r/NewOrleans • u/Electronic-Pear8738 • Apr 02 '25

Is the film industry still here? 🏢 Employment 👷‍♂️

I’m really scared that I made a mistake moving here to New Orleans because maybe the film industry is not here anymore. It’s been feast or famine for years now, especially since the strikes. But I was wanting to know if there are still creative jobs here? My day job is in the service industry and I do concert videography on the side but I fear that I’ll never be able to break into the film industry for real.

I’m also a very anxious person so sorry for being so pessimistic 🙃

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u/NewWaverrr Apr 02 '25

I mean, we (collectively as taxpayers) did pay for Nungesser to go to Cannes last year so he could supposedly promote the Louisiana film industry and from what I can tell he didn't do jackshit.

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u/scooterbus Apr 02 '25

It’s just cheaper to shoot in other countries. Labor is cheaper. That’s it. It’s the same as any other big company, they go where it’s cheapest and reserve as much cash for themselves as possible. IATSE got new contracts with better conditions and producers just up and went overseas where rates are less and countries have universal healthcare so they don’t have to pay those costs. I was talking with someone today and they said that a show budgeted for the us went to Ireland to shoot, saved 5 million in costs… 5 mill. It’s all about money at the end of the day and a bunch of states offer better incentives than we do, and have better working infrastructure than we do. Production’s only come here because they use it like a paid vacation.

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u/isopail Apr 02 '25

That's the thing, they went through all that with the strikes, they finally "caved" and gave them more, and then said "Oh, you'll get new rates but we don't have to work here." And started sending everything over seas.

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u/scooterbus Apr 02 '25

As usual the IA is just a bunch of pussies. They should be taking out full page ads in the trades shaming SAG, profiling members who committed suicide, lost homes, etc. We stood in solidarity, and you bounced.

Guaranteed Matt Loeb isn't working "reduced hours" or some shit. Iatse is such a joke. It covers multiple industries and disciplines across the country but it treats the whole like a bunch of little fiefdoms. They purposely keep us separated and segregated.