In the second quarter of 2022, filming in Los Angeles began to recover above pre-pandemic levels for the first time since 2012.
Despite a drop-off in shooting from the beginning of the year, local production from April to June 2018/19 finished 2.7 percent and 6.8 percent ahead of the same periods in 2017/18 and 2019, according to FilmLA’s most recent report, published Wednesday. This quarter there were 9,220 shoot days.
Filming in L.A. was disrupted owing to a production backlog caused by the epidemic, with thousands of hours of filming from July 2021 until March 2022. Shooting activity increased in the third quarter of 2021 to new highs not seen since 2018, with 10,127 shooting days recorded. The end of 2021 saw a new all-time quarterly record for shoot days with 10,780.
“We expected we would see production return to pre-pandemic levels sometime within the year, and now here we are,” said FilmLA President Paul Audley in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “Resilient in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with industry leaders taking steps to protect worker and community safety, we have confidence in the film industry’s ability to sustain local production at or above its historic levels.”
T.V. filming accounts for 4,136 shoot days in Los Angeles. Even though shooting in this class is down nearly 16% compared to last year, it is up 12.7% above the five-year average.
The second quarter saw the continuation of several narrative series in production, including Little America (Apple TV+), Dead to Me (Netflix), Euphoria (HBO), Snowfall (F.X.), and Station 19 (ABC). The final season of This Is Us (NBC) was also released. More than one in five shoot days in the television category was derived from projects that qualified for tax incentives.
California improved the Film & Television Tax Credit scheme in July 2021 by adding $180 million in incentives to the existing $330 million. The program welcomed new shows for the first time since 2019 to receive tax breaks. Because so many recurrent series were receiving credits, the program could not include any new series.
The initiative’s other goal is to persuade T.V. shows to relocate to the Golden State. The state’s tax incentives made it more attractive to film producers, such as Killing It (NBCUniversal) and Rap Sh!t (HBO), who decided to relocate their activities to take advantage of them. In 2021, HBO filmed The Flight Attendant there.
According to FilmLA, filming for T.V. reality series has increased by 96.4 percent over the past five years and is continuing to climb. Many examples of shows that were shot in the city include American Idol (ABC), Buried in the Back Yard (Oxygen), and L.A. Fire and Rescue (NBC).
The local film office claims that comedy series shoot days ended 61.8 percent ahead of last year’s pace from April to June, which is more than 20% below the five-year average.
In the second quarter, feature film production saw a resurgence as shooting for the category increased. Filming for features generated 898 shoot days in the first three months of 2019, which is nine percent higher than during the same period last year and 16.4 percent below the five-year average. The production of the live-action adaptation of “Barbie” (Warner Bros.), “Being Mortal” (Searchlight Pictures), Untitled Jonah Hill Project (Netflix), and a remake of “W”ite Men CaCan’tump” “20th Century Studios) all took place in L.A.
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