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3 Newfoundland Videos That Aren't
Aug
24
by Robert Hiscock / Video & Film / 8 Comments / Post Link
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There a millions of video on Youtube and thousands of them aren't what they claim to be. Here are a few suspicious 'Newfoundland' videos.

The Dolphin Stampede
I started seeing the 'Newfoundland Dolphin Stampede' video a couple of months ago and it is still getting passed around. The version above is supposedly shot in Garden Cove, Placentia Bay I am suspicious especially since the same dolphin video was posted 3 years ago claiming it was shot in Sea of Cortez between Isla la Guardia and Bajia de los Angeles. And while I can't confirm that location, I think the landscape looks a lot more like southern California than Placentia Bay.

Newfoundland Ferry in a Storm
This one was passed around a few winters ago but still turns up from time to time. The video supposedly shows a Newfoundland Ferry, usually identified as The Caribou, stuck offshore in a storm. Anyone with a passing familiarity with the Marine Atlantic ferries can see that it is not The Caribou -- or even a similar boat! It's hard to pin down exactly where the video was filmed but I'm betting on New Zealand, as suggested in this version of the video. Check out the images of the ship Suilven, it looks like a match.

Newfoundland Car Chase
Okay, you'd have to have a short memory (and be extremely gullible) to think this one might be real. The Canadian police chase news coverage that often appears as a Newfoundland car chase on Youtube is actually a piece of an ad for winter tires from Midas that began airing a couple of years ago. The ad was created by the Vancouver office of DDB and, according to MarketingMag.ca, was shot in Vancouver as well -- on a snowless September day.


If you've got any other suspicious videos please pass them along. If you think I'm wrong, I'm sure you'll let me know.

As always, the comment section is open.
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Mooseadventures
Aug
20
by Robert Hiscock / Video & Film / 4 Comments / Post Link
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Mooseadventures from kayla lasaga on Vimeo.


Check out this moose vs hunter short film produced by the College of the North Atlantic digital animation intercession class in 2007. The film screened as part of that year's Stephenville New Animation Philm Phestival (SNAPP). The video is posted to vimeo by Kayla LaSaga.

The film contains some pretty cool animation... and many scenes that are not overly flattering to moose hunters.

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ThursPlay! Postcard Challenge
Aug
19
by Robert Hiscock / Games / 9 Comments / Post Link
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Do people still send postcards? I don't know but for the purpose of this particular ThursPlay!, we'll pretend they do. Your challenge is to identify the places depicted in each of these Newfoundland postcards. Some are pretty easy... other may be a little harder.

Have fun!

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Feel free to answer as many or as few as you like. You can post your answers and thoughts in the comment section...

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