FilmL.A., the not-for-profit film office serving the Greater Los Angeles region, today announced the release of a new report from its research division. “On-Location Filming in Los Angeles: 2010-2014,” is the first report from FilmL.A. to feature a Shoot Day (SD)* based system for film production tracking and measurement. The report reveals a 9.6 percent increase in area filming for … Read More
First Quarter of 2013 Gifts L.A. with Film & TV Production Rebound
FilmL.A. — the not-for-profit community benefit organization that coordinates permits for filmed entertainment shot on-location in the City of Los Angeles, unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County and other local jurisdictions — today announced that overall on-location production jumped 17.6 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2012 (13,361 PPD in 2013 vs. 11,360 PPD in … Read More
75 Days and $18.87 Million: The Economic Impact of One Film
Due to the popularity of an earlier post about the economic impact of one film that spent $20.2 million over 93 days filming in Los Angeles in 2009, we decided to make a series out of it. This is the second post in the series. From April to June 2010, this one major motion picture filmed in Los Angeles and … Read More
Positive On-Location Production Activity Numbers in 2010 Underscore Importance of California Film & Television Tax Credit
According to FilmL.A. President Paul Audley, the local entertainment industry can be “cautiously optimistic” about the health of their business in 2011, based on new numbers released today regarding production activity in 2010. According to FilmL.A., on-location filming across the board increased “nearly 15 percent” in 2010: On-location filming across all categories increased nearly 15 percent in 2010 compared to … Read More
Local Location Filming Levels Recover 15 Percent in 2010
As FilmL.A. announced earlier this month, on-location filming across all permit categories in Los Angeles increased nearly 15 percent last year, with 43,646 permitted production days (PPD) recorded by year’s-end in 2010 compared to just 37,979 PPD in 2009. One permitted production day (PPD) is defined as a single crew’s permission to film a single project at a single defined … Read More