nav7

check out www.monster.ca

www.globeandmail.com

for job postings also www.bcjobs.ca

that should steer you in the right direction.

The TWs

Hi Purple!

Hope I can provide you with a bit more info - some now and some in the coming months.

I'm a sponsorship/promotions/advertising producer and my other half is a DP/lighting cameraman and we're moving out on Oct 15th. I'm Canadian and he's British and we'd love to have a beer with you when you're over!

To be honest we are really having trouble with our industries - Vancouver is so much smaller than London so there are a lot less jobs (in fact a couple of the channels I spoke to didn't have Sponsorship & Promotions departments). Basically OH has been told there isn't really any alignment between the unions (and Vancouver is heavily unionised) so he would have to start as a camera assistant and work his way up. He's actually going to change careers anyways now but the difficulty in starting over was part of that decision.

The other thing is that in Vancouver getting a job is all about who you know. We're lucky that I still have friends over but getting a toe in the door can be very hard and something a lot of people struggle with. I don't want to be discouraging because its doable but you will have the double edge sword of having to get a job AND then getting your employer to sponsor you. I'm hoping to get a tv/marketing job within the first 3 - 4 months of being there so by the time you come over I should hopefully have more of an insight into the general work scene over there if it would help!

What dates are you over? Are you just checking it out or do you want to job hunt (most people get or take xmas off so it might be hard to see people).

Feel free to PM me if you have any further questions!

Emily

leanne20

Hey

I don't mean to hijack your topic, but I just wanted to say that all of your replies for this has been very helpful for me too, especially all of the links posted. I'm looking into going to Vancouver (through BUNAC) in 2009 after I finish university studying media production. Soooo thanks!

p.s - I'm new, Hi!

Surrey Expat

We really want to get out of the London rat race and I would happily work as a landscape gardener or something there than 90 hours a week here!!

Are you serious about the Landscape Gardening? This industry has a severe labour shortage right now. The pay for labourer's is not at all bad by the horticultural industry standards, up to about $20-25 an hour in Vancouver, less in outlying areas. Higher for experienced skilled workers.

BC Landscape Association
www.bclna.com

One of the top landscapers working in and around Vancouver
www.blasig.com

This would be a bit of a change from what you are doing now.

Hudman

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didikai

And if you believe that you'll be able to knit fog.

didikai

I have one daughter in the movie industry, one in movie / TV industry, and one in TV News.
One has already moved from Vancouver to Toronto, the other two will be following in the next two weeks.
I have one son who works in the music business. He has moved back to London.
The movie industry in Vancouver is dead.
The music business is a dead loss.

The only positive thing about Vancouver regarding your enquiry is that it is very easy to get started in jobs of choice here. But you can only reach a limited level before you have to go to a bigger city.

startwin

My gosh I am shocked - the movie industry is very much alive and well in Vancouver, tons of work in all areas. You only have to walk through downtown on a lunch time to see how many movies are being shot at one time. I have no idea about the music business though.

bazzz

Don't pay too much attention to didikai, (s)he is clearly a troll:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/searc...earchid=950698

didikai

Then perhaps you'll enlighten us all with the names of all the big movie produtions being filmed here, amd what big movies are going to be filmed here in the future.
The stuff you see being shot is low budget, straight to DVD stuff.

But then what do I know, my kids only worked on all the X-Men and Fantastic Four movies

didikai

And seeing how many posts you have made in 6 months it is clear that you spend too much time on the computer and not enough time in the real world.

startwin

Whoopdedoo. Then they will be well aware that the same crews that worked on the Fantastic Four movies are damned busy right now, and with lots of work into the future.

didikai

I'll ask the same question. What are these big productions they are so busy with. And what are the future productions they will all be busy with?
btw, my cousin, Lee Cleary was 1st AD on all these movies.
You seem to know more than him.

The TWs

This is what's shooting in Vancouver just this month...

FEATURES
LOST BOYS 2: THE TRIBE
HELEN
MULLIGANS
TALE OF TWO SISTERS
WATCHMEN, THE

MINI-SERIES
ANDROMEDA STRAIN, THE

MOVIE OF THE WEEK
ASHES TO ASHES
LOVE SICK
SECRET SOCIETY

TV SERIES
ALIENS IN AMERICA
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA:
SEASON 4
BIONIC WOMAN
FLASH GORDON
INTELLIGENCE ~ SEASON 2
JPOD
KAYA
KYLE XY - SEASON 2
THE L WORD ~ SEASON 5
MEN IN TREES ~ SEASON II
PSYCH - SEASON 2
REAPER
SMALLVILLE ~ SEASON 7
STARGATE ATLANTIS - SEASON IV
SUPERNATURAL ~ SEASON 3

didikai

Isn't Google a wonderful utility?
You live in London, but are an expert in the Vancouver movie industry?
So all these people (who we know first hand) who are suffering with no movie work here are all liying eh?
What a doughnut!!