Film students bring activity back to old post of ce by John Bkila Oakville Beaver Staff Artscene 23 | Friday, December 4, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "Connected to your Community" The former downtown Oakville post of ce building was bustling with activity once again, thanks to a few Sheridan College lms students. The lm program at Sheridan recently rented the old post of ce from the Town of Oakville to use as a studio for students to shoot three-minute lms each day from Nov. 23-30. The Town now owns the 193 Church St. building, which has been vacant since April 2012. Maureen McKeon, co-ordinator of Advanced TV and Film at Sheridan, said the program had used Toronto studios in the past and while it was a good experience for students, the distance and limited amount of studio time the program could afford restricted the time that could be spent on set. "Here, in Oakville, we've been able to actually give classes on the set and the students have had more time to work through their learning stages in the actual place they will be shooting," McKeon said. "If you walk around downtown Oakville, there's almost no sign that there's a vibrant, ourishing arts college just a few kilometres away on Trafalgar Road. "This project brings Sheridan to Downtown Oakville and vice-versa," she said as to why the building was chosen. "So many students and guest faculty have been excited to discover that Downtown Oakville is awesome." The students have told McKeon it's been "an amazing learning experience," though they admit, they wish the building had come with Wi- Fi and free parking. As part of the lm program's "capstone" narrative projects for the fall term, students had to shoot "3x3" lms, meaning involving three characters and lasting three minutes. There were 10 productions, one shot per day, and the students worked in crews of about 30 people. "For most of the students, it's the rst time they've worked in a large crew, with each student assigned to a speci c position they would like to be in the industry," said McKeon. "We have about 60 students participating, with most rotating through various positions." Other practical reasons why Sheridan chose the old post of ce building for the project, said McKeon, were it had the square footage needed and high ceilings, as well as provided a clean sound environment. "The Town has been very supportive in hundreds of ways," she noted. Sarah Douglas-Murray, senior manager of Cultural Services for the Town of Oakville, was Sheridan's liaison in arranging the rental of the building. "We are pleased to have been able to work with Sheridan College's lm program to facilitate the use of the Canada Post building to complete their projects and program work in the community," she said. "The vision outlined in our Cultural Plan is for culture to `inspire, engage and thrive in Oakville', and working with Sheridan on projects, such as this, helps accomplish that vision." Douglas-Murray said the future use of the old Sheridan's lm program recently rented the old post of ce building from Town of Oakville where its students shot three-minute lms each day from Nov. 23-30. | photo by Justin Greaves Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) post of ce building is being considered as part of the Downtown Cultural Hub Study (available online at www.oakville.ca/townhall/downtowncultural-hub.html). A report on the hub project was presented to the Town on Oct. 4, at which time council asked more information be brought back in March 2016. As for the Sheridan students' nished lms, McKeon said it would take until the end of February 2016 for the projects to go through all the stages of post-production. 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