Making The Most Of The Film Industry

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Making The Most Of The Film Industry Bedfordshire
23 August 2006
Presentation by Kerry Ixer
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Regional Screen Agency and delegated lottery
distributor dedicated to developing, supporting
and promoting the film and media industries in
the East of England
What is Screen East?
Cambridge Spies

• Screen East Locations Offers
• FREE information and support service
• 24-hour response to enquiries
• Circa 7,000 locations listed
• 2,000 crew facilities listed

Alpha Male

• Filming facilitation traffic management,
  permits and planning permission
• Film Friendly local authority and police contacts
• Portfolio of Production and Unit Bases

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Location and Production Enquiries 05/06 and
06/07 to date
Increases in 2006 April 23, May 30, June 13,
July 6
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Locations Registered 2006/07 Year to Date
Bedfordshire - 271 (4)
Bedford 51 (19) Mid Bedfordshire 65
(24) South Bedfordshire 88 (32) Luton 67
(25)
Suffolk 313 (5)
Norfolk 504 (8)
Cambridgeshire Peterborough - 196 (3)
Essex - 546 (9)
Hertfordshire 4,410 (71)

• Location Categories
• Accommodation Historical Sites Medical Rural
• Coastline Industry Municipal Transport
• Ecclesiastical Leisure Residential Water
• Education MOD Retail

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Top 10 Locations in Bedfordshire

• Cardington Airship Hangar, Bedford Batman
  Begins
• Heath Reach Quarry, South Beds Da Vinci
  Code, Ultimate Force
• Dunstable Downs, South Beds Battlefield
  Britain, You Are What You Eat
• Hyde House Estate, South Beds Bleak House
• Luton Hoo Grounds, South Beds Bleak House,
  Chuckle Vision
• Millbrook Test Track, Mid Beds Casino Royale,
  Class of 76
• Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, South Beds GMTV,
  Primeval
• Wrest Park Gardens, Mid Beds Flyboys
• Shuttleworth Collection, Mid Beds Pearl
  Harbour
• Luton Airport, Luton Rich Girls

Millbrook Test Track
Wrest Park Gardens
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Crew Registered 2006/07 Year to Date
Bedfordshire - 26 (5)
Bedford 9 (35) Mid Bedfordshire
5 (19) South Bedfordshire 8 (31) Luton
4 (15)
Suffolk 66 (11)
Cambridgeshire Peterborough - 40 (7)
Norfolk 149 (26)
Essex - 85 (15)
Hertfordshire 215 (36)
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Facilities Registered 2006/07 Year to Date
Bedfordshire - 158 (11)
Bedford 47 (30) Mid Bedfordshire 25
(16) South Bedfordshire 27 (17) Luton 59
(37)
Suffolk 152 (11)
Norfolk 210 (15)
Cambridgeshire Peterborough - 148 (10)
Essex - 214 (15)
Hertfordshire 565 (38)
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What services are the industry looking for?

• Accommodation
• Accountants
• Action Camera Tracking Vehicles
• Aerial Services
• Animal Agencies
• Animation
• AV Companies
• Backdrops, Drapes Screens
• Breakdown Services
• Broadcast Services
• Camera Equipment
• Car, Coach Minibus Hire
• Cases
• Catering
• Chauffeur Taxi Services
• Cherry Pickers, Cranes Platforms
• Cleaning Services
• Communication Services
• Costume

DVD Services Editing Facilities Equipment
Maintenance Event Management Facilities Film
Processing Florists Generators Grip
Equipment Health Safety Horticulture Hose,
Tubings Fittings Insurance IT Multimedia
Services Joinery Legal Financial Services Light
Power Location Facilities Location
Services Make-up, SFX Prosthetics Marine
Underwater Services Medical Services Model Makers
Facilities Music Services OB Units
Office Services Packaging Materials Photography
Post Production Services Printing Product
Placements Promotions Production
Companies Production Design Projection
Equipment Props Publishers Pyrotechnics,
Fireworks SFX Removals Road Haulage Rigging
Scaffolding Script Services Security Services Set
Construction Sound Studios Recording
Services Storage Vaults Therapists Tool Hire
Sales Training Video Services Production Waste
Management
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Regional Shoot Days 2005/06
Suffolk 150 (7)
Bedfordshire - 78 (4)
Norfolk 72 (4)
Cambridgeshire Peterborough - 50 (2)
Hertfordshire 1,600 (79)
Essex - 89 (4)
Value Estimated 26.9 million
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Productions Filmed in Bedfordshire 2004/05
2005/06
TV SERIES Bleak House, Chuckle Vision,
Class of 76, Days That Shook The World, Green
Wing, His and Her Friends, Horizon, Saturday
Show, Ultimate Force, William Mary, You Are
What You Eat FEATURE FILMS Alpha Male, Amazing
Grace, Batman Begins, Da Vinci Code, The Dark,
Doom, Flyboys COMMERCIALS Ford, GMTV, N
Power, National Lottery, Open University Other
TV, Short Films Music Videos Total Estimated
Spend 5,921,000
Ultimate Force
Chuckle Vision
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Film TV Production and the Economy

• In 2004/5 the UK film industry
• directly contributed 960m to GDP
• directly employed 31,000 people
• indirectly supported 97,000 jobs
• generated circa. 3.1 billion
• Film/TV tourism contributed 800m to GDP
• Source Oxford Economic
• Forecasting
• September 2005

Da Vinci Code
Holby City
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Local Economic Impact Investment

• Local Economic Impact
• Band of Brothers 30 million
• Batman Begins 5 million
• Hitchhikers 382,000
• Alpha Male 190,400
• Screen Easts Investment 2005/06
• 30,750 in Bedfordshire Luton

Accommodation Technicians/Crew Actors/Artists Equi
pment Rental Catering Transport Construction Post
Production Location Fees Retail (Dry Cleaning,
etc)
Alpha Male
Company Dev Training Production Travel
Bursaries Festivals Feasibility
Studies Exhibition Cinema
Bleak House
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Case Study Batman Begins
Spend in Region Job Creation in
Bedfordshire Accommodation 31 2
Labourers Crew 41 1 Handyman
Actors 3 1 Security Guard Equipment
Rental 4 2 Firemen Catering 2
1 Kitchen Porter Construction 9 15
Construction Staff Locations 10 22 Jobs
Created
Batman Begins
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Tourism Multiplier Effect

• TV/Film Tourism in action
• Saltram House, Devon Sense and Sensibility -
  visitors up 36
• Grimethorpe Colliery Brassed Off visitors up
  50
• Crown Hotel, Amersham Four Weddings a Funeral
  - fully booked
• Movie trails/maps created due to visitor demand
• London Love Actually
• and Bridget Jones
• Peak District Pride Prejudice
• Sheffield Full Monty
• Thetford Dads Army
• Yorkshire Dales Calendar Girls
• UK Da Vinci Code

Alpha Male
Four Weddings and a Funeral
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How can your business benefit from TV Film
Production?

• Register your business premises or home as a film
  location FREE and charge a location fee
• Register your business as a facility company -
  Screen East will introduce your products and
  services to the industry FREE
• Be film friendly to encourage more production
• FREE advertising opportunities through Screen
  East promotional activities
• Potential for a Tourism Multiplier Effect and an
  increase in visitors

Harry Potter
Batman Begins
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Contact Details Kerry Ixer Head of Locations and
Inward Investment Screen East, Leavesden Studios,
South Way, Herts WD25 7LZ T 01923 354654 E
locations_at_screeneast.co.uk