How Texas Can Save Its Film Industry

POSTED BY txactor on Oct 31 under Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Film Crew, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Louisiana Film Production, New Mexico Film Production, TXMPA, Texas Actors, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

Chris Garcia’s article in today’s AAS, comes across as a pretty negative assessment of the current state of affairs for Texas film production. All is not lost, but we’re at a critical juncture where we must have more help from the legislature.
Click Here for Garcia’s Full Article in the American Statesman
As movie production scrambles to […]

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Alert to SAG Members on Impact of AMPTP Offer

POSTED BY txactor on Sep 11 under AFTRA, AMPTP, Actors, Alan Rosenberg, Auditions, Big Media, Deadline Hollywood Daily, Filmmakers, Hollywood, Indie Film, Louisiana Film Production, NOW MEDIA, New Media, New Mexico Film Production, Producers, Residuals, Right to Work, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAGIndie, Streaming Video, Strike, Texas film

The following was copied from Deadline Hollywood Daily:
THIS IS AN ALERT TO ALL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD MEMBERS
It is imperative to your well being that you read the TV/THEATRICAL NEGOTIATING UPDATE that was recently mailed to you by Screen Actors Guild and check the box showing support for Doug Allen, Alan […]

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More on the State of Texas Filmmaking

ACTING OUT of STATE
by Craig Berlin
Founding Board Member (Retired)
Texas Motion Picture Alliance
http://www.txmpa.org
Acting is something close to my heart. Talent does not guarantee
success and even though I did a lot of acting in high school and
college, […]

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Tax Incentives Lure Productions to Michigan - 15% Not Enough in Indiana

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 23 under Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Film, Directors, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Indie Film, Louisiana Film Production, New Mexico Film Production, Producers, Residuals, SAG, SAGIndie, TXMPA, Tax Incentives, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film

Here’s an excellent article on state film incentives from Indy.com
In Texas we are HOPING to get the legislature to increase our incentive from the current dead in the water 5% to a comparatively modest 15%. We are hoping that the existing infrastructure will make 15% more competitive. So far, 15% hasn’t primed the […]

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Letter from Bob Hudgins, Texas Film Commission

A MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS PRODUCTION COMMUNITY
Folks, the legislative season is upon us. Long before the session begins in January, much work has already been done — and there’s a great deal yet to be done — toward making Texas’ incentive program more competitive, and regaining some of the ground that Texas […]

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Not In The Mix - Why Studio Film Projects Bypass Texas

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 6 under Louisiana Film Production, New Mexico Film Production, Producers, SAG, Tax Incentives, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Tommy G. Kendrick, Whip It!

We’re not allowed to consider shooting in any state without a competitive incentive program. Texas just isn’t in the mix. That statement by an unknown Hollywood film exec, may not be an exact quote but it’s darn close to what a few hundred members of the TXMPA were told last week in Austin. […]

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Texas and Louisiana SAG Signatory Film Production List

POSTED BY txactor on Jun 6 under Actors, Auditions, Austin Film, Film Crew, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Indie Film, Kick The Can, Louisiana Film Production, Producers, Residuals, SAG, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

SAG recently sent a signatory film production list for Texas and Louisiana to the membership.
Texas has 13 productions on the list: 7 ultra low budget contracts, 3 low budget contracts, 1 TV series and 2 projects working under the standard theatrical agreement.
Louisiana has 7 projects on the list:
3 low budget contracts, 0 […]

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SAG Waivers Allow Indie Productions to Shoot During Strike

POSTED BY txactor on Jun 4 under AMPTP, Actors, Daily Variety, Filmmaking, Louisiana Film Production, Producers, SAG, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick

As negotiations begin again with the AMPTP, SAG is using one tool at its disposal that might put some pressure on the producers organization to settle, a waiver available only to indie productions.
By signing the SAG waiver the production company agrees to comply with the eventual deal hammered out with the AMPTP. This deal […]

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Hurt by the state’s inadequate incentives program, Texas film crews take flight

POSTED BY txactor on May 22 under Actors, Austin Film, Filmmaking, Indie Film, Louisiana Film Production, SAG, Tax Incentives, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas film

Abandoning the Nest is a must read article in the Austin Chronicle by Joe O’Connell.
Consider the facts: Between 1998 and 2006, Hollywood studio films had combined production in Texas of more than $530 million, averaging eight or nine films a year, according to Texas Film Commission figures. The entire year of 2007 eked out a […]

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Sitting in New Orleans, Reading About Louisiana Film Industry

POSTED BY txactor on May 19 under Actors, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Filmmaking, Louisiana Film Production, SAG, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas film

Nothing like taking a few days of R&R in New Orleans and staying in a hotel with no internet access to put your blog behind schedule. A friend called to tell me I should read Chris Garcia’s article In less than 3 years, Shreveport has passed Austin as a film hotbed, and […]

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