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Premières armes

2018 1 h 46 min
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Véritable expérience cinématographique, Premières armes dépeint avec humanité la transformation de civils en soldats des Forces armées canadiennes.

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Lancés dans une formation intensive de 12 semaines, des civils se voient progressivement transformés en soldats des Forces armées canadiennes. Pour le troisième volet de sa série documentaire traitant librement des étapes de la vie, Jean-François Caissy propose une immersion captivante dans le monde militaire, en suivant le parcours de jeunes adultes dans ce choix de carrière singulier.

National Security and Defence Education All subjects
  • research
    Jean-François Caissy
  • writing
    Jean-François Caissy
  • direction
    Jean-François Caissy
  • None
    Nicolas Canniccioni
    Mélanie Bouchard
    Jean-François Caissy
    Jolène Lessard
    Pierre Dupont
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Patrick Trahan
  • editing
    Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
  • sound design
    Frédéric Cloutier
  • location sound
    Jean-François Caissy
  • supplementary footage
    Jean-François Caissy
  • additional sound
    Frédéric Cloutier
  • Ronin operator
    Guillaume Shea-Blais
  • production assistant
    Nicolas Gouin
    Victor Saliba
  • online editing
    Yannick Carrier
  • infographics
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • sound effects creation
    Alexis Farand
  • post-sync effects recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • sound mixing
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • copyright research
    Claire Bourbonnais
  • music clearances
    Claire Bourbonnais
  • marketing officer
    Judith Lessard-Bérubé
  • legal counsel
    Dominique Aubry
  • administrator
    Sia Koukoulas
  • production coordinator
    Gabrielle Dupont
    Isabelle Limoges
    Chinda Phommarinh
    Hélène Regimbal
  • administrative assistant
    Pascale Savoie-Brideau
  • technical coordinator
    Mira Mailhot
  • producer
    Johanne Bergeron
  • executive producer
    Colette Loumède

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