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It’s My Party!
It’s My Party!
26 x 22 min.
It’s My Party! takes viewers on a fascinating journey of discovery into different communities within Canada. Each episode pairs up two kids who have never met, one is the guide, the other their guest. These newfound friends jump feet first into new cultural experiences, participating in challenges and games linked to the food, fashion and festivities of the dynamic celebrations.
Backyard Beats
Backyard Beats
26 x 11 min.
In Backyard Beats, we explore music from all angles – taking inspiration from eclectic genres, intriguing instruments, and guest appearances by well-known musicians. At the centre of each episode is a DIY segment to create an instrument out of everyday items – and encourage the viewers at home to ‘get to the beat’. Along the way, we also meet a highly accomplished kid musician who takes us into their world. Each episode builds to a fun backyard concert …the perfect opportunity to test that DIY instrument! This 26 x 11-minute music and art series for kids 4 to 8 is being developed for TVO in Canada.
Paranormal 911
Paranormal 911
23 x 1 hr.
Paranormal 911 reveals spine-chilling, dramatic stories where an emergency call led to a horrifying paranormal encounter. This first-person, gripping drama-doc series thrusts viewers into the POV of both the victims and the 911 responders who took the call – Every story is a haunting mix of emergency situation and hair-raising paranormal encounter – from the 911 call, to the first responders on the scene discovering all is not what it seems.
Paranormal Night Shift
Paranormal Night Shift
13 x 1 hr.
Night is something we lock the door against. Those who work the graveyard shift must venture into the darkness while the rest of us sleep safely. In each episode of PARANORMAL NIGHT SHIFT, we tell three horrifying stories of paranormal encounters during the night shift. By day the workplace is rational and efficient – but at night these same offices, hotels, eateries, and even open highways become the domain of ghosts, demons and the inexplicable!
Haunted Hospitals
Haunted Hospitals
38 x 1 hr.
Haunted Hospitals is a non-fiction paranormal series that uses the personal testimonies of medical professionals and patients to explore strange events in hospital settings. Past patients come back from the grave to seek revenge. Medical professionals insist on tending to their ward – even in death. Spirits stalk corridors to warn against impending danger… The fear-soaked stories are told first-hand by doctors, nurses and patients, keeping the storytelling authentic and the horror close at hand. Every story is a nightmarish mix of paranormal encounter and hair-raising mystery, as we unravel the tale of the troubled souls behind the hauntings.
Grant Edmonds
Founder & Audio Chief
Grant started The Dark Studio Sound Company in 1998. With many awards to his credit including a Gemini for Best Sound in a Documentary, he’s our ultimate sound guru, demystifying and smoothing out even the most difficult problems with seeming ease.
Fittingly, Grant began his career in music before making the transition to post-production, and has since serviced a broad and diverse stream of respected film and television projects. Grant’s masterful crafting of any sound problem into perfect audio is a respected quality for which he’s most sought-after.
Grant’s favourite movie: No Country for Old Men
Mimi Scowen
Sound Editor
Mimi has spent time working at The Dark Studio since the summer of 2011. Since completing a bachelor’s degree at McGill University in 2016, she has been back at the studio putting her lengthy knowledge office operations to good use. Constantly inspired by the creativity of our clients, Mimi’s passion for film and television is on display when she arrives at work every day with a smile on her face.
Mimi’s favourite movie: What We Do in the Shadows
Patience Bradford
Sound Editor
Patience has a passion for post-production! She joins us at The Dark Studio after accomplishing a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Western Ontario and a Post-Production Graduate Certificate from Humber College. An avid jazz listener (and player of the saxophone for over 13 years), Patience’s interests at the studio include dialogue editing, sound design, and music production. She also loves cats.
Patience’s favourite movie: Fight Club
Celtic Soul
Celtic Soul
1 x 75 min.
Celtic Soul follows Canadian actor and funny man Jay Baruchel on an epic road trip through Canada, Ireland and Scotland with his new friend, well-known Irish soccer journalist Eoin O’Callaghan.
It’s a story that spans 200 years of colourful history and that will take the duo eastward from Montreal to Westport, Ireland – where Jay’s ancestors set sail for Canada, like so many others – and finally Glasgow, where Jay Baruchel will fulfill a lifelong dream: to watch a match at Celtic Park, one of the wildest and most hallowed grounds in world football.