LOS ANGELES – October 2, 2012 – FilmL.A. — the not-for-profit community benefit organization that coordinates permits for filmed entertainment shot on-location in the City of Los Angeles, unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County and other local jurisdictions — today announced that overall on-location production last quarter slipped 3.9 percent compared...
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from: Stop-Runaway-Production.com — Oh Georgia, sweet Georgia. The people working in the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDED), frankly, need to quit their day jobs and start writing for “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”. The folks at the GDED are much better equipped at writing fiction (which is what they currently do) than writing something that...
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from: FilmWorksLA.com — This week, the hit television show Modern Family won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for the third consecutive year. Since it first premiered three years ago,Modern Family has garnered a total of 12 Emmys for categories that include acting, directing and — perhaps most importantly — for writing. Without a...
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from: FilmWorksLA.com — As longtime Film Works followers know well, two bills authorizing an extension of the California Film & Television Tax Credit now sit on Governor Brown’s desk, awaiting his decision and signature. We’ve said a great deal here about the important role this program has played in keeping the state’s film industry competitive, so we...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Hollywood’s casting directors have ratified a new three-year contract. Teamsters Local 399 business agent Steve Dayan said the union’s casting directors overwhelmingly approved a new contract Tuesday that gives them modest increases in wages and contributions to their health plans. Dayan did not disclose terms of the...
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Below is a link to a CNN video covering the staggering losses California is taking from run away production. Film LA and Film Works LA helped bring this to the national spotlight on CNN. New York is claiming that it is going to take the title of “Entertainment Hub” from California in the next 10 years. We can’t let that happen. Lets all fight to...
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