city sonic
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Running Time: 24 x 3 mins
Year: 2009
synopsis
City Sonic unlocks the hidden history of Toronto’s music scene.
As a nexus of Canadian music, the city has been enriched by wave after wave of homegrown and international musicians. Its stages, streets and alleys resonate with the notorious jams, numbing heartaches, and lucky breaks that are the city’s musical DNA.
City Sonic is a multi-platform music series that delivers its stories straight into the hands of music fans. It’s their mobile backstage, all-access pass to 20 revealing short films featuring contemporary music stars including Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene, Cancer Bats, Tyler Stewart of Barenaked Ladies, Sarah Slean, Fucked Up, Justin Rutledge, Danko Jones, Divine Brown, and Geddy Lee of Rush!
Each short film tells the story of one musician and their shared history with a legendary Toronto music venue. City Sonic creates a high level of engagement with the city through breakthrough location-based storytelling and a gaming component made for smartphones.
Credits
Directed by Anita Doron, Robet Lang, Peter Lynch, Bruce McDonald, Charles Officer, Rob Rilichowski, George Vale
Producer (Films) Robert Lang
Producer (Interactive) David Oppenheim, Cameron Mitchell
Executive Producers Janice Dawe, Robert Lang, Peter Raymont
Story Researcher & Writer Liisa Ladouceur
Interactive Writer Travis Sellar
Directors of Photography Stephen Chung, Steve Cousens, John Price, Derek Rogers, Adam Swica
Edited by Tristen Bakker, Chris Cassino, Caroline Christie, James Blokland, Matt Hannam, Rouzbeh Heydari, Duff Smith, George Vale
A Kensington Communications/ White Pine Pictures Production
In Association with the Ontario Media Development Corporation
Produced with the participation of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, Telus Innovation Fund, AUX, and with the participation of Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, the Toronto History Project and CIMA.
Episodes
CANCER BATS
at Adrift Clubhouse
CARE FAILURE (Die Mannequin)
at 102.1 The Edge
BARENAKED LADIES
at Ultrasound Showbar
BRIAN BORCHERDT (Holy Fuck)
at Sneaky Dee's
DANKO JONES
at Maple Leaf Gardens
JASON COLLETT
in Kensington Market
JUSTIN RUTLEDGE AND BAZIL DONOVAN (Blue Rodeo)
at The Cameron House
DAMIAN ABRAHAM (Fucked Up)
at Rotate This
D-SISIVE
at Planet Mars
SERENA RYDER
at the Dakota Tavern
GEDDY LEE (Rush)
at Massey Hall
TONY DEKKER (Great Lake Swimmers)
at Spadina Subway Station
LAURA BARRETT WITH MARTIN TIELLI
at the Art Gallery of Ontario
WOODHANDS
at the Don Valley Brick Works
SARAH SLEAN
at The Rivoli
LIONESS
at the Masonic Temple
DIVINE BROWN
at The Rex Hotel
BRENDAN CANNING (Broken Social Scene)
at the Drake Hotel
COLIN MUNROE
at the Revival Bar
SEBASTIEN GRAINGER (Death From Above 1979)
at the El Mocambo
