Editing Stargate SG-1 (section)

=== Filming ===
[[File:Bridge Studios.jpg|thumb|''Stargate SG-1'' was filmed at The Bridge Studios in [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]], Canada.]]
''Stargate SG-1'' was filmed in and around [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], mainly at [[The Bridge Studios]] and NORCO Studios,<ref name=dvdsecrets/><ref name=gw_bridge>{{cite web |author1=Sumner, Darren |author2=Read, David |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/02/stargate-universe-begins-principal-photography/ |title=''Stargate Universe'' begins principal photography |publisher=[[GateWorld]] |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=February 18, 2009 |archive-date=February 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220150649/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/02/stargate-universe-begins-principal-photography/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which offered ''Stargate SG-1'' tax breaks throughout its run.<ref name=vs_success/> The cost of an ''SG-1'' episode increased from US$1.3 million<ref name=v_levitates>{{cite magazine |last=Dempsey |first=John |url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/stargate-levitates-1117871914/ |title='Stargate' levitates |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 26, 2002 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> in the first seasons to an estimated US$2 million per episode in Season 10, partly due to unfavorable exchange rates.<ref name=vs_success/><ref name=mcn_200/> Many Vancouver area landmarks were incorporated into the episodes, such as the campus of [[Simon Fraser University]], which became the setting of the capital of the [[Tollan (Stargate)|Tollan]], an alien civilization.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Heckman, Candace |author2=Chansanchai, Athima |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/251525_hollywoodnorthact3.html |title=Vancouver: A sci-fi film and TV fan's paradise |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=December 12, 2005 |access-date=March 21, 2009 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612135135/https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Vancouver-A-sci-fi-film-and-TV-fan-s-paradise-1189540.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Production faced many weather problems because of the moderate oceanic [[climate of Vancouver]], although rain could be eliminated from film. The Season 3 episode "[[Crystal Skull (Stargate SG-1)|Crystal Skull]]" was the first episode to be filmed on a virtual set.<ref name=dvdsecrets/>

The main setting of ''Stargate SG-1'', the fictional [[Stargate Command]] (SGC) at the (real) [[Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station]] near [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], was filmed at stage 5 of The Bridge Studios.<ref name=gw_bridge/> Martin Wood filmed half a dozen stock shots of the real Cheyenne Mountain complex for use in the series approximately ten days before the premiere of the pilot episode. Although these shots wore out over the years, the producers did not film new shots until the beginning of Season 9, thinking that ''Stargate SG-1'' would be cancelled after each current year.<ref name=ac_904>{{cite video |people=[[Joseph Mallozzi|Mallozzi, Joseph]], [[Martin Gero|Gero, Martin]] |date=2006 |title=Audio Commentary for "[[The Ties That Bind (Stargate SG-1)|The Ties That Bind]]" |medium= DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref name=ac_701>{{cite video |people=[[Martin Wood (director)|Wood, Martin]] |date=2004 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 7 – Audio Commentary for "[[Fallen (Stargate SG-1)|Fallen]]" |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> By then, visitor questions and fan theories about the existence of a Stargate at the real Cheyenne Mountain complex had become so common that Cheyenne Mountain had installed a seemingly high-security door labeled "Stargate Command" for one of their storage rooms holding brooms and detergent.<ref name=comiccon>{{cite video |people=[[Martin Wood (director)|Wood, Martin]]; [[Amanda Tapping|Tapping, Amanda]] |date=2008 |title=Stargate: The Ark of Truth – Stargate at Comic-Con | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

The first seven seasons had 22 episodes each, which was reduced to 20 episodes for the last three seasons. Episodes of the first seasons were filmed over a period of 7.5 working days, which decreased to a targeted average of six working days in the last seasons.<ref name=ac_803/> All episodes were filmed in [[16:9]] wide-screen, although ''Stargate SG-1'' was broadcast in [[4:3]] aspect ratio in its first years.<ref name=gw_rainmaker>{{cite video|people=Woloshyn, Bruce|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/02/a-day-at-rainmaker/|title="A Day At Rainmaker – An Interview With Bruce Woloshyn|date=February 14, 2005|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref> The transition to the broadcast of episodes in the wider 16:9 ratio gave directors more freedom in frame composition.<ref name=ac_1019>{{cite video |people=[[Will Waring|Waring, Will]] and McCullough, Alan |date=2007 |title=Stargate SG-1 Season 10 – Audio Commentary for "[[Dominion (Stargate SG-1)|Dominion]]" |time=7&nbsp;min |medium= DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> The first three seasons of ''Stargate SG-1'' were filmed on [[16 mm film|16&nbsp;mm film]], notwithstanding scenes involving visual effects that had always been shot on [[35mm movie film|35&nbsp;mm film]] for various technical reasons. After a test run with the Season 3 finale, "[[Nemesis (Stargate SG-1)|Nemesis]]", ''Stargate SG-1'' switched to 35&nbsp;mm film for all purposes at the beginning of Season 4.<ref name=ac_401_jt>{{cite video |people=Tichenor, James |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 4 – Audio Commentary for "[[Small Victories]]" |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> Digital HD cameras were used for filming beginning with Season 8.<ref name=ac_803>{{cite video |people=[[Will Waring|Waring, Will]] and Menard, Jim |date=2005 |title=Stargate SG-1 Season 8 – Audio Commentary for "[[Lockdown (Stargate SG-1)|Lockdown]]" |time=1 and 8&nbsp;min |medium= DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>