Arlena Acree Pam Glorioso

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Arlena Acree Pam Glorioso
For more information please contact:
Arlena Acree
Director of Film, Media, and Entertainment
City of Shreveport Film Office
505 Travis Street, Suite 200
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318) 673-7515 • [email protected]
Pam Glorioso
Film Liaison
City of Bossier City
620 Benton Road
Bossier City, LA 71111
(318) 741-8503 • [email protected]
Visit our website at
www.shreveport-bossierfilm.com
Mr. Brooks © 2007 MR. BROOKS, LLC.
All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of MGM CLIP + STILL
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anywhere
USA
Shreveport
Bossier City
Louisiana
Movie
making
made
easy!
Mr. Brooks © 2007
MR. BROOKS, LLC.
All Rights Reserved.
Courtesy of
MGM CLIP + STILL
Welcome to
Anywhere, USA
Diversity….It’s what allows the ShreveportBossier City area to become Anywhere,
USA. Whether your story is set in Portland,
New York City, or even Senegal, Africa, it
can be and probably has been shot here
in our area. No matter what kind of location
you’re looking for, the Shreveport-Bossier
area can make your production feel right
at home. That’s because we have a
sincere desire to make every production
successful. From the city administration
down to support staff, you’ll find this
area is full of just plain friendly, helpful folks.
So go ahead and make us the choice for
your next production. You’ll discover why
– once you’ve shot here in Anywhere, USA
– you’ll want to come back for the sequel.
Locations the Shreveport/Bossier area has doubled for:
• New York
• New Jersey
• Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
• Portland, Oregon
• Kodiak, Alaska
• Miami, Florida
• Amsterdam
• Dakar Airport - Senegal, Africa
• Bering Sea
• Los Angeles, California
• Alabama
• Maine
• Fort Jackson, South Carolina
• North Pole
• New Orleans
• New Hampshire
• Kansas City, Missouri
• Texas
• St Louis, Missouri (2049)
• Sodom (Biblical City)
• Oklahoma
• Memphis
• Arizona
• Washington D.C.
• Maryland
The Shreveport-Bossier Film
office has a reputation for making
production easy, with full city
government support and streamlined
paperwork and permit processing.
Once you discover our locations, you
will see why Movie Maker Magazine
(Jan. 2008) ranked ShreveportBossier #3 city in the U.S. for best
places to live, work and make
movies. That was a step up from
2007, when Shreveport-Bossier
was ranked #6.
Additionally, Louisiana was selected
as the best destination in the U.S.
to shoot movies for 2 years in a row.
(July ’06 and ’07) by P3 Production
Update Magazine.
Motion Picture
Investor Tax
Credits:
For more information, please visit www.lafilm.org
or call the Louisiana Office of Entertainment Industry
Development (225) 342-5403.
• Motion Picture Production Tax Credit
25% tax credit granted
on in-state expenditures
exceeding $300,000
related to the production
of a motion picture. An
additional 10% granted
based upon the total
Louisiana residents hired
on the production.
• Infrastructure
Tax Credit
40% tax credit granted
on expenditures related to
infrastructure that supports
and services the motion
picture industry.
Production Support
Permitting / Local Incentives:
• Resolution passed for the Mayors to suspend certain provisions of city
ordinances to grant temporary approval for uses and production of filming.
• Permitting: No charge.
• Free Locations for most of our city and parish (Shreveport & Bossier City) buildings.
• Free water for filming - (Shreveport and Bossier City limits)
exception wave tank
• Film Green...Shreveport-Bossier. A partnership has been formed with
Pratt Industries to provide recycling bins at studios, offices and location sites.
Additional Support:
• 35mm, 24P and HD Cameras
(Viper, Sony, Panasonic)
• Largest wave tank facility
in the United States
• Transportation Equipment
• Dressing Room Trailers & MU Trailers
• Portable Generators
• Screening Facilities
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ADR/Looping Facilities
ENG Teams with Equipment
On Location Communications
Satellite and Microwave
Transmission Equipment
• Prop Manufacturing
• Sound Stages and Production Offices
• Catering
• IATSE and Non-Union Crew
• Principal Actors Casting (CSA-Certified)
• Extras Casting
• Short Term Rental Properties
for Cast/CreW (above & below the line)
Including Luxurious Housing
and Apartments
• Grip/Electric and Expendables
Infrastructure:
StageWorks of Louisiana
is the regions largest and most well appointed studio center offering clear
span sound stage space totaling 52,000 sq/ft. In addition to its 2 sound
stages, StageWorks has 25,000 sq/ft of networked production offices, mill
& paint areas, make up/dressing
rooms, cafeteria and secure lock
ups. The ceiling height is 24 ft with
33 ft in selected areas. The facility
has a commercial commissary
which can support on-site catering
as well as well as exterior hook-ups
to accommodate mobile kitchens.
Since opening it doors in April of
2006, StageWorks has hosted
multiple television and film projects
including Kevin Costner’s feature
film “Mr. Brooks”, Warner Bros
“The Year Without Santa”, The
Weinstein Company’s “The Mist”,
Nu Images feature film titled “Mad
Money” and Sony Pictures’ “The Year One”. StageWorks also offers star
& make-up trailers as well as set trucks. To get a full tour and overview
of the facility’s specifications, please call (318)-221-3175 visit
www.stageworksla.com
Stage West, in association with TurnKey|Louisiana
(Gary Strangis: 318-550-4675), offers a full service facility offering
approximately 20,000 sq/ft in office space and 25,000 in stage space.
The facility hosts Cinelease & Expendables Plus, one of the largest lighting
companies in the entertainment industry, Avid Meridian offline edit suites,
fully furnished and rentable production office space, wireless broadband,
on-site parking and more. A stage area of approximately 25,000 sq/ft of
space (22 feet to grid) is also available for rental. Other services include
catering, production sound equipment, and other ancillary services.
For more information, please contact Teri McGuire at (318) 470-2409,
[email protected], or check the TurnKey|Louisiana website at
www.tk-la.com. www.cinelease.com
The State Fair of Louisiana
Fairgrounds Complex
is available for production. Included
at the fairgrounds are buildings,
office space, vast parking areas,
outdoor production areas and
vehicle/equipment storage. Here
is a list of the buildings:
• Hirsch Coliseum is a 10,300
seat arena. The arena’s floor
space is 120 x 240 feet and
has a ceiling height of 90 feet.
• Exhibits Building is 12,000
sq/ft with an open floor plan and ceiling height of 18 feet.
• Agriculture Building is approximately 20,000 sq/ft with a
ceiling height of 26 feet in center and 18 feet on sides.
• Round-Up Building seats 200 and is often utilized as Catering Facility.
• Office Space including two large rooms, 3 offices, VIP room w/balcony
and restrooms.
• Livestock Barns provide a huge area under roof.
Contact: Chris Giordano 318-635-1361 • [email protected]
Robinson Film Center
is the region’s only venue for independent, international and classic cinema
and a community resource for media-related educational programming for
all ages. The RFC houses two state-of-the-art theaters featuring the
latest in 35 mm and hi-def digital projection. Private screening
facilities for dailies (35 mm and digital) and multi-purpose media rooms
are available.
For more info contact:
The Robinson Film Center (318) 424-9090
617 Texas Street, Shreveport, LA 71101
www.robinsonfilmcenter.org.
The Louisiana Wave Studio
is the only feature film facility in the world that can automatically
generate a variety of waves at the touch of a
button. The tank is 100 feet long, 80 feet wide
and eight feet deep. The 8,000 square foot tank
holds 750,000 gallons of water. Originally built
for Walt Disney’s film,“The Guardian,” the tank
is capable of generating a variety of waves
and up to nine feet as well as horizontal storm
conditions. On any side required, drums mounted
50 feet in the air and attached to chutes allows
water to be dumped on actors or set pieces.
Ancillary fans can create wind effects. At the
Louisiana Wave Studio, any wave a director can
imagine can be conjured by using the three 150
horsepower turbine-fans and eight hidden chambers. Open air
above allows maximum flexibility. Wide aprons designed for easy
and secure camera maneuverability.
Contact: Ken Atchity at 888-WAV-TANK (928-8265), and/or
visit www.thelouisianawavestudio.com for video demo.
http://media.sparkdigital.com/AEI/WaveStudio.wmv - video
Mansfield Studios
in association with Louisiana
Production Consultants boasts
over 80,000 sq/ft of office
space, 6 acres of paved, secured
parking, and 120,000 sq/ft of
converted, air-conditioned stage
space with 26’ clear ceilings.
Additional square footage is
available for vendors and tenants
with build out to suit - including
mill space, and scene docs. The facility has full service
production offices and vendor support services.
For more information contact: Mansfield Studios
(318) 219-2011, 9595 Mansfield Rd. Shreveport, LA 71118
or http://www.laproducers.net/www.mansfieldstudios.net.
List of productions that have been
shot in the Shreveport-Bossier area.
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Thief
Factory Girl
The Guardian
Ruffian
Premonition
Mr. Brooks
Initiation of Sarah
My Mom’s
New Boyfriend
Blonde Ambition
Last Lullaby
Harold & Kumar II
Cleaner
The Mist
Welcome Home
Roscoe Jenkins
For Sale by Owner
Mad Money
The Pardon
The Great Debaters
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Major Movie Star
Pulse: Afterlife
Pulse: Invasion
Cheerleader Camp
Wonderful World
Queen Sized
Feast: Sloppy Seconds
Feast: The Happy Finish
The Killing Room
The Year One
Comeback
Soul Men
Tekken
Sordid Lives
Beyond a
Reasonable Doubt
Billy The Exterminator
Goody Two Shoes
W.
Microwave Park
Shreveport-Bossier Area Information
Climate
Average annual rainfall
Average annual snowfall
Days over 90 degrees
Days under 32 degrees
Daily temperature averages:
Jan. - March
April - June
July - Sept.
Oct. - Dec.
46.11”
2.10”
87
39
High
60.6
89.7
93.1
78.7
Low
34.8
54.1
66.0
37.3
Source: National Weather Service
Little
Rock
Memphis
New Orleans, LA - 5 Hours
30
Dallas
AR
3
30
Shreveport-Bossier
LA
79
Travel Time from
Shreveport-Bossier:
35
Dallas, TX - 3 Hours
Little Rock, AR - 3.5 Hours
171
TX
Houston
10
10
New Orleans
Houston, TX - 4.5 Hours