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YouTubeDoes anyone know why there's no movies or TV shows filmed in Columbus yet there are tons of films and TV shows filmed in Pittsburgh just a few hours away? Among first-run movies filmed within just the last 3 years in Pittsburgh include "She's Out of my League" with Jay Baruchel, "Shelter" with Julianne Moore, "The Road" with Viggo Mortenson, "Adventureland" with Kristen Stewart, "My Bloody Valentine", "Smart People" and "Sorority Row," just to name a few. There's also TV shows filmed there like "Fringe" and FX's "Justified". Does it have to do with tax breaks or something? I know we have a Columbus Film Commission but it doesn't look like there's anything at all currently filming here.
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placebohigh
The Short North
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Posted 1 year ago # -
Core_Models
Columbus
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But more than a website or promotional team, they have this:
http://kdka.com/local/Pittsburgh.film.producing.2.752536.html
ETA: We have our own website and tax credit, btw, but its about half of Pittsburgh's. We also have a number of large budget films being shot in Ohio (and Columbus)
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JonMyers
HCMC ✈
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Damn that's fast. Google has already indexed this thread. It's the 6th one down:
Google "Columbus Film Promotion Office".
Posted 1 year ago # -
polymethylmethacrylate
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Pittsburgh is more visually interesting?
Posted 1 year ago # -
Talcott
Clintonville
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polymethylmethacrylate wrote >>
Pittsburgh is more visually interesting?I'm not sure if that's necessarily an issue. In a lot of ways, you want your sets to be able to sub for any number of cities, so a certain level of nondescriptness is desirable. Now that is different for movies that are set (and filmed) in Pittsburgh, but those two don't always overlap.
Still, it would be nice if movies set in Columbus could actually be filmed here (I'm looking at you, Pulse).
I am holding out hope that the Zombieland sequel will involve a trip to whatever remains of Columbus (one quick shot of a zombie-infested LeVeque tower would make my cinematic year).
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placebohigh
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We also have a number of large budget films being shot in Ohio (and Columbus)
Like what??
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placebohigh
The Short North
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They're mostly low-budget horror films that aren't really even "indie" movies per se (which I know is open to interpretation), they're more genre-niche horror movies. A lot of them (not all of them) are basically straight to DVD movies available at horror conventions you can't even find through Netflix.
It just seems like we have a lot of good scenic areas that would be perfect for mainstream movies (the Short North, downtown areas, German Village, a variety of parks/country areas surrounding, etc.) -- and mainstream movies filming here are few and far between ("Little Man Tate", "Traffic", etc). I just think w/ all the talk of creating an image and identity for Columbus, this seems like a good opportunity and it makes me upset to see Pittsburgh get so much publicity in contrast.
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Core_Models
Columbus
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Our tax credit is far newer (about a year old) and, as stated, about half of PGH's (5M per production/30M total vs. 75M).
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JonMyers
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Placebo, these figures aren't entirely accurate, but they give you a ballpark figure. It's safe to say nobody is going to the Columbus Film Commission's website, which might be part of the reason.
Last month 6,356 people visited Pittsburgh's Film Commission website and in contrast 175 people visited the Columbus Film Commission's site.
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polymethylmethacrylate
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Seems like the tax credit makes it a no-brainer. PGH is better for film makers.
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placebohigh
The Short North
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Yeah, definitely. Why don't we have a better tax credit?
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deraj1013
Merion Village
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polymethylmethacrylate
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placebohigh wrote >>
Yeah, definitely. Why don't we have a better tax credit?Because we don't want people shooting films here as badly as PGH does? I don't know.
The people who do know are probably lurking, reading along, and afraid to speak up for fear of loosing their livelihood.
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Core_Models
Columbus
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Considering PA is running about 3 times the budget deficit OH is, and had to cut their credit in half (although its going back up), I'm not sure a higher credit is worth it to say "oooo...celebrities be here!"
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Senator Tankerbell
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Talcott wrote >>
polymethylmethacrylate wrote >>
Pittsburgh is more visually interesting?I'm not sure if that's necessarily an issue. In a lot of ways, you want your sets to be able to sub for any number of cities, so a certain level of nondescriptness is desirable. Now that is different for movies that are set (and filmed) in Pittsburgh, but those two don't always overlap.
I'm not sure you want the city to be non-descript. You just want a lot of different looks and set pieces. Pittsburgh has that: major rivers, mountains, rolling hills, forests, major league ballparks, interesting architecture in the downtown area, unique historic areas, etc. Columbus has some of those things too I suppose.
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