Location Shooting in L.A. on the Rise
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This is good news, especially for those of you who toil away working on film and television production in Los Angeles. According to the L.A. Times and FilmLA, a nonprofit group that handles permits for on-location production in L.A., production is on the rise in my fair city and I couldn't be happier. This increase is a welcome change from what was happening only a few short years ago.Back then, the local L.A. industry was hit very hard by the triple-threat of impeding strikes by the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America, as well as the unfortunate trend for producers to take production out of L.A. and up to Canada or elsewhere. These three factors served to depress further an L.A. economy that was already down and also served to put many of my friends out of work.
Some of the shows that recently shot in L.A. and are helping with the recent boom include Sam Rami's Spider-Man: 3, Michael Bay's Transformers and the unfortunately named Live Free or Die Hard, directed by Underworld helmer Len Wiseman. Plus (yes I know this is not a TV site) there are several TV shows currently shooting in L.A. and contributing to the economic upswing as well -- including the new ABC hit Ugly Betty, The Nine and Jericho, starring Skeet Ulrich of Scream fame.
Now that the trend of sending production to Canada seems to have wained slightly -- mostly due to it being less of a bargain to shoot there than it used to be -- and with no potential strikes looming on the horizon, it seems like things are looking up for the L.A. based film and TV community. Unfortunately, even with this upward trend, production is still down overall from its 1996 peak, so there's still a long way to go.
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10-19-2006 @ 6:23PM
kiyong said...
if i were going to shoot a low budget feature, i'd rather shoot in NY than LA (and i live in LA) because it's easier to get permits, the permits are free, they give you police officers for your locations, and there are better tax savings. but if someone was giving me hundreds of millions of dollars for a budget, i guess it wouldn't matter where you shot.
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10-20-2006 @ 1:03AM
Gregory Trotter said...
Overal, your writing isn't horrible; but you should learn the differences between some synonyms. The thing with "little" mistakes, is that you can't be sure where the line is drawn and when little mistakes take on more serious manifestations. I noticed these three instances before I bailed, out of simple annoyance:
"...my fare city..." you meant "fair"
"...seems to have wained slightly..." You meant "waned"
"...from its 1996 peek..." You meant "peak"
Maybe you aren't interested in grammatical correction. If not, then I am not interested in reading your articles.
Thanks for your time. I hope you profit from my suggestion.
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10-20-2006 @ 1:33AM
chris ullrich said...
thanks for your time gregory. i appreciate the heads up on my errors. you could try being a little nicer about it though.
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