Film Bridge Neighborhoods: Chinatown
The Hollywood film industry has changed.
In 2003, we were challenged by chaos in our permit system, unfavorable press, and a rebellion against filming from burned-out citizens and politicians, tired of filming in the neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, producers began exploring new
tax incentives from other states in the USA, notably New Mexico, New York, Louisiana, Georgia and Michigan. Soon, Hollywood’s standing as the world's center of film began to decline. In 5 years, most of our feature film business was lost.
In May of 2008, the Film Bridge neighborhood project began.
The idea is, location managers work with neighborhoods between jobs, when we are under less pressure, and have more time and energy to explore and develop communities for filming. We identify locations in under-filmed areas, and work with neighborhoods that may be considered hard to film.
The aim is to protect the future of filming on location, with a motivation to serve both the industry and community with the highest ethical standards.
The Pilot Project for Film Bridge is Los Angeles Chinatown. The program is successful. The people welcome filming. They have a new understanding and appreciation of the film industry, and a partnership with filming that works.
It won't be state tax incentives alone, that can bring back our film industry.
Neighborhoods don’t care if a film shoot provides jobs for people they don’t know.
Location filming and photography that does not serve the needs of the whole community eventually creates burned-out, angry neighbors who hate filming. They exist all over town and they will appear anywhere in the world, no matter where we make our pictures, unless we change it.
Filming is a partnership between artist and audience.
If you are a neighborhood interested in a collaborative
partnership with filming, please contact me.
In 2003, we were challenged by chaos in our permit system, unfavorable press, and a rebellion against filming from burned-out citizens and politicians, tired of filming in the neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, producers began exploring new
tax incentives from other states in the USA, notably New Mexico, New York, Louisiana, Georgia and Michigan. Soon, Hollywood’s standing as the world's center of film began to decline. In 5 years, most of our feature film business was lost.
In May of 2008, the Film Bridge neighborhood project began.
The idea is, location managers work with neighborhoods between jobs, when we are under less pressure, and have more time and energy to explore and develop communities for filming. We identify locations in under-filmed areas, and work with neighborhoods that may be considered hard to film.
The aim is to protect the future of filming on location, with a motivation to serve both the industry and community with the highest ethical standards.
The Pilot Project for Film Bridge is Los Angeles Chinatown. The program is successful. The people welcome filming. They have a new understanding and appreciation of the film industry, and a partnership with filming that works.
It won't be state tax incentives alone, that can bring back our film industry.
Neighborhoods don’t care if a film shoot provides jobs for people they don’t know.
Location filming and photography that does not serve the needs of the whole community eventually creates burned-out, angry neighbors who hate filming. They exist all over town and they will appear anywhere in the world, no matter where we make our pictures, unless we change it.
Filming is a partnership between artist and audience.
If you are a neighborhood interested in a collaborative
partnership with filming, please contact me.
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