Fresno hires film commissioner
Submitted by jarah on Fri, 12/22/2006 - 12:34.
Remember the Creative Economy Council? Its report, Making the Grass Greener lives! Many of the recommendations in that document have been fulfilled- including hiring a professional PR/marketing firm.
News of another comes today. The City of Fresno has hired a full time film commissioner to attract more movie-making magic to the area. This is a natural fit seeing as how Fresno has diverse city and country landscapes, is just a quick drive from Hollywood, and is governed by an accomplished actor who also sits on the California film commission. Not to mention all those excitable extras.
Kudos to the city for trying to tap into this billion-dollar industry.
re fresno film
No, Gibbs is still the Fresno County Film Commissioner. The new guy is the Fresno city Film Commissioner. So now the city has double coverage for some reason - probably political for the mayor to look like he's doing something: school boards, Katrina refugees, Katrina pets(!), duplicate film commissioners...
Another Film Comissioner?
Sounds good - maybe the 'famous' actor-mayor will actually work with the new guy instead of working against the current set-up. Of course, the new guy will have to give 'famous' all the credit!
fresno film
I'm excited about the new film commissioner, but at the same time I have some questions not answered by this post or the article in the Fresno Bee. Is this man replacing Gigi Gibbs from the Fresno County Film Commission? Or is Mayor Autry trying to revive his Fresno City Office of the Film Commission that the city council cut out of the budget a few years ago?
Just having a new film commissioner doesn't guarantee anything. This certainly isn't the first commissioner the city or county has had and I'm sure it won't be the last. I really wish there was was a larger industry presence here in Fresno, but there's nothing to prove to me that there'll be change any time soon. So in May when I graduate from Fresno State I will likely find myself moving to Los Angeles for film/television gigs. And the brain drain continues...
-Bryan
amfproductions.com
Only happy comments on Fresno Famous from now on!
"this sounds like a duplication of services and a waste of taxpayer resources."
"Waste's" post sounds like someone who just wants to see the worst of everything.
Very true
I think a theme of the CEC, and the report, was "follow your own rules." A lot of things have been documented, passed by council, put into policy, etc...but little action has been taken. What comes to mind immediately is cracking down on deadbeat owners of our historic structures, public art, and green space.
Recommending the recommendations
Not taking anything away from the CEC study, nor the Grass is Greener report, but many of the report's 'recommendations' were to follow through on recommendations that had already been made in previous studies and reports.
When the City starts implementing recommendations that were original and unique to the 'Grass' report is the point when we start ringing the CEC bell...and only then...loudly !
Duplication of Services
Fresno already has an established film commission that brings an ever increasing number of projects to the region, this sounds like a duplication of services and a waste of taxpayer resources.
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