L.A. Filming Declines as Pandemic Manufacturing Shift Subsides

FilmLA has reported a complete of 9,066 Shoot Days (SD)* within the third quarter (“Q3”). This determine displays a ten% decline from the identical interval final 12 months and a -1.7% decline from 2020.

FilmLA President Paul Audley mentioned the decline was a modest one as final 12 months was an unprecedented one because of the pandemic. Audley mentioned, “To that time, we observe that the COVID-19 Delta wave compelled an out of season manufacturing shift final 12 months. That shift led to record-breaking filming ranges within the latter half
of 2021.”

Shoot Day exercise for characteristic movies and commercials declined, each year-over-year and in comparison with the five-year averages, whereas TV and different classes have been extra combined

Among the many productions capturing in LA have been Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” “Beverly Hills Cop” from Netflix and Common’s “Quick X.”

A complete of 115 SD – 13.9 p.c of the class whole – have been generated by initiatives that obtained the California Movie & Tv Tax Credit score, which the California Movie Fee oversees.

Industrial manufacturing exercise additionally noticed a decline, right down to 1,021 days this quarter in comparison with 1,533 final 12 months.

Kohl’s, Peloton, Southwest Airways and Walmart together with many automobile corporations together with Hyundai, Maserati, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen all shot commercials within the area.

Regardless of TV being down by 10.5% in comparison with the identical interval in 2021, it remained 4.7 p.c above the five-year common.

TV drama exercise declined by 11.7% 12 months over 12 months (1,198 SD in Q3 2022 vs.1,356 SD in 2021) and 5.5% in comparison with the five-year common.

“Barry,” “For All Mankind,” and “Snowfall” have been among the many reveals capturing in L.A., and reveals like “Abbot Elementary,” “Younger Sheldon” and “Grand Crew” have been among the many comedies contributing to the 352 SD in that class, leading to a 4.1% enhance.