from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Local production activity slowed to a virtual crawl in the second quarter due to fewer film shoots for commercials and TV sitcoms in Los Angeles. Following a 5% gain the first quarter, on-location filming for all categories was nearly flat in the three-month period ended June 30 compared with the same time a year earlier,...
Learn Morefrom: FilmWorksLA.com — It’s once again time to share some of the testimonies we’ve received from supporters about why filming in Los Angeles matters to them. When Film Works published the first “I Support Filming in Los Angels Because” post in March, we were struck by how many comments ran counter to the rumored perception that many Angelenos take the...
Learn MoreFrom: ShootMoviesInCalifornia.com — We here at ShootMoviesInCalifornia.com have just created a petition on a site called Change.Org, entitled: The California Senate: Vote to Extend California’s Film and TV Tax Credit Program Another 5 Years because we care deeply about this very important issue. We are trying to collect 300,000 signatures, and we could really use...
Learn MoreProduction Alert: Moratorium July 15 through July 17, 2011—No filming on Caltrans property in Los Angeles County due to 405 freeway construction project. Caltrans has planned an extended closure of the 405 Freeway between the 101 and 10 Freeways spanning the dates listed above for the demolition work on Mulholland Bridge. Caltrans requested that no filming permits be...
Learn Morefrom: StudioCity.Patch — Tax Credit Has Created Nearly $4 Billion in Economic Output and 20,000 Jobs In Two Years Click Here for full pdf. (Los Angeles) – Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes (D-Sylmar) was joined today by City Councilmember Paul Krekorian, ABC’s “Body of Proof” Executive Producer Matthew Gross, film and television industry, business and labor...
Learn MoreFrom: Film Works Staff, FilmWorksLA With roughly 40 U.S. states and dozens of other nations trying to attract runaway production from California, our state has many competitors. The amount of money other states have been willing to pay to rent a share of the motion picture and television production industry has skyrocketed, going from just $2 million in domestic spending...
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