from: Stop-Runaway-Production.com — A brand new audit and thorough economic impact analysis of the Alaska film incentive program made for some interesting reading this week. Just to make it clear, the reading consisted of two separate reports: 1. the Alaska Legislative Auditor’s report, much of which was an analysis of; 2. the economic analysis report prepared...
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from: AFCI.org — With the recent launch of our new Beyond Cinema magazine, we have received some questions in our office concerning our former publication, Locations Magazine. I wanted to send a brief note to clear any confusion. Essentially, all the elements of the previous Locations Magazine have been merged into Beyond Cinema, which has expanded editorial...
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from: Todd Longwell, Variety.com — Net benefit of incentive programs is complicated, controversial The vast majority of industryites — from left-leaning opponents of corporate welfare to right-leaning anti-government types — seem to agree on one thing: Domestic production incentives — which are offered in 40 U.S. jurisdictions, including Puerto...
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Air Hollywood offers mock-up aeroplane interiors, terminal and airport security sets near Burbank in California. These are spread across four separate sound stages and other facilities include a prop house and a stock footage department. The company was first set up in 1998 and its popularity soared after 9/11 when it became almost impossible to film on board a real plane...
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from: BurbankLeader.com — Film permits on rise in Glendale, Burbank, but slide in SoCal. Filming permits pulled in Glendale and Burbank appear to be bucking a wider downward trend in the region as on-location shoots become more common sights in both cities. Glendale reported an uptick in the number of film permits issued so far this year — 184 — outpacing the...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — To create the dramatic opening sequence for the CIA thriller “Argo,” filmmakers visited two continents to depict Iranian students storming the American embassy in Tehran. The scene in which students demonstrate in 1979 and climb up the embassy’s gate was shot in Istanbul, Turkey. The scene in which they climb down the gate...
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