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.
Vancouver seldom sees much of Falling Skies filming but this season 2nd Mass, the small band of resistance fighters who have rebelled against an occupying… Read More »YOUR SHOOT: FALLING SKIES Mech in Inner Courtyard of Chinese Cultural Centre
Sunday, October 13th – Once Upon a Time 3×03 Quite a Common Fairy airs on ABC and CTV. In the Jolly Roger gang’s continuing quest… Read More »WEEK: October 7-13, 2013.
On the third day of shooting political comedy The Interview, Vancouver’s own Seth Rogen and pal James Franco filmed on Homer Street near the Vancouver… Read More »YOUR SHOOT: Seth Rogen & James Franco Film THE INTERVIEW Downtown
For a futuristic show like Almost Human, filming at the Ovaltine Cafe seems an odd choice. Opened in 1942, the historic cafe is a popular… Read More »SHOOT: ALMOST HUMAN Films at Ovaltine Cafe in Downtown Eastside for 1×04 The Bends
The Vancouver International Film Festival runnerup for Best B.C. Film has its last VIFF screening today at 1:15 p.m. at the SFU Woodwards Theatre. Inspired by… Read More »VIFF: Last Screening of Best BC Film Runnerup CINEMANOVELS Today
What kind of deal does Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) strike to save his brother Sam (Jared Padalecki), who has collapsed and is dying after completing… Read More »PREMIERE: Jared Padalecki & Jensen Ackles Film SUPERNATURAL Hospital Ground Scenes at UBC for Tonight’s S9 Premiere
Sunday, October 6th – Once Upon a Time 3×02 Lost Girl airs on ABC and CTV. Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) offers Emma (Jennifer Morrison) a map… Read More »WEEK: September 30 – October 6, 2013.
Hawaii Five-O [is filming here for a few days] to the surprise of everyone.The CBS reboot appeared on a BC production list last week and… Read More »SHOOT: HAWAII FIVE-O Films Grace Park in Vancouver’s Chinatown – Updated
