SELECT PROJECTS
The crucible is a place that many now experience with increasing frequency... the fire of this experience separates the dross and clarifies new ways of knowing and participating in the world.
This experience invites us to stay present in the discomfort of not knowing as we co-create step by step the human tapestry that will support a new way of being both locally and globally.
TEDx, x = independently organized event TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading." The program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. For more about TED visit here.
TEDx SelfDesign High
Watershed Productions
Camera Operator #3: Andrea Vandenboer
Recorded at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson, BC.
2011 Theme: Through the Crucible The Pain and Blessing of Conscious Change
Highlights! - TEDx SelfDesign High 2011
GREENING THE CUBE - 100-MILE HOUSING
Documentary (84 minutes)
Theme Room Films
Director, Producer, Researcher, Writer: Tyler Austin Bradley
Director of Cinematography, Co-Producer, Editor, Audio: Andrea Vandenboer
Second Camera, Audio: Carla Sinclair
Soundtrack/Score: Graham Tracey
Additional Music: Cassidy Bisher
Greening The Cube: 100 - Mile Housing follows the efforts of green-builders Pete Matheson and Sean Sands as they strive to imagine and construct homes that are affordable, habitable, ethical, and environmentally responsible- in a word, sustainable. Tracing the contrasting origins of these two unique builders, the diversity of design and near limitless possibilities for experimental housing is explored through their personal histories and the homes they have created. Taking inspiration from the local-food treatise 'The 100 Mile Diet,' a concept for '100 Mile Housing,' localized solutions for house and home, begins to take shape in the backwoods of Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada.
With appearances made by author JB MacKinnon (co-author of The 100-Mile Diet), Professor William Rees (Ecological Footprint Analysis), and other proponents of sustainable living, a case for experimental building and whole-systems solutions to the sustainability question is taken from the wilderness out. Combining integrated approaches to food production, meeting energy needs, responsible management of the waste stream, and other considerations pertinent to our homes and lifestyles, the extremes gone to by the featured builders serve as a counterpoint, a challenge to modern western consumerism. Ultimately, the lifestyle and movement documented poses but one question; what kind of future will you build?
Please visit us at www.greeningthecube.com and on Facebook.
LET’S FIND A WAY
Documentary (40 minutes) and Music Video (5 minutes)
The Lets Find A Way Society and The Visual Blueprint Productions
Robin Tomlin: Producer, Agent
Waleed Abdulhamid: Project Manager, Musician, Sound Recordist
Andrea Vandenboer: Editor
Clem Marshall: Manager of Operations
Phil Koochin & Kevin Ehman: Songwriters
The LET’S FIND A WAY project all started with Robin Tomlin who had a vision of developing a song that could speak to the world about highlighting how HIV/AIDS is affecting the young children of our world. The energy behind this song brought together high profile artists of diverse cultural and racial backgrounds to promote cultural awareness of HIV/AIDS to our global youth of today. Andrea served as the editor on the Let’s Find A Way documentary and Let’s Find A Way music video, which she received the Award for Best Sound Editor at the 2009 Toronto ReelHeart International Film Festival, ON.
The song includes fifteen solo artists performing in their appropriate mother tongue including Waleed Abdulhamid, (Multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, producer), David Clayton Thomas (Blood Sweat and Tears, Canadian Music Hall of Fame), David Maracle (First Nations Instrumentalist, Vocalist), Bruce Cassidy (Blood Sweat and Tears), Laurence Stevenson (CBC Producer Out Front), as well as the CBC Orpheus choir. Languages include Sudanese, Mohawk, Iroquoi, Thai, German, Spanish, Hindustani, Russian, English, Chinese, French and Portuguese!
It won Best Short Documentary at the 2009 Washougal International Film Festival and Best Music Video Award at the 2009 On Location Memphis International Film Festival and 2009 Mexico International Film Festival.
In these times of accelerated change (weather, politics, cultures, technology, work), we can choose to participate in an emerging global transformation by bringing awareness to how real change occurs; we can bear witness to what must die in order to transform and rise again as possibility.
WHITE WATER, BLACK GOLD
Documentary
Produced & Directed by David Lavallee
Cinematography: Alan Bibby, Pat Morrow, Will Schmidt
Editors: Nancy Rosenblum, Sonja Ruebsaat
Narrator: Peter Coyote
Music and Audio - Sarah Harmer, Josh Ritter, Alejandro Merodio.,
John Tucker-Havelock, Luke Martin
• Transcription Service: Andrea Vandenboer
Lavallee’s journey down the Athabasca River and across Western Canada in search of answers about the battle between water and oil. Following an imaginary drop of water, and later an imaginary drop of oil, he discovers
the threats to the third largest watershed in the world and two separate oceans. White Water, Black Gold is a film about the inextricable link between water and oil in our modern world. *Official Selection at the 2011 Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City California, USA; 2011 Banff Mountain Film Festival, Canada; the 2011 Planet in Focus Film Festival, Toronto, Canada and won the Best Canadian Film at Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival 2012.
THE INTEGRATION OF MIDWIFERY INTO A RURAL MATERNITY CARE TEAM
The Visual Blueprint Productions - RESEARCH PROJECT for Ilene Bell and The University of British Columbia
Andrea Vandenboer: Camera Operator, Sound, Editor
In Nelson, BC, Canada, midwifery has been a part of the maternity care system for over eight years. In this model, midwives work closely with nurses, family doctors and specialists in providing care to expectant women and families. However, this integrated model of care is not available in many rural communities in British Columbia at this time. Ilene Bell of Nelson’s Midwife Centre is interested in the opinions of women who have experienced midwifery care when nurses and/or doctors have also been involved and so funded by the UBC undertook an extensive research project.
GREENER FOOTPRINTS : THE ROSSLAND STORY
Documentary (22 minutes)
Greener Footprints Society and Theme Room Films
Director: Tyler Austin Bradley
Director of Cinematography, Editor, Audio: Andrea Vandenboer
Producer: Tracey Saxby
This documentary tells the story of how the residents of Rossland, BC reduced their plastic bag use by 75% in less than one year. In March 2007, Tracey Saxby and Greener Footprints launched an extensive education campaign that engaged government, retailers, schools, community groups and residents. Rossland was named Canada's first plastic-bag-free community, a designation that earned the small alpine city national media attention.
Please visit the Greener Footprints Society and you can also watch the story unfold HERE.
Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
INTERNATIONAL PARK(ing) DAY and FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOUR
RESEARCH PROJECT with Royal Roads University and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Event Organiser: Theresa Southam
Andrea Vandenboer: Camera Operator, Audio Recordist
Collaboration with Southam Consulting Inc. to film a number of interviews for a project on the exploration of fostering sustainable behaviour in conjunction with the Royal Roads University and The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society included the filming of the International Park(ing) Day event held in Nelson BC. In cities around the globe, artists, activists and citizens temporarily transformed metered parking spaces into public parks and other social spaces, as part of an annual event called PARK(ing) Day challenging people to rethink the way streets are used and to reinforce the need for broad-based changes to urban infrastructure. “In urban centers around the world, inexpensive curbside parking results in increased traffic, wasted fuel and more pollution,” says Rebar’s Matthew Passmore.
The event has included over 700 parks in over 130 cities in 20 countries and this was Nelson BC Canada's first year thanks to Theresa Southam.
MACLEANS MAGAZINE
CANADA 2014: 10 PLACES YOU’VE GOT TO SEE
In September 2013 Andrea provided second camera, live footage and audio recording services for Director of Photography, Andrew Tolson of Macleans Magazine on the Annapolis Royal, NS video Holding the Fort in 'Canada 2014: Ten Places You’ve Got To See' The web video went online March 06 2014 titled Holding The Fort.
View the trailer on the YouTube link above or click HERE
With global warming escalating and eco-terrorists attacking oil companies, an unlikely group of teens organize a youth driven movement, which challenges an indolent Canadian government to step up and show global leadership.
The Change Agents premiered at the Citizens Climate Lobby, Ottawa, ON, Canada and screenings include BC Amnesty International Film Festival, Katimavik Room, Yellowknife, NT, Global Inspiration Conference, Oostduinkerke, Belgium, and The Capitol Theatre, Nelson, BC, Canada.
THE CHANGE AGENTS
(formerly PROJECT TURQUOISE SNOWFLAKE)
Feature Motion Picture
A Pay It Forward Production
Robyn Shepperd: Director, Writer, Casting
Producer: Sarah Miller Hayward, Susan Morrison
Andrea Vandenboer: Casting Associate (70+ cast), Camera B Operator, Post Production Supervisor, Data Management Technician, Crew
SILENT NO MORE - LOUISE PENTZ: A VOICE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
ART FOR SOCIAL CHANGE series
Documentary (27 minutes)
The Visual Blueprint Productions
Produced and directed by Andrea Vandenboer and Grace Butland
Original Music Score by Dillon Tonkin
LOCAL PROSPERITY CONFERENCE
Primary Videography by Ethan Neville & Bruno Jennings
Videography by Andrea Vandenboer
Audio engineers Dillon Tonkin & Kevin Thompson
Video editing by Evan Warner
The Local Prosperity: New Economics for Rural Canada Conference featured the best examples of a new economic model in action at the local level in Atlantic Canada, other regions of Canada, and the world. It provided a wide range of immediately-actionable tools for community builders intended for those who can return to their communities with what they have learned and begin the work to inspire others in the implementation of these projects and tools.
FOR MORE CONFERENCE MATERIALS AND VIDEOS VISIT www.localprosperity.ca/conference-materials/
THE SINCLAIR INN AND THE PAINTED ROOM: CANADA WRAPPED UP IN A BUILDING
Documentary (20 minutes)
Annapolis Heritage Society
Directed by Andrea Vandenboer
Videography and Editing: Andrea Vandenboer
Original Music Score by Dillon Tonkin
The Sinclair Inn and the Painted Room: Canada Wrapped up in a Building is a 20-minute documentary and permanent museum visitor installation in the Sinclair Inn Museum in Annapolis Royal, NS. The video documents the uncovering of the historic painted room hidden behind layers of old wallpaper in the earliest surviving Acadian building and very first Masonic Lodge in Canada, highlighting 300 years of history, architecture and living. It illustrates the exciting discovery of the painted room as art conservators uncovered what could be 175-year-old paintings, some of which have been dated to about 1840, its mysteries, and the incredible building that reflects the preservation and conservation of original architecture from the early part of the 1700s. There is an English and French version of the video situated on the second floor of the Sinclair Inn Museum beside the Painted Room.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE HUMAN PROSPECT
Documentary (40 minutes)
The Visual Blueprint Productions and Centre for Local Prosperity
Director: Andrea Vandenboer
Camera: Andrea Vandenboer & Catherine Bussiere
Audio: Andrea Vandenboer & Ron MacNutt
Editor: Andrea Vandenboer
Original Music Score by Dillon Tonkin
SEARIDGE FOUNDATION
The Visual Blueprint Productions
Over a period of several months Andrea recorded video logs at the Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre with the purpose to record client’s individual therapeutic journey’s during their stay at the facility offered as a sharing and learning tool. Each completed video was given to the client at the end of their stay. The video log journal component at the end of a client’s visit served to assist the client to reflect upon their stay at the facility.
The film has screened to many groups in Canadian provinces and several US states. Every screening is followed by a discussion on what that community can do about climate change, and a discussion guide is available. Audiences include schools, universities, service groups, municipal councils, various organisations and citizen groups. Climate Change and the Human Prospect was featured during the 2020 ARTS x SDGS Festival, New York USA, 2019 Valley Drive-In Social Change - Drive In Movie Night, Annapolis Valley NS, 2019 Environmental Film Festival, Unama'ki Cape Breton Island and screened during the 2018 Annual Cumberland Energy Symposium (Springhill NS), 2018 How We Thrive Conference (Halifax NS), 2018 Econous Conference (Moncton NB) and 2018 Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities Annual Conference (Halifax NS).
Nova Scotia filmmaker moving hearts and minds on climate crisis, Paul Pickrem, Chronicle Herald, 2019 https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/lifestyles/local-lifestyles/nova-scotia-filmmaker-moving-hearts-and-minds-on-climate-crisis-340644/
On the 60th Anniversary of the Inaugural Thinkers Lodge Pugwash Conference on Nuclear Disarmament, twenty-four global and regional Thinkers, armed with the conviction that local action is not only possible but the best path forward, gathered to define a path to restore and revitalise local communities in the face of climate change. Climate Change and the Human Prospect documents the details and vision of events during the 2017 Thinkers Lodge Climate Change Retreat, Pugwash, NS.
Climate Change and the Human Prospect earned Andrea a Women in Film and Television Atlantic Best Director nomination at the 2019 Screen Nova Scotia Awards.
Art is an expression of our humanity, and artists give expression to the time and place in which they live. In Silent No More - Louise Pentz: A Voice for Social Change, ceramist Pentz shapes clay into life-size female sculptures, scoring, marking and scarring them to create tactile surfaces that reflect the experiences of women whose lives have been restrained by culture, religion, illiteracy and fear. No longer willing to remain silent about the injustice she sees, Nova Scotia ceramist Louise Pentz uses her art as a force for social change. Her sculptures give voice to women around the world who are silenced by social, political, religious or family circumstances.
Silent No More was chosen as an official selection at several festivals, conferences and events internationally and winner of awards. It featured at the 2016 Local Prosperity Regional Conference on New Economics for Rural Canada, Miramichi, NB and Film Festivals include the 2016 Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto ON; 2016 Canadian International Film Festival, Vancouver BC; 2016 36th Atlantic Film Festival (FIN), Halifax NS; 2017 Shorts On Tap, London UK; 2018 Global Impact Film Festival, Washington DC, USA and 2019 Women Deliver Film Festival, Vancouver BC.
Silent No More was made possible with the support of Arts Nova Scotia and comes with a complete study and discussion guide. Moving Images Distribution.
TRAILER COMING SOON!
Take a look at the Painted Room Interpretive Tour here - http://annapolisheritagesociety.com/the-discovery/
Sinclair Inn's 175-year-old secret painting revealed, CBC News - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sinclair-inn-s-175-year-old-secret-painting-revealed-1.2735262
View the Trailer on the YouTube link above or click HERE
Greening The Cube has screened at numerous collegiate and post-secondary institutions as an addendum to courses taught in Integrated Environmental Technologies and Green Building. It was shown throughout Canada and the USA on independently organised tours and the film festival circuit including the 2010 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, Greenbuild International Film Festival, Chicago, USA and United States Green Building Council travelling film festival of 2011. Official selections also include the Rossland Mountain Film Festival, Rossland, BC and Globians Documentary Film Festival, Berlin, Germany.
It is available for sale to individuals via Amazon.com (and this site) and with Moving Images Distribution for circulation/use in an educational and/or non-profit setting complete with a comprehensive Study and Discussion Guide.
View the trailer on the YouTube link above or click HERE
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The purpose of this research project was to make the experience gained in Nelson available to other communities. The information gathered may help improve the ways that midwives work with other professionals, and to support the growth of midwifery practices elsewhere in British Columbia.
Mary Jo Fetterly broke her neck three and a half years ago in a ski accident in the mountains of Nelson, British Columbia. She was the most popular yoga teacher in the area at the time of her accident. Mary Jo worked as a yoga teacher for the first three years of her recovery with a staff of instructors working all over Canada. Three years in a wheelchair contributed to a compound scoliosis in her elastic spine.
She attacked this new diagnosis with her indomitable spirit and cheerful tenacity, devoting all her time to getting out of her wheelchair. Mary Jo is a trailblazer in the world of spinal cord recovery; moved to tears by the plight of those less fortunate than herself. The stories of contracting limbs and isolated people with her level of injury moves her forward to spread her message of healing to those still suffering in heart, mind and spirit.
The mountains of the Kootenays of British Columbia form the backdrop of the compelling story of Mountains To Climb.
MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB
Documentary
Sutherland Productions
Christine Sutherland: Director, Producer, Camera Operator. Audio Recordist
Andrea Vandenboer: Camera Operator, Audio Recordist, Editor
Music: Dan Caverly and Felicia Harding
View the trailer on the YouTube link above or click HERE
* Andrea filmed and edited numerous Sutherland Productions instructional videos and documentaries (often
uncredited). Sutherland Productions has produced an educational series of how-to videos on massage topics
ranging from People to Pets.
MASSAGE - A SERIES
MOUNTAIN MASSAGE
Instructional video by Sutherland Productions
Christine Sutherland: Director, Camera Operator, Producer
Andrea Vandenboer: Camera Operator, Audio
Dan Caverly: Camera Operator
Dave Heagy: Camera Operator
Dan Rona-Hartzog: Camera Operator
The Rinpoche Rub is a Meditative Mountain Massage for the Buddhist who sits too much. One of the most beloved Tibetan Buddhist leaders of the Kootenays in BC, Canada, The Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche, talks about the effectiveness of massage for his active lifestyle physically, mentally and spiritually. We watch Christine teach Rinpoche’s Buddhist students the art of massage for the head, neck and shoulders and Rinpoche give the teacher’s shoulders a squeeze.
MAKING THE BEST, BETTER
1min & 3.5min short video
Wildflower Too & The Visual Blueprint Productions
Wildflower Too School, Nelson & Cheryl Grant: Story Concept and Performers
Andrea Vandenboer: Camera Operator, Video Editor, Audio
Awarded second prize at the “Imagine Transition” video competition as the youth
of a Transition Town communicate a vision of how their hometown can move towards a sustainable future. Transition Network supports community-led responses to climate change and shrinking supplies of cheap energy, building resilience and happiness. ‘Making the Best, Better’ premiered in Nelson, BC, Canada at the Capitol Theatre on Feb. 27th, 2010 and was an Official Selection at the 2010 Express Summer Shorts Film Festival, Nelson, BC.
MASSAGE - A SERIES
MOUNTAIN MASSAGE - RUB YOUR RINPOCHE
Instructional video by Sutherland Productions
Christine Sutherland: Director, Camera Operator, Editor, Audio. Producer
Andrea Vandenboer: Camera Operator
AFRICAN TOUCH
Archival footage conversion by The Visual Blueprint Productions
Yvonne Poulin of the African Touch Project
African Touch Education Fund Society is a registered non profit organization and registered Canadian Charity. It is a program that provides formal education and encourages self-sufficiency amongst the disadvantaged population of Africa providing training in the skills of massage therapy and the support to obtain and sustain gainful employment within their African communities. Founded by Yvonne Poulin of Nelson, BC, Canada candidates for training are women and youth selected from the visually impaired community and residential slums.
An elderly Russian woman Bubka with a crowbar as her walking stick takes a walk in the park and encounters a medley of unexpected surprises.
Andrea acted as a model maker (Bubka), Photoshop Effects Technician, and Editor for the making of Bubka: a short film project using animated clay characters and classic stop-motion technique shown on the Aniboom Channel.
Allana Haradyn, a Professional Photographer, was responsible for the outstanding job of photographing the 14,000 stills required.
BUBKA
Claymation Film (8 minutes)
Andrea Vandenboer: Bubka Character Design, Photoshop work, Sound Design, Editor
Allana Haradyn: Photography, Set Design, Character Concept, Lighting, Script
Christon Smith: Character Design, Set Design, Animatic, Storyboard, Character Animator
Justin Dale: Character Design, Set Design, Special Effects, Animatic, Character Animator
Sometimes I Dream In Orange premiered at the 2007 Fliks Film
Festival at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson, BC, Canada.
Sometimes I Dream In Orange was a solo project that illustrated an intense connection to the natural world shining through in sensitive, yet bold cinematography. The viewer transfixed by the stunning imagery from the natural landscape of the Kootenays, BC, Canada is suddenly accelerated into an urban dream full of thrilling and energizing motion and vision. This film reflects a filmmaker’s journey through the two opposing landscapes as it depicts an artist working within the medium to discover her own path through life.
SOMETIMES I DREAM IN ORANGE
Experimental video (13 minutes)
The Visual Blueprint Productions
Andrea Vandenboer: Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Editor
Christine’s mountain massage takes you to peak experiences of hands-on high land healing. She loves to challenge the aches and pains of backpackers in the winter hiking and summer camping. She is along the trails and at the lakeside teaching her fellow trailblazers the art of relief and therapeutics through massage.
This hands-on lunch break gets first time hikers up the ascent and seasoned climbers down the mountain with happy knees. Christine covers all seasons with small and large groups of outdoor enthusiasts using massage as a way to ease the aches and pains of sore feet, backs, shoulders and the odd hiking headache. Join Christine as she rubs bikers, hikers, cyclists, snowboarders and paddlers the right way!
* A longer version about Mary Jo Fetterly titled Stand Because You Can won the Rossland Mountain Film Festival’s
In the physical world of an enthusiastic fitness instructor fending off the inevitable aging process in himself and his clients, a man is visited by memories of his grandmother.
This Ichigo-Ichieh Dance Company production
of KESSA was created and choreographed by
Hiromoto Ida with music by Golden Sheaf Award winner John Tucker.
KESSA
1 Hour Live Performance Promotional DVD
The Visual Blueprint Productions
Hiromoto Ida: Choreographer, Creator, Performer
John Tucker: Sound Design, Composer
Andrea Vandenboer: Cinematographer, Editor
© the visual blueprint productions
Audience Choice Award and selected to tour Canada in Vancouver’s Moving Pictures Film Festival.
COMPANY JUMP
Promotional Video
The Visual Blueprint Productions
Camera: Ronnie Ma, Tim Affolter, Carla Sinclair
Andrea Vandenboer: Editor
COMPANY JUMP is a comedic musical theatre production that showcases the 1940’s swing music of the Andrews Sisters. This musical theatre style tribute act features tight harmonies, audience interaction, 1940’s costumes, humour and dancing suitable for audiences of all ages. With such swingin’ tunes as “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”, “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” and “Accentuate the Positive” this show is sure to please audiences and get their toes tappin’. Company Jump! features the lively performances and brassy vocals of Nadine Tremblay, Andréa Isaak and Marie West.
CULINARY CONSPIRACY
Promotional Video
The Visual Blueprint Productions
Andrea Vandenboer: Director, Camera Operator, Audio and Editor
Christine Sutherland: Camera Operator, Audio
Music: Kevin MacLeod
CULINARY CONSPIRACY, a leading specialty food retailer in the Central Kootenay Region, provides the finest quality foods available worldwide. A Grand Opening event was recorded with a cooking show hosted by guest chef Jamie Hertz of ‘Fusion’ and Top Chef Canada fame on the Food Network television channel.
PURA VIDA
Documentary (7 minutes)
The Visual Blueprint Productions
Andrea Vandenboer: Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Editor
Dan Rona-Hartzog: Camera Operator, Audio
Tabattha Whalen and Josh Dyck: Audio
Music: Accralate
PURA VIDA is a non-profit organization founded in the small town of Nelson, BC, Canada by local photojournalist Nathan Beninger. This documentary reveals how after witnessing and photographing some of the most desperate parts of Latin America, Nathan’s pictures became a source of inspiration to motivate him to do whatever he could to create change and give these children hope. Nathan’s mission is to foster healthy and supportable living in selected orphanages, schools, and communities in Peru and Nicaragua.
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