Local filming activity in the Los Angeles area fell 3.1 percent in the first quarter of the year, compared to the same period in 2014, according to figures released today.
A total of 8,707 shoot days occurred during the first three months of 2015, according to FilmL.A., which handles film permits for the city and county of Los Angeles and other areas.
Regional feature project activity fell 15.4 percent compared with the same time last year, with 926 shoot days, or SD, logged this year.
Local television production overall rose 1.7 percent to 3,312 SD, driven by a 29.7 percent increase in the television drama category and a 19.8 percent climb in the reality category.
Those increases were offset by television pilots, which fell by 19.4 percent; sitcoms, which slipped 14.8 percent; and web-based television, which dropped 12.2 percent.
Television projects that received state film incentives included “Hit the Floor,” “Justified,” “Murder in the First,” “Stitchers” and “Teen Wolf.”
Commercial filming activity was up 6.2 percent, with projects for companies such as Best Buy, Bose, Honda, TJ Maxx, Samsung and Yelp!
