Procter Bros. Industries

Procter Bros Industries Video Scribe Animation

Spoken Word by Shane Koyczan.  Procter Bros. contribution @ 5:26 

This animated piece is the result of a group of individuals coming together and binding their talents in an expression of solidarity and compassion. I am humbled by the extraordinary efforts of those who selflessly gave their time and committed themselves to bring out this message in such a beautiful way.

My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways.

I wrote “To This Day”, a spoken word poem, to further explore the profound and lasting impact that bullying can have on an individual.

Schools and families are in desperate need of proper tools to confront this problem. We can give them a starting point… A message that will have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying.

Promotional video produced by Procter Bros. Industries and Rom Cueto for the True North Foundation and their Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy.

From the 2012 album Mannequin, this is the official video for the single Nothing’s Gonna Harm You. Created by Procter Bros Industries, and produced with the support of Manitoba Film and Music. Enjoy. 

This is the first in a series for the National Union for Public and General Employees (NUPGE).  This video addresses the monster in the closet that is income inequality in Canada.   

We designed this poster for the Graffiti Gallery’s show, Higgins & Gomez.

Produced for CUPE Local 500 and CUPE, “Our Winnipeg” is a love letter to the Winnipeg of our youth and a warning about the long term consequences of selling off public assets for short term political and financial gain. All of the characters, costumes and sets were crafted by hand and animated using a number of techniques, including stop motion and digital animation.

We made this video as an experiment to see if we could produce something in 48 hours. Rom Cueto was on board once again, and our local MLA, Minister Kevin Chief supplied us with the quote from Louis Riel  that inspired the concept of the video. Rhayne Vermette, a talented film maker who works in her North End studio one block from our offices, also appears in the video. 

In the end it took us three days, so I guess the experiment failed.

This was the first  paid work we ever did, for The BC Teachers Association through Now Communication. It was the second animated piece we ever did, and was the first time we used digital animation. Working again with our partner in crime, Rom Cueto (an unofficial Procter Brother) we produced this commercial over the course of one week in borrowed offices, pulling a number of all nighters to get it done on time. Who new a 30 second commercial was so much work.