The film industry benefits have been tremendous. They have created jobs and revenue and excitement and inspiration. But the idea is to retain these opportunities and not just be a "drop-in" state. That path to that will be production studios. There are a few -- Pontiac and Ferndale -- but there needs to be more.
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The cornerstone of any potential growth is an in-state
infrastructure that will allow Michigan to provide a full range of
production and post-production facilities. This includes everything
from consultants who coordinate the many moving parts of a production
to sound stages to post-production facilities that will allow an entire
film or television series to be created, from soup to nuts, in
Michigan.
That will help change the state's current status in
the industry from what some have termed a "drop-in center" for filming
into a place with year-round work providing formidable competition to
California.
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