The crew at Killick Productions kept busy this spring with projects for a variety of local and national clients. Canadian Idol returned to St. John’s for a 6th season of tapings and John was on hand as Sound Operator for the principle camera crew.

Apple Core Interactive engaged Killick Productions to shoot and edit a series of profile vignettes for this years Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony.

Snook, Fergus O'Byrne and Jim Payne are Wicked Altogether, a diverse musical trio that have been entertaining audiences with their combination of traditional music and humour. They contracted the crew at Killick Productions to produce a short promotional video. John, Kevin and Gerry provided 3 camera coverage of their show at the Arts and Culture Centre which was then edited down to an 8 minute highlight video.

WCYi Event Management asked John to produce a tv commercial to promote thier LifeStyles Show at the ReMax Centre this past May. Utilizing the elements from their promotional materials, an animated commercial was created to help promote the event.

This winter the team at Killick Productions were kept very busy thanks to 4 promotional videos we produced for College of the North Atlantic and The Fisheries and Marine Institute. For College of the North Atlantic we traveled to 11 campuses throughout the province gathering footage and interviews for a 20 minute video promoting the courses  they offer that are specifically designed for careers in the oil and gas industry. The College was very pleased with the video and asked that we produce a second, shorter version that promoted all of the courses the College offers. John, Kevin, Gerry, Bob, Deborah and Steve wasted no time shooting, writing and editing under a very tight timeline to ensure delivery of the videos on time and on budget.

The Fisheries and Marine Institute contracted Killick Productions to edit existing footage and shoot new interviews with industry professionals dealing with the topics of cod potting and escape mechanisms for snow crabs. Working closely with Chris Keats and Philip Walsh, the videos were created to promote the new harvesting technologies within the industry to fishers and processors alike. Former CBC Radio fisheries broadcaster Jim Wellman added his familiar voice to both videos.

When Telus needed an employee profile produced in Newfoundland for their monthly employee magazine program they contracted Killick Productions. Working with their Executive Producer Nicholas Cartmell, John shot interviews and cover footage in their Mt. Pearl office and at scenic Middle Cove.

It has been a busy Fall so far for 2007. We have been contracted by a variety of agencies and production companies to produce projects for the National Research Centre’s ice tank, the Spa at the Monastery, and Showcase Television. We worked with the crew of MTV Live and for Rezolution Pictues on their documentary film The Last Explorer. We also produced the 5th version of our series of commercials for the Avalon Mall.

YTV came to Newfoundland and John and Harvey were out and about shooting at two locations for them. We shot a profile on a girls rowing team and then tried our hand at rock climbing.

Killick Productions produced the multi-camera coverage of the 2007 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Awards of Excellence Awards.

Other Ocean Interactive of Prince Edward Island contracted John to acquire seabird footage at the Witless Bay Bird Sanctuary. Permits were obtained granting permission for our crew to land on the island to shoot video and stills.

Killick Productions returned to Witless Bay twice more during the summer shooting footage for Gestion PS Tours for a national Imperial Tobacco convention and also for the Element Agency’s coverage of the National Liberal Party’s meeting in St John’s.

Platinum TV of Miami contracted Killick Productions to produce a profile on the Terra Nova Golf Resort. This feature was aired throughout the United States.

Killick Productions has been named as the video production company of record for the Hibernia Management Group. In addition to handling video footage requests and stock footage duplication we also provide video services to the Hibernia Management Group.

Canadian Idol returned to Newfoundland for another season. John was on hand to handle location sound in St. John's and later on the road in Hare Bay.

The Avalon Mall was looking for a new campaign and Vivid Communications engaged the team at Killick Productions to create a new series of commercials. Utilizing green screen technology, the commercials featured models in a variety of fashions. Shot in HDV these commercials were outputted to traditional 720 x 486 for broadcast on NTV. These were the first commercials ever produced for the Avalon Mall that were not shot on location at the Mall.

The City of Mt. Pearl contracted Killick Productions to produce a video promoting their efforts to build a new multipurpose Lifestyle Centre that would feature a theatre, swimming pool, meeting rooms and a new home for the Newfoundland Science Centre.

A busy season for the crew at Killick Productions as we produced another season of Sabrina Whyatt’s reality makeover series Finding Balance. Our team produced 6 episodes that aired in primetime on NTV culminating in the multi-camera live to tape final show.

In between the craziness of producing Finding Balance we also found time to produce a video for the Association of Early Childhood Educators. The video was shot during their annual 3 day conference and shown at the closing session.

ATV safety for the provincial government
May 2006

Killick Productions was contracted by Vivid Communications to produce a series of commercials on ATV safety for the provincial government. The creative for the project was developed by Vivid Communications while John Bonnell served as Director and Producer for the commercials. Shot on location in Kelligrews, the commercials are targeted at all ATV users in the province. We would like to thank Hickey’s Ambulance Service, The RCMP and the RNC for participating in these commercials.

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