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Strategy
We help you design and develop videos that are sharply focused on your goals and ambitions. The videos we produce will help you reach and communicate with your target audience. We work with you to develop your video’s strategy by asking good questions that lead to informed and effective video productions. There’s a reason why we are an established Thunder Bay video production company.
Creative
Once we know what your goals are, we help you shape your video production’s story through scriptwriting and/or generating concise questions for interviews. We cannot emphasize enough the value of planning and a good story. That’s what sets us apart in the Thunder Bay video production market.
Production
Our award-winning team of Thunder Bay filmmakers, animators, musicians and editors are eager and resourceful, allowing us to execute a video production to your specification while also being on time and on budget.
Meet The Team
Curtis Jensen
CEO | Cinematographer | Drone Operator | Editor
Curtis Jensen is a passionate and earnest filmmaker who founded Apple Wagon Films in 2007. He has since written and produced films that have been screened on Bravo Channel and won awards at film festivals. Curtis is an active promoter of Thunder Bay and hopes to see it become a viable filming destination.
Chad Kirvan
Cinematographer | Assistant Editor
Chad is a talented cinematographer and film editor with an upbeat personality. His charismatic attitude brings life to any film set and allows subjects to feel comfortable in front of the camera. In addition to his upbeat nature, Chad has a strong knowledge an understanding of camera equipment and editing techniques. Chad’s large skill set and professionalism make him a great addition to any production.
Armelle Sandford
Videographer
Your video is important, so take comfort in knowing that Armelle prides herself in what she does. She also has a keen eye for pretty things, which might explain why she loves filming weddings so much. However, even if your video doesn’t feature a diamond ring, Armelle will still find a way of putting a figurative ring on it.
Matt King
Assistant Editor
Matt King is a video editor with surgical precision when it comes to editing interviews for our corporate clients. He shares our emphasis on customer satisfaction, delivering projects on time and to a very high standard.
David Hotson
Animator
As a fellow entrepreneur, David fits right in with the rest of the Apple Wagon Films team. When he’s not creating breathtaking digital prints and sculptures, he’s hard at work animating for us. His work never ceases to amaze our corporate clients.
Jean-Paul De Roover
Sound Design | Sound Recordist | Composer
When he’s not on stage or writing music for an album, Jean-Paul De Roover is also a composer. He has scored over a dozen commercials, nine short films and an IMAX 3D feature documentary. He is also a sound recordist, having recorded sound for various short and feature length films.
Steven Johnson
Cinematographer | Steadicam Operator | Drone Pilot
Steven (a.k.a. Steadicam Steve) is a graduate of the Confederation College Film Production Program. He has worked on a variety of low budget indie films and Hollywood Blockbusters world wide. You might catch a glimpse of Steven riding around in his DeLorean when he moonlights as a Thunder Bay Videographer in his summers.
Testimonals
“Apple Wagon Films is a pleasure to work with. The caliber of videos that they have produced for us keeps us coming back for more. They’ve exceeded our expectations on each and every project.”
Dennis Wood
“Our daughter was getting married and her younger brother with our help got Apple Wagon to do the wedding highlight video as a wedding gift. What a gift it turned out to be. It was absolutely beautiful. Highly recommended!!”
Karen Richard
“I’m so glad I chose Apple Wagon Films to produce my videos for Crazy Good Spices. Curtis was friendly, responsive and professional throughout the entire process. His modern style and innovative filming techniques really highlighted my spices in very cinematic ways. I was comfortable throughout the whole filming process and everything just felt so natural and the end results reflect that. I would recommend Curtis and his team to anyone who wants a genuinely talented filmmaker for their video. Thanks so much Apple Wagon Films!”
Crazy Good Spices
business
“We hired Apple Wagon Films to do a commercial for our restaurant (Daytona’s Kitchen + Creative Catering).
It’s was such a pleasure working with Curtis, his vision and concept was perfect for what we wanted. His thoughts, advice and opinions were fantastic and they helped make our commercial perfect.
I would recommend Apple Wagon Films and Curtis for any business or personal need.
We can’t wait to work with him again.”
Andrew Stone
Head chef