A new report states the obvious: The novel coronavirus had an unprecedented impact on first quarter filming in Los Angeles
A new FilmLA report states the obvious: The novel coronavirus had an unprecedented impact on first quarter filming in Los Angeles.
Filming actually got off to a strong start in January but began to slow in March following a series of voluntary cutbacks and then restrictions on public gatherings. The 1,091 local productions filming in February 2020 dwindled to 644 projects in mid-March before filming stopped on March 20 when state and local authorities put out “Safer at Home” orders. Those have closed the region to on-location filming until further notice.
"Because we've gone to zero and it will be at zero for all of April and more than likely all of May, the second quarter will also be dismal as far as these numbers go," FilmLA's president Paul Audley tells. "Even if when production returns, it picks up at a greater volume than before, it isn't going to make up for the loss. So the end of this year will be a lower statistical number than we've seen perhaps in the last decade.
The hardest hit sector in the first quarter was television, which saw an overall decline of 21 percent. This is significant because, according to a prior FilmLA report, 198 out of 465 of scripted shows produced across all platforms were shot in Los Angeles. Episodic television also accounts for roughly 70-75 percent of filming activity on major sound stages in LA.
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