Experience 7 inc. is an upscale video producer striving to exceed our corporate clients' expectations. We produce dynamic and artistic videos for the business world whether it is for promotion, training or entertainment. We also offer the services for CD and DVD duplication.
IN THE NEWS
January 20th, 2010
Our 2009 DEMO REEL is ready
We are proud to announce that we have just completed our 2009 DEMO REEL. This two minute clip is a good summary of all the major projects we have worked on in the last twelve months.
January 11th, 2010
A nurse's way
We just came back from a three-day filming session in Quebec City . We were given the mandate from the editor, Chenelière Éducation, to produce an extensive training video that will be available to all nursing schools in Quebec . By watching the video, students can learn how to give an injection, how to measure blood pressure, how to prepare an insulin shot, etc.
December 4th , 2009
Back from Lyon...
After Vegas... Lyon . A few months ago (on July 24th to be exact), we announced that Experience 7 was given its first contract from a company based in France . Last week, we attended the event at the Opéra de Lyon in France where our video was shown. This 30-minute video tells the stories of nine French Canadians who each received a Doctorate Honoris Causa from nine French universities. The video ends with a bang with Jean-Pierre Raffarin, France 's ex Prime Minister, congratulating Quebec Premier Jean Charest, who was conferred with one of the Honorary Doctorate.
November 29th , 2009
The end of the world in Vegas
Experience 7 flew to Las Vegas to live another adventure signed D-BOX for the showing of the movie 2012 at the Galaxy Theater. Once again, moviegoers not only watched the movie, but experienced it in a unique way as their surroundings responded and reacted to the events on screen.
November 13th, 2009
A grand premiere for D-BOX in Quebec
It's at Cinema Beloeil that D-BOX finally comes to Quebec with their motion system that creates realistic motion effects in perfect sync with all onscreen action. The first movie showing is none other than 2012. Of course, Experience 7 was there to cover the premiere.
November 2nd, 2009
Transcontinental Summit Awards
Experience 7 has been given the video production of the Transcontinental Summit Awards. To create the buzz before the day of the event, the videos will be sent to all Transcontinental Printing sales representatives and will be will serve as invitations.
October 29th, 2009
Don't be afraid of the dentist
ProDrive is a revolutionary system in the world of dentistry. Experience 7 has produced a 60-second commercial to promote a new and innovative technology that is sure to please dentists around the globe.
October 15th , 2009
A third video for the McGill Desautels Facutly of Management
The McGill Desautels Faculty of Management gave us the mandate to produce a third promotional video showcasing one of their most important programs: the Bachelor of Commerce.
September 29th. 2009
An education for everyone
It's a grand premiere! A commercial from the Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation for the "Dictée PGL" will be airing on the major francophone channels very soon. With the generous collaboration of actor and Foundation spokesperson, François-Étienne Paré, the commercial is signed Experience 7: from finding the concept to the editing, without forgetting the scripting, the auditions and the filming.
September 7th, 2009
Campaign McGill, History in the making
The McGill fundraising campaign seeks to raise $750-million toward the University’s top academic priorities. Experience 7 followed three outstanding students who have recently benefited from the Campaign. The video is an important tool to help McGill reach its objective.
September 2nd , 2009
Gala du commerce HEC Montréal
This year, the magazine Commerce honoured nine business people who rose above the competition. Experience 7 produced a series of short tribute videos about these amazing entrepreneurs. These videos will be broadcasted September 23rd during the Gala du Commerce HEC Montréal at the Windsor Station.
August 25th, 2009
Experience 7 goes to business school - McGill MBA
Experience 7 just finished producing a short video promoting the McGill MBA to potential students around the world.
August 12th, 2009
A YUL LAB for the Society for Arts and Technology
On August 25th, 2009, the Association of Quebec Advertising Agencies organized the YUL LAB. Experience 7 took care of projecting custom-made videos on screens, which gave the event a techno look.
July 24th, 2009
Vive la France!
Our first contract offered by a european company! The "Centre Jacques Cartier" from "Université de Lyon" in France , gave us the mandate to produce biographies of nine French Canadian key figures who will be receiving an Honoris Causa Doctorae from nine different universities from France . The short biographies will be presented at the official event on November 29th at the "Opéra de Lyon".
July 13th, 2009
D-Box enchants Harry Potter fans
It is finally done! To everyone who kept asking us when D-Box seats would be available in a canadian movie theatre, we can finally answer them : "Very soon!". On July 15th, the Cineplex Odeon Queensway Cinemas in Toronto , will be featuring Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in the brand new theatre equipped with D-Box seats. Of course, Experience 7 will be there to capture the frenzy!
July 2nd , 2009
7 Days, 7 Cities
ProDrive Systems is a Montreal-based company that manufactures and sells specialized tools for dentists. They have asked Experience 7 to film for seven days in seven different cities in the United States and in Germany . We will gather testimonials of four prominent American dentists as well as film demonstrations by three German manufacturers who make pieces for ProDrive Systems.
May 14th , 2009
Terminator 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Our faithful client D-Box Technologies recently announced that a new film will take advantage of the D-Box Motion Code system. Terminator 4 premieres May 22 and Experience 7 will film the opening night at Mall of America Theatres in Minneapolis , Minnesota . This theatre is located in the largest shopping mall in the United States and is the fourth cinema to install D-Box seats.
March 30th, 2009
Arista Provincial Competition – Never 2 without 3
Today we begin filming the video clips for the 2009 Arista Competition. It’s the third consecutive year that Sénik, an event production company, and the Jeune Chambre de Commerce de Montréal, hire Experience 7 to produce the video clips profiling Quebec’s most promising young business people.
March 18th, 2009
Premiere of ‘Fast and the Furious’ in Los Angeles
It has just been announced that Experience 7 will produce a video for the opening of the movie ‘Fast and the Furious’ in Hollywood . One of our cameramen will travel to L.A. ’s famous Chinese 6 Theatre to film movie-goers’ reactions to the premiere. What’s even more special about this opening is that ‘Fast and the Furious’ is the first commercialized movie to showcase the new D-BOX Motion Code technology. The D-BOX Motion Code system generates motion within the cinema seat which is perfectly synchronized with the action on-screen.
March 16th, 2009
STRAT Competition 2009
This week, we are filming the STRAT Competition 2009 jury deliberations organized by the Association des Professionnels de la Communication et du Marketing (APCM). Each member of the jury will be filmed as they discuss each of the candidates and choose the finalists. These interviews will then be used to present each of the finalists during the Gala on May 14th.
March 1st , 2009
D-Box 30 second spot for movie theatres
D-Box Technologies has just mandated Experience 7 to produce a 30 second commercial for the movie theatres. This commercial will be shown in American movie-theatres which have installed the D-Box systems ( L.A. and Phoenix ).
February 19th. 2009
Video message for McGill Alumni
McGill University ’s Faculty of Management has recently changed its name to the Desautels Faculty of Management. This name-change is accompanied by the creation of various new programmes as well as the renovation of several floors in the Management building. To inform their graduates of these exciting new developments, the Faculty has asked Experience 7 to produce a 3-4 minute video which will be sent to more than 20,000 people worldwide.
January 12th, 2009
Our DEMO REEL 2008 is ready
We are proud to announce that we just completed our DEMO REEL 2008. The two minute clip is a good summary of all the major projects we have been working on for the last twelve months.
December 2nd , 2008
Mission Accomplished for Transcontinental Printing
We’ve just come back from an exciting weekend in Toronto . Transcontinental Printing held their annual Sales Conference and Sénik, the event organizers, hired Experience 7 for all their video production needs. The Conference theme was ‘Mission Possible’. Needless to say, in the video creation and production processes, we revisited our childhood fascinations of gadgets and spies. We didn’t hesitate do go all out - our videos included a yellow Lamborghini, a secret agent jumping from an airplane and, of course, a suitcase containing top secret documents.
November 17th, 2008
ALDO: Stoneridge becomes Little Burgundy
We just produced a dynamic video for Aldo’s Public Relations Department. The Stoneridge boutiques have been replaced by the Little Burgundy brand and Aldo requested a video to highlight the media attention this fostered in the Summer and Fall of 2008.
November 4th , 2008
J.W. McConnell Foundation
The J.W. McConnell Foundation has always been very generous to McGill University. The Development and Alumni Relations team therefore hired Experience 7 to produce a video highlighting the history of this important Foundation which goes back to 1937. The video was shown at a commemorative event and then given to the Foundation's President and his team as a thank-you gift.
October 16th, 2008
The Université de Montréal has a new Chancellor
Experience 7 recently finished a short ten-minute video summarizing an interview between Simon Durivage, television host at Radio-Canada , and Louise Roy, newly appointed Chancellor of l’Université de Montréal. The video will be presented at the formal event to welcome Louise Roy.
October 6th, 2008
Shortage of manpower in Quebec
Believe it or not, there is a shortage of experienced manpower in Quebec in various sectors, especially in those that require professional training. So, the Promotional Committee for Vocational Training on the Island of Montréaldecided to make a documentary encouraging parents to consider sending their children to professional trade schools. This week, during a six-day shoot, we will follow four young adults who have found their ideal career paths. This documentary will be distributed to nearly 15,000 people to promote the DVS (Diploma of Vocational Studies).
October 5th, 2008
Biographies of seven internationally acclaimed individuals
Today is the first day of the Entretiens Jacques Cartier 2008 at the Caisse de depot et placement du Québec. During this event, seven Montreal universities will honor seven internationally acclaimed individuals, including Thierry Frémeaux, Artistic Director of the Cannes International Film Festival. Experience 7 was asked to produce each of their biographies. These videos will be shown at the event.
September 12th, 2008
Our DEMO REEL 2008 is ready
We are proud to announce that we just completed our DEMO REEL 2008. The two minute clip is a good summary of all the major projects we have been working on for the last twelve months.
July 4th, 2008
D-Box : Live the Action
D-Box Technologies creates real-life motion in your seat that is perfectly synched to the action you see on screen creating a new dimension for movie and video gaming experience. Sounds like fun, doesn't it ? Experience 7 just finished a first draft of a 15 minute demo which will be used by all the D-Box product dealers. The client was charmed by the result and gave us the green light to produce the final video on Blu-Ray.
June 18th, 2008
New client : McKinsey & Company
Today, we filmed a seminar organized by McKinsey & Company. This one-day session taught the participants how to optimize the productivity of our hospitals in Quebec. The goal of the video will be to show the flow and the repercussions of those seminars to be able to export them to other Provinces and States.
May 28th, 2008
Having a drink at the Mondial de la bière 2008
Événement'ciel asked Experience 7 to spend an evening at the Mondial de la bière. The main objective of the video is to show the two promotional booths Événement'ciel was responsible for : the new beer Taïga and the new liquor Open Bar.
May 19th, 2008
Inauguration of the Saputo Stadium
Today, the professional soccer team, the Montreal Impact, played their first game in the new Saputo Stadium. Broccolini, the General Contractor in charge of the construction of the stadium, hired Experience 7 to create a 30 second commercial which will be played during each of the Impact's games during Summer 2008.
May 2nd, 2008
Another successful gala
Last night, the Jeune Chambre de Commerce de Montréal's 2008 Arista Competition took place at the Tohu. To see the list of laureates, visit www.concoursarista.qc.ca. Experience 7 was responsible for the video production of the event. As well as the 24 capsules presenting the 24 finalists, we also produced the clip for the gala opening. All finalists were members of the business community and the theme of the evening revolved around rhythm and percussions.
April 15th, 2008
Quebec is Game
We are presently working with Alliance Numérique and Investissement Québec to develop the ''Quebec is Game'' video. The video's objective is to promote the video game sector in Quebec . Experience 7 also produced the video for the 2008 Montreal International Game Summit which you can watch here.
April 4th, 2008
ALDO's Public Relations
The Public Relations Departement at Aldo hired Experience 7 for the production of its annual retrospective video. In order to create an innovative montage, we perused hundreds of newspaper clippings and many television shows to our great pleasure. One shoe....another shoe....tons of shoes :-)
March 17th, 2008
Canadian Idol Montreal Auditions
Again this year, Forum Pespi hired Experience 7 to capture the frenzy of the Montreal auditions of Canadian Idol.
February 28th, 2008
Jutra Awards : And the winner is...
Tonight is the Jutra Awards. Experience 7 was asked to prepare the film clips for the various categories. We were given about 15 quebecois films to watch in order to choose the most pertinent scenes representing Best Artistic Direction, Best Short Film, Best Make-Up, etc. Long live Quebec cinema!
February 21st, 2008 $200,000 for handicapped children Yesterday, the Jean Béliveau Foundation held a silent auction at Forum Pepsi. Experience 7 was responsible for the entire video production of the event. In all, over $200,000 was raised during the evening and the funds will be given to the Quebec Society for Disabled Children.
February 19th, 2008
Montreal International Game Summit
The video of the Montreal International Game Summit we produced for Alliance Numérique is now online at www.sijm.ca. This video promotes the 5th edition of this event which will be held at the Palais des congrès in November 2008.
January 6th, 2008
Canadian Law Games
The Canadian Law Games are hosted by Université de Montréal this year. The award ceremony is tonight and Experience 7 is presenting a recap video of the four days of competitions. Our staff had to work day and night to cover all the action.
December 21st, 2007
Best Wishes
It's Friday! Our last day at the office in 2007. We would like to wish a Merry Christmas to our clients, employees, suppliers and partners. And with all this snow we had in the past weeks, we are pretty much guaranteed a white Christmas! We would also like to wish you a wonderful New Year 2008 filled with opportunities, love and health.
December 19th, 2007
Holiday Spirit
This festive season brought us its share of exciting projects. We had the opportunity to work on the video production of Reader's Digest's 60th anniversary party and the 100th anniversary celebrations of PricewaterhouseCoopers. We also covered the annual Kids Fund Celebrity Sports Auction which raised more than $50,000 to buy gifts for less fortunate children. Finally, on December 28th, the Pepsi Forum invited us to their New Year Rave. Four DJs will be spinning their music live... sounds like a great party.
December 10th, 2007
Centre d'appui aux communautés immigrantes (Support Centre for Immigrant Communities)
The Centre d'appui aux communautés immigrantes (CACI) mandated Experience 7 to produce their corporate video which will be presented at their 15th anniversary celebrations in May 2008. CACI's mission is to accompany new immigrants throughout their integration process in Quebec society... a very hot topic at the moment.
November 27th, 2007
Montreal International Game Summit 07
Today is the beginning of the Montreal International Game Summit which serves members of the video and electronic gaming industries worldwide. Experience 7 will attend the 2 day event and will be responsible for the video production.
November 6th, 2007 Transcontinental Congress at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel We just finished the production of the video clips which will be used at the Pan Canadian congress of Transcontinental being held in Montreal this week.
November 1st, 2007 ALDO Shoes: The Best of Spring/Summer 2007
ALDO Shoes hired Experience 7 to produce an 8 minute video entitled The Best of Spring/Summer 2007. ALDO wanted a young and hip video to present their advertising campaigns, their magazine editorials, their new store openings, etc. Did you know ALDO has more than 800 stores in 35 countries? Experience 7 will shortly start working on a second video entitled...yes, you guessed it...The Best of Fall/Winter 2007.
October 24th, 2007 A Commercial for the Theatre Screens The clothing company Garage just opened 3 new stores in the United States. Experience 7 produced a 30 second spot to promote these new locations. Unfortunately, the commercial will only be played in the United States, so we will not have the chance to see it here. But you can still see it on youtube!
October 16th, 2007 A Video Playing in the Four Corners of the World The video we produced for CAE (see News from September 21st) is a major selling tool. CAE plays it at all the exhibition shows they attend. The video was played in Tokyo, Dubai and Berlin. We offered to send someone from our crew that would assist them in hooking up the DVD player and pressing PLAY. They gently explained to us that it was not necessary. Oh well... we tried.
October 1st, 2007 New Clients During the month of September, Experience 7 added a few new names to its clientele: the Banque Laurentienne, CAE, Transcontinental and the Académie canadienne du cinéma et de la télévision.
September 27th, 2007 Grand Prize of Beauty 2008 presented by Elle Québec/Canada Last night, the Grand Prize of Beauty 2008 presented by Elle Québec/Canada was held at the Bain Mathieu. Sénik and Transcontinental, the organizers of the event, called upon the services of Experience 7 for the motion design of the opening and for the category presentations.
September 21st, 2007 Flight Plan Watching the video we produced for CAE, the international leader in flight simulators, you would believe you are in the cockpit of a real plane. But it is rather the latest technology in flight simulators used to train new pilots. The video demonstrates two different scenarios showcasing the capacities of their latest innovation: CAE True Environment.
July 9th, 2007 Visiting the Regions of the Beautiful Province of Quebec Last week was very efficient! For the second year in a row, Événement'ciel and the Quebec Construction Association (ACQ) hired Experience 7 to produce the video clips introducing the winners for the Award Ceremony of the ACQ. Between June 2nd and 6th, we visted Quebec City, St-Georges-de-Beauce and Rimouski to shoot 5 of the 14 videos we were mandated to produce during the summer.
July 2nd, 2007 Charitable Work It seems that June was the month of charitable work for Experience 7. Whether it was through monetary donations or investment of our time, we had the chance to support many noble causes for the following organizations:
Marie-Vincent Foundation - www.marie-vincent.org
Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation - www.rubanrose.org
Pole to Pole Leadership Institute - www.poletopoleleadership.com
Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation - www.fondationpgl.ca
May 28th, 2007 MusiquePlus presents VJ Recherchée
This coming Wednesday, Garage, a clothing store geered towards teenage girls, will hold an exclusive party at their store on Ste-Catherine Street (corner Peel). Six hundred VIP guests will have the chance to attend this "Star Style Event". Since Garage is one of the main sponsors for the reality show VJ Recherchée MusiquePlus, the guests will have the opportunity to meet the show's finalists. Experience 7 has been hired by Garage to film the event and produce a two to three minute video montage which they will post on their website.
May 14th, 2007 Moving Day
This week we are moving! We finally found the perfect space for our needs. We are now located in Old Montreal, right next to the Notre-Dame Basilica. What a charming environment! To get our new contact info, click here.
May 4th, 2007 Shooting with three cameras simultaneously and live projection
Last night, Experience 7 attended the ARISTA provincial competition organized by the Jeune chambre de Commerce de Montréal. To discover the winners, just visit www.concoursarista.qc.ca. Experience 7 was responsible for the video production aspect of the event. In addition to the production of 24 video clips presenting each of the 24 finalists, three of our cameramen captured all the action happening on stage.
March 9th, 2007 Canadian Idol Auditions
The Pepsi Forum will hold the Canadian Idol auditions on March 10th and 11th, 2007. Experience 7 has been mandated to capture this amazing event on tape. We will then produce a short promotional video that the Pepsi Forum will present to its promoters, clients and sponsors.
February 16th, 2007 ARISTA - BMO Bank of Montreal Competition
The Jeune chambre de Commerce de Montréal has chosen Experience 7 to produce all the videos for the 30th edition of ARISTA - BMO Bank of Montreal Competition. The mandate consists of producing 24 video clips presenting each of the 24 finalists. These clips will be projected at the event and will summarize the great success stories of each candidate. We will also film the event with three cameras on Thursday, May 3rd at La Tohu, and our images will be projected live on two giant screens.
January 15th, 2007
New Year’s Resolutions It’s that time of year again when we evaluate our accomplishments of the previous year, as well as give ourselves new objectives for the one ahead. In 2006, Experience 7 produced more than fifty videos for twenty clients, such as Deloitte, Dynamite, Garage, POC Communications and Université de Montréal. Ten of these projects were filmed and edited in High Definition (HD), a format in which the quality of the image definitely takes your breath away.
In 2007, Experience 7 would like to continue its growth in the market of corporate videos, as well as launch into the podcast and music video markets. We are always looking for clients who want to surprise, innovate and impress. Do you belong in this group?
Before the end of summer 2007 we will be moving our offices into a larger space allowing us to hire more talented staff. We are looking for space either downtown Montreal, Old Montreal, on the Plateau or in Centre-Sud. If you know of any hot spots, make sure to let us know!
August 14th, 2006
Garage’s Fall 2006 Video is Now On-Line We are proud to announce the broadcasting of a video fresh out of the oven. Garage, a young women’s clothing boutique, put the video of their Fall 2006 collection on line, on their website www.garage.ca
. The video was entirely produced by Experience 7 and allows you to discover the behind the scene footage of the photo shoot.
May 2nd, 2006
Experience 7 Goes on Tour Evénement’ciel, an events organization specialist, has chosen Experience 7 for the production of 15 video clips which will present the finalists of the Award Ceremony 2006 of the Association de la construction du Québec (ACQ).
A cameraman from Experience 7 will tour the province of Quebec this summer to produce mini-documentaries on each of the finalists of the competition. These video clips will be shown at the ACQ’s Gala taking place September 16th at Quebec City’s Hilton Hotel.
November 24th, 2006 Four Short Videos for the 75th Anniversary of the Jeune Chambre de commerce de Montréal
Yesterday, on November 23rd, we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Jeune Chambre de commerce de Montréal (JCCM) at the Montreal Casino Cabaret. For this special occasion, Experience 7 produced four short videos recollecting most of the important JCCM events that happened between 1931 and 2006. Those videos were extremely well received and added a nice touch to the whole event. In the end, this occasion will have given some great visibility to Experience 7.
September 6th, 2006 Experience 7 Sponsors Deloitte’s Impact Day
Experience 7 is proud to sponsor Impact Day 2006, an important event and initiative of Samson Bélair Deloitte & Touche. Imagine the impact of an entire organization working on community projects for one day. That's exactly what will happen on September 8th with more than 75% of the staff of Deloitte Canada (more than 5,000 individuals) involved in 417 projects within 192 community organizations.
Experience 7 will cover, with its camera, the 7 community organizations located on the Island of Montreal. We will then cut a three to four minute video that will summarize the full day.
