The Importance Of The Film Incentive Program

This essay explores the popularity of Australian film, both locally and internationally and asks the question: Is there a crisis in the Australian Film Industry? This essay will go through the current issues the Australian Film Industry and will demonstrate examples of those problems.

In fact, Webb notes that today, only one major studio still exists in the city, as most back lots have turned into offices that coordinate filming activities elsewhere. This small fact proves that “Hollywood has always been a concept as much as a place” (xi), a symbol people reference for the movie industry, no matter where the movies were actually produced.

When talking about the endless opportunities Detroit has to offer, one common plan is the idea of Detroit becoming a tourist city. Investors view downtown as a diverse entertainment district, with an array of theatres, museums, casinos

Like any directly voted democracy should, the citizens in Michigan wanted to ensure that their rights was to be meant however the governor simply passed Public Act 436 in which took away their rights to veto a bill by referendum. Simple, yet unlawful legislation destroys the natural attachment that people had with Michigan. In Federalist papers #46 says in terms that ‘The natural attachment of the people will always be to the governments of their respective states” and when a state government does something that destroys the trust of the citizens to their respective government then that bond is truly hard to get back. Not only with passing these various legislation that destroys any legal hands that the citizens have over their state government but also the water crisis in Flint will only destroy that bond even

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has been tough on “waste” and is a big fan of restructuring, having controversially set up a system of emergency managers to oversee troubled communities in lieu of locally elected officials. One of the latest victims of this process is Flint, Michigan, a rust-belt ruin, financially distressed since the decline of its auto industry.

Currently in Canada there are no government regulations placed upon video and film making. The certification of Canadian films and videos is passed off to the Canadian National Film Board, which has been “charged with the duty of certifying on behalf of Her Majesty moving picture films, separate sound film track, filmstrips and slides, videotape and sound recordings — produced in Canada or produced abroad by persons normally resident in Canada as being of an international educational, scientific or cultural character”(Canadian Film Certification Regulations). Therefore, the only job of the Canadian National Film Board is to certify it a film classifies as Canadian, yet does not regulate its content or distribution. This follows the same pattern as many countries such as the United States, and the United Kingdom. If Canadian film and video was regulated by the government, certainly some regulations may affect its growth compared to other countries without regulations. While others would help guide the industry towards a new path of growth and success. Canadian films and videos have, historically, had a difficult time breaking into the industry. With our close neighbour the United States over taking all of the spotlight with their major motion pictures. “Given the longstanding difficulty Canadian-made feature films have had in penetrating Canadian movie theatres, television has been their most reliable means of distribution”(Gasher, Skinner, Lorimer, 2012,229). Certain Canadian government regulations on film and video could help change this unbalanced representation of film and video in Canada. Government regulations placed upon guaranteeing a certain amount of Canadian feature films playing in cinemas would greatly benefit our film and video industry. Currently “Hollywood is the dominant player in the

Ohio developed this Motion Picture Tax Credit in 2009 to motivate film industries to choose Ohio as their location and Cleveland has been the popular city to film movies in. Marvel Studios would thrive under this tax credit because “Eligible productions can receive 30 percent on production cast and crew wages, as well as other eligible in-state spending” (Ohio Film Office, 2009). $300,000 must be spent on filming for this tax credit to apply to film producers. Of course, Marvel Studios spends in the millions, so that would not be a problem.

Detroit, Michigan once stood as the epitome of industrial American cities. In the mid 1990s Detroit had the highest income per capita and a booming automotive industry. During prohibition in the 1920s Detroit served as a major gateway for the importation of alcohol from Canada, whereby it thrived from this lucrative business. Also, around this same time the automotive industry was growing at a pace where jobs were begging to be filled, and the population of Detroit rose to nearly 2,000,000. There was a point in time where many other major U.S. cities envied Detroit and were jealous of its ever growing economy and infrastructure. At this time it seemed as though nothing would stop the economic growth of the Motor City. Sadly, these are

Let's be real right now not a lot of people like Governor Rick Snyder right now or for a while, a many people do like Rick Snyder. There must be a reason Rick Snyder is still governor because if he was that bad he would be out of office already. Think about it, if you were Rick, would you do the same? If your image was in jeopardy, would you have done the same? I agree with the other side that he should have brought up the issue earlier because he furthered the damage of the trust that he had with the people of Michigan. Rick Snyder is a good governor; he has done a lot of good things. That is why many people believe that Rick Snyder should still be governor after this ordeal. My reasons are that he has been governor for a long time, it's the states fault, not Rick's, and my last reason why Rick Snyder should

Population decline initiated the city’s fiscal stress. Once being the largest city in the U.S., Detroit’s population declined from 1.85 million during 1950 to 714,000 in 2010 (Stone et al. 2015, p.91). Similar to the case of D.C., this population decrease is a result of suburbanization. Population decrease resulted in reduced property values and a decline in property tax revenues (Stone et. al. 2015). Parallel to population loss, declining unemployment as a result in crisis in the manufacturing sector also took place. Consequently, the decrease in employment resulted in consistent decline in the city’s income tax receipts, causing revenues to fall approximately by 54 percent (Stone et al.2015). Additionally, the

Flint, Michigan, it seems, is no longer part of the GM plan. To GM's board, Flint is not very important anymore, it does not need Flint at this point. The board believes it is in GM’s best interest to get the lower priced workers from Mexico, therefore hurting Flint.

applying, including altering incentives. In the second section, we discuss behaviors to which these strategies can be

Film Insiders Worry About Western Pennsylvania Losing Role in Industry (2015)- This article shows how the tax credits for filmmakers could not only be hurting Pittsburgh’s film industry, but also affecting local business owners. One quote from the article

Going to the movies very much became it's own social movement and the quality of the experience not only depended on the quality of film, but the quality of the cinema. Looking to expand overseas, the independent studios employed government official Will Hays to lobby and convince Washington to pressure foreign markets into opening up for the American cinema.

This initiative was to further enhance Mississippi’s competitiveness in attracting Nissan through the provision of physical infrastructure. State legislators approved approximately $295 million in direct incentives for the new plant. Approximately $40.4 million of this was for site improvements, and $80 million for recruiting and training. These subsidies were to be financed by Mississippi taxpayers through general obligation bonds. To expedite the process, which is an indication of commitment and cooperation among stakeholders, legislative process to approve the bond issue was completed in 5 months instead of a more typical 18 months.