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Another Cruel Summer For L.A. Production As Shoot Days Fall Below Strike-Hit 2023 Levels
On-location shoot days in Los Angeles fell 5% during the summer period, marking the weakest quarter of 2024 and falling below the strike-riddled Q3 last year.
The L.A. County’s film-permitting office said it was the region’s second-slowest summer period as industry output and employment continued to fall below expectations set during the post-Covid, streaming-bubble era. But there was some good news for L.A.-based cast, crew, studio operators and vendors as feature film production — some of which continued during last year’s dual writers and actors strikes — rose by 26.6% to 476 days during the quarter. “California’s film incentive is a proven jobs creator that studies show provides a net positive return on every allocated dollar,” FilmLA president Paul Audley said in a statement.
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