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.
PREMIERE: THE FLASH Season Premiere Tonight With Grant Gustin
Tonight is the night Vancouver gets to see The Flash premiere which filmed here this past spring. A palooza of familiar locations, stunts, explosions and… Read More »PREMIERE: THE FLASH Season Premiere Tonight With Grant Gustin
COMPETITION: Deadline for Vancouver’s PHRIKE FILM FEST 72-Hour Competition Today
Blood, gore and screams on your mind. Have an idea for a short horror film? Overwhelming demand means you might be wait-listed for the Phrike… Read More »COMPETITION: Deadline for Vancouver’s PHRIKE FILM FEST 72-Hour Competition Today
SHOOT: Run Milo Ventimiglia Run at THE WHISPERS in Oceanic Plaza
Were you a Dean or Jess Girl during Gilmore Girls? Both actors (Jared Padalecki and Milo Ventimiglia) are filming TV series in Vancouver this Fall.… Read More »SHOOT: Run Milo Ventimiglia Run at THE WHISPERS in Oceanic Plaza
SHOOT: Lily Rabe & Barry Sloane Film THE WHISPERS in Oceanic Plaza
There’s something very real about these children’s imaginary friends. ABC’s thriller The Whispers shot scenes of FBI child specialist Claire Bennigan (Lily Rabe) and Defense Department… Read More »SHOOT: Lily Rabe & Barry Sloane Film THE WHISPERS in Oceanic Plaza
VIFF: We Are The City’s VIOLENT Wins Best Canadian Film & Best BC Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival
“I wish I hadn’t worn jeans,” composer and keyboardist Cayne McKenzie confessed as Vancouver progressive rock band We Are The City’s Violent won both Best… Read More »VIFF: We Are The City’s VIOLENT Wins Best Canadian Film & Best BC Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival
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