FilmLA Reports Weakest Quarter of 2024 as Greater L.A. Filming Drops by 5%
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor FilmLA, the quasi-public agency that handles film permits in Los Angeles, has reported a weak third quarter for 2024.
Production in the Greater Los Angeles area dropped 5 percent to 5,048 shoot days. Scripted television producers logged 758 shoot days last quarter across the economically important TV Drama, TV Comedy and TV Pilot categories.
There was an increase in feature film production, some of which continued during the strikes, which rose by 26.6 percent last quarter, to 476 shoot days.
These developments brought some relief to LA-based cast and crew, local studio operators and industry vendors. However, industry output and employment continues to fall short of expectations set during the post-COVID, streaming bubble era.
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