TV CAUSES BIG JUMP IN LOCAL FILMING OFF-LOT PRODUCTION UP 22.4 PERCENT.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer Fueled by strong television activity, location shooting in the 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. area rose by a combined 26.1 percent in May when compared to the same month a year ago, 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 Wednesday by the Economic Industry Development Corporation. The industry recorded 1,059 days of off-lot television production which was up from 885 days for a 22.4 percent increase. ``We are having record numbers in television, which is good news and is hopefully resulting in increased jobs in Los Angeles,'' 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 . Television shows being shot locally included the dramas ``24,'' ``The Division,'' ``Six Feet Under,'' ``Monk'' and ``Blue Collar,'' as well as the reality shows ``Fear Factor'' and ``Pimp In feudal England, a type of tenure by which a tenant was permitted to use real property that belonged to a lord in exchange for the performance of some service, such as providing young women for the use and pleasure of the lord. My Ride'' and the talk show ``Jimmy Kimmel James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American comedian, writer, talk show host, game show host, and producer. Biography Kimmel was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, to a German father and Italian mother. Live.'' The 577-day period of feature film production was a slight downturn from the 624 days in May 2003 and well below the 748 days this April. Among the feature film location shoots were work on Columbia Pictures' ``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] , MGM's Queen Latifah vehicle ``Beauty Shop,'' the romantic comedy ``A Lot Like Love'' from 20th Century Fox and two sequels: DreamWorks' ``The Ring 2'' and ``Miss Congeniality 2'' which is being produced by Castle Rock Productions. The production of commercials showed a whopping 57.7 percent jump to 448 days compared to May 2003's 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: 284 days. But the uptick is deceptive, said Steve Caplan, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers' senior vice president of external affairs. ``At this time last year, it was an all-time low for commercials,'' Caplan said. ``I'm looking at it more month-to-month and, viewed against the fairly heavy activity we had during the first quarter of this year, it's a bit of a slowdown actually.'' But Caplan said he was hopeful the upcoming 2004 Summer Olympics, always a big advertising event, would result in more activity locally. ``We are hopeful we will get back to those levels we saw earlier this year,'' he said. The EIDC's statistics reflect filming facilitated by the agency within the city Los Angeles, unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, and the cities of West Hollywood, Diamond Bar and South Gate. Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com |
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