Susan Gittins
Longtime mainstream media (MSM) journalist and author Susan Gittins began writing about and photographing Vancouver’s many film and TV location shoots in the summer of 2010 after the Winter Olympics put the city and its beauty on the world stage. Movies and TV series often showcase the Vancouver area in similar fashion. Vancouver is Awesome commissioned her YVRShoots series in the fall of 2010 and it ran regularly for three years. She launched her own daily YVRShoots blog in the spring of 2012.
VIFF INDUSTRY: Inside the Writers Rooms at SONS OF ANARCHY & THE KNICK
Look who’s on the cover of Entertainment Weekly: SAMCRO’s Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam). VIFF Industry goes inside the writers room at Sons of Anarchy today for… Read More »VIFF INDUSTRY: Inside the Writers Rooms at SONS OF ANARCHY & THE KNICK
SHOOT: Run Jesse Metcalfe Run From DEAD RISING Zombies Near BC Place
Run Jesse Metcalfe Run. “Indiana Jones with Zombies” flick Dead Rising, starring Jesse Metcalfe (Dallas, Desperate Housewives), Dennis Haysbert (Backstrom, 24) and Meghan Ory (Intelligence,… Read More »SHOOT: Run Jesse Metcalfe Run From DEAD RISING Zombies Near BC Place
VIFF INDUSTRY: Meet the Other Major Crowdfunder INDIEGOGO in Today’s Power to the Indie Panel
How do Indie films get made now? Through crowdfunding sites like heavyweights Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Last year’s VIFF Industry conference featured Kickstarter, famous for the Veronica… Read More »VIFF INDUSTRY: Meet the Other Major Crowdfunder INDIEGOGO in Today’s Power to the Indie Panel
VIFF INDUSTRY: Adam Reed Talks About his Raunchy, Animated Spy Spoof ARCHER on October 3rd
James Bond meets Arrested Development. That’s how the creator of raunchy animated spy spoof Archer describes his series. Adam Reed came up with the idea… Read More »VIFF INDUSTRY: Adam Reed Talks About his Raunchy, Animated Spy Spoof ARCHER on October 3rd
VIFF INDUSTRY: DALLAS BUYERS CLUB & SNOWPIERCER Screenwriters Panel on October 2nd
A 1980s cowboy with HIV/AIDS sells an unauthorized cure to others in Dallas Buyers Club. Survivors of a failed global warming experiment which causes a… Read More »VIFF INDUSTRY: DALLAS BUYERS CLUB & SNOWPIERCER Screenwriters Panel on October 2nd
RE-SHOOTS: Ricky Gervais & Others Back for NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM – SECRET OF THE TOMB Reshoots
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, the third and final installment of the billion-dollar museum franchise, is back in Vancouver to shoot five more… Read More »RE-SHOOTS: Ricky Gervais & Others Back for NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM – SECRET OF THE TOMB Reshoots