State funds first scene in a brighter film industry picture
Categories: Front Page, In The News, Real Estate News
hiWeek of May 22, 2009
Florida’s doubling of filming incentives is doubly welcome. We need the economic shots as well as the camera shots.
But it’s just one in a series of steps vital to lure filming. Incentives alone are a losing game.
The state now can pay up to $8 million to a film or television production. Until this month it had just $5 million in all, down from 2007’s $25 million. Now the Legislature has bankrolled $10.8 million, which can make a few more cameras roll.
Incoming filming work adds high-paying jobs and spending by crews and casts, boosts our image and offers the intangible of seeing local settings in television shows, videos and films.
But true economic impact is vague, because proponents toss out figures ranging from modest to unbelievable. If you think movie previews hype films, look at some estimates.
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