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Art & Recreation

  • Streaming Video Services

    This guide provides information on free streaming video services - both those paid for by Vancouver Public Library (VPL) and those which are free and available to everyone.

  • Synthesizer

    Learn how to borrow a synthesizer from the library and find recommendations for books, DVDs, online resources, and apps on how to play them.

  • Templates

    Here are some storyboard templates to get you started. You can print them out at the library or at home, or save them and use them in a program like Photoshop. 

    The templates are all different aspect ratios to best suit your projects. You can also write additional notes or directions. 

    Storyboard templates

    Feature Film Storyboard:

     

    Feature Film Storyboard

     

    Movie Storyboard:

     

    Movie Storyboard

     

    Animation Storyboard:

     

    Animation Storyboard

  • The National Film Board

    Watch quality Canadian documentary, animation, and fiction films online.

  • The National Theatre Collection

    Streaming videos of 30 performances drawn from 10 years of National Theatre Live broadcasts and well as archival material.

  • Theatre and Concerts

    This guide provides information on VPL's four collections of streaming theatre and music: Theatre in Video, National Theatre Collection, Royal Shakespeare Company Collection, and medici.tv.

  • Theatre in Video

    Online access to hundreds of the world’s most important plays, documentaries, interviews, and instructional materials in more than 800 hours of streaming video.

  • Ukulele

    Learn how to borrow a ukulele from the library and find recommendations for books, DVDs, online resources, and apps on how to play it.

  • Unity

    Unity is a popular development platform for creating 2D and 3D multi-platform games and interactive experiences. In addition to video games, it is also used in architecture, automotive and film industries. Unity is available in the Inspiration Lab.

  • Unreal Engine

    Unreal Engine is a 3D computer graphics game engine developed by Epic Games. It is an advanced real-time 3D creation tool with many uses from games, film and TV, architecture and automotive, to broadcast and live events, simulation, and more. It can be used in the Inspiration Lab.