OnePercenter
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Yes....democrat tax policies in california.........have driven movie making out of california.....
California (No. 3) doesn't offer substantial subsidies like Louisiana (No. 1) and Canada (no.2) do. However, almost all post production is done in California.
No, it's not. Marketing is about all that's left. Vancouver got the majority of it and they have excellent production facilities there. Disney has work done in Burbank but the actual production of the animation is farmed out to Korea for the majority of that work. Basically the work that is done in Hollywood are the story boards, the marketing, and the deal making. The actual production though is farmed out, away from CA.
I have friends who are still in the industry and they are moving out of CA as fast as they can. One of my friends who works for Disney actually lives in Idaho where he does most of his work and he only go's to LA for the production meetings.
The movie industry in Los Angeles employees 175,000 people and contributes $8.5 Billion into the local economy. Not at all the small number that you want us to believe.
Is it smaller than years past? Sure. With the advent of technology you don't need to be present in building to be an employee anymore, you can be physically 2000 miles from the office and be a virtual presence everyday.
Does the movie industry farm out to Korea? Sure. They are no different in corporate thinking that screw their employees for higher profit. Why pay an employee here when you can farm out to slave wages in a foreign country?
Does you friend (a contractor) contribute living in Idaho? I'm sure. Because he doesn't have to be physically present anymore saving office space. Think about it. You can edit a major motion picture with three linked laptops anywhere in the world. Something that couldn't be done 15 years ago.
That said, it still doesn't take away from the 175,000 and $8.5B.