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BC Film Commission
The Creative BC Film Commission, formerly the BC Film Commission and also referred to as the Provincial Film Commission at Creative BC, is an agency established by the provincial government that promotes film and television in British Columbia including Metro Vancouver. Creative BC integrates the growth and development efforts of the province's creative industries including Motion Picture, Music and Sound Recording, Interactive and Digital Media, and Book and Magazine Publishing. Formerly, the BC Film Commission fell under the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. They operated under a budget of $948,000 for 2010-11. The BC Film Commission and BC Film and Media were merged in April 2013 to become Creative BC. The services of both legacy organizations are offered by Creative BC. www.creativebc.com The film commission oversees eight regional commissions including Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism, Columbia Shuswap Film Commission, the Greater Victoria Film Commission, ...
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Hollywood North
Hollywood North is a colloquialism used to describe film production industries and/or film locations north of its namesake, Hollywood, California. The term has been applied principally to the film industry in Canada, specifically to the city of Toronto, Ontario and more recently also Vancouver, British Columbia. Use of the term The title has been claimed for both Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver Vancouver has been used as a filmmaking location for over a century, beginning with ''The Cowpuncher's Glove'' and ''The Ship's Husband'', both shot in 1910 by the Edison Manufacturing Company. Isolated by distance from the domestic film production communities in Toronto and Montreal, it became known as "Hollywood North" for its role as a production centre for US feature films shot in British Columbia. The provincial government first established a film development office in 1977 to market the province to the Hollywood community. In 2000, BC crossed the bill ...
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List Of Filming Locations In Metro Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia has a large film and television production industry, which earned it the nickname "Hollywood North." It usually serves as a substitute location for other cities and locales. This is a list, arranged by region, of films and television series shot in the Lower Mainland, including several prominent filming locations in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, plus those in the adjoining Sea-to-Sky Corridor and Sunshine Coast regions. Village of Anmore Buntzen Lake *''The 4400'' (TV series) *'' Dark Angel'' (TV series) *''Freddy vs. Jason'' *''Hot Rod'' *'' It'' *'' Lake Placid'' (1999) *''Pathfinder'' *''Smallville'' (TV series) *''Supernatural'' (TV series) *''The X-Files'' (TV series) Bowen Island Municipality *''American Gothic'' *'' Charlie St. Cloud'' *''Double Jeopardy'' *''The Fog'' *''Harper's Island'' *''The Russia House'' *''The Wicker Man'' Britannia Beach *'' Are We There Yet?'' *''Final Days of Planet Earth'' *'' Free Willy 3: The Rescu ...
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List Of Filming Locations In The BC Interior
List of filming locations in the British Columbia Interior, arranged by location. Ashcroft * '' The Andromeda Strain'' (2008) * '' An Unfinished Life'' (2005) Barkerville * ''Harry Tracy, Desperado'' * ''Klondike Fever'' * ''The Legend of Kootenai Brown'' (also known as ''Showdown at Williams Creek'') Cache Creek * '' The Andromeda Strain'' (2008) Fort Steele * '' Snow Queen'' Fraser Canyon * '' The Grey Fox'' * '' The Pledge'' Hedley * '' The Andromeda Strain'' (2008) Hope * ''First Blood'' (1982) Kamloops * '' The Andromeda Strain'' (2008) * ''Battlestar Galactica'' * '' Cadence'' * ''Firewall'' * '' An Unfinished Life'' Kelowna * '' Fido'' * '' The Hillclimb'' * ''The Legend of Simon Conjurer'' * '' Mee-Shee: The Water Giant'' * '' The Projectionist'' * '' Say Yes & Marry Me'' * '' The Scarecrow and The Rainbow Kid'' * '' A Sister's Nightmare'' * ''Stolen Lives'' * ''The Tattoo'' * ''Time Runner'', aka ''In Exile'' * '' The Union: The Business Behind Get ...
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Cinema Of Canada
Cinema in Canada dates back to the earliest known display of film in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, in 1896. The film industry in Canada has been dominated by the United States, which has utilized Canada as a shooting location and to bypass British film quota laws, throughout its history. Canadian filmmakers, English and French, have been active in the development of cinema in the United States. Films by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. were some of the first to arrive in Canada and early films made in the country were produced by Edison Studios. Canadian Pacific Railway and other railways supported early filmmaking including James Freer, whose '' Ten Years in Manitoba'' was the first known film by a Canadian. ''Evangeline'' is the earliest recorded Canadian feature film. George Brownridge and Ernest Shipman were major figures in Canadian cinema in the 1920s and 1930s. Shipman oversaw the production the most expensive film up to that point. Brownridge's career led to '' Carry on, Sergeant!'' an ...
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Canadian Pioneers In Early Hollywood
Motion pictures have been a part of the culture of Canada since the industry began. History Around 1910, the East Coast filmmakers began to take advantage of the mild California winter climates, and after Nestor Studios, run by Canadian Al Christie, built the first permanent movie studio in Hollywood, a number of the movie companies expanded or relocated to the new Hollywood. At the same time, because there was no sound in movies, several French filmmakers had their motion pictures distributed in the United States. List of Canadian film pioneers in Hollywood Among those Canadians who took part in the early years of Hollywood were: * Allakariallak (1890s–1924?), Inuit actor and subject of "Nanook of the North" * Charles Arling (1880–1922), actor * Earl W. Bascom (1906-1995), actor, artist, worked with Roy Rogers, worked on Louis B. Mayer's ranch in Perris, California * William Bertram (1880–1933), actor, director * Ben Blue (1901–1975), actor, comedian * Raymond Burr (1 ...
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Nicknames Of Vancouver
There are many nicknames for the city of Vancouver, the largest city in British Columbia and third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Some reflect the city's history, climate, geography, economy, and demographics. Others have their origins in cultural aspects of the city and its inhabitants. History The first non-aboriginal settlement in the area was known as Gastown. This name continues today as a nickname for Vancouver, although more specifically for the original core of the city, which is part of the Downtown Eastside. Geography and climate *Rain City (or Raincouver or the Wet Coast) – Vancouver receives on average of rainfall a year ( YVR). Especially during the winter months, the city has a reputation for wet weather. *Terminal City – refers to Vancouver (or specifically Gastown) being the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. *Saltwater City () – name for Vancouver used by early Chinese immigrants to the city. Industry * Hollywood North – the c ...
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British Columbia Government Departments And Agencies
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ...
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Cinema Of British Columbia
Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ** Filmmaking, the process of making a film * Movie theater (US), called a cinema elsewhere, a building in which films are shown TV * Home cinema tries to replicate the movie theater at home * Cinema or Movie mode, a picture mode characterized by warmer color temperatures Music Bands * Cinema (band), a band formed in 1982 by ex-Yes members Alan White and Chris Squire * The Cinema, an American indie pop band Albums * ''Cinema'' (Andrea Bocelli album), released 2015 * ''Cinema'' (The Cat Empire album), released 2010 * ''Cinema'' (Elaine Paige album), released 1984 * ''Cinema'' (Nazareth album), or the title song, released 1986 * ''Cinema'', a 2009 album by Brazilian band Cachorro Grande * ''Cinema'', a 1990 album by English musician ...
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Film Commissions
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ...
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