Consulting expertise
Images bank
Archiving
Our vision
We believe that reusing your beauty shots makes economic and artistic sense. We believe in a green transition for local content producers.
No more single-use beauty shots!
Our innovative, local and eco-friendly beauty shot catalogue allows you to reuse and sell your best stock images!
How your beauty shot catalogue works
Benefits of YOUR beauty shot catalogue
Our specialized team of audiovisual archivists expertly index your catalogue so your creative teams can find your beauty shots quickly and efficiently.
EXPERTISE
Reuse beauty shots from previous productions.
- Save time and money;
- Reduce your carbon footprint and become an eco-friendly production.
- Playball Archives is part of the Sustainable Supplier Directory.
REUSE
Access your private catalogue 24/7, from anywhere in the world! You control which collaborators (directors and editors) can access your beauty shots.
ACCESS
Make your beauty shots profitable by selling them to other producers through the members' catalogue:
- You retain full control and approval over beauty shots shared in the members’ catalogue. Or keep your beauty shots private, with access to your catalogue strictly reserved for your directors and editors.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
partnership
We’ve partnered with SETTE! So, you get all the benefits of SETTE Media’s secure and robust Media Asset Management (MAM) infrastructure.
- Over 40 years of experience in television broadcasting, post-production and multimedia asset management.
- Unmatched technical expertise and state-of-the-art equipment.
- Accredited Trusted Partner Network, the level of security required by Hollywood studios.
Real world example - Episode from the 180 television series (TVA)
2 DAYS OF SHOOTING
379 SHOTS FILMED
40 SELECTED FOR THE IMAGE BANK
29 UNPUBLISHED SHOTS
Archival consulting services
NEED AN EXPERT TO ADVISE YOU IN THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUR AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVES?
PLAYBALL ARCHIVES OFFERS YOU A TURNKEY SERVICE:
After analyzing the needs of your production team, our archivists suggest the best practices and tools that comply with archival standards in order to reduce and organize the image catalogue:
Classification system;
File naming convention;
Strategies for protecting audiovisual archives;
Safe and secure archiving system;
Rules for sorting and maintaining archives;
DIGITALIZATION and/or transcoding of your audiovisual archives compliant with ISO/IEC 15444-1:2019;
PRIVATE AND SECURE ACCESS to your audiovisual documents on our Media Asset Management (MAM).
4 TRAININGS FOR ARCHIVISTS
Establish an inventory of your audiovisual archives (2h);
Criteria for sorting audiovisual archives (7h);
Good practices for preserving audiovisual archives (3h);
Management of an audiovisual archive digitization project (3h);
BENEFIT from the consulting expertise of Marysol Moran, our Executive Director, who has 20 years of experience in film and television and 10 years in archival science. She is recognized for managing audiovisual archive digitization projects (National Film Board, Bell, International Olympic Committee, City of Laval, etc.). In addition, she offers continuing training to archivists (AAQ, RAQ, EBSI, RAR, UQAM) in audiovisual archives management.
Équipe
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Martin Cadotte
President and Founder
A talented director and visionary businessman, Martin is also a big user of image banks. He founded Playball Archives to offer a new innovative, local and eco-responsible image bank service to local producers and broadcasters. Recognized by his peers, he is the recipient of numerous awards: a Gemini award, two Gemini awards, a recognition award from the Independent Directors Front of Canada as well as a gold and bronze medal at the prestigious New York Festivals.
Image credit: Patrick Woodbury
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Manon Lejeune
Vice-President and Founder
Manon first worked for over 15 years as a social worker in the health network. Wanting to take on a new professional challenge, she decided to return to university full-time to obtain her certificate in preschool and elementary school teaching. She has been teaching for 10 years now. With her experience in interpersonal relationship management, she participated in the creation of Playball Archives and collaborates with the general manager in human resources management.
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Marysol Moran
Executive Director
Marysol has 15 years of post-production experience (Mels/Global Vision, National Film Board of Canada, etc.) and 10 years as an archivist. Passionate about audiovisual archives, she is a reference in the Quebec archival community for the management of moving images.
Image credit: Yves Tremblay, photographer
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Fabienne L'Abbé
Director of Business Development
An experienced producer, host and researcher, Fabienne has been working in the television industry for almost 20 years. Winner of two Gemini Awards for her work as a youth content researcher, Fabienne has witnessed the evolution of archive banks and digital content management tools. She oversees the development of the English-speaking market of Playball Archives, which allows her to boast of her efficiency, profitability and ecological concern!
Our clients
