It’s no surprise that there are a lot of great venues for theatres in the province of Montreal. Montreal’s Old Port architectural heritage is a staple in theatres and other businesses around town for many purposes in this modern day and age. Because despite the classic design, they can still be used for a lot of business related tasks. To see for yourself, consider the plan to rent a meeting or conference room in Montreal and just see what they have to offer.
These venues not only are a great addition to the corporate industries when it comes to business meetings or plans to bring a business to Montreal in forms of expansion or merging. They are also a great help to the creative industries of artists and filmmakers. These locations are great spots to host art shows for painters, or even spectacular locations for filming movies from short films to features.
So let’s talk about the film industry and some more about what filming is like around Montreal. There are some great spots in Old Montreal, like Notre-Dame Basilica, Place d’Armes, and the Old Port. Some of the latest movies to come out featuring places like these include Scream VI, which made rue Saint/Jacques and rue Notre-Dame Street 0 look just like a New York alley. The Royal Bank Building’s Crew Cafe on rue Saint-Jacques got a fair share of interior shots in Transformers: Rise of The Beasts even being converted from a Cafe to a museum. Talk about food for thought. But it’s not just movies that got a piece of the place, The Recruit on Netflix had several scenes filmed in Old Montreal for the first season. Locations included outside of the Quebec Court Appeal, and the Royal Bank Building’s lobby. A lot of filmmakers love to use the locations of Old Montreal, because it is the perfect blend of both modern and historical. With both urban and natural spots, you could film anything from any time period in that location. Not to mention the benefits that come financially. No wonder so many filmmakers love it out there.
However, not everything historical can last forever, and even today paper-print magazines seem to be online web-based blogs. So when it comes to buildings, there’s always a chance they’ll have to be upgraded to meet the needs of modern day society. But that doesn’t mean historical buildings have to be torn down. Even if they have new light fixtures, or a wifi terminal, one thing that keeps them maintaining character is one thing that doesn’t have to be changed/upgraded or even altered in the slightest. That is their foundation. The great thing about historical buildings is their super strong material that’s been known to make the buildings last for a very long time. With the structure of stone, the buildings are able to last. Another great advantage is how the locations in Old Montreal adapt to space over the years. With all the film sets coming in, the rooms in the buildings have increased slightly in size and provided utilities for film crews to use. With all the scenic sights and modern day adaptations like hotspots and ample parking, there is a positive possibility that Old Montreal will have more filmmakers and more productions coming by to do more filming, filmmakers will stay for a long time, in the lovely province we call Montréal: Where movie dreams are made