COUNTY'S FILM PRODUCTION RATE STILL ROLLING AT JUMP-CUT SPEED.Byline: Dave McNary McNary may refer to:
Entertainment production in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, continuing its powerful performance, jumped nearly 26 percent in July July: see month. from July 1996 because of strong gains in feature films, television and commercials. ``We are not seeing any kind of slowdown For articles with similar titles, see Slow Down (disambiguation). A slowdown is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties. this year,'' said Stephanie Hershey-Liner, executive vice president of the Entertainment Industry Development Corp., which regulates issuance of county film permits. ``Most of the major sound stages are booked through the end of next year, so there's a lot of makeshift work in industrial buildings and warehouses.'' The EIDC reported Thursday there were 3,913 production days in July, with gains of 9 percent for features, 7 percent for television and 47 percent for commercials. That brought the year-to-date Year-to-date (YTD) The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current date. gain to 5 percent with 26,339 days, led by rises of 30 percent for TV and 18 percent for commercials, while films have slipped 3 percent. Herhsey-Liner said the rise in commercial activity was partly because of a labor pact reached late last year between unions and producers. ``There's a lot of cooperation to keep production in town,'' she noted. |
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