At Home-2010

At Home-2010
Self Portrait

Tony Wade's Television Factory

Note*** ALL the videos below are now on my You Tube channel-http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTonywade

Please visit and comment if you feel like it.

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"SURVIVORS OF THE 60's"


An archival television recording of interviews and reminiscences of people who went through the massive socio-cultural changes of the 60's.

For better or worse, arguably the 60's changed the world.

I am compiling a videotaped record of the people who lived it, and/or changed the 60's.

We will be shooting all over the world, but mainly in the Westernised countries of Europe, UK, North America and the South Pacific.

The tapes will be used to create a mammoth documentary series on how the 60's influenced the world.

This oral/visual history will consist of interviews with regular people, 'stars' and anyone with something to say.

Visual elements needed are home photos-stills/movie/video/archival material, and updated shots of now.

The project is in the formative stage. I need input from people willing to contribute their time or personal interviews, to this aural/visual archive.

The people that 'made' the 60's, are now in their 60's.
This massive TV documentary needs to be done NOW!

Aural history, is how the bible was passed down, and how we will more personally remember each era.

It is working for every decade since radio & television were invented.

Lets's do it for the 60's. We after all, have the technology.


NEEDED:
-PEOPLE WILLING TO TALK ON CAMERA
-VIDEOGRAPHERS
-IDEAS


I need interested parties and willing participants, to contact me at:

tony@yesterdaystudio.com

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THE BODY OF THE BLOG!

Welcome to my first blog. Actually it will be a video blog, not filled with my tiresome musings, but hopefully resplendant with creative television programs and other visual detritus.

I am a Television Producer/Director/Writer by trade. 1967-??

The blog will have thoughtful, insightful, superbly crafted, award-winning motion pictures, devoted to humour and information, presented in an entertaining manner.

It will also contain some home movies shot between 1969 and the present, as well as a few television programs that I have produced and directed over the years.

I have done about 2137 documentaries, TV series and episodes since 1967; most of them I don't have copies of, as I didn't, and still don't, own them.
I mostly worked for networks and production companies in Canada.
Before 1985 much of it was shot on film, before we had home video to record them off air.

In 1973, I interviewed 2 veterans of the Boer War, 1899-1902.

After the film had been on the air, the network, CTV, threw the film away!

This was historic original footage of guys who fought in a war during Queen Victoria's reign. (They were about 97 at the time of the interview).

I still can't believe that CTV could chuck an important piece of history into the bin...Bastards!

What I do have are from old VHS or Betamax that happened to be lying around in boxes. Some of it is not in great shape.

Please check out the titles here, then go to YOU TUBE and view them on my channel-http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTonywade

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FYI, please check out the WADE FAMILY HISTORY at my son Adam's site... http://www.adamwade.ca/


"It is a sordid account of wanton disregard for human values and great skill at wrecking ships off the Cornish coast since 1137 AD. ;-)"

(We love it. Adam Wade is continuing the job done by Jean Wade of Yakima WA. and Arthur Wade of Trevalga Cornwall England, who have done a fantastic job of research over a period of 80 years)




My eldest son Markus, is motorcycling around the world...Check out his travels and adventures...

http://www.flibbertgibbet.com/hoipolloi/?p=1392






Mt Steele, Yukon

Mt Steele, Yukon
Base camp, 10,000 feet

About Me

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St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Tony Wade is an Award-Winning International Television Producer/Director/Writer. He is the recipient of the International Film and TV Festival of New York Medal, among many others. In his 40 years in the business, he spent 20 years with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as well as other networks. He has been a partner in TV production companies, and freelance for many networks and production facilities. His work has taken him to Australia, USA, Yukon/NWT and all areas of Canada. His four children, Markus (44), Adam (35), Christopher (21), and Hayley (19), live in Canada. His granddaughter Sadie (15)and grandson Mason (2) also live in Canada. His company 'Yesterday Studio' is currently editing videos and developing television programs and internet video content, including production and distribution, based in St Leonards-on-Sea, England. Tony is available for Producing/Directing/Writing and Editing worldwide. -http://www.yesterdaystudio.com -tony@yesterdaystudio.com

Saturday 22 November 2008

Glitter or Gold?

Michael Olajide was a Vancouver boxer with brains. Michael 'The Silk' Olajide.

Yea, he was flashy and good looking but he was also well educated, unlike some of his colleagues.

In 1987 we went to Las Vegas and got involved in the hype and hope surrounding his IBF Middleweight Championship fight with Olympic Gold Medal winner Frank Tate from Detroit, at Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino.

This was a trip. Everything was glitz and glamour. Penthouse suites and babes. Even for us, the media bozos, we got our chances.
Being accredited media at a title fight in Vegas, gives you accreditation that goes beyond just showing up with a camera crew.

I got accosted by a 'Silk' fan who wanted to be 'friendly' because I was shooting a doc with Mike...Go figure? I had to work, so I didn't avail myself of that opportunity.

Frank Tate was a basic tough guy from detroit, who had all the personal pizzaz of a used car hubcap. He had however, won the gold medal at the Olympics.

Olive, Mike's Mom, was a wonderful lady and became a really good buddy at that time.
Yes she was shattered that Mike didn't win, but she was very proud of her son, that he gave his all. A classy lady.
He did have a bad night, that night.

The fight ended at about 10.00 pm and our crew went to the casino.

Greg Schofield (Soundman) and I, played Blackjack until we couldn't see what was left of our chips anymore, then we grabbed a cab to the airport.

The flight back to Vancouver was early in the morning and I hadn't yet been to bed.
The show had to be written and edited that day (Sunday) for airing on Monday, so I went from the airport to the edit suite at CBC.

By about 8.00pm that Sunday evening, I was so bagged that I left the edit suite and had a drink at the Media Club across the street.
Suitably refreshed, I worked with my favourite editor Paul Wong until about 2.00 in the morning and the show was done.

It's amazing what you can endure when you are younger.

Michael Olajide is now living and working in New York City where he co-owns a fitness/health club called Aerospace. (He is still flashy and good looking)
[11 mins]
http://www.motionbox.com/videos/ee93d2b5191fe464

For MAC/Mov: http://www.motionbox.com/video/show/3097d1b01c18e5c0be

Monday 10 November 2008

The Crusoe of Lonesome Lake

Well, this journey was an eye-opener into the amazing story of Ralph Edwards and his 'kids'.
We shot this in 1988 and stayed at the Edwards cabin on Lonesome Lake.
John Edwards helped us a lot, and unfortunately he died in 2007 from cancer.
We played previous television programs of the 'Crusoe' for the first time ever in the homestead. John, his sister Trudy and her husband Jack watched courtesy of a battery powered monitor. There was never any electricity at Lonesome Lake.
This remarkable family carved a life out of the British Columbia wilderness (1912+) and along the way, saved the Trumpeter Swans from extinction and learned how to fly...all of them! (The Edwards' and the swans)
This documentary was a 'trip' to shoot and again made me closer to the god of nature.
Terry Glecoff wrote and hosted, and also wrote and played the music on his computer credited as 'The Nimpo Symphony'.
Rick Warren shot it and my good friend Dan Noon was Co-Producer. Greg Scofield did the sound and Paul Wong was my fantastic editor.
Unfortunately the Edwards homestead burned to the ground in 2004 in a giant forest fire...Nothing remains except the 4 published books from the Edwards' journey, the memories, and our documentary.
Enjoy.
[50 mins]
http://www.motionbox.com/videos/ee98d0ba1f17ec64

Sunday 9 November 2008

The Voyage of the Thomas Crosby V

In 1985 I directed a documentary on a United Church mission ship travelling the west coast of Canada to Alaska and back.

This journey includes spectacular scenery viewed by very few people.

Rae Corelli was host/presenter/writer and had his own cabin. His writing is some of the best from his television days.

The rest of us (4 film crew and camera gear etc) squashed into a tiny, smelly cabin next to the engine room. Washing facilities for our people and the ship's crew were neglible. (It was also a 'dry' ship).
There was no casino on board, but the food was filling.

When we got to the destination in Port Hardy after 10 days at sea, Rae kissed the dock like a visiting Pope.

It had been a wonderous shoot but very hard work in lousy conditions.

Our crew (except Rae), went to the pub and drank more than all the sailors from an aircraft carrier after 6 months in the Pacific.

This was the captain/missionary Oliver Howard's last voyage. The Thomas Crosby mission ship is no longer in operation.

Oliver Howard died in 2008.

Rae Corelli died in 2004 and I miss him.

It was one of my most memorable life experiences.
The most beautiful coastline in the world.
[50' 45"]
http://www.motionbox.com/videos/ee98d1bd1d1ae564