Variety: On-location filming in the Greater Los Angeles area declined 9.1% between the first quarters of 2018 and 2019, according to data from FilmLA.
A slowdown in the production of feature films, television and commercials contributed to the decrease seen in the first few months of this year. Filmmakers logged 8,843 shoot days from January through March, down from the 9,724 days in the first quarter of 2018.
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I think people have caught onto the fact that Los Angeles is crowded, kind of soul sucking if you aren't from there, and also extremely expensive for a starving artist. This article isn't that surprising due to the increase in filing that is going on around the country in places like New Orleans and Atlanta. I'm still positive that most television and film headquarters are still located in Los Angeles, still making Los Angeles a viable place for work and filming, but I think its definitely a plus that filming on location is turning into more of a thing because its truly the best thing for the art that is being made. I think that television as a whole is on the rise in terms of the creation of good and better work thats growing in places that aren't Los Angeles. I really don't think anything will actually leave Los Angeles anytime soon, but I think its a step in the right direction.
As someone who has spent a lot of time in Los Angeles, I can definitely understand the decrease in filming. The city is crowded and difficult to get around. Not only that, but everything about the city is expensive. There are thousands of laws that production companies have to get around in regards to filming and labor is very expensive. In cities like Atlanta, labor is cheaper, land is cheaper, and there is lots of space to film. It has the benefits of being a city, but also being close enough to rural areas to film all types of shows. I think production companies will keep their main headquarters in LA for the time being. The history of Hollywood and the media that surrounds it keeps LA relevant enough that it’s important to stay there, but with the growing number of studios in other cities, actual filming will continue to move outside of Los Angeles.
When I first read the title of this article, I did not quite believe it. Los Angeles is the start of Hollywood filmmaking and, to my knowledge, the most film producing city in the world. After some thought, and reading the article, I guess it makes sense as to why Los Angeles might be losing some of its film industry. I have only visited the city once in my life but I remember the traffic, and the cost of everything. These are two of the major factors people think about when they consider moving and logistically LA is a fairly inconvenient city. The primary reason LA does not work as well as Manhattan, in my opinion, is because it is too horizontal of a city where New York is much more vertical, making things closer together and more convenient. Additionally, with cities such as Atlanta growing as film cities, maybe LA will not be the hub of film forever.
Maybe part of it is my naivety of never been being to Los Angeles and the other part being from Atlanta which has begun to take over a large amount of film production work, but I would definitely say a part of me is surprised that there is less filming going on in Los Angeles, though I have seen the steady transition out of the area. While the film industry is based out of Los Angeles and it’s home ties are definitely Hollywood, I would argue that states like Georgia, Louisiana, Illinois, and even our very own Pennsylvania, have become hubs for filming due to the diversity across the state and the ability to get significant tax breaks when producing their own work. I think as years progress, we are definitely going to see a transition into other states and cities and can fully expect for the Los Angeles film powerhouse to transition to another location.
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