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
93 Days and $20.2 Million: The Economic Impact of One Film
From September to November 2009, one major motion picture filmed in Los Angeles and spent $20,210,176. For confidentiality reasons, the name of the film has been withheld. The following is a detailed breakdown of how that money was spent: Hotel room days: 213 $66,061 Car rental days: 655 $45,070 Catering, bakery goods & other food items $751,790 Hardware & lumber … Read More
On-Location Filming Levels Inched Upward in L.A. Last Quarter
On-location filming across all inched up just over one percent last quarter, according to a report FilmL.A. released earlier this month. Compared to the same period a year ago, last quarter saw marked slowdowns in key film production categories and underwhelming numbers for Feature, Television and Commercial production. Production of Commercials fell sharply 7.5 percent in the second quarter of … Read More
California’s Top Five Competitors for Film & TV Production Dollars
With roughly 40 U.S. states and dozens of other nations trying to attract runaway production from California, our state has many competitors. The amount of money other states have been willing to pay to rent a share of the motion picture and television production industry has skyrocketed, going from just $2 million in domestic spending in 1999 to well over … Read More
Pair of Television Pilot Reports Reveal Impacts From State Film Incentives
Earlier this week, FilmL.A. released its fourth report from its six-year study of television pilot production. The report presented a mixed bag of findings: Out of those 169 [pilot] projects, a total of 87 television pilots were produced in the Los Angeles region. By one measure, this is second-largest annual take in Los Angeles history, totaling eleven projects more than … Read More