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(UPDATE: Hiltzik Responds) California Film Workers Irked at Recent LA Times Column…And For Good Reason

July 6, 2010
(UPDATE: Hiltzik Responds) California Film Workers Irked at Recent LA Times Column…And For Good Reason

UPDATE: Micheal Hiltzik sent me an email this morning in response to my post below.  His email and my response are at the end of this post. Ed Gutentag’s “Shoot Movies in California Blog” had an interesting post about a recent column in the June 16th edition of the Los Angeles Times by Michael...

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Excellent Commercial for “Shoot Movies in California” About Runaway Production

July 2, 2010
Excellent Commercial for “Shoot Movies in California” About Runaway Production

Below is an excellent commercial produced by Brian Bedell for the Shoot Movies in California organization.  In addition to being very funny (especially the last sip of coffee), I think this commercial is brilliant for recognizing the ignorance or apathy of many Americans not working in the entertainment industry.  It’s not that these people...

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2010 Tax Foundation Report Critical of State Film Incentives Added to “Report Library”

May 27, 2010

I just added the January 2010 Report by the Tax Foundation about state film incentive programs to the “Report Library”.  The report is an excellent, crisp and relatively fast read.  The report is very critical of state film incentives, which they consider to be poor public policies that hurt states financially because the cost...

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New Hollywood Reporter Piece Nails Coverage of State Film Incentives

November 18, 2009

The Hollywood Reporter’s Todd Longwell published the best mainstream news coverage of the state film incentives I have seen.  From the topics hit to the states discussed, Longwell’s article nails it. So much of the article is worth commenting on that I elected to sprinkle my thoughts through out… It’s an inspiring scene, one...

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Louisiana to California Film Workers: Move to Hollywood South & We’ll Subsidize Your New Home

November 17, 2009

California film and television production workers devastated by the effect of runaway production to Canada, other foreign nations and roughly 43 U.S. states that began offering film & TV production incentives in recent years may find that they may be the ones lured to runaway.  In Louisiana, a pioneer in the U.S. for duplicating...

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UPDATE: California Cows Part 2–The Dairy Folks Respond

November 17, 2009

Setting the Record Straight on the Happy Cows Commercial Production Situation (Also available at: http://www.californiadairypressroom.com/node/285) In light of an inflammatory article featured in the November 13th edition of the Los Angeles Times, the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) offers the following facts about the production of its highly successful Happy Cows television commercials: Fact...

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California Milk Commercials to Shoot in New Zealand; California Unions Furious

November 13, 2009

This is the best quote I have seen from a producer in recent weeks…”We would never misrepresent California cows by shooting them elsewhere.” Perhaps California’s new incentive should have covered commercials? Hats off to Richard Verrier of the Los Angeles Times for reporting this story, which represents much of what is wrong with production...

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Down The Rabbit Hole: The Madness of State Film Incentives as the ‘Solution’ to Runaway Production–New Article Almost Done, Working Paper Updated

November 12, 2009

My new law review article is virtually complete.  The only remaining section I need to complete is the conclusion, where I call for a national film incentive to replace the competing state incentives. Sticking with Alice in Wonderland theme from the title of my first article, I have titled the new one:  “Down the...

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Producers, Film Workers and State Officials Discuss State Film Incentives

November 11, 2009

Southern California Public Radio aired an excellent “roundtable discussion” about runaway production and state film incentives on July 31, 2009. This is a can’t miss discussion featuring Amy Lemisch, director, California Film Commission and Greg Albrecht, chief economist for the Legislative Office of Louisiana, among others. Click HERE to listen to the broadcast.

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Disney to Build New 56-Acre Production Facility in LA County, State Film Incentive “Must” Have Played Role in Decision According to FilmLA Head

October 29, 2009

According to The Los Angeles Times, Disney is about to buils a new “56-acre production facility in norther Los Angeles County”. The head of FilmLA, Paul Audley, told the paper that California’s new film incentive program “must have factored into the decision”. The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that it would build a 56-acre...

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Schwarzenegger Enthusiastic About CA Film Incentives, Claims 50 Projects Now Qualified

October 26, 2009

The Hollywood Reporter ran an article about the early status of the states new film incentives.  The question is this:  would the qualified productions have shot outside the state but for the incentive? Schwarzenegger said 50 projects have been approved for tax credits under the Film and Television Incentive, passed along with a host...

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Too Early to Tell On Efficacy of CA Film Incentive; L.A. Happy to Bag Production of “Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2″

October 24, 2009

A recent (October 20th) Los Angeles Times article reported on the status of California’s new production incentives. Click HERE to link to a copy of the article including a chart of recent procuction activity.  The text of the article follows: On Location: Nipping at the heels of runaway production When it comes to local...

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