general view on issues that affect us... and quite possibly things that don't fall into any of those categories.

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Please come back soon; in the meantime, feel free to roam around our website - we're very proud of it and we're thrilled that we're finally here!