"Instant Star" (2004) TV series 2004-????

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Creator:

Linda Schuyler
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown

Release Date:

1 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Tagline:

Being famous rocks!

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Rock 'n' Roll | Interracial Relationship

Awards:

3 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Alexz Johnson	...	Jude Harrison / ... (53 episodes, 2004-2008)
Tim Rozon	...	Tommy Quincy / ... (53 episodes, 2004-2008)
Kristopher Turner	...	Jamie Andrews / ... (52 episodes, 2004-2008)
Laura Vandervoort	...	Sadie Harrison / ... (50 episodes, 2004-2008)
Wes Williams	...	Darius Mills / ... (42 episodes, 2004-2008)
Tyler Kyte	...	Spiederman / ... (39 episodes, 2005-2008)
Mark Taylor	...	Kwest (39 episodes, 2005-2008)
Simon Reynolds	...	Stuart Harrison (34 episodes, 2004-2008)
Ian Blackwood	...	Kyle / ... (29 episodes, 2005-2008)
Christopher Gaudet	...	Wally / ... (28 episodes, 2005-2008)
Miku Graham	...	Portia Quincy / ... (23 episodes, 2004-2007)

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Series Directed by
Graeme Campbell		(14 episodes, 2005-2008)
Pat Williams		(13 episodes, 2004-2008)
Philip Earnshaw		(4 episodes, 2005-2008)
Thom Best		(3 episodes, 2006-2008)
Jim Donovan		(3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Bradley Walsh		(2 episodes, 2005)

Series Writing credits
James Hurst		(14 episodes, 2004-2008)
Emily Andras		(13 episodes, 2005-2008)
Miklos Perlus		(8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Linda Schuyler		(8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jennifer Whalen		(8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Shernold Edwards		(4 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jeremy Boxen		(4 episodes, 2008)
Jill Golick		(3 episodes, 2007)
Bobby Theodore		(3 episodes, 2007)
Tracey Forbes		(3 episodes, 2008)
Nicole Demerse		(2 episodes, 2006)
Shelley Scarrow		(2 episodes, 2006)
Vera Santamaria		(2 episodes, 2007)
Derek Schreyer		(2 episodes, 2007)
Sean Carley		(unknown episodes)
M.A. Lovretta		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Stephen Stohn	....	executive producer (53 episodes, 2004-2008)
David Lowe	....	line producer / producer (51 episodes, 2004-2008)
Stephanie Williams	....	supervising producer (39 episodes, 2006-2008)
James Jackman	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 2004-2006)
Linda Schuyler	....	executive producer (17 episodes, 2005-2008)
M.A. Lovretta	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Shelley Scarrow	....	creative producer (13 episodes, 2006)
Emily Andras	....	executive producer / co-executive producer (13 episodes, 2007)
Jill Golick	....	creative producer (10 episodes, 2007)
Tracey Forbes	....	executive producer (5 episodes, 2008)

Series Original Music by
Tim Welch		(52 episodes, 2004-2008)

Series Cinematography by
John Berrie		(31 episodes, 2006-2008)

Series Film Editing by
D. Gillian Truster		(15 episodes, 2005-2008)
Lisa Grootenboer		(11 episodes, 2006)

Series Casting by
Stephanie Gorin		(10 episodes, 2005-2008)

Series Production Design by
Stephen Stanley		(10 episodes, 2005-2008)

Series Set Decoration by
Gabriel Lamb		(9 episodes, 2005-2008)

Series Costume Design by
Steven Wright		(6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Melanie Jennings		(3 episodes, 2005-2006)

Series Makeup Department
Amanda Milne	....	key hair stylist (10 episodes, 2005)
Jessica Carter	....	key makeup / key makeup artist (9 episodes, 2005-2008)
James O'Reilly	....	key hair stylist (8 episodes, 2007)
Josie Stewart	....	key hair stylist (5 episodes, 2008)
Ryan Reed	....	key hair stylist (3 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Production Management
Shernold Edwards	....	executive in charge of production / executive in charge of production: CTV (13 episodes, 2006)
Robin Reid	....	executive in charge of production: The N (7 episodes, 2006-2008)
Tecca Crosby	....	executive in charge of production: CTV (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jeremy Hood	....	assistant production manager (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Samantha Morris	....	executive in charge of production: CTV (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ella Schwarzman	....	executive in charge of post-production (5 episodes, 2008)
Bill Mustos	....	executive in charge of production / executive in charge of production: CTV (2 episodes, 2005-2006)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andrew McNeill	....	assistant director (52 episodes, 2004-2008)
Fatima Palhetas	....	trainee assistant director (11 episodes, 2007)
John Pace	....	first assistant director (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
Eric Banz	....	second assistant director (8 episodes, 2006-2008)
Mark Pancer	....	first assistant director (5 episodes, 2005-2008)
Derby Crewe	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 2005)
Michael J. Bowman	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2008)

Series Art Department
Hubert Hsu	....	assistant art director / second assistant art director (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Derek Graham	....	property master (9 episodes, 2005-2008)
Max MacDonald	....	first assistant art director (9 episodes, 2005-2008)
Sean McLoughlin	....	first assistant art director (9 episodes, 2005-2008)
Karen Henwood Danton	....	assistant prop master / assistant property master (8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Murray Lowe	....	construction coordinator (8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Paula Boleia	....	set decoration buyer (7 episodes, 2006-2008)
Erich Entner	....	on-set dresser (7 episodes, 2006-2008)
Rachel Blair-Johns	....	scenic painter (5 episodes, 2008)
Melinda Sutton	....	second assistant art director (3 episodes, 2005-2006)
David A. Baran	....	carpenter (unknown episodes)
Frank Croft	....	painter (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Virginia Storey	....	foley artist (52 episodes, 2004-2008)
Michael Baskerville	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound re-recordist (51 episodes, 2004-2008)
Randy Wilson	....	foley recordist (38 episodes, 2006-2008)
Danielle McBride	....	adr & dialogue editor / dialogue editor (32 episodes, 2004-2008)
Paul Williamson	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound re-recordist (32 episodes, 2004-2008)
John Loranger	....	first assistant sound editor (31 episodes, 2006-2008)
Bill McMillan	....	production sound mixer / sound recordist (9 episodes, 2007-2008)
Matthew Stark	....	boom operator (5 episodes, 2007-2008)
Dan Sexton	....	sound effects editor (4 episodes, 2008)
Dan Latour	....	production sound mixer (3 episodes, 2005-2006)
Chris Schofield	....	boom operator (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
Steve Munro	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Graham Armstrong	....	second boom operator (unknown episodes)
John Dykstra	....	foley recordist (unknown episodes)
Greg Hannas	....	sound assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Jeff Bruneel	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Paul C. George	....	visual effects (unknown episodes)
Fiona Campbell Westgate	....	visual effects producer: opening title sequence (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Alison Reid	....	stunt coordinator / stunt double: Patsy (5 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Morin	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera / camera operator: 'a' camera (39 episodes, 2006-2008)
Tom Bate	....	gaffer (10 episodes, 2006-2008)
Stephen Scott	....	unit photographer / still photographer (8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Brian Potts	....	key grip (8 episodes, 2006-2008)
David Towers	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 2006-2008)
Greg Winterton	....	camera trainee (6 episodes, 2008)
Keith Hlady	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 2008)
Vanessa Ireson	....	first assistant camera (5 episodes, 2008)
Jason Sissons	....	dolly grip (5 episodes, 2008)
Joe Strazzeri	....	dolly grip (4 episodes, 2008)
Jeff Wachsmann	....	dolly grip (3 episodes, 2006-2008)
Peter Luxford	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 2008)
Blayne Badge	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Andy Gondek	....	best boy electric (unknown episodes)
David Watts	....	electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Kathleen Howell	....	casting assistant (26 episodes, 2004-2006)
Karen Williams	....	casting assistant (26 episodes, 2004-2006)
Krista Fraser	....	extras casting (5 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jane Rogers	....	extras casting (3 episodes, 2008)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lisa Renee Reed	....	assistant costume designer / assistant wardrobe designer (26 episodes, 2004-2006)
Anita K. Schapansky	....	wardrobe set supervisor / on-set wardrobe (14 episodes, 2005-2006)
Heather Rovet	....	assistant wardrobe designer (5 episodes, 2008)
Robin White	....	on-set wardrobe (5 episodes, 2008)

Series Editorial Department
Mark Kueper	....	tape-to-tape colorist (8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Will Hearn	....	on-line editor (6 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jason Irvine	....	assistant picture editor (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Michael Dobroski	....	film-to-tape colorist (5 episodes, 2008)
Pat Duchesne	....	film-to-tape colorist (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Ella Schwarzman	....	executive in charge of post-production (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
D. Gillian Truster	....	assistant editor / assistant picture editor (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
Allan O'Hara	....	on-line editor (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ryan Kovack	....	post-production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Chris Mayo	....	video conform editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Jim McGrath	....	music supervisor (7 episodes, 2006-2008)

Series Other crew
James Jackman	....	production coordinator / coordinator (26 episodes, 2004-2006)
Darryl Boulley	....	production secretary (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Scott Cooper	....	script coordinator (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
James Hurst	....	executive story editor (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Bobby Theodore	....	junior story editor (13 episodes, 2007)
Emily Andras	....	executive story consultant / executive creative consultant / ... (11 episodes, 2005-2008)
Shernold Edwards	....	story editor / executive in charge of creative (10 episodes, 2007-2008)
Anthony Costa	....	production accountant (8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Nancy Markle	....	script supervisor (8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Stephanie Cohen	....	vice president of marketing & communications / director of marketing & communications (7 episodes, 2006-2008)
Christopher Jackson	....	director of digital media & merchandising (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Dave Shippel	....	vice president of finance & business affairs / director of finance (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Melinda Sutton	....	executive assistant / office manager (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Amy Wright	....	choreographer (5 episodes, 2004-2006)
Jeremy Boxen	....	executive story editor (5 episodes, 2008)
Iain Christiansen	....	unit publicist (5 episodes, 2008)
Linda Keyworth	....	production coordinator (5 episodes, 2008)
Chris Martin	....	location manager (5 episodes, 2008)
Marc Kimelman	....	choreographer (4 episodes, 2007-2008)
Susan Klar	....	director of finance (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
Greg Holmgren	....	location manager (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jason Aita	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Wes Legge	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Nora Lem	....	craft service (unknown episodes)
Cody Robertson	....	assistant production coordinator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Epitome Pictures

Distributors

• Viasat3 (2006-) (Hungary) (TV)
• Canadian Television (CTV) (2004-) (Canada) (TV)
• TV6 (2008) (Estonia) (TV)

Other Companies

• Hand Prop  props supplied by

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Epitome Pictures

Trivia:

Tyler Kyte is about 2 months older than Laura Vandervoort, even though on the show, Vandervoort's character, Sadie, is 2 years older than Kyte's character, Spiederman.

Quotes:

Jude Harrison: Go ahead. Tell me I told you so.
Tommy Quincy: [he puts his jacket around Jude's shoulders] For what's its worth, Shay's a kid, and an idiot.
Jude Harrison: [sobbing] Yeah.
Tommy Quincy: And he made the wrong choice.
Jude Harrison: It's not worth much coming from you.
Tommy Quincy: What's that supposed to mean?
Jude Harrison: I'm so tired of falling for guys that don't fall back. It hurts.
Jude Harrison: Jude, I...
Jude Harrison: You all say the nicest things. You're so great, you're so nice, but none of you want to date me! So you wanna help me, Tommy? Tell me what I do wrong. Tell me why I'm so easy to give up, and maybe I can fix it!
Tommy Quincy: You are asking the wrong guy.
[...]

Instant Star is about

Jude Harrisson who defies the odds and wins a singer/writer contest. We get to know her and her family more, and the rivalry between her and her sister, and everyone else in the business or at school, etc. She struggles between doing her thing and doing something that would be a wiser career choice. Of course the big shots of the business think she's too young and want to control everything from her music to her looks. And it seems that everything in her life is happening so quickly, like her love life, her career life, everything. She goes from being a nobody to being a somebody in a blink of an eye, and it's quite overwhelming.