Los Angeles Filming Off to Slow Start in 2019 With Film & TV Shooting Down
2019 saw a weak start to film and television production in Los Angeles, as the latest quarterly report from FilmLA shows a 9.1% drop in shooting days during the first quarter of the year.
FilmLA reported drops in shooting days for film, television and commercials, with the former two categories seeing a 13% drop. A large factor in the drop for TV shooting is the absence of early-year pilot shooting. Once a reliable source of shooting days from January to April, pilot shooting days dropped a stunning 60% compared to Q1 of 2018.