With the five-month Hollywood strike over, VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 film industry is optimistic that 2024 is going to make up for lost time and money.

The Vancouver Island South Film Commissioner Kathleen Gilbert is hopeful that 2024 will be another record breaking year of more than $50 million in direct spending.

Direct spending is money producers leave in the community. It includes wages paid to residents of the Captial Region District (CRD), money spent on rentals, hotels, meals, etc.

Victoria already managed to avoid significantly suffering from the strike thanks to the filming of several local productions. In fact, B次元官网网址渘o film productions were stalled during the course of the strike,B次元官网网址� Gilbert mentioned.

For local filmmakers, itB次元官网网址檚 business as usual except, they may not get the most experienced crew according to Gilbert.

Even though the strike is over, many productions are still at a halt despite late fall and early winter traditionally being a time when crews wrap up productions. By December many members of the crew go on holiday.

B次元官网网址淧roductions are kind of caught in that situation. B次元官网网址楧o we start up now?B次元官网网址� Just to wind down in a week or two, or do we just bite the bullet and wait until the celebrations are over in early January,B次元官网网址� said Victoria actress, Darlene Tait.

Based on the number of productions Tait has seen happening in Vancouver, the local actress thinks most people and productions are opting for an early January start-up.

B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 no point getting everybody all geared up and ramped up to shut it down again,B次元官网网址� she added.

During the strike, Tait got lucky if she had six auditions in a month. Previously she was being called for about 20, but according to her, actors and actresses are used to very periodic work.

B次元官网网址淚f an actor works three, four, or five jobs a year, theyB次元官网网址檙e considered to be doing quite well, but the impact of the strike was felt more directly by the crew because most people who work on a crew do nothing but work on a crew and they do it full time,B次元官网网址� said Tait. B次元官网网址淚 know actors have lost jobs, I donB次元官网网址檛 want to indicate that they havenB次元官网网址檛 been affected, but I really see the impact when we move to the crew and the talent agencies and casting directors.B次元官网网址�

However, Tait and Gilbert are confident that 2024 is going to make up for the strikeB次元官网网址檚 losses.

B次元官网网址淲e expect to be very busy in the new year,B次元官网网址� said Gilbert.

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