mleach said:
Forgive me if I had asked this question before but when it comes to filming a show and/or a movie outside of California, are there certain rules that a state can say as to what can be filmed or not? Reason I bring this up, yesterday at work somebody at the radio on and they were talking about the "boom" of movie production being done in New Mexico and on the flip side..little in Colorado. Whoever they had on the radio claimed that a "large chunk" of that reason was due to some "rule" from Colorado that any movie/TV show that is filmed within that state MUST make references to Denver...even of the movie had nothing to do with Denver in the first place. In other words if one films a TV show say in Durango, Colorado..in order to get the state's OK to film there..gotta mention Denver in the script even if there are hundreds of miles between the two places.
A state has no authority to allow filming or disallow it. States do offer tax breaks and other financial incentives, access to public lands and public buildings, and they have been known to close streets and highways, alter parking rules and provide police assistance. I've never heard of states imposing content restrictions, although the military does (if they don't like the script, they don't let you use their ships and planes in a war movie). It seems logical that a movie set in Colorado would have a mention of Denver someplace. It seems to stupid to try to require it; everybody's heard of Denver. Many states are thinking of cutting tax incentives to film movies in the state in light of current state budget crunches.
