It's gotta suck to film in Canada
I can just imagine the cold. Even the mornings of the warmer months have to be damn cold.
shareNo, they aren't "damn cold" even on the mornings of "warmer months". While weather patterns can be volatile in southern Alberta, (snow in August, warming trends known as chinooks in the dead of winter), Calgary, High River, and Millarville aren't the North Pole, and the indoor studio is plenty warm.
Yes, there have been a few outdoor shoots that were cold for the cast a crew in the winter, but summer in that part of the world is very nice.
See this site which shows annual weather trends for the Calgary area.
https://weatherspark.com/averages/28433/Calgary-Alberta-Canada
So no, it doesn't "suck" to film in that part of Canada.
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It's not damn cold in the mornings, even in summer? I highly doubt that. I spent a summer in Missoula (400 miles south) and the mornings were frigid.
Sure, summers may be nice but they are short and the weather probably doesn't become T-shirt worthy till after 11 am.
Perhaps your version of cold differs from mine, but regardless, the tolerable window of time to film in that part of Canada is brief.
And yes, that does "suck." Being cold sucks. Glad you don't see it that way and get work up there.
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Yes, it's "well documented". It was particularly cold the day they were filming Lou and Peter's wedding.
That said, I live in that part of the world. I know first-hand what winter, summer, fall, and spring are like.
If the OP had merely said, as you did, that there are "moments" when they must think to themselves, "this sucks", I would have agreed, because yes, there are certain days that can be bitterly cold. (As it happens, this winter gone was very mild with hardly much snowfall to talk about.)
However, the OP issued a blanket "it must suck to film in Canada" statement, as if they knew for sure what weather is like in this specific part of the country. The further ignorant comment about even in warm times of the year it must be cold in the mornings (therefore it must suck to film here) was ridiculous.
Maybe it would suck for someone unaccustomed to cooler temperatures. But to say "It's gotta suck to film in Canada" because a few days out of the year might get overly chilly? Not even gonna apologize for challenging that statement.
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And I don't apologize that you got butthurt over my initial statement. If you're gonna try to convince us that Calgary only has "a few really bad cold days," stop right there.
You're clearly biased because you live there, and I can only surmise you are connected in some way to the show (crew, perhaps?).
Normal working conditions for you may be 0 degrees (or below) and you might find that acceptable, but to anyone from a lower latitude would be absolutely brutal. So an "unusual" day of 40 below (as opposed to ONLY 10 below) might then seem bad to you.
I've spent time all over the northern United States (including Alaska) and have visited Canada. I've seen harsh winters. I've also experienced BITTER cold in California, Texas and New Mexico, so I can't even imagine the Arctic conditions you poor people were dealing with on those days...
So you may as well quit trying to convince me that filming in Alberta is an ideal scenario. It's most likely produced there because it's cheap as hell.
Calgary looks like a great city, but bone-numbing cold months of the year. Beautiful? Yes (during the summer). Great for film production? No.
Yeah, go ahead and believe I'm "butt hurt".
Clearly you didn't look at what normal temperatures are for this time of year, which is when shooting takes place.
Maybe such temperatures would suck for people not from around here, but for the local crews who grew up here and work here, this is par for the course, not a constant deep freeze.
You opened your mouth without thinking, and you got called on it. Bye-bye, troll
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Troll? Not big on originality, are you?
Most filming would HAVE to take place at this time of year, because the window of time is so small. I'm sure the nights and early mornings are quite nippy, though, despite your claims.
I never said it was a constant deep freeze--you did. I just said it would suck to work in the cold conditions. And I'll be thinking about you guys come September when it's still balmy here and it's already getting cold up there.