All About The Film Industry in Vancouver

After living in Vancouver for any period of time, recognizing local landmarks in film and
television becomes a simple task. Any Vancouverite will recognize the area around
the Vancouver Convention Center masquerading as a European city in the A-Team
remake is one example as is Simon Fraser University`s Academic Quadrangle as
the Caprica market in the television series Battlestar Galactica.

One of Vancouver`s nicknames in Hollywood North. This epithet comes from the
fact that Vancouver is the third most filmed city in North America behind Los Angeles
and New York City.

Vancouver became known as a filming destination because she was a perfect stand in city.
Shot from the right angles, the downtown core could look like New York, Seattle, Boston
or a variety of other locales. Because of the architectural smorgasbord that is Vancouver,
a low Canadian dollar, and generous tax subsidies lured film production companies to the
city.

While many would accuse Vancouver of simply being a stand-in city, and not really
being of any significance to the overall culture of film production. However, this has
proven not to be the case. The creative establishment in the film sector has realized
that Vancouver is more than just a stand in, it is a city that is bristling with talent.

Earlier this year Pixar Studios opened an animation studio in Vancouver. The animators
made famous by such hits as Toy Story, Monsters Inc, and Wall-E, demonstrated that
Vancovuer is now a major player in the film industry by opening up shop in the city.

Amir Nasrabadi, the General Manager for Pixar Canada said the company decided
to open an office in the city because of the "very mature, high-quality talent pool,
driven primarily by the strength of the industry and great local universities and schools".

For now the studio will work as a satellite branch of Pixar's California studios, but future
plans include the Vancouver studio taking on its own feature films. The British Columbia
Film Commissioner, Susan Croome, told CTV News in an interview that "Pixar's announcement
is absolutely fantastic". When asked if this expansion of Vancouver's film industry was the
result of favorable exchange rates she responded that it wasn't, and the company was
making plans for the long term.

This announcement represents a leap forward for the Vancouver film industry. A unique
film culture is developing in Vancouver, and the city is moving away from its previous
role of pretending to be somewhere else.

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