Nov 7, 2009
Which Logo Do You Prefer
- Man Behind Camera (62%, 166 Votes)
- State of California (38%, 101 Votes)
Total Voters: 267
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Recent Comments
Ed Gutentag: To whom it may concern, California is in the midst of a downward spiral, and many may not see it yet but the film industry is feeling it here in Hollywood. Some may think that last years box office intake was incredible and puts the film industr...
David Tolsky: Agreed. Should be a combination of both the camera guy and the state....
Jodi: This is definitely a BIG victory in keeping film in LA- an ongoing issue for over 1 year Monday 1/4, MPOA President Hal DeJong accompanied by Brett Papworth and Mike Harrington met with Chief Beck and he told them he (and his administration) has ...
Jodi: REPORT ON COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY RE THE 10 HARDEST LOCATIONS IN LA Hi Everyone, I want to thank those that came to the City Council Meeting yesterday to lend support for our short testimony concerning the list of 10 Hardest to shoot locations ...
Jodi: IMPORTANT- Film workers- TODAY is election day in Council District 2 If you live in Studio City, North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Valley Village, Tujunga or Sunland.... TODAY is election day in Council District 2, we film workers need someone on t...
charles curly eason: As far as the LOGO, I like the combine both: The State Symbol and the Camera Guy the Crane...
Jodi: Yes I received that letter and posted it here hoping to start a discussion at this site- I want a group reaction to her letter-...
EReynoldsLA: I'm personally concerned with the letter above from Maria Elena- Does this web site have any reply to this posting? You've caught video on Krekorian- but to now see this letter posted, this has as much validity and plays a direct roll in where Krekor...
Jodi: Maria Elena Durazo Ricardo Icaza Executive Secretary-Treasurer President 2 1 3 0 W . J a m e s M . W o o d B l v d L o s A n g e l e s , C A 9 0 0 0 6 December 3, 2009 Paul Krekorian Krekorian for City Council 2009 13063 Victory Blvd. North Ho...
Nathan: Well I like the geographical glory of the state of Ca.image, I must go for the man behind the camera image because of the human factor. Good suggestion Rana Joy. If it were a option I don't know if I would still choose one of the original choices o...
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thanks to eveyone thats trying to make a difference in keeping and bringing film jobs to california and hollywood. squeaky wheel gets the grease. lets keep the preasure on to make changes for the better
thanks
Hi
How do I become a volunteer? And what does a volunteer do to help out?
Thankyou
Kathy Parkes
The first thing we can all do is to grow this site. The best way is to tell our friends about it. Even if they joined our Facebook group, they should join here. There is strength in numbers, and we need to grow so that our collective voice can be heard.
Good to see there is a website as NOT everyone is on Facebook and/or Twitter
Perhaps – the logo could have the state of california logo
with a softer outline of a CAMERA superimposed -
or the hollywood sign – showing up on the state map.
My thoughts at the moment.
-;-) rjg
Great job getting the website up and running! Should it read Shoot Movies AND TV in California, not just movies?
I’ll spread the gospel of ‘It’s Time To shoot Movies In California”, because I don’t want to give my job to somebody in Louisiana or Michigan, and I don’t want to travel there on my dime, to work as ‘local hire’. It is waaay less expensive to shoot in other states, even with the much needed Cal incentives. How can we change that? There is too much greed here. Good luck getting non-industry people to sympathize. It’s going to be an uphill battle, but worth fighting!
It would be nice if we could have a link/ a way to see other members of this website. Is that possible ?
Its good that we the people that work in our industry are getting together to save our industry in California. Let’s hope we succeed!!
The producers have put the fear into us with the writers strike and the actors negotiations, cough work lock-out. When are people all over the country going to realize that they will continue to play one state against the other, one worker against the other, to keep increasing their profits. When is enough enough? Tax breaks, incentives, poor contracts, for an industry that is strong, growing and unbelievably greedy. These are deep and dirty waters that we swim in with these sharks. We the workers are doing their bidding for them! Unbelievable how smart they are and how weak we have become..
I’ve been involved in this battle since FTAC’s inception, when Canada was the biggest bully on the block called Incentive Way (or Bribery Row, or Kickback Alley). Glad to see people virtually gathering here to fight the interstate battle — a civil war conducted more civilly than our original Civil War, but pulling no verbal or legal punches.
BTW: I prefer the logo on the left, with the camera and crew person.
Great work we need to act to help ourselves survive these times
i am a hollywood teamster local 399 and i have only worked 8 days in 8 months. going broke real fast. will be losing my health insurance soon. hope things pick up soon. i live in the city council district 2 which paul kerkorian in running for and i will be voting for paul on december 8th. i am hoping he will save the film industry. if not i don’t know what i will do
The one on the right looks like an old New York City subway token. Whichever you choose, there is not enough space between the F and the I in “Film.”
Well I like the geographical glory of the state of Ca.image, I must go for the man behind the camera image because of the human factor. Good suggestion Rana Joy. If it were a option I don’t know if I would still choose one of the original choices or go with one of your ideas about a image being superimpossed, and it would be difficult to choose between the man behind the camera superimpossed on the state and the hollywood sign superimpossed on the state. Took a film studies class in college, had the chance to eat dinner at a private home with a producer named Romanoski(though I can’t remember having seen any of his films; just the idea that I had seen one or more of his films advertised), and grew up in hollywood’s predecessor where Charlie Chaplin and Bronco Bill Anderson stared in most of there films. Make note film fans, Our Niles district of Fremont, California has the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum and the Niles railway with some older train cars to ride. Other than are film musuem the main street has several antique shops with some furnitures, some books, and probally mostly glassware. I maybe working as a volunteer at the film musuem soon, and this page has given me a interest in any film related employment/volunteer opportunities. Especially nice would be any opportunity involving history and the opportunity/ies to further develop or learn skills that are of a historian nature or related.
Maria Elena Durazo Ricardo Icaza
Executive Secretary-Treasurer President
2 1 3 0 W . J a m e s M . W o o d B l v d L o s A n g e l e s , C A 9 0 0 0 6
December 3, 2009
Paul Krekorian
Krekorian for City Council 2009
13063 Victory Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91606
Dear Assemblymember Krekorian:
I write with sincere disappointment in your recent decision to render a full-throated attack on
the Los Angeles Labor Movement seen in the inflammatory rhetoric of your latest mail
communications and placing self-interested politics before the needs of working men and
women in Los Angeles.
In both your campaigns for the Burbank Unified School District and the State Assembly, you
remained adamant in your position as a supporter and fighter for working families and
organized labor. Yet, the message and language of your recent mail piece – headlined with
“Chris Essel: Brought to you by the Union Bosses Who are Raising Your DWP Rates” – is
outrageous and disingenuous.
The latest mail communication filled with the rhetoric of “Union Boss” and “The Best Friend
the Union Bosses Can Buy,” incites outrage by attempting to settle personal and political
scores to the detriment of the issues of working people. If you truly remained loyal to the
working men and women of Los Angeles as you so often claim, your campaign would uphold
these jobs as being the standard of good middle class jobs that all Angelenos deserve. You
have chosen to take a different course by attempting to acquire votes by classifying these jobs
as shameful.
In both the Primary and General elections, the Federation retained a position of “No
Recommendation” – remarkably rare for the organization’s endorsement body. However,
your decision to attack the Labor Movement has made that position untenable. We will not
sit idly by while self-interested politicians use the attack of issues of working men and
woman as a stepping stone to a more attractive office.
Every highly competitive campaign comes to a similar crossroads and faces a similar test. To
attack political opponents in ways that does long-term damage to causes you have purported
to long support. Or simply run an honorable campaign with the dignity and respect the
residents of the 2nd District deserve. In my view, you have failed that test.
Sincerely,
Maria Elena Durazo
Executive Secretary Treasurer
CC: Speaker Karen Bass (with attachment)
Executive Board, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO (with attachment)
I’m personally concerned with the letter above from Maria Elena- Does this web site have any reply to this posting? You’ve caught video on Krekorian- but to now see this letter posted, this has as much validity and plays a direct roll in where Krekorian stands toward labor. Is there misinterpretation? Is there validity in the reply? Any response is encouraged. We’ve had enough of the wooden nickels- there’s 2 sides to every coin -so let’s hear it.
Yes I received that letter and posted it here hoping to start a discussion at this site- I want a group reaction to her letter-
IMPORTANT- Film workers- TODAY is election day in Council District 2
If you live in Studio City, North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Valley Village, Tujunga
or Sunland…. TODAY is election day in Council District 2, we film workers need
someone on the L.A. City Council who’s going to work for OUR industry… Please
VOTE today for CHRISTINE ESSEL….
These are the words from Christine Essel that she wrote – I asked her to speak directly to the filmworkers:
I promise you that I will be the most effective representative the entertainment
industry could ever have on the Los Angeles City Council. I worked at Paramount Pictures for 31 years in a variety of positions having risen through the ranks to Senior Vice President, I chaired the California Film Commission for 9 years and have been a member for 15 years. I’m First Vice-Chair of FilmLA, I’ve worked on production and for small production companies – and my husband is an independent film director. I want to be an L.A. City Councilperson to preserve and grow film production right here in Los Angeles.
Things I want to accomplish include:
1. Fixing the CA film incentive bill to:
a. Include commercials and productions by mid-sized companies e.g. RSA/USA,
Summit Entertainment, etc. Right now, these companies are shut out of the process because they are not able to monetize the credit given how the billwas written.
b. We need to institute a cap on how much a production can receive so the studio pictures don’t consume most of the funding. We need to increase the number of films funded!
c. The amount of the annual incentive needs to be higher than $100 million. That
amount of money will run out mid-year and productions will be shut out of California
until the new fiscal year starts.
2. Getting the City of Los Angeles and its residents to value and encourage
production to remain in the City
a. We need film friendly policies – and we need to implement them, not just talk
about it. (See Councilmember Alarcon’s 18 point plan). Coming from the business world,
I am interested problem solving and taking action – not just issuing press releases.
b. We need a marketing campaign touting the economic benefits of production, which would serve to encourage neighborhoods and commercial property owners to be more cooperative with the production community.
c. We need an additional film incentive in the City of Los Angeles – the way the City
of New York is able to enhance the state’s incentive.
I am open to any and all ideas from those working in the business that can help us attract and retain productions in the city and, to that end, I plan to have an advisory committee to ensure that I am getting the proper input so we can continue to solve problems as they arise.
I am endorsed and supported by all 16 locals of the International Alliance of Theatrical
and Stage Employees (IATSE) and Teamsters 399 (Drivers, Location Managers and Casting Directors) along with many prominent individuals in the entertainment industry.
For a full list of endorsements please see my website at http://www.essel09.com
I urge you to vote for me, Christine Essel, on December 8, so the industry can have a representative with real entertainment industry experience on the L.A. City Council!
REPORT ON COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY RE THE 10 HARDEST LOCATIONS IN LA
Hi Everyone,
I want to thank those that came to the City Council Meeting yesterday to lend support for our short testimony concerning the list of 10 Hardest to shoot locations in LA. It was a situation where I did not know what to expect and having you all there if needed was so important for the good of us all and filming in Los Angeles. As it turns out, it was not a combative situation and we will see what happens next.
As for the meeting, besides the testimony, several of the Council people were very vocally supportive of the need for changes within the City to combat, in any way we can, the loss of projects and jobs we are experiencing in Los Angeles. Councilmen Koretz and Alarcon were especially vocal and expressed an urgency in getting the City agencies to work at finding ways to help us both with cooperation and cost.
The City seems to be sincere in striving for change in their attitude towards filming but time will tell how successful our attempt to change things will be.
Thanks for your support,
Ed Duffy
Teamsters Local 399
Business Agent
818-432-3306
This is definitely a BIG victory in keeping film in LA- an ongoing issue for over 1 year
Monday 1/4, MPOA President Hal DeJong accompanied by Brett Papworth and Mike Harrington met with Chief Beck and he told them he (and his administration) has absolutely NO intention of changing the retired LAPD officers ability to work on sets including their uniform and motorcycle or our ability to book them through the coordinators of out
choice.
We won!
To whom it may concern,
California is in the midst of a downward spiral, and many may not see it yet but the film industry is feeling it here in Hollywood. Some may think that last years box office intake was incredible and puts the film industry at the front of the line for success but the people who make it happen are suffering.
When a film about the American Civil war is shot in Bulgaria we are sending the residents of that town enough money to send their children to college and that’s wonderful but what about the children of California? What about the businesses of California that support film right here? What about the restaurants? What about lumber yards? What about clothing stores? What about rental car facilities? What about copy companies? What about gas stations? What about tire companies? What about coffee shops? What about every business you see when you drive around in the city of Los Angeles that is some way connected to this great business that is a part of all of our lives? This business that was born right here in California. This business that has given so much to the world is now being taken from the very place whence it came. It’s sad.
Last year 83% of the productions went to other states with incentives that are far more enticing than what California offers. Many of the businesses here in Hollywood have suffered due to the lack of filming here. This trickle down affect travels through the cities that thrive on the film industry. Businesses have either shut down and moved to other states or just shut down completely.
None of us blame the studios going out of state to shoot a film where the tax incentives are blooming. It’s like having a grocery store just down the street selling milk for $4.00 and then 5 blocks away it’s $2.00. Where would you go????? Other states are beginning to ponder the thought of building an entertainment industry. When that happens California could possibly be the Atlantis of the film industry. California doesn’t need to sink in the ocean, it’s sinking right now before our eyes.
Being a resident of this wonderful state for over 35 years I have seen the work slowly move and the heads of politicians turn away from voters. If you call yourself a “GRASSROOTS” movement then I would suggest you take a look at what is happening.
I had to leave my family for 4 and a half months to work on a film in Louisiana titled: “BATTLE LOS ANGELES”. I spoke with the mayor there, they have a 38% tax incentive and it worked for them. They brought in so much work. I was lucky enough to be able to work on that film as my support is not yet covered in that state but it will soon be. I will either have to move to another state because I’m not about to change horses mid stream.
I know that this will probably not get to Steve Poizner but I would have him search Facebook for a page called “IT’S TIME TO SHOOT MOVIES AND TV IN CALIFORNIA AGAIN 2″ here’s the link so you can get an idea of what we’re doing due to the fact that it’s difficult to get Sacramento or Washington to get anything done because as they say in the restaurant business “too many cooks never hear the order”.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=194842431284&ref=ts
We’re way ahead of the “Grassroots” movement. Nothing gets done with asking people if they could do something, it only gets done when you tell them what’s happening. They must want to do it for themselves. We’re not stopping!
We don’t need a Republican in office, nor do we need a Democrat, we need someone that understands the simplicity of the human element that is suffering in California. I ask you to look in the eyes of your children and the eyes of your neighbors and tell them that you can make a change and then do it!
So please. If you’re not taken by this email and you are not willing to make this a top priority then please take me off your email list as I am only interested in people that can make something happen here and now. That’s what we’re all about. If you can convince one of us thousands will follow.