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A curated set of articles from your team at San Diego Media Pros to share pertinent information with you from the production world.
LA On-Location Filming Drops 12% From Last Year Due to Declining Content Spend, ‘Post-Strike Paralysis’
The shrinking production landscape
IATSE Ratifies New 3-Year Deal With AMPTP
Done and done!
Video game actors go on strike over AI issues
While the SAG/AFTRA actor's strike may have been long resolved, the video game actors are just beginning.
Reality TV Filming Plummets in Los Angeles in Major Production Slowdown
Reality sets in for Reality,
McDonald's AI Commercial: A Taste of Tomorrow
McDonald’s is Loving It…AI that is:
Watch the story of a dream come true: The creation of Toys"R"Us and Geoffrey the Giraffe
Say what you will, but this is the next step in the inevitable evolution of AI production.
Director of AI-written feature ‘The Last Screenwriter’ speaks out after London cinema cancels screening
Local OG Jimly Teiper turned me onto this story. Things are moving fast. Will the speedbumps keep the car from going faster?
NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics
Well, if the big guns are doing it, it must be OK!
IATSE Reaches Tentative Agreement on Basic Agreement With Studios and Streamers
Perhaps a harbinger of a return to normal?
AI Add Revolution: Lessons from a Viral Volvo Spot
And now Volvo is in the AI commercial game.
Update on AB5. You may not like this.
Update on AB5. You may not like this.
When you can hear every word, thank the sound mixers
When you can hear every word, thank the sound mixers.
State’s gig worker legislation survives
Update on AB5. You may not like this
FilmLA To Raise Permit Fees, Citing Production Slump & Rising Costs
Nothing says we want production here more than rising permit fees!
Film and TV production drops in Georgia as risk of new strike looms
Apparently it’s not just slow here.
What’s going on with loan-out corporations? Hollywood workers seek answers
We at SDMP have been keeping you abreast of AB5 issues since the beginning. Apparently a way to steer clear of some of the AB5 issues is to create a single-person "Loan-Out" company, where by you as, say, an actor or screenwriter "loan out" your services to a production entity. A recent FB posting from Freelancers Against AB5 seems to indicate the EDD is planning to refuse the recognition of Loan-Outs. We cannot determine how legitimate the posting is, but this article from the LA Times seems to address the current status of Loan-outs:
Sony Will Use AI to Cut Film Costs, Says CEO Tony Vinciquerra
Hmmmm…cutting costs with AI? I wonder what costs they’re talking about.
Hollywood’s high-pressure expectations game has created a box office doom loop
The Memorial Day movie mayhem just ain’t what it used to be.
Balenciaga’s Gaffer Bangle, a Bracelet Resembling a Roll of Tape
We all know how cool grips and gaffers can be, but are they this cool?
This sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces
For those of you who use true sound blankets, you know how heavy and cumbersome they can be. That may soon be a thing of the past.