NFB Collection
Life - People, Fauna and Flora
200027 min 21 secFilm: Documentary, Children's film
Direction: Michel Barbeau
Production: Mark ZannisPierre LapointeDavid Verrall
Script: Daniel Frenette
Produced by the NFB with the assistance of Canada Information Office - Bureau d'information du Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Pêches et Océans Canada, Canada Post Corporation - Société canadienne des postes, Canadian Museum of Civilization - Musée canadien des civilisations, Canadian War Museum - Musée canadien de la guerre, Parks Canada - Parcs Canada, Natural Resources Canada - Ressources naturelles Canada, Industry Canada - Industrie Canada, Environment Canada - Environnement Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, and Royal Canadian Geographical Society - Société Géographie Royale du Canada.
This video highlights some fascinating facets of Canadian life by examining the origins of its people, flora and fauna. The country's cultural diversity stems from waves of immigration that began thousands of years ago. Despite its bountiful resources, Canada's ruggedness and size have presented challenges to those who have made it their home--challenges that have also inspired such ingenious inventions as the snowmobile! TRANSIT features five videos that examine Canada's rich and diverse geography. Each film in the series combines spectacular cinematography and lively animation, using the Earth's basic elements as themes: Air explores climate; Water showcases the country's network of rivers, lakes and oceans; Land looks at the vast territory that makes Canada the second largest country in the world; Fire documents old and new sources of energy; plus Life, which develops the themes of people, fauna and flora.
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Subject categories
- Animals > Animal Life
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Cultural Diversity
- Environment and Conservation > Environmental Perspectives
- Plants > Plant Life
- Geography > Environmental IssuesHuman GeographyTerritory: Indigenous
- History and Citizenship Education > First Occupants (to 1500)
Credits
- director
- Michel Barbeau
- researcher
- Michel Barbeau
- editor
- Éric Ruel
- writer
- Daniel Frenette
- sound editor
- André Chaput
- narrator
- Thor Bishopric
- location director
- Tony Ianzelo
- production manager
- Christian Medawar
- cinematographer
- Ernest McNabb
- additional photography
- Tony Ianzelo
- Stefan Nitoslawski
- camera assistant
- André Beaulieu
- Yves Beaudoin
- Alfonso Maiorana
- Robert Grenier
- key grip
- Robert Grenier
- gaffer
- Guy Rémillard
- Roger Martin
- Robert Grenier
- location manager
- Élaine Tougas
- Alison Burns
- production assistant
- Stefan Maiorana
- Yves Fontigny
- Lorne Dosogne
- advisor
- Colin Low
- producer
- Mark Zannis
- Pierre Lapointe
- animation
- Éric Clément
- Jocelyn Hudon
- computer graphics
- Éric Clément
- Jocelyn Hudon
- additional animation
- Francine Paquin
- online editor
- Denis Pilon
- Éric Ruel
- video post-production
- National Film Board of Canada
- post-production coordinator
- Éric Barbeau
- Claude Cardinal
- Richard Lesage
- voice recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Patrick Viegas
- assistant sound editor
- Marc Lapointe
- foley artist
- Stéphane Cadotte
- assistant foley artist
- Ariane Picher
- re-recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- original music
- Luc Préfontaine
- music archives research
- Andres Norambuena
- archival film research
- Sylvia Mezei
- Marc Pitre
- educational consultant
- Marie-Noëlle Soumeillant
- Roger Sauvageau
- additional research
- Christiane Talbot
- communication consultant
- Monique Caron-Bouchard
- public relations
- Jack Horwitz
- program administration
- Gisèle Guilbault
- Andrée Lachapelle
- Richard Terry
- Marina Trambas
- executive producer
- David Verrall