The Empress Theater in the West End of Montreal was the inspiration for this musical number done by G. Scott MacLeod. It pictates a rallying cry for the protection and preservation of the old theater that once housed many famous musicians, performers and entertainers alike. Scott MacLeod’s vision like many people who live in NDG, home of the Empress Theater, wanted to see this great monument turned into the Empress Cultural Centre serving the people and community of NDG/CDN.
In 2009, G. Scott MacLeod set out to direct a short documentary call AFTER THE WAR WITH HANNELORE, A Berliner War Child’s Testimony from 1945 to 1989. This film was his was his first trial at directing and filming this documentary basded during the cold war in Berlin and how Hannelore Scheiber and her family lived during the Russian blockade and the Berlin Airlift, through her school years in the partitioned city, to the very construction of the Berlin Wall.
Directed and produced by Bonnie Harden, Miss Harden came to us asking if we could help in creating a video that represented her upcoming screen play. Scott MacLeod whom had done a few animations concepts prior along with Mr. Parsons. Had teamed up to produce a four minute animation. Scott MacLeod drew the animation frame by frame, showing a pictation of each scene as it morphed into it's final render. Bernard Parsons came on board to bring life into the project with his editing and effects background. A wonderful master piece.
