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Canada Is New Favorite Location For Film Companies
The locations that American cinema favours seem to vary with every generation. Once upon a time it was Europe that everybody wanted to shoot in, then Italy and even the Middle East, now it’s Canada’s turn in the spot light.
There have been some very successful films shot in Canada in recent years, including The Terminal, which stared Tom Hanks, Lucky Number Slevin, and the X-Men trilogy which is set to continue in 2010 with another Canadian-shot film. Believe it or not in the last ten years alone, more than 2000 American productions (both TV and film) have taken place in Canada, and according to most experts in the industry, even more than that will happen in the next five.
Director of the recent hit film ‘White Out’, Dominic Sena was why Canada was chosen to film the majority of the movie. Kate Beckinsale plays Marshal Carrie Stetko in the film, which is about a killer on the loose in Antarctica just as the continent is about to be plunged into its half-year winter darkness. Sena stated that Canada was the perfect location as they could easily access terrain and scenery that replicated Antarctica, without having to trek to the South Pole. This is a point that is echoed by many film producers as Canada has such as diverse range of climates and settings, and yet has a developed western economy within which filming logistics are made easier.
Other industry experts have suggested that aside from the fact film crews like Canada holidays, many films are shot there because it is so close to America and so easily accessible, making it the perfect place to shoot film in fresh and new surroundings that have not previously been seen by the American public. Further more, shooting in Canadian locations is made cheaper by the weaker dollar there. In fact many scenes that could be shot on American soil, such as Alaska cruises footage, is actually shot in Canada due to the reduced production costs. If you fancy being part of the next big Canadian-shot film or just fancy Toronto holidays check out Canadian Sky.