If you’re anything like me, when you watched The Matrix, you assumed that the green stringy things were some advanced level of code. Maybe a complicated algorithm.
If that’s true, then I’m about to burst your bubble and possibly ruin your Friday.
The reality is that a production designer scanned symbols from his wife’s sushi cookbooks, then manipulated them to create the iconic “code.”
Cool, right? (but also, I still wish it was an actual algorithm) .
The Roundhay Garden Scene was the very first moving picture, and was produced in 1888. The French inventor, Louis Le Prince, filmed his family prancing around in a circle in an extraordinary two second clip. It might not seem like much now, but that innovation is what lead to the commercialized cameras and motion pictures…
The first full-length Documentary Film was produced in 1922. It was called “Nanook of the North” and is said to be the first in the Canadian industry.
The people spoke, and the theatres listened. The world’s very first feature film written by ChatGPT was scheduled to launch in London this past week, but the new technology is facing some real world problems even AI didn’t predict. When publicity began announcing the premiere, the Prince Charles Theatre began receiving complaints (over 200, to…
Don Corleone wasn’t always supposed to be stroking a cat during his tete a tete with Bonasera. Rather, director Francis Ford Coppola spotted the animal on the set and decided to include it in the scene.“The cat in Marlon [Brando]’s hands was not planned for,” Coppola said according to Time. “I saw the cat running…
The longest film ever made, according to Guinness World Records, is “The Cure for Insomnia” (1987), directed by John Henry Timmis IV. The film lasts 85 hours and is considered an extraordinary achievement in the film industry.
Did you know that in the Okanagan-Similkameen Boundary region last year, we filmed 31 productions (not including animation) ? Well now you do.
The Okanagan Film Commission endeavours to cultivate a prosperous regional film and animation industry by promoting and delivering exceptional services to local and international production companies alike. With over three decades of experience, we stand out as industry leaders in British Columbia, committed to bolstering local businesses and creating job opportunities for our talented crew members.
