from: Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times — At the annual Locations Show in L.A., film commissioners from dozens of countries compete to attract Hollywood productions. And yes, California has a contingent. Standing next to a large flat-screen TV showing an image of a toucan, Claudia Trujillo was doing her best sales pitch, rattling off all the reasons to consider...
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from: Sharon Waxman, The Wrap — New mayor gets grilled by TheWrap on improving the state of production in the city The new mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, has decided to make film and television production flight one of the priorities of his new administration, with plans to appoint a film czar before the fall and to lobby Sacramento tirelessly for more tax...
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Historical Analysis Highlights Areas Where Filming Levels Lag FilmL.A. — the official film office of the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles and other area jurisdictions — today announced that L.A. area on-location filming increased 8.6 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period last year (12,173 PPD in 2013 vs. 11,209 PPD in 2012)*....
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — The San Francisco Film Commission is pushing for an addition to the city’s filming incentive programme to help productions with the cost of shooting in privately-owned commercial spaces. A lack of stage facilities in the city is proving a problem in attracting major projects. Susannah Robbins, head of the San Francisco...
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from: Todd Cunningham, The Wrap — TV shoots — especially web-based — fueled the increase, FilmL.A. reports On-location shoots rose 8.6 percent in the L.A. area during the second quarter, but the big picture still looks grim due to a shift to lower-budget productions in the region. TV shoots — especially web-based — were up 26.6 percent and...
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FILM LA PRODUCTION ALERT The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the latest in a series of planned film fee increases from the Department of Public Works. The revised fees, which officially take effect on July 1, 2013, are as follows: LA County Road Use Fee : $324 (from $319) LA County Road Application Fee: $146 (from $144) LA County Encroachment...
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