from: Mike Lamb, Press Dispatch — City not making millions from permits, but crews spend money in town BARSTOW — Nike looked worldwide for shooting locations for a basketball shoe commercial. Filming was done in Los Angeles, Louisiana and Rome. And Barstow. Barstow Public Information Officer Anthony Riley estimates 30 percent of the commercial showed Barstow...
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FilmLA Production Alert — The Los Angeles County Fire Department has informed FilmL.A. that January 1, 2015 will bring an increase in hourly fees for Fire Safety Advisors (FSAs). The revised fee schedule for Fire Safety Advisors (FSAs) is as follows:   Fire Safety Advisor (retired) Rate: up to 8 hours  $47.75 an hour  Rate: 8 to 12 hours $71.62 an...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — Authorities in Los Angeles have extended filming fee waivers by five years and will also streamline the permitting process. The moves are designed to help ease production ahead of California’s filming incentive boost next year. Fees will continue to be waived through to 2019 for productions filming on municipal property in...
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from: Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times — The Coen brothers are bringing some needed star power to the streets of Los Angeles. The upcoming movie “Hail, Caesar!” recently began production in L.A., giving the region a welcome boost in feature film activity. Production days for movies filmed on location have declined in seven of the last eight weeks in...
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The City of Santa Monica will impose a holiday moratorium that will go into effect on November 26, 2014 and last through January 2, 2015. During the moratorium, filming and production parking will not be permitted in commercial areas of the City of Santa Monica The areas affected by the moratorium are: Downtown Santa Monica (DTSM) – Wilshire...
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In an ongoing effort to provide future filming opportunities on active roads in Southern California, the LAX Film Office and Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has requested that FilmL.A issue the following: There will be a temporary moratorium on any permit requests for closures and/or rolling breaks on all roadways within a four (4) mile radius of LAX from November...
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