Challenges ahead as B.C.’s film industry prepares to restart GlobeBC
All of this has been knocked for a loop, shutting down an industry that Premier John Horgan recently described as an “enormous employer in B.C.”
No one is yet committing, in detail, to specifics on how the industry might have to change, with various parties saying it is all a work in progress. Creative BC declined comment for this story. Earlier this month, the U.S. state of Georgia, a location for the production of Marvel feature films and Netflix’sseries, announced a best-practices guide for filming. Among other things, it suggests the elimination of any self-serve fruit or snack bowls on set, using alternative shot setups and camera angles to allow for greater distance between actors, and reducing the number of extras – also known as background performers.
Jason Cameron of the Union of British Columbia Performers, an autonomous branch of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, said there were about 45 productions in B.C. on March 13. “On March 16, we were down to zero."Over all, Mr. Cameron said, work on those projects would have employed between 1,200 to 1,400 workers, who were immediately laid off. Even if production resumes, Mr.
In a May letter to the industry, provincial Culture Minister Lisa Beare said she could see the production industry being able to resume work in June and July.
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