History

VisionNet has been providing on-line, location-finding services to the local film industry since 2003.

Started by a group of location professionals led by Michael Gazetas, VisionNet has focused on creating internet-based tools that give local filmmakers a competitive advantage by saving them time and money.

The on-line locations library was the first service to be offered by VisionNet but our portfolio has expanded significantly and now includes a number of services such as our VisionProject rooms. These on-line production centres help your production manage ongoing film project more effectively.

VisionNet’s on-line services were re-launched in April 2007 to include the features and upgrades that had been requested by our clients.

Company

VisionNet provides tools that attract more film business to British Columbia while also making the process of filmmaking easier and more efficient.

Along with our on-line locations library service that we provide at no charge for BC locations professionals, VisionNet provides tools to help our customers share digital photographs, video and electronic files securely with their target audience.

With the re-launch of our services in April 2007, VisionNet moves from being a company offering services within a particular region to one that satisfies the global demand for affordable and easy-to-use tools that unite filmmakers and spur film production.

Our philosophy includes the concept of a collaboration between individuals wanting to have their property or business promoted as a potential filming site and the movie industry professionals who are searching for the ideal site for their upcoming projects.

Benefits

VisionNet takes pride in the fact that we provide concrete benefits to all parties involved in a filming project.

Our VisionPitch rooms allow film commissions and executive producers a widely-customisable tool to help them win business to the region they work.

Our VisionProject rooms give producers and production managers an on-line production centre that saves them money by speeding the time it takes to make decisions while providing a secure, on-line record of the alternatives available and the decisions taken.

Our VisionConnect on-line locations library benefits location scouts and location managers by providing a wide assortment of digital pictures of sought-after locations that can be viewed 24-hours a day.

By making these location files available so easily, we reduce over-scouting on the most popular filming locations in a region while freeing time and attention that a location manager or location scout needs to find the challenging backdrops that are needed for their project.

VisionPIM (Private Image Management) is a private, searchable on-line library offered to each location professional where they can store 100,000 of their own digital photographs and access them from anywhere in the world. This account is user-name/password protected and can be used to back-up for the photographs stored on their laptop or archived to CD-ROMs.

Michael Gazetas

President

A native of Vancouver, Michael has been working in the film industry since 1994. As a veteran location manager, he has worked on every type of project, from TV series to independent documentaries.

Michael's entrepreneurial approach led him to create a collaborative on-line scouting and project management system that would allow the director's vision to be delivered quickly, professionally, and on-budget.

He has been building VisionNet in a collaborative process with other dedicated location managers and scouts since 2003.  VisionNet's success is due in part to its extensive testing in the field, and feedback from users.

Michael is well known for his enthusiasm, passion for life and love of cinema, not to mention large-scale projects.  Many of these traits are gifts from a family of overachievers: Aristides, his now retired father, was a respected theatre and film professor for over 45 years, while Mary, his mother, is a gifted artist, writer, and community activist.  Michael calls his parents the perfect blend of theory and action.