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Jungle Book wins 2017 Oscar- local girl on the team
116 Three major movie awards for
ir Outstanding Visual Effects
Lynda Hillman-Rapley
Postmedia Network
From working at her fam-
ily business in Hensall to
three major movie awards
for Jungle Book, including an
the 2017 Oscar, Peta Bayley
is a busy woman.
Bayley is a Senior Anima-
tor in the demanding, fea-
ture film industry, an
accomplished artist and tal-
ented ice sculptor yet still
finds time to raise her four
year old daughter, Magill
with partner, Chef Michael
Sanz.
That's a busy schedule,
any way you look at it.
Based in London, (JK, Bay-
ley is an Animation Supervi-
sor for the Moving Picture
Company (MPC), one of the
leading visual effects produc-
tion companies in the world.
She has been with MPC for 10
years working on a variety of
films including:
10,000 B(; (2007), Night at
the Museum: Battle of the
Smithsonian, Harry Potter
and the Half Blood Prince
(2009), Percy Jackson and
the Lightning Thief, Clash of
the Titans, 'Ihe Voyage of the
Dawn Treader, The Wolf -
man, Prince of Persia: The
Sands of Time, The Chroni-
cles of Narnia: Prince
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Caspian, (2010), Pirates of
the Caribbean: On Stranger
Tides (201 1), Dark Shadows
(2012), Guardians of the Gal-
axy (2014), The Shallows
(2016), and the award-win-
ning, The Jungle Book
(2016), with more films cur-
rently in production.
Bayley's resume also
includes a long period work-
ing with her father, Julian,
and sister, Heidi, at lcecul-
ture in Hensall where in
addition to ice carving, she
developed a process for cre-
ating animals out of fruit and
vegetables which were
embedded in ice. She also
toured North America teach-
ing other ice carvers how to
master her technique.
Peta's journey to the world
of 3-D animation is unusual
to say the least. She has a BA
Honours Anthropology from
McGill University.in Mon-
treal, an MSc Cognitive Neu-
ropsychology with Distinc-
tion from Essex University in
the UK, and a post -graduate
certificate in 3-D Digital Ani-
mation (Maya) at Seneca
College, Toronto. She has
also completed many other
training courses and work-
shops along the way.
This year, sir and fellow
Animation Supervisors,
Gabriele 'ucctielli and
Andrew Jones won the pres-
tigious 201 7 Annie Award for
Outstanding Achievement,
Character Animation in a
Live Action Production for
their work on Disney's, 'l'he
Jungle Book.
During the two year pro-
duction, more than 800 artists
from MPC - including 105
animators - worked on the
project. The film has since
received many other awards
and nominations including a
BAFTA award (British Acad-
emy of Film and Television
Arts) and the nomination for
the Oscar awards for Best
Achievement in Visual Effects
in which they won.
Bayley has made presen-
tations in France and the UK
about the animation tech-
nology used in The Jungle
Book and has given a guest
lecture to students at Fan-
shawe College (London,
Ontario) about her career in
the 3-D Animation industry.
The film, which now has
an Academy Award win for
best visual effects, used Los
Angeles sound stages to
shoot the two-hour film,
crafting a new approach to
filmmaking.
Handout
Left to right - Gabriele Zucchelli, MPC Animation Supervisor;
Andrew Jones, MPC Animation Supervisor, Peta Baylex MPC
Animation Supervisor; and Benjamin Jones, MPC Character
Supervisor with their Annie award for Outstanding Achievement,
Character Animation in a Live Action Production for their work on
Disney's, The Jungle Book. On the red carpet.
"One of the biggest crea-
tive challenges of the film for
us was having talking ani-
mals that looked real - and
finding that correct balance,"
said Baley, animation super-
visor at MPC Film.
"Shooting the whole thing
on blue screen, Favreau and
visual effects (VFX) supervisor
Rob Legato hired more than
800 computer graphics artists
from The Moving Picture
Company (MPC) to work for a
year in creating 54 different
animal species. The voice act-
ing gave us our first clues for
the performance and which
way to take it, Baley said.
"We use things like the
characters physical limita-
tions to inform the
performance."
Before a single frame was
shot, each scene was metic-
ulously prepared, camera
moves designed and models
of terrain and trees arranged.
Next steps for Bayley? She
returns to Canada in the sum-
mer to join the MPC studio in
Montreal. However, before
that she will welcome a new
addition to her own family.
Maitland Country Club open under new ownership
Peever family buys struggling club with
plans to revitalize the recreation facility;
membership discounts available
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The Maitland Country
Club is under new
ownership.
Over the past 12 years, the
club has been dealing with
reduced membership. The
struggling club approached
Goderich council several
months ago looking to the
town to take it over. They
informed council that if no
one was able to do so, they
would not be opening in the
spring.
While the town ulti-
mately determined it was
outside of their realm, three
other proposals came in
from private organizations.
One of those proposals
came from the Peever
family.
"We had some discussions
with them (the MCC board)
as to how we could help out,
and in the end, it looked like
the best scenario for all was a
purchase," said Jim Peever,
spokesperson for the Peever
family and new president of
the Maitland Country Club.
When the family pre-
sented their proposal to the
membership, the member-
ship voted unanimously for
the Peevers to take over.
The family currently oper-
ates the Maitland Valley
Marina and Resort Park and
the Maitland Inlet Marina
directly west of the club.
Besides those sporting busi-
nesses, they also run Huron
District Contracting, a
marine construction
company.
"We are thrilled to help
Maitland Country Club con-
tinue its long legacy as part of
the fabric of Goderich and
area," said Peeves "Part of our
plan is to use the synergies and
cross promotional aspects of
our other businesses to help
bolster membership and cre-
ate efficiencies."
The club is offering all 2015
and 2016 members a 50% dis-
count on memberships for
2017 or 2018. There are other
new member incentives as
Photos courtesy of theutaNand.com
Tennis courts at the Maitland Country Club in Goderich.
well for those who want to
come out and enjoy the club's
sports which include curling,
golf and tennis.
The Peever family has all
kinds of new ideas to invig-
orate the club.
For the next ten years, the
family plans to put in
$50,000 per year in capital
improvements to the club.
Also, they are creating a
joint steering committee of six
people - three staff and three
members to give a voice to
their membership. Each year,
that steering committee will
advise where half of the
$50,000 for capital improve-
ments could be spent
The Peevers will also cre-
ate an emphasis on youth
and family programming.
They will be hiring an activi-
ties/events coordinator to
run some of those events.
They plan on reviving the
food and beverage facility and
having an expert take over the
kitchen for a daily business.
For now, they will con-
tinue to offer their regular
sports, however Peever said
they are "open to other sport
trends." Some future possibil-
ities are adding croquet,
pickleball, a swimming pool,
and a canoe, kayak, and pad-
dleboard area
They are also in the works of
aligning with theYMCAto cre-
ate a partnership there. Peever
said there is opportunity there
for the YMCA to host some
programs at their facilities or
for their members to partici-
pate in the club's programs.
"What we're trying to do
and are all about is supporting
recreation in the community'