The following video is from the ABC affiliate in Los Angeles that covered the Film Works launch event.
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The following video is from the ABC affiliate in Los Angeles that covered the Film Works launch event.
It’s about time. And the timing could not be better. As state film incentives across the nation begin to recede and California’s own incenitve shows more proof that filmmakers prefer to stay in California to take advantage of its overwhelming talent base and infrastructure if they have the chance comes this unveiling today….”Film Works...
Thanks to politically active Santa Barbara doctoral student Lauren Copeland for sending the following story about the “California Cows” commercial controversy, which I covered HERE and HERE. In what should have been a “no-duh”, California is about to pass a bill that requires state tourism and agriculture commercials to shoot in California. Why is...
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...
Roger Moore’s blog at The Orlando Sentinel had an interesting post on June 4th titled “Marmaduke, Killers and the case FOR ‘Runaway Production.’” Moore seems to suggest that “Marmaduke” sucked because it was “lazily” shot in Southern California and may have been less offensive to him had it been filmed in Kansas without sucking...
Writing about runaway production from an international perspective is not something I have done. At all. My perspective, frankly, is quite American and I just do not trust my own objectivity even writing from my own national perspective, as I tend to have a pro-California bias. I like Hollywood being in Hollywood, so to...
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...
The first map below is from the Entertainment Partners Incentive Group and is current as of November 2009. As you can see, only seven states do not offer film & television production incentives. Compare this to the second map below, which is from 2002 just before New Mexico passed their incentive program. Production incentives...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Raleigh Studios announced they are building an advanced studio complex in Budapest, Hungary. Hungary offers a 25% tax credit for production activities, which is one of the best incentives in Europe. That, combined with very low-cost labor have been cited as primary reasons for the build, along with Budapest’s ability to stand in for...
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...
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan posted an interesting piece today on how much it would cost Michigan if the state captured all film and television production from California. The Mackinac Center has been critical of Michigan’s film incentives from the begining (see their video posts under the “Video Library”). Last year,...
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...
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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