Earlier this month, FilmL.A. Research published one of its most comprehensive reports ever. The new report, entitled “Filming On-Location in Los Angeles: 1993-2013,” analyzes patterns of growth and decline in local filming brought about by developments in the U.S. domestic film, television and commercial production market. The report includes a detailed examination of filming trends across nine distinct project categories, … Read More
California’s Runaway Production Crisis Draws National Attention
California’s ongoing struggle with runaway production has been getting lots of attention in recent weeks. In fact, runaway production is now a topic of discussion in some of the nation’s most influential news sources. This week, the exodus of production from California and the jobs and spending that go with it was the subject of an in-depth article in The … Read More
California Film & Television Tax Credit: Defending the State from Runaway Production
For more than a decade, California has been steadily losing its once undisputed dominance of the film and television production industry. From 2003 to 2009, California’s share of feature film production was cut nearly in half. In San Francisco alone, film and television production employment dropped 43 percent between 2001 and 2006. But in 2009, California enacted a Film & … Read More
FilmL.A. Adds Monterey Park to Roster of Valued Clients
The City of Monterey Park recently approved an agreement with FilmL.A., establishing the not-for-profit as the film permit coordinator for the area. FilmL.A. began accepting applications for permits to film within the Monterey Park city limits in late November. The 7.73 square mile city is located in the San Gabriel Valley. Monterey Park is just 10 minutes east of Downtown … Read More
The Student Film Permit Process: An Overview
Suppose you’re in film school in Los Angeles (as some of you surely are). You’re handed an assignment for a film project, and are told you’ll need to apply for a permit. Trouble is, you have no idea what to do next. No worries! Call FilmLA — the not-for-profit official film office of the City and County of Los Angeles … Read More