FilmLA Reported Record Number of Shoot Days in 4th Quarter of 2021 Before Omicron Brought Delays
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFilmLA has released its report for fourth quarter filming in the L.A. region. From October to December there was an all-time quarterly record of 10,780 shoot days.
The report states it was 4% above the previous three-month high of 10,359 SD set in Q4, 2018. It is also an increase over the previous quarter, revealing a brisk pace of production leading into the holiday season.However, the report says, despite increased levels of production in much of 2021, by year-end the region’s 37,709 shoot days finished below the previous peak of 39,627 SD in 2016.
This was also below annual totals logged in 2017 (38,284 SD) and 2018 (38,795 SD) but exceeded pre-pandemic year 2019 (36,450 SD) by 3.2 percent.
The pandemic caused productions to slow in the earlier half of the year, as many studio productions were on voluntary hiatus.
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