Weekend in Calgary

 


Weekend in Calgary 1991 (Super 8mm) 3 minutes

In a big hurry to relax

This film shows the frantic pace of life today in contrast to the supposedly less frantic weekend activities. It won the jury prize for consistent vision at the $100 film festival, Calgary 1992.

Cast and Crew

  • Lab service: Rick Doe – The Local Lab
  • Equipment: Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers
  • Music: written and performed by James Reckseidler in 2007. www.youtube.com/reckseidlerfilms
  • Everything else:  James Beattie Morison

Screenings

  • $100 Film Festival Calgary, 1992
  • Splice This!” festival in Toronto in June 1998

 

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  1. The History of the $100 Film Festival « Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers says:
    February 28, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    [...] A Weekend in Calgary by James Beattie Morison (2 min’s 18-sec) grew out of a camera test. I used a camera with an intervalrometer to produce a time lapse version of a trip from Calgary to Lake Louise and back. The addition of the title and “Pipeline” by the Chantays transformed this test into a statement about the pressures of living the Calgary lifestyle. I was pleased at the positive response of the audience, and I still get comments about the film, over 10 years since it was last shown in public. [...]

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