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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.33,0:00:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi my name is Tony\Nand this is Every Frame a Painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.16,0:00:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time I ever felt like a movie\Nlied to me, I was eight years old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.26,0:00:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was\NHomeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.74,0:00:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because this isn’t San Francisco.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.68,0:00:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"What’s this? I thought\Nwe were going someplace cool."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.31,0:00:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"This is my favorite place\Nin the entire city."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.38,0:00:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Vancouver, where I grew up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.19,0:00:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you watch enough TV or blockbusters,\Nthen chances are you’ve seen my city
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.59,0:00:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disguised as Santa Barbara
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.40,0:00:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as Seattle
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.51,0:00:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even one time\Nas the Bronx.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.91,0:00:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"Something’s always happening here."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.11,0:00:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"That’s New York for you. \NYou'll get used to it."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.28,0:00:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no matter how many\Nmovies or TV shows are filmed here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.48,0:00:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there’s always been one nagging problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.93,0:01:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never actually see the city. It’s\Nalways pretending to be somewhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.53,0:01:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"I'm in Vancouver downtown, Robson\NSquare on the set of The Interview..."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.86,0:01:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"This is where\NSeth Rogen and James Franco..."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.92,0:01:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"...they’re supposed to be\Nin North Korea, so check it out."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.08,0:01:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"You are fucking stupid and\Nyou are fucking ignorant, Dave."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.68,0:01:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"Mmgh!!\N--"Ugh!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.74,0:01:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vancouver is actually the third\Nbiggest film city in North America.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.04,0:01:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we’re so hidden we have movies about\Nhow we’re not featured in the movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.79,0:01:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"My specialty is disguising Vancouver \Nso it looks like an American city."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.08,0:01:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how do you fake one city as\Nanother without the audience noticing?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.98,0:01:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well first you need to know the city\Nand Vancouver is kind of a chameleon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.14,0:01:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol,\Nit plays Seattle...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.09,0:01:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Eastern Europe…
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.59,0:01:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even India, all within\Na 15-minute drive of each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.13,0:02:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you know the city, it’s actually\Npretty simple to trick the audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.82,0:02:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people don’t question\Nthe establishing shot
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.34,0:02:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can just find the right building\Nand put a title card onscreen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.61,0:02:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other option is to shoot 2nd unit\Nfootage of another city and then cut
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.01,0:02:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to somewhere in Vancouver.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.36,0:02:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is especially common with Seattle\Nsince a lot of the architecture there
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.07,0:02:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looks pretty similar to here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.46,0:02:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to really convince the audience,\Nyou're gonna need a lot of help.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.60,0:02:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which brings us to the art department\Nwho control all the little details...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.28,0:02:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like decals on the sides of cars
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.68,0:02:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American flags in the background
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.66,0:02:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new signs in front of buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.26,0:02:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this one's my personal favorite
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.89,0:02:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"I'm not gonna kiss them but\Nlet's just say I might give em some--"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.19,0:02:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,USA Today vending machines
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.79,0:03:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because nothing says America\Nlike USA Today.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.51,0:03:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--“I read it every day for\Nnews around the U.S.A."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.91,0:03:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next step in faking a city is\Ndeciding how to light and shoot it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.48,0:03:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the best ways to disguise Vancouver\Nis to film at night in shallow focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.54,0:03:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is to avoid pulling a\N"Rumble in the Bronx"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.34,0:03:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they pointed the camera north\Nand you could clearly see the mountains.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.32,0:03:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s kind of remarkable what\Nyou can get from a location
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.33,0:03:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by changing the angle and the lighting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.43,0:03:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Orpheum Theatre,\Non a tripod from a high angle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.40,0:03:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here’s the exact same entryway\Nfrom a low-angle, handheld.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.33,0:03:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last, there’s the VFX team who\Ncomposite specific elements in the shot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.67,0:03:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it’s a landmark\Nlike Alcatraz
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.27,0:03:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the TransAmerica Pyramid\Nor the Space Needle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.97,0:03:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But other times, they’ll change\Nalmost the entire frame.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.70,0:04:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Front Street, playing Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.30,0:04:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here it is again\Nplaying future Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.10,0:04:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s all these little details\Nthat help us believe the illusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.81,0:04:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that a character can jump\Nout of a window in Vancouver…
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.24,0:04:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the space of one cut…
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.14,0:04:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,end up in San Francisco.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.66,0:04:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what does it mean for a city\Nif it’s always playing somewhere else?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.20,0:04:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well for Vancouver, it means that\Nour onscreen image is kind of generic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.50,0:04:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you’ve seen in the movies is\Nmostly downtown
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.91,0:04:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the glass buildings\Nalong Burrard Street.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.43,0:04:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the area around Gastown,\Nlike this alley off of Cambie.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.94,0:04:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The city is kind of like\None giant backlot
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.35,0:05:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bunch of anonymous buildings\Nthat can stand in for anywhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.31,0:05:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when the movies go somewhere unique\Nthey have a way of typecasting it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.51,0:05:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, BCIT’s Aerospace Campus\Nactually looks pretty cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.34,0:05:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it’s always turned into some\Nvaguely dystopian government facility.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.99,0:05:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody walks around\Nwaving a special badge
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.45,0:05:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they try to maintain order,\Nbut of course they can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.71,0:05:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vancouver’s locations are like\Nweirdly familiar character actors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.80,0:05:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, the city's\Ntwo biggest universities
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.22,0:05:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play opposite roles onscreen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.05,0:05:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SFU, with its concrete staircases,\Nnever plays a university.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.05,0:05:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s either a military base
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.93,0:05:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some evil corporation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.28,0:05:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, UBC always plays a university
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.28,0:05:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s located everywhere else\Nbut Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.09,0:05:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This year, it even played\NWashington State University
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.32,0:05:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means that Vancouver, B.C.\Nfinally got to play…
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.78,0:06:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vancouver, Washington
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.54,0:06:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, this is the single\Nworst moment in local film history.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.90,0:06:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will never forgive this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.04,0:06:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if filmmaking today is global...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.67,0:06:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do so many of our stories\Ntake place in the same four cities?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.36,0:06:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it just so we can destroy\Nthe same landmark over...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.06,0:06:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and over...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.21,0:06:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and over?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.61,0:06:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, take a guess where\Nall four of these films were shot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.72,0:06:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"Who wants to go to Vancouver?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.22,0:06:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, I wonder if local film crews\Ntry to sneak the city into the shot
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.68,0:06:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a form of protest.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.65,0:06:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To Hollywood, Vancouver is\Na location but not a setting.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.45,0:06:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a place with talent and scenery\Nand tax incentives
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.85,0:06:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but almost no film identity of its own.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.00,0:07:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just other identities it can borrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.96,0:07:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But maybe there’s some hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.56,0:07:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 50 years, there’s been a\Nlocal movement of films and TV shows
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.28,0:07:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Vancouver does play itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.46,0:07:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"We had no idea how to make a film."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.86,0:07:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"We had no idea. We just\Nwent ahead and made the film."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.30,0:07:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of these films\Naren’t widely distributed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.30,0:07:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they offer\Na completely different perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.80,0:07:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, they’re often a lot closer\Nto my own experiences…
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.47,0:07:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a child of immigrants who\Nmostly explored the city on foot.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.31,0:07:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"Come on Dad!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.51,0:07:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"Oh shit, my camera!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.22,0:07:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These movies treat Vancouver\Nnot as a location but as a setting.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.84,0:07:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they capture the things\Nthat are unique to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.74,0:07:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need these images more than ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.01,0:08:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because films can preserve\Na particular time and place.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.48,0:08:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not as a documentary but as\Na fictional story about the real world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.38,0:08:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the city deserves better than\Nthe occasional joke about its weather
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.81,0:08:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--"Pack your winter coat.\NWe’re going to Canada’s warmest city."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.37,0:08:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is Vancouver. The third biggest\Nfilmmaking town in North America.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.16,0:08:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Onscreen, it is ubiquitous\Nand it is invisible.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.80,0:08:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But offscreen, there are\Nother angles just waiting to be filmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.08,0:08:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think it’s time we made a push\Nto create new images of ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.12,0:08:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because honestly, it’s our city.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.80,0:08:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who else is going to do it?