Makivik Magazine Issue 101

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used a full-sized steadycam to accompany Johnny and Louisa
in their activities on land.
We went to Nunavik many times, first to prepare for
shooting, then to shoot the live action itself and finally to
dig into family archives. We shot interviews on green screen
in Kuujjuaq, Montreal and Toronto. The interviews were conducted
predominantly in Inuktitut, but also in English and
French. Nearly 50 hours of footage was shot in order to give us
the core material of The Wings of Johnny May. On top of that,
we had eight episodes of Johnny and Louisa’s life depicted in
beautifully rendered animation sequences by the animation
department at the NFB. The artists, led by Nicola Lemay, had
to devise new ways of applying colour and textures to scenes
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Adjusting the optics of the 3D camera under the De Havilland Beaver.
and characters in order to achieve a hand-drawn look out of
computer-generated stereoscopic images. We also had archival
footage from the NFB and a series of photographic stills
from family albums converted from 2D to 3D, so the viewer’s
experience would remain consistent from beginning to end.
But, for all the interesting aspects brought by 3D, the story
and its deeply human components are what have given this
movie true substance.
Through the eyes of Johnny, we see not only the magnificence
of the Nunavik territory, but also the Inuit going
through dramatic “ends of the world”; first, the change from
a traditional to a more sedentary lifestyle and, more recently,
the climate change that is taking an enormous toll on the arctic
(and global) ecosystem.
Hope and action must be combined to create a better
world. I saw both in the inseparable couple that Johnny and
Louisa form. Johnny, with all simplicity and humility, is way
ahead of his own story—his head is in the modern world, his
feet on the land and his heart with his people.
The Wings of Johnny May is being co-distributed by Les Films
Christal and the NFB, and will premiere in Nunavik later this
year. The film will be released in French and English, with
an Inuktitut version also planned. Visit the events section at
Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories for up-to-date details, or
subscribe to the NFB Films newsletter.
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