Variety: Los Angeles is in grave danger of losing even more TV drama series because of the limits of the state’s production tax incentive program, a new report asserts.
FilmL.A. disclosed Wednesday that Hollywood has seen a 34% decline in TV dramas shot in Los Angeles since 2006-07 from 73 to 48 currently. Additionally, 13 of those 48 one-hour shows are receiving the state’s production tax credit — which did not exist in 2007.
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I think the decline actually may be a benefit for the acting world. So much of the time I see a monopoly in LA that really isolates the rest of the world and forces people to think that if they want to "make it big" they NEED to be in LA, which simply is not and should not be true. The California Incentive is just another way that they are trying to monopolize on the business and I don't think that it's fair.
While it makes my actor's fantasy mind sad for the imaginative promise land that is Hollywood and California, I am excited that New York is finally catching up with and even surpassing California in Drama projects! I am from New York myself, so I have always felt very far away from the action of film auditions. Even though I'm able to send taped auditions across the country very easily nowadays, I much rather prefer to be in the audition room so I can feel out the energy in the room before I start, and be an actual human being auditioning instead of a random actor who they've never met. Even if I do not go any farther with the project I audition for, I find it much more exciting and beneficial to meet some of the creative team in person when I audition.
Regardless of the points of LA's role as a hotspot in the TV and film industry, I can't help feeling bittersweet over this new decline. In all fairness, I too am definitely one to stand by the authenticity of a live audition over a recorded one, and I too, strongly believe that for any specific profession, a single city should never be declared "the sole city". However, there is something uniquely comfortable about the knowledge of LA as a TV and film haven. Although I could simply cast this off as another "fear of change" dilemma, I would be interested in instead exploring the specificites that differentiates LA so much. Every profession has its own headquarters, and that doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing. If LA to us, is what Silicon Valley is to Google, then why can't we thrive off such a fervent core area while still increasing production numbers in other cities across the country. I celebrate and praise New York for its increase in percentage, but I don't think this has to come with a cost. New York's raise does not have to be correlated to LA's loss.
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