Devon Hogue may be the face of Cambridge’s film office, but she is not about to hog the limelight following this week’s announcement that Cambridge is in the running for the Location Managers’ Guild International award for outstanding film commission/office.
Cambridge is the first Canadian office to have received a nomination for exemplary service to the film industry with this award.
The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) is a global organization that supports and promotes the creative professionals involved in location filming worldwide. Nominations received by the guild are vetted and narrowed down to a field of five in each category. Cambridge has received this nomination for providing superior support and service to the production of The Handmaid’s Tale.
“This is not about me. It’s for the service and reception that the location managers get when they film on location,” Hogue said. “It’s not just the work that our office does here. It’s the support we get from the internal departments."
Hogue is also quick to point out the assistance they get outside of city hall.
“It is also the BIAs (business improvement areas). They have been tremendous supporters and cheerleaders. The business community has really embraced it, as well as citizens here,” she said. “When you see film notifications go out, people are celebrating it even though we’re closing roads. People can see past the inconvenience of it because they can see we are creating something bigger.”
Cambridge is in competition for five other communities for the award including Buffalo, New York, a community in New South Wales Australia and another in New Zealand, as well as a town in California.
The sixth annual LMGI awards will be held in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Meanwhile, the office's work continues with filming beginning for an extended period at the Forbes Estate in Hespeler.
“We’re really excited about it. We can’t say what it is, but they have been set dressing for about a month and will be shooting the rest of the summer. It’s going to be on a streaming network when it finally comes out,” Hogue said.
The City of Cambridge website notes Manly Shore Production Services Inc. will be in charge of the shoot and a look into their shooting schedule has them working on a film about African-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C.J. Walker in the same time frame as the Hespeler shoot. It was announced at this time last year that Octavia Spencer is to star in a Netflix mini-series based on the life of Walker.
So far this year, including this Friday’s shoot in Hespeler, there have been eight days of filming across Cambridge, which is a 33 per cent increase over 2018 to the end of July. Normally the busiest time for the film off is the fall, but there are already 12 days of filming slated for August. That’s a 150 per cent increase in filming over August of last year.
“For one month alone it's more than what we have done all year,” Hogue said. “It is going to be pretty busy.”
Last year, the film office orchestrated a crowdsourcing project, where residents submitted photos for possible film shoot locations. Hogue said it was tremendously successful and has bolstered the catalogue of possible Cambridge locations for film location managers seeking local sites.
Filming in Cambridge is also having an unanticipated spinoff affect, Hogue said.
“We’re seeing a lot of tourists, especially in (Queen’s) Square, along the river, we are seeing that film kind of tourism perking up now, which is really cool. It is interesting how far people will travel to go to the set of their favourite show,” she said. “I’ve spoken with people as far away as Australia, who have come to walk where the handmaids walk. That show has a lot of super fans.”
In 2017, the economic impact of filming was about $330,000. Last year the economic impact of filming in Cambridge was roughly $2.28 million as reported by the film industry. This year could exceed that. Hogue attributes much of the increase to a rise in multiple shooting days, where film crews stay longer, stay at local hotels and eat at local restaurants.
“Some of the shoots that are coming here, we have more of what they are looking for so they can build more of the schedule into being filmed here,” Hogue explained.
Some film crews that are coming to Cambridge are becoming repeat customers, Hogue said.
“The ones that come back time and time again they treat our businesses, they treat our people with respect because they are building relationships. They are not here to get in and get out. They are here to build relationships so it stays a film-friendly community so they can use it again and again.”
Devon Hogue may be the face of Cambridge’s film office, but she is not about to hog the limelight following this week’s announcement that Cambridge is in the running for the Location Managers’ Guild International award for outstanding film commission/office.
Cambridge is the first Canadian office to have received a nomination for exemplary service to the film industry with this award.
The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) is a global organization that supports and promotes the creative professionals involved in location filming worldwide. Nominations received by the guild are vetted and narrowed down to a field of five in each category. Cambridge has received this nomination for providing superior support and service to the production of The Handmaid’s Tale.
“This is not about me. It’s for the service and reception that the location managers get when they film on location,” Hogue said. “It’s not just the work that our office does here. It’s the support we get from the internal departments."
Hogue is also quick to point out the assistance they get outside of city hall.
“It is also the BIAs (business improvement areas). They have been tremendous supporters and cheerleaders. The business community has really embraced it, as well as citizens here,” she said. “When you see film notifications go out, people are celebrating it even though we’re closing roads. People can see past the inconvenience of it because they can see we are creating something bigger.”
Cambridge is in competition for five other communities for the award including Buffalo, New York, a community in New South Wales Australia and another in New Zealand, as well as a town in California.
The sixth annual LMGI awards will be held in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Meanwhile, the office's work continues with filming beginning for an extended period at the Forbes Estate in Hespeler.
“We’re really excited about it. We can’t say what it is, but they have been set dressing for about a month and will be shooting the rest of the summer. It’s going to be on a streaming network when it finally comes out,” Hogue said.
The City of Cambridge website notes Manly Shore Production Services Inc. will be in charge of the shoot and a look into their shooting schedule has them working on a film about African-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C.J. Walker in the same time frame as the Hespeler shoot. It was announced at this time last year that Octavia Spencer is to star in a Netflix mini-series based on the life of Walker.
So far this year, including this Friday’s shoot in Hespeler, there have been eight days of filming across Cambridge, which is a 33 per cent increase over 2018 to the end of July. Normally the busiest time for the film off is the fall, but there are already 12 days of filming slated for August. That’s a 150 per cent increase in filming over August of last year.
“For one month alone it's more than what we have done all year,” Hogue said. “It is going to be pretty busy.”
Last year, the film office orchestrated a crowdsourcing project, where residents submitted photos for possible film shoot locations. Hogue said it was tremendously successful and has bolstered the catalogue of possible Cambridge locations for film location managers seeking local sites.
Filming in Cambridge is also having an unanticipated spinoff affect, Hogue said.
“We’re seeing a lot of tourists, especially in (Queen’s) Square, along the river, we are seeing that film kind of tourism perking up now, which is really cool. It is interesting how far people will travel to go to the set of their favourite show,” she said. “I’ve spoken with people as far away as Australia, who have come to walk where the handmaids walk. That show has a lot of super fans.”
In 2017, the economic impact of filming was about $330,000. Last year the economic impact of filming in Cambridge was roughly $2.28 million as reported by the film industry. This year could exceed that. Hogue attributes much of the increase to a rise in multiple shooting days, where film crews stay longer, stay at local hotels and eat at local restaurants.
“Some of the shoots that are coming here, we have more of what they are looking for so they can build more of the schedule into being filmed here,” Hogue explained.
Some film crews that are coming to Cambridge are becoming repeat customers, Hogue said.
“The ones that come back time and time again they treat our businesses, they treat our people with respect because they are building relationships. They are not here to get in and get out. They are here to build relationships so it stays a film-friendly community so they can use it again and again.”
Devon Hogue may be the face of Cambridge’s film office, but she is not about to hog the limelight following this week’s announcement that Cambridge is in the running for the Location Managers’ Guild International award for outstanding film commission/office.
Cambridge is the first Canadian office to have received a nomination for exemplary service to the film industry with this award.
The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) is a global organization that supports and promotes the creative professionals involved in location filming worldwide. Nominations received by the guild are vetted and narrowed down to a field of five in each category. Cambridge has received this nomination for providing superior support and service to the production of The Handmaid’s Tale.
“This is not about me. It’s for the service and reception that the location managers get when they film on location,” Hogue said. “It’s not just the work that our office does here. It’s the support we get from the internal departments."
Hogue is also quick to point out the assistance they get outside of city hall.
“It is also the BIAs (business improvement areas). They have been tremendous supporters and cheerleaders. The business community has really embraced it, as well as citizens here,” she said. “When you see film notifications go out, people are celebrating it even though we’re closing roads. People can see past the inconvenience of it because they can see we are creating something bigger.”
Cambridge is in competition for five other communities for the award including Buffalo, New York, a community in New South Wales Australia and another in New Zealand, as well as a town in California.
The sixth annual LMGI awards will be held in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Meanwhile, the office's work continues with filming beginning for an extended period at the Forbes Estate in Hespeler.
“We’re really excited about it. We can’t say what it is, but they have been set dressing for about a month and will be shooting the rest of the summer. It’s going to be on a streaming network when it finally comes out,” Hogue said.
The City of Cambridge website notes Manly Shore Production Services Inc. will be in charge of the shoot and a look into their shooting schedule has them working on a film about African-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C.J. Walker in the same time frame as the Hespeler shoot. It was announced at this time last year that Octavia Spencer is to star in a Netflix mini-series based on the life of Walker.
So far this year, including this Friday’s shoot in Hespeler, there have been eight days of filming across Cambridge, which is a 33 per cent increase over 2018 to the end of July. Normally the busiest time for the film off is the fall, but there are already 12 days of filming slated for August. That’s a 150 per cent increase in filming over August of last year.
“For one month alone it's more than what we have done all year,” Hogue said. “It is going to be pretty busy.”
Last year, the film office orchestrated a crowdsourcing project, where residents submitted photos for possible film shoot locations. Hogue said it was tremendously successful and has bolstered the catalogue of possible Cambridge locations for film location managers seeking local sites.
Filming in Cambridge is also having an unanticipated spinoff affect, Hogue said.
“We’re seeing a lot of tourists, especially in (Queen’s) Square, along the river, we are seeing that film kind of tourism perking up now, which is really cool. It is interesting how far people will travel to go to the set of their favourite show,” she said. “I’ve spoken with people as far away as Australia, who have come to walk where the handmaids walk. That show has a lot of super fans.”
In 2017, the economic impact of filming was about $330,000. Last year the economic impact of filming in Cambridge was roughly $2.28 million as reported by the film industry. This year could exceed that. Hogue attributes much of the increase to a rise in multiple shooting days, where film crews stay longer, stay at local hotels and eat at local restaurants.
“Some of the shoots that are coming here, we have more of what they are looking for so they can build more of the schedule into being filmed here,” Hogue explained.
Some film crews that are coming to Cambridge are becoming repeat customers, Hogue said.
“The ones that come back time and time again they treat our businesses, they treat our people with respect because they are building relationships. They are not here to get in and get out. They are here to build relationships so it stays a film-friendly community so they can use it again and again.”
