Perhaps no other business epitomizes both the American and Hollywood Dream like Jackson Shrub and Supply. Family run since 1937, the North Hollywood-based company employs 50 people, whose skill and talent is primarily dedicated to providing the entertainment industry with live plant rentals as well as prop rentals and set construction services. The company’s founder, Cecil Jackson, worked as a … Read More
Guerrilla Filming: Skipping Permits to Pinch Pennies Can Cost Big Bucks
With the economy as it is, budgets are tight. Everyone is looking for ways to “tighten the belt” and save money. If you’re a filmmaker, it may seem like that’s always the case; cameras and lights cost money, crews cost money, production insurance costs money, etc., and of course you need to maximize every dollar. There are right and wrong … Read More
Filmmakers Heading Back to School
Summer is here, and the students are at home, but it’s back to school again for many local filmmakers. Thanks in part to the marketing efforts of FilmL.A., and also thanks to a recently family-centric TV programming mix, filmmaker interest in area school properties is strong. FilmL.A. currently serves five area school districts, providing each with full-service film license coordination, … Read More
Talented FilmL.A. Volunteers on Broadway
Though some of FilmL.A.’s talented staff members dream of NY’s Broadway, several staffers were recently much more focused on Downtown L.A.’s Historic Broadway Core, where they showed off not their singing and dancing, but their sweeping and scrubbing skills. As part of the ongoing Bringing Back Broadway initiative of Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, a FilmL.A. team joined about … Read More
Support for Film Industry Does Not Negate Its Responsibilities
Filmmakers are seeing a lot to like about Los Angeles these days. Not since the City and County of Los Angeles collaborated to create FilmL.A. and streamline the film permit process in 1995 has the City shown such a concerted effort to support the filmed entertainment industry. However, recognizing the importance of the film industry does not negate the responsibility … Read More