Posted 28 February, 2010 in CA News
Anonymous Content shoots convincing African scenes at Mystery Mesa… only an hour from
Los Angeles.
Full Article: http://www.thelocationguide.com/news_detail.aspx?id=357&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Email&utm_content=969107860&utm_campaign=TheFebruaryLocationReport+_+ojrlrh&utm_term=Coca-ColaaddoublesCaliforniaforAfricanPlains
Posted 24 February, 2010 in SC News
WMBFNews.com
December 16, 2009
The South Carolina Film Commission has awarded a grant of $208,000 to the Film and Television Department at Trident Technical College in Charleston.
The grant will be used to fund industry-led seminars for South Carolina students and industry professionals to elevate production skills, create a hands-on learning environment while producing a short film for competition in national film festivals, and growing the creative cluster through collaborative production initiatives.
The grant was made possible by the South Carolina Motion Picture Incentive Act passed by the General Assembly in 2005.
“Jobs in the creative economy are high-paying and help to position South Carolina for continued growth,” said Chad Prosser, director of the Film Commission’s parent agency, the SC Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism. “We are pleased to continue our partnership with Trident Tech to grow this important sector of South Carolina’s economy.”
Full Article: http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=11687519
Posted 24 February, 2010 in IL News
MEDILL Reports
Mary Fagel
December 3, 2009
In his second directorial effort, David Schwimmer is filming “Trust,” the true story of a Chicago-area teen raped by an online predator. The family lives in Wilmette. The father works at an advertising agency on Michigan Avenue. His daughter goes to school at New Trier High School in Winnetka.
Yet except for a few exterior shots, the entire film is being shot in Michigan.
Schwimmer chose to use Michigan as a stand-in for the Windy City because of the state’s generous 42 percent refundable tax credit. The incentive allows him to film five more days in Michigan compared with Illinois, Schwimmer said in a press conference on set in Ann Arbor last week.
Full Article: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=151415
Posted 24 February, 2010 in CA News
Fox and Hounds Daily
Joel Fox
December 1, 2009
Big names in the movie business are stepping up to support Jerry Brown’s gubernatorial bid, Carla Marinucci noted in her San Francisco Chronicle blog yesterday. So what is Jerry Brown saying about saving the movie industry for California?
Here’s hoping the Steven Spielbergs and Rob Reiners of the world put in a good word along with their donations for keeping the movie industry in the state where it blossomed. And, here’s also hoping that the big time movie execs realize that moving movie productions out of California add to the state’s unemployment and fiscal woes.
Not many people would mistake Santa Barbara for New York. However, the movie, “It’s Complicated,” starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin debuting Christmas Day is a story set in Santa Barbara but filmed mostly in New York City. The producers swept into Santa Barbara for only three days of shooting exterior scenes. They spent months filming in New York.
The film is just another example of a runaway production that is part of the movie production stampede out of California. As more and more film companies abandon the state for production incentives elsewhere thousands of jobs and millions of tax dollars are lost.
Only five major movies with a budget over $75 million are being produced in Los Angeles this year according to one report. That compares to 21 films produced in L.A. last year and 71 in 1996.
Full Article: http://foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/joel-fox/5948-lights-camera-action-leave
Posted 24 February, 2010 in NM News
http://nm-mediatalk.blogspot.com/2009/12/re-misp-santa-fe-new-mexican-article.html
Posted 24 February, 2010 in CA News
Los Angeles Magazine
Mark Lacter
December 2009
Despite all the hue and cry, runaway production isn’t such a big deal. A contrarian view.
http://www.lamag.com/article.aspx?id=21895
Posted 24 February, 2010 in CA News
Daily News
Richard Alarcon
January 5, 2010
My father, who owned an upholstery business, once had me deliver a chair to the home of Charlton Heston. I was in awe when I heard the voice of “Moses” behind me and saw the Academy Awards displayed.
Those were the days when Hollywood was a star. Internationally, Los Angeles was known for glitz, glamour and movies.
Los Angeles is no longer the “Tinsletown” of old. Film productions are fleeing the city – and the state and country – thanks in large part to incentives in other jurisdictions. With the loss of films, we also lose thousands of well-paying, middle-class jobs.
The statistics are startling. In 2005, the entertainment industry created 42,083 local jobs, and each direct job supported an additional 2.7 jobs. More than 100,000 local residents are dependent on the film industry for their livelihood. Our economy is fueled by the film industry, which contributes more than $21.5 billion a year in local revenue.
Clearly, a successful film industry in Los Angeles helps improve the quality of life for all of us, creating economic activity, increasing our tax revenue and creating good jobs for our family members, friends and neighbors.
Full Article:
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_14122814
Some additional Opinions on the Subject: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-rutten6-2010jan06,0,5600484.column?track=rss
Posted 10 February, 2010 in IA News
The Iowa Attorney General has filed criminal charges against Tom Wheeler, the former director of the Iowa Film Office, plus two producers.
More Information: http://www.whotv.com/news/who-story-film-mess-020910,0,2294751.story
Posted 8 February, 2010 in MA News
No more Waivers of Withholding will be granted by the state of Massachusetts after February 17, 2010 for payments made to loan out companies or to independent contractors for services provided to a production company that qualifies and submits an application for the motion picture production credit. The performer withholding requirements and waivers will continue to apply to live performances including, but not limited to, live entertainment, public appearances and athletic competitions.
The regulation calls for any production company applying for a motion picture production credit to register for withholding prior to filing an application for the credit. A production company seeking a credit as to a payment made to a loan out company or an independent contractor must withhold and remit to the Commissioner.
The state is also requiring additional paperwork to be signed between an authorized representative of the production company, an authorized person of the loan out company and the person providing services to the loan out company declaring the information contained on the allocation form is true, correct and complete.
A valid withholding waiver issued to a loan out before February 18, 2010 for a production that commenced filming before February 18, 2010 will remain effective for the production for which the waiver was issued. Any outstanding valid performer withholding waivers will expire after the production for which the waiver was issued is completed.
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=dorterminal&L=6&L0=Home&L1=Businesses&L2=Help+%26+Resources&L3=Legal+Library&L4=Regulations+%28CMRs%29&L5=62B.00%3a+Withholding+and+Estimated+Taxes&sid=Ador&b=terminalcontent&f=dor_rul_reg_reg_830_cmr_62b_2_3_emergency&csid=Ador
Posted 1 February, 2010 in NM News
A new $6 million studio for Santa Fe County has finally been approved after five years of negotiations between the county and Santa Fe Studios. Santa Fe Studios has agreed to buy 65 acres of land from the county and build and eco-friendly, multistage production facility.
The studio will be built off of NM 14, near the state prison. It will also partner with local colleges and groups to provide film training opportunities, and provide 500,000 hours of above minimum wage jobs.
The county has agreed to pay for about $3.5 million worth of infrastructure improvements to the property and to lend the studios $6 million toward construction of the project.
The project was originally pitched as a four stage, $40 million complex, but it has been scaled backed to a two stage, $16 million project for now.
Santa Fe Studios has also been approved to receive a $10 million economic grant from the state’s department of finance.
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/business/business_krqe_santa_fe_negotiations_end_santa_fe_studios_a_go_200910181818
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