Another Cruel Summer For L.A. Production As Shoot Days Fall Below Strike-Hit 2023 Levels
deadline.comIt was another cruel summer for on-location film and TV production in Greater Los Angeles. FilmLA said Wednesday that shoot days fell 5% during the July-to-September period to 5,048, marking the weakest quarter of 2024 and surprisingly falling below the strike-riddled Q3 last year.
The recent surge in scripted TV production stalled during the summer and reality retreated again ahead of the year’s final production push.
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.
The current levels for every category of scripted production FilmLA tracks trail their adjusted five-year averages on both a per-quarter and year-to-date basis.
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