If you’re working on a feature film, television show or commercial, how do you measure on-the-job frustration? Do you measure it in hours wasted scouting locations that can’t be filmed, either because of conflicts with other productions or area filming restrictions? Or, do you measure it in earfuls of grief from community members or your producer, because the activities you meticulously planned … Read More
A Landmark Sign of Cooperation
Filming on-location requires the involvement and approvals of numerous government departments, agencies and private entities. Our job at FilmL.A. is to streamline the permitting process by ensuring good communication between these parties and clear protocols for filming where jurisdictions overlap. A great example of overlapping jurisdictions is the area around the Hollywood Sign in Griffith Park. The famous landmark sign … Read More
New Website Helps Demystify Permitting Process
FilmL.A. launched a new website September 29, and with it, we introduced a host of new information sections for our government, industry and community partners. In addition to our new Online Permit System (OPS), an important new web feature is our Getting Started section for filmmakers. This section houses easy-to-follow, step-by-step guides to the film permitting process, as streamlined and simplified by … Read More
FilmL.A. Takes e-Commerce to New Heights with OPS
On September 29, we will introduce to our customers our new state-of-the-art Online Permit System (OPS), which will revolutionize how permits to film on-location are applied for, coordinated and delivered. The customer-focused component of OPS was designed with input from prospective film industry end-users in an effort to help make their jobs easier. As soon as the system goes … Read More
FilmL.A. Staff Profile: Donna Washington
In 1993, current FilmL.A. Vice President of Permit Operations Donna Washington left her job as a social worker for the County of Los Angeles to accept a position as a film and video permit coordinator for the City of Los Angeles’ Motion Picture and Television Division, under the Board of Public Works. When the City and County of Los Angeles … Read More