We have been wondering why so many series are shot in Canada, especially BC. Is it that much cheaper to shoot up there or is there just such a varied landscape available?
JJ Abrams seems to have a format he repeats in every series. Still, he can hook an audience, even if everything seems to run out of steam, eventually. I thought the ending for Lost was pure desperation. It is like many first novels or even high school creative writing projects: it was all a dream? What a disappointment.
We have been wondering why so many series are shot in Canada, especially BC. Is it that much cheaper to shoot up there or is there just such a varied landscape available?
It seems to be a lot cheaper because of non union labor. That’s why Michael Moore did his post production work in Canada. A little ironic, huh?
“We have been wondering why so many series are shot in Canada, especially BC. Is it that much cheaper to shoot up there or is there just such a varied landscape available?”
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I now work here in L.A. but i interned for Chris Carter’s canadian affiliate company when he was shooting the X FILES in Vancouver. My cousin worked on Tron 2 and Kick Ass.
The answer is..tax deductions and a film infrastructure that’s ready 24/7. The Vancouver Film Board pretty much show a spreadsheet on the savings to studio execs and producers. The irony is Vancouver is a really small city but it can really double as San Fran without any cosmetic fakery.
Yeah. LOST sucked me in for 3 seasons but pretty much had it after they left the island and now want to go back? Seriously. You spent 3 seasons trying to get out of the island. The only good part about Abrams, even though he is a raving liberal Dem is that he brought the stars of Star Trek (2009) to Iraq to visit the troops as he was the director..