FILMLA PRODUCTION ALERT In an effort to better facilitate the “walk through” process, the Los Angeles City Fire Department has created the Schools & Churches Pre-Approval Form (attached). Production Companies who have been assigned a “walk through” will now be required to fill out the pre- approval form and return it to the LAFD via email to...
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from: Gordon Meyer, P3 Update — There’s good news for Los Angeles production companies: location shooting in L.A. County is currently on the rise. According to a recent report published by the Los Angeles Times, on-location filming increased by 9 percent in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year, fueled by a bounce in television...
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from: FilmLA eNews — Think about your favorite comic book characters and comic-inspired films. Take a second and try to remember — where were those films made? If you took the all-too-easy path and guessed Hollywood, you’d only be half right. The truth is that comic-inspired blockbusters are made all over the world, and since 2003, only a handful of these...
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Analysis: Newly appointed president of Paramount TV Amy Powell has long stood out as a digital advocate in slow-to-change Hollywood When Paramount announced Monday that Amy Powell would run its new TV division, it sent a message to the rest of Hollywood: Embrace digital or die. The move resonates most in the context of another recent promotion – Kevin Tsujihara taking...
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Some exciting changes are in the works at FilmL.A.! After spending nearly eight years downtown as a tenant at Los Angeles Center Studios, FilmL.A. — the not-for-profit film office for the City and County of Los Angeles — is preparing for a return to the Hollywood area. FilmL.A.’s return to Hollywood is more than symbolic. The decision to relocate was driven...
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from: Brent Lang, The Wrap — Unions and trade associations may help, according to a new white paper, but they offer risks as well as rewards Better business training and new bidding procedures could revive the visual effects industry, according to a white paper released Tuesday by the Visual Effects Society. The study by the professional honorary society,...
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