2011 Film Brochure

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From France to Africa and even the North Pole, our area is diverse and we have the peopleto make yourproject asuccess.

“Every film has a particularly difficult location.

For Battle: Los Angeles we needed a freeway shut down for a month. When no other city could deliver,

Shreveport-Bossier did.”

Jeffrey Chernov Line Producer

Tommy Harper Unit Production Manager

“Of all the places I have shot films over the years, Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana was one of my favorite and one of the best experiences. I had a great crew, and we found every location we needed to make our film. There are also great restaurants and nightlife... I had a lot of fun working there AND we made a great movie in the process!”

Renny Harlin, Director “Cleaner”

Welcome toShreveport-Bossier CityThe World is at your fingertips.

Diversity….It’s what allows the Shreveport-Bossier City area to become anywhere in the world. Whether your story is set in Paris, France, 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 we give you the WORLDand why you’ll want to come back for the sequel.

• 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• Arizona

• Kansas City, Missouri • Texas• St. Louis, Missouri (2049)• Sodom (Biblical City)• Oklahoma• Memphis• Washington D.C.• Maryland• Boston• Paris, France• Santa Monica, California• Amazon• Mississippi• Camp Pendleton, California• Iowa• Pennsylvania

Locations the Shreveport/Bossier area has doubled for:

Rankings:• Shreveport/Bossier ranked #3 out of the top 10 cities to live, work, and make movies by Movie Maker Magazine (Jan ’10)

• Shreveport/Bossier ranked #4 out of the top 25 cities to live, work, and make movies by Movie Maker Magazine (Jan ’09)



• Shreveport-Bossier ranked # 4 in motion picture industry growth by Business Facilities Magazine (July ’10)

“We had a productive and excellent experience in Shreveport-Bossier in 2008. People were extremely supportive, facilities were excellent, traffic was light, the extras were highly accommodating, and the casting provided a wide range of talent all the way from Dallas to New Orleans.”

Oliver Stone, Director “W”

“I’ve produced six films in Shreveport and can’t think of a better city to shoot in. The city bends over backwards to help filmmakers realize their dream. The infrastructure and growing crew base is top notch. It’s a very easy city to navigate and has a diverse look in terms of locations. With the Louisiana tax credit it’s affordable to shoot in the US again! I personally count Shreveport as my second home and look forward to shooting my next project there.”

Michael “Mick” Flannigan, Producer “Major Movie Star”, “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” and four others

Motion PictureInvestor Tax Credits:For more information, please visit www.louisianaentertainment.gov or call the Louisiana Office of Entertainment Industry Development (225) 342-5403.

Motion Picture Production Tax Credit 30% tax credit granted on in-state expenditures exceeding $300,000 related to the production of a motion picture. An additional 5% for a total of 35% for your Louisiana Labor.

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.

• 2.5 % sales tax rebate on expenditures within the Shreveport City Limits.

• 1.5 % sales tax rebate on expenditures spent outside the city limits of Shreveport in Caddo Parish.

• 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• Private Screening Facilities• Avid Editing• Film Scoring and Composition

• 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

“Shreveport-Bossier offers many looks and can double for a variety of cities. In addition, the crew base is on par with the top crews throughout the country and Canada. I also feel that the local community embraces the film industry, which makes for a very nice working environment.”

Matthew F. Leonetti, A.S.C. “Soul Men”

Additional Support:

Infrastructure & Services: StageWorks of Louisiana is the regions largest and most well appointed studio center offering clear span sound stage space totaling 52,000 square feet. In addition to its two sound stages, StageWorks has 25,000 square feet of furnished, networked production offices, mill and paint areas, make up/dressing rooms, cafeteria and secure lock ups. Ceiling height is 24 feet with 33 feet in selected areas. Includes a commercial commissary, which can support on-site catering as well as exterior hook-ups to accommodate mobile kitchens. 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”, Sony Pictures’ “Year One” and Oliver Stone’s “W”, Screen Gems “Straw Dogs”, Fox Television series “The Gates”. To get a full tour and overview of the facility’s specifications, please call (318) 221-3175 visit www.stageworksla.com.

Millennium StudiosMillennium Studios now has a studio facility with two sound stages, over 14,000 square feet of office space, hair/ makeup room, construction mill, and much more. We also have a full service prop house and production services company which offers integral support to productions while shooting in Louisiana, especially in the Shreveport/ Bossier area. For more information please call (318) 841-3599 or visit: www.millenniumstudios.net.

Their Services Include:

• Film related sales and rentals (maximize your Louisiana spend)• Props- over 20,000 sf of more than 10,000 items ranging from furniture to artwork to custom built sets.• Specialty items including hospital set, office sets, lots of prop money, various type of drug paraphernalia, etc.• Fleet of picture cars

• Fleet of passenger cars and vans for daily and weekly rentals• Wardrobe: over- 2000 sf of wardrobe• Film trailer rentals• Office equipment• Office furniture• Phone systems• On-set communication systems• Much More

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 square feet with an open floor plan and ceiling height of 18 feet.

• Agriculture Building is approximately 20,000 square feet 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, three 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.

Contact: The Robinson Film Center 617 Texas Street, Shreveport, LA 71101

(318) 424-9090, 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 up to eight feet high as well as horizontal storm conditions. Storage water drums mounted fifty feet high allows water to be dumped on actors and/or set pieces on either side. Ancillary fanscan be added to create wind effects. Any wave or water action a director can imagine can be created by using the three 150 horsepower turbine-fans and the computerized hidden air chambers. The open air above the tank allows maximum flexibility for production. The wide aprons at the facility allows for easy and secure camera maneuverability. The Louisiana Wave Studio was recently used for “I Love You Phillip Morris,” “Streets of Blood,” and “Shark Night-3D.”

Contact: Ken Atchity at (888) WAV-TANK (928-8265), [email protected],and/or visit www.thelouisianawavestudio.com for the video demo.

Shreveport Stage West offers a full service production facility featuring 15,000 square feet of fully furnished office space, equipped with wireless internet access and complete telecommunication package. Stage space available. Storage and Parking on site.

Stage Dimensions:1st Stage: 6,098 sq. ft. (18 ft. to grid)

2nd Stage: 24,600 sq. ft. (22 ft. to grid)

3rd Stage: 15,650 sq. ft. (22 ft. to grid)

For more information, please call (318) 861-6989, (318) 655-0945 or visit ShreveportStageWest.com.

Mansfield Studio/Warehouse This facility has 750,000 square feet of air conditioned of contiguous space and has over 80,000 square feet of office space, 6 acres of paved secured parking, and 120,000 square feet of converted stage space with 26 foot ceiling heights. Almost 50 acres of greenfield outdoor space available. The facility has a climate controlled system (central plant) available at additional expense.

Contact: Michael Morrison with Coldwell Banker (318) 221-6236 ext 104 or Peter Baltz (318) 221-6236 ext 106.

WorldWide FXEurope’s busiest visual effects facility has opened in Shreveport. WWFX is a full service facility offering state of the art 3-D graphics, compositing, motion capture, and more. WWFX has completed work on more than 100 features including recent releases, “The Expendables” and “Drive Angry 3D”.

For more information please call (318) 841-3582 or visit www.wwfx.net.

Fairfield Studios – Video Production and Post/ADR/EquipmentFairfield Studios provides both a versatile video production company and exemplary post house - conveniently located in the heart of Shreveport-Bossier - boasting both convenience and budget-friendly work by an innovative, knowledgeable and talented team. Motion Picture Services include post-production for movie trailers, web promotional videos, DVD Extras, and more. Fairfield’s ADR Department has been serving the area for numerous years, completing ADR for movies such as “Avatar” and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” Additionally, Fairfield Studios offers crews and equipment for EPKs and a broad scope of production services.

Contact: Clint McCommon, (318) 780-5924, [email protected] www.fairfieldstudios.com

• Studio Rental (1375 sq ft and 700 sq ft studio)

• ADR Booth (2)

• 25’ camera crane

• 50’ flexi-track dolly (Kessler Ultimate Dolly)

• 3’ slider (Kessler Cineslider)

• Sound, Grip and Lighting Equipment

• Office Space Rental

Blade Studios - Scoring, Composition, Post and ADRBlade Studios is a world-class sound recording studio complex offering a film scoring stage, composition, and post production for film including ADR and Foley. Our services also include complete music production, sound studio rental, producing and engineering services, mixing and mastering. Each studio features 5.1 (and 7.1) monitoring, HD projectors, monitors and Zephyr ISDN and high speed fibre connections.

For more information please call (318) 213-0777 or visit www.bladestudios.com.

Moonbot Studiosis a film, animation and digital media studio located in Shreveport’s InterTech Science Park. Founded by partners William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg and Lampton Enochs, Moonbot Studios represents the combined talents of multiple artists, animators and technicians who create extraordinary entertainment for a variety of media platforms. From award- winning animated films to graphic novels, games and iPad interactive books, Moonbot’s team of artists develop every story with the best of unique and innovative design. Moonbot services include conceptual design, pre-visualization, title design, matte painting, miniatures, and digital animation.

Contact: Lampton Enochs, Managing Director - (318) [email protected] • http://moonbotstudios.com

CRM Studios Louisiana is a full service broadcast production company offering extensive expertise in all forms of video and audio production. CRM provides full script to screen production for TV commercials and promotional videos including everything from writing to editing, using the latest advancements in digital media technology.

With support from CRM’s Dallas studios, CRM Studios Louisiana is able to offer

an outstanding array of broadcast production services, unlike any other production company in the region.

Contact: Greg Lawrence, Director of Broadcast Production (318) 629-8620 or www.crmstudios.tv.

“Shreveport-Bossierthe perfect place to film a movie. It has amazing locations, first class crews, hotels, restaurants, activities, and the most accommodating and friendly people in the U.S.’”

David R. Ellis, Director “Shark Night 3D”

Postflowbrings an array of distribution-quality offline and online postproduction services to the Shreveport area. Our experienced team can provide supervision, facilities and support to maximize the advantages of Louisiana’s production tax incentive program. Post your production with us from start to finish, or choose from an “a la carte” selection of services including digital dailies, HD/RED workflows/processing, on-set DIT services, first light or online color correction, DI conforming, assembly editing, and more. Our remote workflow solutions allow seamless coordination, data transfer, and hand-off to post facilities in Los Angeles or NYC, or should you choose to post in Louisiana, we can supply and maintain “full-spec” offline editing suites customized to suit your needs.

Contact: Eva Contis (318) 523-0372 • [email protected] • www.postflow.net

List of productions that have been shot in the Shreveport-Bossier area.

• 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

• Major Movie Star

• Pulse: Afterlife

• Pulse: Invasion

• Cheerleader Camp

• Wonderful World

• Queen Sized

• Feast: Sloppy Seconds

• Feast: The Happy Finish

• The Killing Room

• Year One

• The Long Shots

• Soul Men

• Tekken

• Sordid Lives

• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

• Billy The Exterminator

• Disaster Movie

• W.

• Streets of Blood

• I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

• True Blood

• In Front of the Class

• Leaves of Grass

• Acceptance

• Cool Dog

• Youth In Revolt

• Straw Dogs

• Battle: Los Angeles

• Super

• 6 Month Rule

• Drive Angry

• Butter

• The Gates

• Vampires Suck

• Ghost Breakers

• Trespass

• Shark Night 3D

• Playing the Field

“Making movies in Shreveport-Bossier is an absolute pleasure. The talent and professionalism of the local crew can match that of any city in the world. As if that wasn’t enough to make me want to work down there on every movie I do for the rest of my career, the community welcomes you with wide open arms and truly personifies the term ‘Southern Hospitality.’”

Joel Schumacher, Director “Trespass”

Shreveport-Bossier Area Information

ClimateAverage annual rainfall 46.11”Average annual snowfall 1.5”Days over 90 degrees 90Days under 32 degrees 35

Daily temperature averages: High Low Jan. - March 61.7 39.5 April - June 83.3 61.7 July - Sept. 91.1 69.8 Oct. - Dec. 67.6 45.6Source: Climate-zone.com

Travel Time from Shreveport-Bossier:

New Orleans, LA - 5 Hours

Dallas, TX - 3 Hours

Little Rock, AR - 3.5 Hours

Houston, TX - 4.5 Hours

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For more information please contact:

Arlena Acree Director of Film, Media, and EntertainmentCity of Shreveport Film Office 505 Travis Street, Suite 200 Shreveport, LA 71101(318) 673-7515 • [email protected]

Pam GloriosoFilm LiaisonCity of Bossier City620 Benton RoadBossier City, LA 71111(318) 741-8503 • [email protected]

Visit our website at www.shreveport-bossierfilm.com

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