About Film Bridge
The Hollywood film industry 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 time, most of our feature film business was gone.
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 help neighborhoods become easier 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.
Film crew and neighborhood have a new understanding between them,
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 that doesn't consider 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,
until we change it.
Show people--more than the money--
how filming can be a partnership between artist and audience,
filmmaker and neighborhood-- and Los Angeles can be the place
where we make the world's greatest pictures
in our own backyard.
Jody Hummer, LMGI
Film Bridge
Bio
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 time, most of our feature film business was gone.
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 help neighborhoods become easier 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.
Film crew and neighborhood have a new understanding between them,
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 that doesn't consider 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,
until we change it.
Show people--more than the money--
how filming can be a partnership between artist and audience,
filmmaker and neighborhood-- and Los Angeles can be the place
where we make the world's greatest pictures
in our own backyard.
Jody Hummer, LMGI
Film Bridge
Bio
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