Post-Strike Production Rebound Slow to Materialize in Early 2024

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FilmLA Film Production Report Q1 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

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FilmLA 2023 Q4 YTD Film Production Report

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

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FilmLA 2023 Q3 Film Production Report

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

Pencils Down, Production Plummets in Year’s Second Quarter

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2023 Q2 Los Angeles Area Filming Research Report

Industry Supply Chain Impacts Follow Loss of Scripted Production FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today issued an update regarding regional filming activity. Local on-location film production declined in the second quarter of 2023, mustering 6,566 Shoot Days (SD)* to finish down -28.8 percent for the quarter, measured year … Read More

On-Location Production Activity Falls in First Quarter

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Q1 2023 Los Angeles Area Filming Research Report

FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today issued an update regarding regional filming activity. Local on-location film production declined in the first quarter of 2023, mustering 7,476 Shoot Days (SD)* to finish -24.0 percent behind Q1 2022 (with 9,832 SD) and -16.8 percent below the region’s five-year Q1 average.** … Read More