Profile:

Gumboot Productions Inc. is a Canadian film, television and multimedia production company situated in Victoria, Canada. Operations of Gumboot commenced in November 1991 and the company has developed a strong reputation for excellence within the national and international broadcast community.

Gumboot is owned and operated by the founding principals, Penelope Joy and Peter C. Campbell.

The main focus of the Company's activities is on entertaining works of cross-cultural, environmental and educational content.

Gumboot Productions produces film and video in association with artists, institutions and broadcasters and actively participates in partnerships and joint ventures.
Gumboot is rapidly evolving from a film and video production house to a independent integrated-media production and distribution company.

Gumboot licenses programming to Television Broadcasters and Distributors internationally.

People:

Peter Campbell has participated in all aspects of film and theatre over his 20 year career, having produced and directed over 75 films for television. He has taught acting and producing (University of Alberta; The Banff Centre), has been on the jury for the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the Yorkton Festival and B.C. Culture, is the curator for the 1998 Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival. He is also on the board of directors of the Gulf Island Film and Television School. Peter recently won a Best Cinematography Award at Dreamspeakers International Aboriginal Festival. He continues to produce and direct, and teaches at the Victoria Motion Picture School.

Penelope Joy has over 20 years experience as a director, writer and teacher of electronic media. Her eclectic geographical base (England, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and Canada) has given her a keen interest in cross cultural and environmental topics. Her experience with BBC TV, community video, and scriptwriting contributes inspiration and creative networking to the production process.

Potential:

The objective of the management of Gumboot Productions is to produce entertaining and compelling programming of consistently superior quality and socially significant thematic content, presented on media which is consistent with the target audience.

We want to integrate conventional film and video production with the production of interactive multi-media content. There are two opportunities for Gumboot Productions to expand: technical growth by undertaking new and innovative technologies for various media; and financial growth by developing a self-sufficient capital base from which to underwrite new projects.

To achieve these inherent opportunities, the Company requires an influx of additional capital, either debt or equity. In the short term, sufficient cash flow exists to warrant debt leverage of the corporate plan; and in the long term, equity participation is the option preferred by the owners.

The company is therefore seeking to raise working capital and will entertain a variety of ownership and profit sharing arrangements.
Gumboot Productions has enjoyed positive relationships with partners such as the Knowledge Network, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Rogers Telefund, The National Film Board of Canada and B.C. Film.

Gumboot Productions has many strategic advantages, including:

1. Small infrastructure and negligible overhead.
2. No significant debt.
3. Broad media experience.
4. Diverse project and flexible technology base.
5. Strong reputation within the industry.

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