Christopher Chapman

Christopher Chapman

Christopher Chapman CM RCA (January 24, 1927 – October 24, 2015) was a Canadian film writer, director, editor and cinematographer. Best known for his award-winning 1967 short film A Place to Stand, he also pioneered the multi-dynamic image technique used in films and television shows. Over his career, Chapman made approximately 40 films for television, the National Film Board of Canada, theatrical release, tourism organizations, science centres, and international expositions. Chapman's first film, The Seasons, won the Canadian Film Award (CFA) for Film of the Year in 1954. In 1965 Christopher and Francis Chapman jointly won the Canadian Film Award for Best Colour Cinematography at the 17th Canadian Film Awards for Expedition Bluenose. Another of his films to win the CFA Film of Year was his 1967 short, A Place to Stand, which also received two Academy Award nominations in 1968, winning the one for Best Live-Action Short. The film, commissioned by the Government of Ontario, featured Chapman's innovative multi-dynamic image technique (or 'the Brady Bunch effect'), wherein moving panes of moving images are used within the single context of the screen. Over a year of filming, Chapman shot 70 kilometres (43 miles) of film, which he then edited into 18 minutes, though the images moving across the screen were the equivalent of an hour and three-quarters of film. The process exhausted Chapman and he was still unsure of using it until its first screening occurred: "There were a couple of stenographers, who were eating their lunch watching the screening, and they were agog," Chapman said. "But I wanted to run. I was exhausted and thought it was a failure, but a chap grabbed me as I was going out the door. He'd been standing at the back of the screening room and said he was blown away by it. It was Steve McQueen." In 1968, McQueen starred in The Thomas Crown Affair, directed by Norman Jewison, a film that used Chapman's split-screen technique. Jewison added the multiple-image sequences into the film after seeing A Place to Stand. Over the years since, many films and television series have used the technique, with the most recent known to be the American series 24, which, by using the technique, documented the simultaneous actions of its characters. In 1970, Chapman directed a film for the Hudson’s Bay Company, called Impressions, as part of HBC's 300th anniversary celebrations. Impressions, another film of Chapman’s to use his multiple-dynamic technique, follows the HBC's 300-year history using both historic and modern images: iconic images of the fur trade are paired with modern department stores; scenes of farming are shown with oil production are seen, and so on. In 1984, Francis and Christopher Chapman collaborated on a three-dimensional nature film for the nascent Science North.

  • Загаловак: Christopher Chapman
  • Папулярнасць: 0.623
  • Вядомы: Directing
  • Дзень нараджэння: 1927-01-24
  • Месца нараджэння: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Christopher Chapman Фільмы

  • 1998
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    Crackers

    Crackers

    6 1998 HD

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  • 1981
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    Kelly

    Kelly

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Persistent Seed

    The Persistent Seed

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Persistent Seed

    The Persistent Seed

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1967
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    A Place to Stand

    A Place to Stand

    7 1967 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Annanacks

    The Annanacks

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1973
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    Volcano

    Volcano

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Volcano

    Volcano

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Volcano

    Volcano

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1964
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    Magic Molecule

    Magic Molecule

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Magic Molecule

    Magic Molecule

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Enduring Wilderness

    The Enduring Wilderness

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1967
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    A Place to Stand

    A Place to Stand

    7 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    A Place to Stand

    A Place to Stand

    7 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    A Place to Stand

    A Place to Stand

    7 1967 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Seasons

    The Seasons

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1970
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    Expedition Bluenose

    Expedition Bluenose

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