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Old 04-13-2013, 12:18 PM
 
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Should Georgia be concerned with Louisiana's increase in film production?
Forget Hollywood. Filmmakers Are Flocking to New Orleans - Adam Kushner - The Atlantic Cities
As mentioned in the article, Georgia instituted the existing tax incentives (2008 maybe?) after Louisiana did and the current boom in local TV/Film production is the result of those incentives.

So the answer to your question is NO.
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Old 04-13-2013, 12:31 PM
 
Location: Atlanta
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From the MPAA http://www.mpaa.org/policy/state-by-state

Georgia:


"Economic Impact of the Industry
The motion picture and television industry is responsible for 22,843 direct jobs and $1.3 billion in wages in Georgia, including both production and distribution-related jobs. Over 6,500 of the jobs are production-related.

Movie & TV Production Spotlight
  • 2011: During the course of 2011, 24 movies and 25 TV series filmed in the state. Movies include Lawless, Flight, American Reunion, Joyful Noise, Jayne Mansfield's Car, The Marriage Counselor, and The Odd Life of Timothy Green. TV series include Necessary Roughness, Teen Wolf, House of Payne, The Vampire Diaries, Reed Between the Lines, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and The Walking Dead.
  • 2010: During the course of 2010, 24 movies and 30 TV series filmed in the state. Movies include Footloose, For Colored Girls, Fast Five, Wanderlust, Water for Elephants, X-Men: First Class, and Courageous. TV series include Past Life, Teen Wolf, House of Payne, The Vampire Diaries, Drop Dead Diva, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and The Walking Dead.
Production Incentive:
The 2008 Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act grants to qualified productions a transferable income tax credit of 20% of all in-state costs for film and television investments of $500,000 or more. An additional 10% tax credit is awarded to approved projects that embed a Georgia Entertainment Promotional logo within the titles or credits of each production."


Louisiana:

"Economic Impact of the Industry
The motion picture and television industry is responsible for 8,655 direct jobs and $377.9 million in wages in Louisiana, including both production and distribution-related jobs. Over 3,400 of the jobs are production-related.

Movie & TV Production Spotlight
  • 2011: During the course of 2011, 44 movies and 9 TV series filmed in the state. Movies include 21 Jump Street, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Django Unchained, Contraband, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, Dog Fight, and Straight A's. TV series include Treme, Imagination Movers, Memphis Beat, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, Steven Seagal: Lawman, Sons of Guns, and The Bad Girls Club: New Orleans.
  • 2010: During the course of 2010, 63 movies and 9 TV series filmed in the state. Movies include Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (parts 1 and 2), Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Mysterious Island, The Grief Tourist, Green Lantern, and Colombiana. TV series include Treme, The Gates, Imagination Movers, Memphis Beat, The Real World: New Orleans, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, and Steven Seagal: Lawman.
Production Incentive:
Louisiana provides a transferable investor tax credit equal to 30% of the in-state investment made if it is in excess of $300,000. The transferable employment tax credit is equal to 5% of the salaries in-state residents hired."


They didn't explicitly make a ranking as much as had a info sheet on every state, so I don't really know who is 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc....

However, I will mention California is $17 Billion and NY is over $8 Billion in wages. I'd also note these statistics are on wages and aren't giving total amounts spent. I'm not sure how much that might skew or change things.
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Old 04-14-2013, 12:21 AM
 
Location: South Augusta
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You all didn't mention BET's The Game also filmed in Atlanta!
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Old 04-14-2013, 05:10 PM
 
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If I had a choice between New Orleans and Atlanta, even with an advantage to New Orleans, I would still choose Atlanta. New Orleans is not particularly near anything major. Atlanta is much more central, at least to the Southeast. And New Orleans is much more susceptible to hurricanes, which don't play well with film sets. But, that's just my view. And from New Orleans, you aren't going to be able to hit any sort of mountainous region within a few hours if you need that for filming. NO definitely has its beauty, but I don't see it having other major advantages over other places.
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Old 04-14-2013, 05:30 PM
 
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Should Georgia be concerned with Louisiana's increase in film production?
Forget Hollywood. Filmmakers Are Flocking to New Orleans - Adam Kushner - The Atlantic Cities
The one thing that gives Georgia an advantage over Louisiana is the Hartsfield-Jackson airport. Thus, more filmmakers find Georgia to be a more attractive location for filming and production, due to its accessibility to New York and Los Angeles.
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Old 04-14-2013, 06:20 PM
 
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That article is pretty awful ... not just incomplete but typical of NOLA butt-kiss stories in the post-Katrina era. It claims Louisiana is 3rd in film production yet cites no source. Wasn't Georgia also declared 3rd last year? It claims New Orleans had $600 million in film work last year, yet ignores the fact that Georgia had more than $1 billion. In fact; it's only reference to Georgia is in the last paragraph, where it makes the incredulous statement that studios "may" go to Georgia if Lousiana doesn't maintain it's tax credits.
Leave it to the lamestream media to stomp on Georgia and the ATL whenever possible.

We do have the tax incentives but we also have many other features that make us the superior choice. (1) the aforementioned airport; (2) better weather; (3) much more diverse choices for location shooting and (4) better living conditions for workers.
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Old 04-14-2013, 07:29 PM
 
Location: ATL
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Leave it to the lamestream media to stomp on Georgia and the ATL whenever possible.

We do have the tax incentives but we also have many other features that make us the superior choice. (1) the aforementioned airport; (2) better weather; (3) much more diverse choices for location shooting and (4) better living conditions for workers.
The focus should be on Los Angeles, not the other cities that are taking the jobs away from Los Angeles
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Old 04-14-2013, 08:03 PM
 
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Are we taking them away, or is L.A. driving them off?
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Old 04-14-2013, 08:54 PM
 
Location: ATL
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Are we taking them away, or is L.A. driving them off?
both lol
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Old 04-29-2013, 09:39 AM
 
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James Bond studio to open 1st US facility in Ga.
Associated Press
April 29, 2013


"Today's agreement is another step forward for the Pinewood brand internationally," said Ivan Dunleavy, CEO of Pinewood Shepperton PLC, which has studios in the United Kingdom, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Germany and Malaysia. Recent films shot at Pinewood Studios, based outside of London, include the upcoming Angelina Jolie film, "Maleficent," and "Jack Ryan," directed by Kenneth Branagh...

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