"Ricardo Montalban is to improvisational acting what Mount Rushmore is to animation."
- John Cassavetes
Our new animation reel is up. Check it out!

Going Green for Green is a show all about the business of the environment. Host Michael Lavelle takes the viewer on an inside look at all things green - from factories that recycle hazardous waste to singer Jack Johnson and what he's doing to help our planet. Chopper took over production of the show this year starting with the season 1 finale. We're currnetly in pre-production on a second season.
To see more Going Green for Green go to GoingGreenForGreen.TV or GG4Gtv on YouTube

Ontario needed to clean up its act and make hazardous waste collection understandable.
Toronto agency, Resonator got the call to develop the ORANGEDROP brand. Working with Resonator CD, Chris Tait Chopper produced 2 spots as part of the campaign. The message was simple: don’t throw it out - make the drop! The launch was a tremendous success with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of hazardous materials being diverted from landfills, lakes and streams.

Chopper recently finished post-production work on Leon's "Say Yes To Paying Less!" event. Shot on RED, the gig gave us the opportunity to demonstrate Chopper's new AVID Nitris DX system with AMA (Avid Media Access) technology. Agency "X" CD Henry Ma was thoroughly impressed with how AMA dramatically improves the process of working with tapeless media, providing the ability to deal natively with 4k RED files. What does this mean, you ask? Well, it eliminates time consuming transcoding processes, provides greater in house flexibility and creativity which saves time and money!
Who wouldn't say 'YES' to that?

Ontario needed to clean up its act and make hazardous waste collection understandable. Toronto agency, Resonator got the call to develop the ORANGEDROP brand. Working with Resonator CD, Chris Tait, Chopper produced 2 spots as part of the campaign. The message was simple: don't throw it out - make the drop!
The launch was a tremendous success with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of hazardous materials being diverted from landfills, lakes and streams.

Chopper was approached by Soho Square to modify a commercial originally produced in 2005 by another production house. The concept was to re-purpose the original spot by shortening the opening sequence, film 2 new 10 sec. endings, and create 2 new 30s.

For the idea to work we needed to blend the new ending(s) with the old beginning so that the new 30s looked seamless. Amazingly the actor originally cast, Michal Grajewski, had not aged in 5 years - hmmm... what's his secret?

From there it was a matter of matching wardrobe, filming on green screen, re-purposing backgrounds and creating new ones. Fresh graphics, VO and music completed the renovation.

The second of 2 spots shot for Nestea.

Simcoe County is one of the most diverse counties in Ontario in terms of geography, people and economics. There are approximately 500,000 inhabitants, 31 000 acres of county forests - from cites to farmland, from mountains to 500KM of shoreline, Simcoe County offers something for everyone. In order to showcase Simcoe County to the world, Lift Communications teamed up with Chopper Pictures to produce a 12 minute video highlighting economic development, education, sports and recreation and social services.

We had a great time shooting this as there truly is something for everyone in Simcoe County. Highlights for us included a fantastic day at Wasaga Beach, pints of beer at Creemore Springs and great food at Tesoro in Collingwood. It's a tough job but somebody's gotta do it!