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.
You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and… blow. That’s a famous line from the Bogie/Bacall film classic To… Read More »WFF: World Premiere of Brent Butt’s NO CLUE at WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL on December 5th
[sz-youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJfIQCFB29I” /] Bates Motel will re-open March 3rd, 2014 on A&E. Local photos of 12-room motel and gothic house set in Aldergrove looking spooky. And… Read More »PROMO: BATES MOTEL Season 2 Teaser
Fifty Shades of Grey started out slow on its first day of filming in Vancouver yesterday with a scene of Seattle billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan)… Read More »SHOOT: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Films Christian Grey Buying Thomas Hardy First Editions at The Paper Hound Bookshop
Update: Emily (Magda Apanowicz) sees and talks to two Alecs (Erik Knudsen) in this scene for 3×03 Minute to Win It. Continuum’s second season ended with… Read More »SHOOT: CONTINUUM S3 Films Erik Knudsen & Magda Apanowicz at CBC Vancouver Plaza
Sunday, December 1st – Once Upon a Time 3×09 Save Henry airs on ABC/CTV. After Pan (Robbie Kay) tricks Henry (Jared Gilmore) into sacrificing his heart, Emma (Jennifer… Read More »WEEK: November 25 – December 1, 2013
Fifty Shades of Grey kicked off filming in Vancouver today with a scene of Seattle billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) serving tea to Anastasia (Dakota Johnson)… Read More »SHOOT: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Starts Filming with Jamie Dornan & Dakota Johnson in Gastown- Updated
The Seth Rogen and James Franco movie The Interview created an event at Robson Square all Friday and on Saturday morning which generated so many instagrams,… Read More »YOUR SHOOT: THE INTERVIEW in Robson Square from Above
What better place to film a flashback of If I Stay’s 17-year-old musician Mia (Chloë Grace Moretz) than the Cobalt Hotel on Main Street? Crew… Read More »SHOOT: IF I STAY’s Chloë Grace Moretz Kisses Jamie Blackley at Cobalt Hotel Over and Over Again
Cutest gunfire scene ever? Political spoof The Interview filmed a scene in Robson Square today of the Skylark Tonight talk show host (James Franco) hugging a puppy… Read More »YOUR SHOOT: James Franco & Puppy Film THE INTERVIEW at Robson Square in Downtown Vancouver