Film Commission Says 2006 Was Busy

Tuesday, February 06, 2007 04:11 AM

Although the Northern B.C. Film Commission failed to attract a "big-ticket" item to the region last year, Commissioner Karen Cameron says 2006 was a solid year for production.

Cameron says there were over 140 production days throughout northern B.C., contributing approximately $360-thousand dollars to our economy.

She says the projects varied from two extreme skiing feature films shot in the Terrace-area, to documentaries for Animal Planet, The Knowledge Network, and History Channel. Prince George hosted OLN's "Road Hockey Rumble."

Cameron says location requests remained solid, with 62 coming in over the course of the year.

More recently, the commissioner hosted a tour of the Robson Valley for film industry representatives at the end of last month. They travelled east from Prince George on the train and Cameron says it the first time the majority had been to the eastern section of our region.

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Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 04:11 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: KoKoShu on February 6 2007 2:27 PM

a solid year for production? that's about $2500 per production day. less than $100 per day for the entire year. whoop de doo

Posted by: Marty on February 7 2007 12:03 AM

Gee, my math says its well over one hundred per day , for every day in a whole year....closer to a thousand actually.
I must be a math geenyuz ....geniousse ....geeniss .... jeanyis .... can someone help me spell it please....

Posted by: lunarguy on February 7 2007 7:37 AM

Either way it was a very small amount and if they consider that a busy year I wish I had that job !

Posted by: Marty on February 7 2007 11:35 AM

lunar, you are correct, it is very litle.
But still to miss the actual amount per day by 90% is wayyyy off target .