Way back in 2017, before Covid, before Wandavision, before Meghan Markle had joined or quit the royal family, before A Quiet Place, or even North America’s most recent total solar
Undefeated: Journey To The Death Race is a documentary highlighting the Grande Prairie trail running and ultramarathon community and 4 runners competing in the gruelling Canadian Death Race, a race
As many of you who follow this page (or our Facebook page) know we been following a remarkable man by the name of James Lee for over a year now.
As many of you know, we LOVE to make a huge variety of content for families. With that in mind, we have just released a new picture book for kids!
Our documentary “Wooden Giant” has now been released! It was such a privilege to tell the story of grain elevators in Sexsmith Alberta. These Wooden Giants are such an important
As some of you who follow us on social media (www.facebook.com/checkeredowl www.twitter.com/checkeredowl) know, we have been working on several original documentary projects over the last 6 months. One of the
We are getting ready to shoot a new documentary! TELUS STORYHIVE have announced the winners of their new documentary edition and Undefeated: Journey To The Death Race was one of
Mikey Blue Shoes has been a friend of Checkered Owl since he was first becoming known as Mikey Blue Shoes, and we have been talking about shooting a music video
We are very excited to “offically” announce one of the documentaries we are currently shooting! Wooden Giant is a Telus Original film about the rapidly vanishing grain elevators and the
We released another commercial for Grande Prairie’s finest Realtor Erik Gault. It’s always such a pleasure to create these ads for Erik the chance to take some risks on humour
We were recently approached by Accessible Media Inc. to create another documentary for their Our Community program. As we looked for organizations in the Peace Region that would be a
Over the past few years, we have had the privilege of creating videos for Grande Prairie’s best realtor, Erik Gault. Erik is an incredibly friendly guy with a killer sense of
We consider it an amazing privilege that we get to create such a wide variety of projects. We love shooting music videos, commercials, documentaries, and live concerts; however, our very favourite
Have you ever wondered what it would take to make it on YouTube? Have you heard stories about people making their living doing just about anything on YouTube and making a
The official trailer for Afterlight is out now! Edited by Jose Luis Gonzalez with music from Luke Dowler. Tickets for the premiere at: https://gplt.ca/show/world-premiere-afterlight-tv-pilot-screening/
Tickets are available now for the premiere screening of Afterlight in Grande Prairie! But they are moving quickly, get yours now at: https://gplt.ca/show/world-premiere-afterlight-tv-pilot-screening/ As a little teaser here is a behind the scenes
Check out Rew Jones’ new reel here! It was a lot of fun looking back over all of these projects. Hope you enjoy! For bookings or inquiries email: [email protected]
Last week we had the opportunity to release two very different videos for two amazing local clients. We have had the opportunity to create several commercials and campaigns with Grande Prairie realtor
A quick update for all of you who are looking forward to watching Afterlight! August 25th – Premiere Screening August 27th – TELUS OPTIK VOD September 6th – YouTube The next
Most people have noticed that video is often the most effective way to both spread your message AND create engagement with an audience. People watch more and more video all
A couple of times every year, a rather magical thing happens. We start to see our newsfeeds full of pitches from local filmmakers applying for STORYHIVE funding. If you aren’t
Checkered Owl Media is based in Grande Prairie, Alberta. As a small to mid-sized city, it can sometimes be hard to access some of the training that is available in larger Canadian
All of you who follow us on social media (www.facebook.com/checkeredowl, www.instagram.com/checkeredowl, www.twitter.com/checkeredowl) you may have seen that we recently spent a few days at PARDS (Peace Area Riding for the Disabled Society)
As I have alluded to previously this summer and fall was full of some amazing projects and opportunities for Checkered Owl. One of our biggest projects was the creation of Afterlight.
Hey! Sorry for the delay on updates to this page. We have been absolutely slammed lately and I’ve had so much to highlight that we now have some catch up
We have had a really busy month since moving our office back to Grande Prairie, Alberta! It’s rare that we get to release 3 videos in one week, but…Here we
Black Indie’s new album Soul Dancer is available now wherever you get your digital music! It’s so good. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7lDLZmsma9p9piTavZzDZ7 Bandcamp: https://blackindiemusic.bandcamp.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/soul-dancer/id1210547367 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Dancer-Black-Indie/dp/B06XCS29Y2
A few months ago I received a call. It was an artist in need of a music video, who had seen some of the others I had directed and wanted
It’s been a busy week of releases here at Checkered Owl! On November the 22nd Black Indie released his much anticipated single “My Best”. This song was first performed publically
Every so often you hear about a new social media platform that actually sounds worth checking out. Every once and a while, you don’t delete off your phone after a
Our friend Patrick over at Jimber Jam has released a new video series to help you make better videos for YouTube (or other online short form video platforms)! These are
The last 20 years have brought big changes in the way entertainment media gets funded, consumed and created. 17 Years ago P2P transfers, Napster, Limewire, and other services, forever changed the way music was
I have written about this before. But, it was bundled in with a bunch of other ideas and I want to make sure it’s in one clear, easy to access place.
I’ve been meaning to write a blog for a while about how CRITICAL video is becoming to Facebook, but this week I read 3 important pieces of news confirming that
Tasman Jude’s much anticipated album GOLD is available for pre-order (along with large selection of exclusive merch and experience bundles) on PledgeMusic now! The album includes a few songs that
At this moment I am listening to The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ album “Leaving Eden” on Spotify. I listen to it often. Before that I was listening to Mos Def and before
Don’t read the comments. Don’t feed the trolls. Shake It Off. The advice is all good, but in those moments when you encounter a genuine hater, it’s a remarkable thing.
Hey Everyone! You may have noticed our blog has been a little quiet lately. The reason is we have been extremely busy! We have been working on tours for Tasman
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to
Caleb Hart has released a new single “Beautiful Disaster”. The single is Hart’s solo debut (recently launching a solo career alongside his ongoing work in Canadian reggae band Tasman Jude). The
On November 10th Tasman Jude released their new single ‘Gold’ and it is off to a huge start. After it’s world premier on Vibe 105.5 in Toronto (Shout out to Carrie
We talk a lot about social media and how to use it to help promote the arts, especially film and music. Today I wanted to tackle similar topics from a
As many of you know a big part of working in the arts these days is gathering up your troops and garnering votes! There are good competitions and bad ones, but
I was excited about Apple Music from the get-go. I’m a big fan of Apple and as I mentioned in previous posts (https://checkeredowl.com/streaming-music-wins-but-maybe-thats-okay/) streaming is the future of music whether
Checkered Owl Media is excited to announce that Nathan Fast has been added to the company as a partner. We have been working with Nathan on a number of projects over the
Today we have an interview with James Shotwell. James is a label owner, reviewer, blogger, podcaster, mover and shaker all over the music industry, and a fantastic human. We spend a lot of time
The first single from Tasman Jude’s upcoming record ‘Gold’ is out now! You can check it out on iTunes/Apple Music Here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/palm-trees-single/id1020709951 Spotify here: https://play.spotify.com/album/2M1F4bG7XtyO0YR8QyuAmv Or watch the new lyric video below! Enjoy.
Facebook is ever changing, and that means your strategies on Facebook need to be ever changing. In fact a blog I wrote only a few months ago encouraged using graph
I started this post awhile ago, before our site was attacked and subsequently taken through an overhaul. At the time we were just headed into “Searchlight” season, in which your
Hey thanks so much for dropping by! As you probably noticed the Checkered Owl site was down for a while after being taken down by hackers. I used that opportunity to
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