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<\/a>Aside from these trades skills, Wilmshurst says that another educational focus involving the new studio would be based around technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c3D animation and special effects, those kinds of jobs are in huge demand, and they require a very specific kind of training,\u201d says Wilmshurst. \u201cAnd while we have a great computer science set of programs at Camosun, we do need to develop something that would be specific to the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saanich mayor Fred Haynes says that this is an opportunity to create jobs for creative professionals on Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not just about economic development and education,\u201d says Haynes. \u201cIt\u2019s also about giving a whole range of new types of careers right here in the region\u2014careers based on creative intelligence, script writing, the love of art, the love of being involved in creative digital media. The wardrobes, the hairdressing, it talks to all the creative side of our brains, as well as, of course, the engineering and the mathematical side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) external executive Fillette Umulisa says that the CCSS is excited about the potential for Camosun students to branch out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a good opportunity for us and our students to have something that\u2019s going to create more opportunities for students,\u201d says Umulisa, \u201cjust diversifying areas in which students can study. The film industry is going to be one thing that brings more students to Camosun; it also helps the ones that are currently at Camosun diverge into different areas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilmshurst says that film productions on Vancouver Island often have to employ people from Vancouver or Los Angeles in order to equip their sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEveryone that we\u2019ve spoken to in the film industry just loves the idea,\u201d says Wilmshurst, \u201cbecause the big challenge is actually finding people who have the skill set to be able to work in film, especially in a place like Vancouver Island, where, typically, people are imported either from Vancouver or from LA to do film work. If they had a built-in set of workers it would make things much easier and much less expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Haynes, because there is not enough work on the island, many of those who work in film have to relocate in order to find a job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMany of our best talents have to go to Vancouver to apply their trade, or elsewhere,\u201d says Haynes. \u201cWe have some of the great talents here on the island, but they can\u2019t find local work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haynes says that the average salary for professionals in film is high, and that this studio would allow young people to find a good career on Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe average salary is like $100,000,\u201d says Haynes. \u201cSo when I talk about creative people being involved in wardrobe, artistry, and set design, they all get really good salaries. It\u2019s this kind of economic expansion that would be wonderful to help retain our young people here that graduate from Camosun and other places. They don\u2019t have to travel away if we can secure this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Wilmshurst, Camosun is on the radar of technology companies like Sony Pictures Imageworks, where the demand for skills like 3D animation is high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had conversations with Sony Imageworks, who are really keen to see some kind of a program developed at Camosun that would allow them to hire our students,\u201d says Wilmshurst, \u201cbecause they just have huge demands for 3D animation and other kinds of film work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aside from the direct economic impact of this studio, Haynes says that there would be echo effects on industries such as transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople have to arrive on set really early,\u201d says Haynes, \u201cusually 6 to 7 am, and then they stay on set until midnight, so that means that the travel to work is off peak\u2026 So it actually adds extra ways of bringing forward economic renewal and diversity on the same road infrastructure but at off-peak times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Haynes, Victoria is already on the map for film producers seeking production locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAn exciting thing I\u2019ve heard through the grapevine is that when the movie producers are looking at places to film now, there\u2019s a label saying \u2018Victoria studio coming,\u2019\u201d says Haynes. \u201cSo it\u2019s clear that we\u2019re getting the attention.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Camosun College is working with Vancouver-based construction company Lexi Development Group to discuss the feasibility of building a film studio, sound stage, and related educational facilities at its Interurban campus. This could lead to new programs for students in film-specific trades such as carpentry, metalwork, hair and makeup, and 3D animation. These discussions are still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,234],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-august-7-2019"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17928,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17926\/revisions\/17928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}