Scripted Surge Stalls, Reality Retreats Ahead of Year’s Final Production Push FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today issued an update regarding regional filming activity. Overall production in Greater Los Angeles slipped -5.0 percent in the year’s third quarter to 5,048 Shoot Days (SD)* according to FilmLA’s latest report. … Read More
FilmLA Updates On-Location, Stage-Based Production Data Series
FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today issued a pair of updates regarding regional film production activity. The first of these reports examines on-location filming in the second calendar quarter of 2024. The second report examines stage-based production during the first half of calendar year 2023.On-Location Production Report: Seasonal … Read More
Post-Strike Production Rebound Slow to Materialize in Early 2024
FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today issued an update regarding regional filming activity. The film industry’s highly-anticipated return to production in 2024 took eight to ten weeks to materialize, according to FilmLA. The end of labor work actions late in 2023 pushed many project starts into the New … Read More
Season of Strikes Leaves LA Filming Near Lowest-Ever Levels
FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today issued an update regarding regional filming activity. The conclusion of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA work actions on September 27 and November 9, respectively, came too late for production to pick up by year’s end. Local on-location filming declined steeply in the fourth … Read More
No Surprise: Summer of Strikes Sends LA Shoot Days Lower
Reality TV Emerges as the Season’s Primary Production Driver FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today issued an update regarding regional filming activity. FilmLA’s new report reveals the full effect of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA work actions on summer film and television production in Los Angeles. Local on-location film … Read More