FSBELLA Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 hello everyone, Just shipped 4 lectro's w/sanken lavs, some schoeps components and comtek's to compliment the local mixers sound package to yukon Oklahoma. apparently that state is now "pushing " real hard for the film & tv market. fyi, OK. state has a 27% tax break for filming in the state. it seems all the states but Cali is doing this. when will cali get this going?? I know "we" tried doing pushing this fact with runaway production to Canada, but can we do anything like petitions. anythoughts on this? where is Arrnold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 hello everyone, Just shipped 4 lectro's w/sanken lavs, some schoeps components and comtek's to compliment the local mixers sound package to yukon Oklahoma. apparently that state is now "pushing " real hard for the film & tv market. fyi, OK. state has a 27% tax break for filming in the state. it seems all the states but Cali is doing this. when will cali get this going?? I know "we" tried doing pushing this fact with runaway production to Canada, but can we do anything like petitions. anythoughts on this? where is Arrnold? Daydreaming about being President.... Philip Perkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 first a disclaimer: One of my former students is now OK film commisioner. Arnold is just back from Europe: Austria (patching things up with his old hometown), France (meet and greet the new Prez) aned England (saying good luck to Tony Blair!). but as for incentives, etc. This from our Actors' guild: " June 29, 2007 Dear California Screen Actors Guild Member, There are currently three film incentive bills in the California legislature. While these bills are all in different stages of amendment, committee review and analysis, it is critical that your state senator, assembly member, Governor Schwarzenegger and Senate Leader Don Perata know how important entertainment industry jobs are to you and your family, and all California residents. We need your help. Please use the links below to send your personal email letters urging lawmakers to support meaningful legislation to keep and attract film, television, new media and commercial production in our state. Please feel free to add your personal perspective to the letters, and remember to keep your comments professional and to the point. Together our voices can make a difference. So please email your letter sometime over the next week. If you have any questions, please call SAG’s National Policy & Planning Department at (323) 549-6572. To write your Assemblymember and Senator: http://www.legislature.ca.gov/port-zipsearch.html To write Governor Schwarzenegger: http://www.govmail.ca.gov/ To write Senator Leader Perata: Senator.Perata@sen.ca.gov We’ve included sample letters that you may use as templates for your letters to each elected official. ___________________________________ YOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER: RE: California Film Incentives Dear Assembly member_______________: I am a proud member of Screen Actors Guild, and I live, work and vote in _________________, California. I urge you to support the passage of meaningful film, TV, new media and commercial production incentives during this legislative session. According to 2005 statistics in the Economic Impact of the Motion Picture & Television Report issued by the Motion Picture Association of America, the entertainment industry generated over $42.2 billion in economic activity in California, and over 266,000 jobs. That job number is declining as productions continue to leave our state for locations outside the state – and outside the country. Most states now have enticing film incentives, while my state does not. I rely on wages earned in California to support my family and to qualify for my union health and pension benefits. There are 60,000 SAG members in California and we need your help. Please support efforts to create and pass meaningful production incentives in our state. Sincerely, _________________________________________________ YOUR SENATOR: RE: California Film Incentives Dear Senator_______________: I am a proud member of Screen Actors Guild, and I live, work and vote in _________________, California. I urge you to support the passage of meaningful film, TV, new media and commercial production incentives during this legislative session. According to 2005 statistics in the Economic Impact of the Motion Picture & Television Report issued by the Motion Picture Association of America, the entertainment industry generated over $42.2 billion in economic activity in California, and over 266,000 jobs. That job number is declining as productions continue to leave our state for locations outside the state – and outside the country. Most states now have enticing film incentives, while my state does not. I rely on wages earned in California to support my family and to qualify for my union health and pension benefits. There are 60,000 SAG members in California and we need your help. Please support efforts to create and pass meaningful production incentives in our state. Sincerely, ______________________________________________ GOVERNOR: The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger State Capitol Building Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: California Film Incentives Dear Governor Schwarzenegger Like you, I am a proud member of Screen Actors Guild, and I live, work and vote in _________________, California. I urge you to support the passage of meaningful film, TV, new media and commercial production incentives during this legislative session. As an actor and our Governor, it’s imperative that you help fight for our entertainment industry jobs. According to 2005 statistics in the Economic Impact of the Motion Picture & Television Report issued by the Motion Picture Association of America, the entertainment industry generated over $42.2 billion in economic activity in California, and over 266,000 jobs. That job number is declining as productions continue to leave our state for locations outside the state – and outside the country. Most states now have enticing film incentives, while our state does not. I rely on wages earned in California to support my family and to qualify for my union health and pension benefits. There are 60,000 SAG members in California and we need your help. Please support efforts to create and pass meaningful production incentives in our state. Sincerely, ___________________________________________________ SENATOR PERATA: The Honorable Don Perata State Capitol, Room 205 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: California Film Incentives Dear Senator Perata, I am a proud member of Screen Actors Guild, and I live, work and vote in _________________, California. I urge you to support the passage of meaningful film, TV, new media and commercial production incentives during this legislative session. As a leader in California, it’s imperative that you help fight for our entertainment industry jobs. According to 2005 statistics in the Economic Impact of the Motion Picture & Television Report issued by the Motion Picture Association of America, the entertainment industry generated over $42.2 billion in economic activity in California, and over 266,000 jobs. That job number is declining as productions continue to leave our state for locations outside the state – and outside the country. Most states now have enticing film incentives, while our state does not. I rely on wages earned in California to support my family and to qualify for my union health and pension benefits. There are 60,000 SAG members in California and we need your help. Please support efforts to create and pass meaningful production incentives in our state. Sincerely," You might want to modify the sample letters!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSBELLA Posted July 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 senator, very nice . I will do this for sure and "tell a friend" we nened all the guilds to do this. every giuld! thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSBELLA Posted July 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 sorry for the misspellings, my daughter is on my knee trying to type as I am. if you see a typo from me, I do not have dyslexia (my co-workers would probably argue that) it is because my daughter likes this group as much as me and want to type just the same. thank you every one for "hearing" me out. we really should do something more than what is happening now about the tax incentives the other states are offering and the cali film & tv infrastructure is losing out on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Burge Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 I've watched similar bills go before the state here in MT over the last couple years and although a few projects have been launched as a result [that otherwise might have gone elsewhere?] by and large the main draw seems to be pretty low budget productions. It seems to me that the tighter the budget, the greater the incentive to film in a location that supports rebates, tax incentives, etc. The scenery may be world-class, but I'm not so sure this is a good thing in the end, for the industry or local economies. Residents are often hired as department add-ons to meet quotas or other times as as keys, but with expectations of sweatshop wages. This may not be the case elsewhere and there are exceptions here, but more exception than the rule. Just and observation, subjective as it may be... EB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 I hear "Oklahoma is OK" - Way to capitalize on your postal code and strive for mediocrity in your slogan! Come film in Oklahoma, we're OK. But seriously, everyone realizes the positive impact of bringing film production to a region. Unfortunately, the California general public has forgotten the negative impact of losing it. Remember the big slow down around 2000, and how empty it was in restaurants, clothing stores, specialty shops, and all over Los Angeles? People forget how a slow down in the earning of the middle class (most of us working in the film business) can impact the entire economy of a region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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