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.
Political spoof The Interview took over The Ascot Lounge in downtown Vancouver overnight for scenes of guests arriving by limousine at the rear and then… Read More »SHOOT: THE INTERVIEW With Seth Rogen & James Franco Films at The Ascot Downtown
Bates Motel regularly films at Steveston’s Britannia Heritage Shipyard Park. Today the fog is so dense that I couldn’t see who was on set but… Read More »SHOOT: BATES MOTEL Films Remo (Ian Tracey) at Steveston’s Britannia Heritage Shipyard Park
This is a flashback to an early time in Storybrooke’s history. Regina (Lana Parrilla), Archie/Jiminy Cricket (Raphael Sbarge) and a tiny guest star are on… Read More »SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME S3 Films at Regina’s House in New Westminster
Sunday, October 20th – Once Upon a Time 3×04 Nasty Habits airs on ABC/CTV. Mr.Gold/Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) decides to confront Peter Pan (Robbie Kay); one of… Read More »WEEK: October 14-20, 2013
In tonight’s flashback, we learn that Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) takes back his son Baelfire (Dylan Schmid) from Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) who has lured him… Read More »SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Pied Piper Sequence in North Vancouver Rock Quarry
Update: Caleb is Dylan’s father and there’s even a resemblance between the actors. What do Dylan (Max Thieriot) and his uncle Caleb (Kenny Johnson of… Read More »SHOOT: Max Thieriot & Kenny Johnson Film BATES MOTEL 2×04 at Horseshoe Bay Marina
Published October 16th, 2013 on Vancouver is Awesome. Vancouver’s own crime drama Motive began filming its second season around town after the Labour Day weekend.… Read More »SHOOT: Kristin Lehman, Louis Ferreira & Niall Matter Film MOTIVE at False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf
Try as I might, I did not catch Caity Lotz on set in Vancouver as the Black Canary so it’s good of Stephen Amell to… Read More »PROMO: Caity Lotz asThe Black Canary & Stephen Amell as Arrow for ARROW
Set in the West End and shot in the West End, Down River is that rare movie filmed “in Vancouver for Vancouver”. Local film students… Read More »VIFF: Last Screening of VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film DOWN RIVER