Editing The X-Files (section)

=== Filming ===
[[File:Stanley Park 1999 Rain.jpg|thumb|"The End", the season five finale (1998), was the last episode to be filmed in [[Vancouver]] until the revival in 2016. ]]

During the early stages of production, Carter founded [[Ten Thirteen Productions]] and began to plan for filming the pilot in Los Angeles. However, unable to find suitable locations for many scenes, he decided to "go where the good forests are" and moved production to [[Vancouver]].{{sfn|Lowry|1995|p=17}} It was soon realized by the production crew that since so much of the first season would require filming on location, rather than on sound stages, a second location manager would be needed.{{sfn|Gradnitzer|Pittson|1999|p=16}} The show remained in Vancouver for the first five seasons; production then shifted to Los Angeles beginning with the sixth season.{{sfn|Meisler|2000|pp=18{{en dash}}19}} Duchovny was unhappy over his geographical separation from his wife, [[Téa Leoni]], although his discontent was popularly attributed to frustration with Vancouver's persistent rain.<ref>{{cite news |author=Strachan, Alex |url=http://www.mjq.net/xfiles/dd-sun-interview.htm |title=The Alienation of David Duchovny |newspaper=Vancouver Sun |date=February 17, 1998 |access-date=July 27, 2009}}</ref> Anderson also wanted to return to the United States, and Carter relented following the fifth season. The season ended in May 1998 with "The End", the final episode shot in Vancouver and the final episode with the involvement of many of the original crew members, including director and producer [[R.W. Goodwin]] and his wife Sheila Larken, who played [[Margaret Scully]] and would later return briefly.<ref name="TheTruthBehindSeasonSix">{{Cite AV media |people=[[Chris Carter (screenwriter)|Carter, Chris]] |year=2000 |section=The Truth About Season Six |medium=DVD |title=[[The X-Files season 6|The X-Files: The Complete Sixth Season]] |publisher=[[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]|display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Strachan, Alex |url=http://www.mjq.net/xfiles/cc-farewell.htm |title=X-Files Creator Bids B.C. Sad Adieu |newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]] |date=March 30, 1998 |access-date=July 27, 2009}}</ref>

With the move to Los Angeles, many changes behind the scenes occurred, as much of the original ''The X-Files'' crew was gone. New production designer Corey Kaplan, editor [[Lynne Willingham]], writer David Amann and director and producer Michael Watkins joined and stayed for several years. Bill Roe became the show's new director of photography and episodes generally had a drier, brighter look due to California's sunshine and climate, as compared with Vancouver's rain, fog and temperate forests. Early in the sixth season, the producers took advantage of the new location, setting the show in new parts of the country.<ref name="dir">{{cite web |author=Hurwitz, Matt |url=http://www.dga.org/news/v26_6/feat_kimmanners.php3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316022856/http://www.dga.org/news/v26_6/feat_kimmanners.php3 |title=Directing ''The X-Files'' |work=DGA Monthly |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America]] |date=March 2002 |archive-date=March 16, 2010}}</ref> For example, Vince Gilligan's [[Drive (The X-Files)|"Drive"]], about a man subject to an unexplained illness, was a frenetic action episode, unusual for ''The X-Files'' largely because it was set in [[Nevada]]'s stark desert roads.<ref name="TheTruthBehindSeasonSix"/> The "Dreamland" two-part episode was also set in Nevada, this time in [[Area 51]]. The episode was largely filmed at "Club Ed", a movie ranch located on the outskirts of [[Lancaster, California]].<ref name="TheTruthBehindSeasonSix"/><ref name="TheTruthBehindSeasonSeven">{{Cite AV media |people=[[Chris Carter (screenwriter)|Carter, Chris]] |year=2000 |section=The Truth Behind Season 7 |medium=DVD |title=[[The X-Files season 7|The X-Files: The Complete Seventh Season]] |publisher=[[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]|display-authors=etal}}</ref>{{sfn|Meisler|2000|p=65}}

Although the sixth through ninth seasons were filmed in Los Angeles, the series' second movie, ''The X-Files: I Want to Believe'' (2008), was filmed in Vancouver,<ref name="Province">{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=3c696f83-c42f-4b57-9f7b-9372a358eea2&k=93084 |title=Filming of the X-Files Sequel Wraps |date=March 12, 2008 |author=Schaefer, Glen |work=[[Vancouver Province]] |access-date=September 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823050139/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=3c696f83-c42f-4b57-9f7b-9372a358eea2&k=93084 |archive-date=August 23, 2012 }}</ref> According to Spotnitz, the film's script was written for the city and surrounding areas.<ref name="Province"/> The 2016 revival was also shot there.<ref name=vancouvercitation1>{{cite web |last1=Grainger |first1=Peter |title=New 'X-Files' Episodes to Shoot in Vancouver, Smoking Man Confirms |url=http://bc.ctvnews.ca/new-x-files-episodes-to-shoot-in-vancouver-smoking-man-confirms-1.2299762 |publisher=[[CIVT-DT|CTV Vancouver]] |access-date=March 27, 2015 |date=March 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name=XFilesNews>{{cite web |last1=Quijada |first1=Avi |title=XFN Exclusive: Chris Carter on #XFilesRevival |url=http://www.xfiles.news/index.php/news/latest-news/85-xfn-exclusive-chris-carter-on-xfilesrevival |publisher=XFilesNews |access-date=March 29, 2015 |date=March 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125142527/http://www.xfiles.news/index.php/news/latest-news/85-xfn-exclusive-chris-carter-on-xfilesrevival |archive-date=January 25, 2016 }}</ref>