SG1/SGA - Globe and Mail: Movie Magic [and TV]
From the Globe and Mail (Canada):
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...070621.ROSBPG3
(Please follow the link for the complete article.)
ON THE MONEY
MOVIE MAGIC
JASON MCBRIDE
June 21, 2007
A strong Canadian dollar and the recent ACTRA strike have done little to help a film and TV industry still struggling to return to the production levels it enjoyed in 2002. Nonetheless, the value of foreign production in Canada was up 14% in 2005 over the previous year. And Vancouver remains North America's No. 3 production centre after New York and L.A., with more than 200 movies and TV shows shot here each year. Sci-fi series--from Smallville to the Stargate franchise--have a particular fondness for Lotus Land. For that we can safely credit the diverse geography, veteran talent pool and often outré architecture.
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$1.2 million: Average budget for a one-hour English-language TV drama in Canada
$2.2 million: (U.S.) Budget per episode of Stargate Atlantis
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...070621.ROSBPG3
(Please follow the link for the complete article.)
ON THE MONEY
MOVIE MAGIC
JASON MCBRIDE
June 21, 2007
A strong Canadian dollar and the recent ACTRA strike have done little to help a film and TV industry still struggling to return to the production levels it enjoyed in 2002. Nonetheless, the value of foreign production in Canada was up 14% in 2005 over the previous year. And Vancouver remains North America's No. 3 production centre after New York and L.A., with more than 200 movies and TV shows shot here each year. Sci-fi series--from Smallville to the Stargate franchise--have a particular fondness for Lotus Land. For that we can safely credit the diverse geography, veteran talent pool and often outré architecture.
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**snippage**
$1.2 million: Average budget for a one-hour English-language TV drama in Canada
$2.2 million: (U.S.) Budget per episode of Stargate Atlantis
**snippage**
