The Virgin Islands typically hosts 35 to 40 film productions annually, according to BVI Film Commissioner Rhodni Skelton. They range from advertisements for Victoria’s Secret and Gillette to documentaries filmed by National Geographic and the BBC.
“But have you ever seen camera crews anywhere?” Mr. Skelton asked a group of about 50 students from around the territory during the opening of the commission’s first ever Intro to Film Opportunities workshop last Thursday.
“No,” they said, sitting around half a dozen tables in a Long Bay Beach Resort conference room.
“Trust me, they’re here,” Mr. Skelton said.
For the most part, the VI caters to smaller productions — commercials, still photography shoots, and documentary films, for example — “but there’s a lot that goes into even a 30 second commercial,” Mr. Skelton said. “You have craft services, gaffers, set building, scriptwriting, makeup. There’s a lot of opportunity and I want to open our kids’ eyes to that.”
See the Nov. 22, 2012 edition for full coverage.
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