On location filming is up 4.7% for the 1st fiscal quarter of 2011 according to FilmLA. While some categories such as Features and TV took a small downturn (5.3%, 3.7% respectively), Commercials and miscellaneous on location shoots made up for it. Filming permitted production days rose by 517 bringing in a total of 11,604 PPDs for the 1st quarter of 2011. When it came...
Learn More— Mark Madler — SFV Business Journal — On-location commercial filming increased in the first quarter in the greater Los Angeles area, the continuation of a pattern from 2010 as advertising pulled out of the doldrums of the recession. For the first three months of the year, commercial filming went up by 49 permitted production days, or 2.4 percent, over...
Learn MoreOn Monday, May 23, 2011, representatives of the Los Angeles County Board of Public Works notified FilmL.A. of two permit fee increases for filming in Flood Control District rights of way. The new fee levies, which go into effect on Thursday, May 26, were approved in April by the Los Angeles Country Board of Supervisors. Months ago, FilmL.A. alerted industry partners...
Learn More— Richard Verrier — LA Times — A surge in TV activity produced a 6% rise in overall on-location shoots in the Los Angeles area last week. Such TV programs as “Entourage,” “The Closer” and “Sons of Anarchy” generated 300 production days — or two-thirds of overall production activity — up a whopping 41%...
Learn More— from: Film Works L.A. — One of the first things visitors notice in the lobby of FilmL.A. is a prominently displayed skateboard with artwork and messages urging films and television shows to shoot their projects in California. The skateboard has, in effect, become a “prop” for the Film Works campaign effort to combat runaway production. ...
Learn MoreFilm This had the pleasure of attending The City of L.A. Film Task force meeting at the L.A. Zoo. David Phelps from the AICP spoke on the condition of commercial filming in Los Angeles, the State and even internationally. These are some pretty interesting numbers: Paul Audley, from Film LA spoke on the eventual reopening of The Lincoln Heights Jail. Yay!! * A Few...
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