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The following video aired recently in New Mexico. I don’t want to be too dismissive of the film workers there and legitimate job concerns, but the statistics thrown out in this video are just laughable, if not offensive for how inaccurate they are. Watch the video and then read below the player for actual...
It’s time someone points out to the film backers in New Mexico that their program does not make money for the STATE. Hopefully, this person’s views are not representative of the majority of film workers in that state, but I starting to think it is. In an “open letter” to Governor Martinez on the...
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...
Was James Cameron’s mega-grossing worldwide smash film “Avatar” the most expensive film ever made? From what I have read, no–not the most expensive. The estimates range from $230-$300 million, compared to the over $300 million allegedly spent on “Spiderman 3″ and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. That said, the $31.8 million ($45 mil. NZ) payout...
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...
Variety.com – H'w'd and D.C.