A robust TV pilot season, a substantially improved climate for shooting commercials and the state’s new film incentive helped deliver a modicum of good news to Los Angeles’ beleaguered production economy in the first quarter.
Overall on-location filming activity for feature films, television and commercials jumped 25% during the first three months of 2010 compared with the same period last year, according to data from FilmL.A. Inc., the nonprofit group that handles permits for on-location filming for L.A. and unincorporated areas of the county.
"The level of production has exceeded our expectations this quarter," said Todd Lindgren, spokesman for FilmL.A.