EIDC REPORTS LOCATION FILMING UP 38% IN APRIL.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer Fueled by the highest level of feature film activity since 2001, location shooting for movies, television shows, commercials and music videos rose a combined 38 percent in April, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. figures released Thursday by the Entertainment Industry Development Corporation. Feature film activity was up 84 percent from the same month a year ago, with location shootings on such films as ``Be Cool,'' starring John Travolta, and the Ashton Kutcher This article is about the actor. For the Internet humorist, see Zug.com. Christopher Ashton Kutcher, (born February 7,1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa), is an American actor. romantic comedy ``A Lot Like Love.'' ``Things are really looking good and we are really encouraged,'' said EIDC President Steve MacDonald Steve Macdonald is a filk musician (singer/songwriter) from Michigan, who also appears at Renaissance Faires as "Gallamor the Bard". He served for several years as the Pegasus Award Evangelista, and was responsible for many changes in the award process that led to much greater . ``We hope it translates into more people working out here.'' Other features filming around town last month were the drama ``Lords of Dogtown,'' starring Heath Ledger Heath Andrew Ledger (born April 4, 1979) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor. Biography Early life Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of Sally Ledger Bell (née Ramshaw),[1] ; the Tim Allen-Jamie Lee Curtis comedy ``Christmas With the Kranks''; and the drama ``Synergy,'' headlined by Dennis Quaid and Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation and . Further good news was a record April for television location shoots, which numbered 1,658 days, a 30 percent increase from a year earlier. But that record number was a significant drop from the 2,466 days recorded in March. ``It looks like there is a holdover hold·o·ver n. One that is held over from an earlier time: a political advisor who was a holdover from the Reagan era; a family tradition that is a holdover from my grandparents' childhood. Noun 1. from lots of pilots that were done last month. Pilots tend to be done on location so that's helped,'' MacDonald said. The one-hour network or cable dramas ``24,'' ``The Division,'' ``Alias,'' ``Monk'' ``Six Feet Under,'' ``Charmed'' and ``Navy NCIS'' were among the television programs shooting around 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. , unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County or the cities of West Hollywood, Diamond Bar and South Gate. The reality shows ``Nip and Tuck,'' ``Merge'' and ``Jimmy Kimmel Live'' also accounted for some of the location shooting. The two other ``for-profit'' categories - commercials and music videos - had strong months compared with the year before. Music videos had 147 days of location shooting, a number that is small compared with the other categories but a 99 percent increase from April 2003 when a woeful woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: 74 days of music video production were reported. Location shooting for television commercials increased 13 percent, to 537 days, compared with 475 days a year earlier. ``The first several months of the year have had solid numbers,'' said Steve Caplan, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers' senior vice president of external affairs. ``It's certainly an improvement over 2003 and we are hopeful that the trend will continue of seeing increased production activity.'' The EIDC statistics do not reflect production that occurs only on soundstages or in such nearby jurisdictions as Beverly Hills, Pasadena and Santa Monica. Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com |
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