Burbank Schools to Use FilmL.A. for On-Location Permitting

Burbank Schools to Use FilmL.A. for On-Location Permitting

LOS ANGELES, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Burbank Unified School District (BUSD) Board of Education has voted unanimously to contract with FilmL.A., Inc. to facilitate on-location film production at the District's 20 school campuses. The Board agreed on July 7th to retain the private, nonprofit film office to coordinate on-location production permits, fee collection and marketing services. The proposed one-year contract includes options for renewal.

BUSD Assistant Superintendent for Business Activities Steve Bradley pointed to FilmL.A.'s experience and expertise, along with the ongoing need to fund school programs, as key factors behind the Board's decision. "Teaming up with FilmL.A. will help the District work more efficiently with the production community, and in turn generate more revenue for schools and student programs."

Bradley said the revenue generated by location fees will be used to fund individual schools and district-wide programs, with 75% of the net profit to be given to the schools where filming occurs, and the remaining 25% to be used to support the District's "Arts for All" program.

FilmL.A. President Steve MacDonald says BUSD's decision is good news all around. "It's great that we can help Burbank schools generate new revenue while offering the production community an even wider range of locations," says MacDonald. FilmL.A. has handled on-location film permits for the Los Angeles Unified School District's more than 800 facilities since February of 2002, and has helped the District expand the number of campuses that have hosted production more than twelve-fold (from 19 to 250 campuses).

ABC's "The Wonder Years" (1988-1993) is among the productions that have shot on-location at BUSD facilities.

About FilmL.A., Inc.

Founded in 1995, FilmL.A., Inc. is a private, one-of-a-kind nonprofit corporation that works on behalf of film, television and commercial producers, Los Angeles-area residents and local government to sustain the Los Angeles region's status as the global leader in media production. More information about FilmL.A. is available at www.filmlainc.com.

Source: FilmL.A., Inc.

CONTACT: Tim Cridland of ExcelPR Group, +1-323-851-2300, ext. 114,
timc@excelpr.com, for FilmL.A., Inc.; or Philip Sokoloski of FilmL.A., Inc.,
+1-213-977-8600, ext. 630, philip_sokoloski@filmlainc.com

Web site: http://www.filmlainc.com/

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