Deadline.com: The TV comedy resurgence cannot come soon enough for the Los Angeles production community because Hollywood is fast losing ground on the drama side to New York and Vancouver. New York State’s August 2010 decision to extend and expand its Film Production Tax Credit Program continues to pay dividends in TV in a big way. A record 11 broadcast drama pilots are shooting in New York this season, up from 9 last year and 0 the year before, just before the tax credit vote.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
PILOT LOCATIONS: New York & Vancouver Production Booming, Los Angeles Declines
Deadline.com: The TV comedy resurgence cannot come soon enough for the Los Angeles production community because Hollywood is fast losing ground on the drama side to New York and Vancouver. New York State’s August 2010 decision to extend and expand its Film Production Tax Credit Program continues to pay dividends in TV in a big way. A record 11 broadcast drama pilots are shooting in New York this season, up from 9 last year and 0 the year before, just before the tax credit vote.
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It's interesting to see the same trend happening in both film and TV-more and more films seem to be moving to places like Pittsburgh, just as more TV shows move to New York and Vancouver. I think it's especially interesting that it seems to be more action-movies and dramatic TV shows that are moving, since they are more likely to want to film things on-site. I got to visit the set of a sitcom in LA, and it makes sense that Hollywood still has a hold on shows filmed in that format since they have more studio space to offer than anyone else. If a show needs, for instance, a generic diner, an apartment, and an office, and if they are the same every episode, it makes more sense to film in a Hollywood studio. Dramatic TV shows, however, tend to move from location to location as new adventures begin, which makes filming on-location a better idea and makes cities like New York and Vancouver with their cheaper and more interesting landscapes something worth looking into.
I'm always sort of surprised by the narrow scope of geographical regions in the country where movies and TV shows tend to be filmed. Of course, Hollywood is a really convenient place to film - it's been designed to be that way. However, it seems like the geography of the country holds some really cool opportunities for on location filming, that doesn't seem to be taken advantage of to the extent that I think it could be. I'm always glad to see some branching out, and I hope this trend expands even further.
This is very interesting, but somewhat reasonably true. I've realized that with the popularity of mystery and suspense, urban areas for filming are more needed than Hollywood sets. I agree with Abby that there is an increase in location filming, and because of that, maybe convenient sets are being neglected because all of the filming is taking place in actual urban, or exotic environments- we do not have to recreate an illusion any longer. I'm curious to see where these geographical trends take us!
I love the fact that Vancouver is gaining ground as a film work location. The city is an amazing place to visit and has good diversity of locations to shoot within a decent distance. Also the fact that the east coast is trying to make a bid for more TV work is great because some people do not want to move to the west coast and after seeing LA I can see why. With the rise in remote work and digital video most film work will continue to follow the tax breaks and that could mean some really great film tax credits moving forward.
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