New York Business Report with Michael Stoler: Episode 5

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(Michael Stoler)
HI, MY NAME IS MICHAEL STOLER,
THE HOST OF THE NEW YORK
BUSINESS REPORT.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST BUSINESSES,
WHICH IS DRIVING THE ECONOMY
OF NEW YORK IS THE FILM]
AND TV PRODUCTION.
IT'S REALLY GROWING,
AND IT'S GROWING BY LEAPS3
AND BOUNDS.n
AND TODAY I'VE ASSEMBLED THREE
PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY,
IF YOU'RE IN THE FILM AND TV
PRODUCTION, THERE'S NO ONE ELSEU
TO GO TO.n
THESE ARE THE LEADERS,
THE MARKERS OVER THERE.n
MY GUEST TODAY INCLUDE
TRACEY CAPONE, VICE PRESIDENTD
AT KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS,L
DOUG STEINER,L
CHAIRMAN OF STEINER STUDIOS,
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,L
MY GOOD FRIEND ALAN SUNA,L
THE CEO OF SILVERCUP STUDIOS.n
NOW KAUFFMAN ASTORIA HAS YOU
KNOW A NAME FROM THE KAUFFMANn
ASTORIA, STEINER IS OF STEINER,L
SILVERCUP, WHAT ARE YOU,
A BREAD COMPANY, YOU KNOW?
WE MAKE DIFFERENT KIND
OF BREAD THESE DAYS.
>> WE MAKE A DIFFERENT KINDD
OF BREAD.n
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU'REU
IN THE BUSINESS, EVEN THOUGH
KAUFMAN ASTORIA IS A LONG TIME,L
IN BUSINESS TODAY?
>> WE OPENED OUR FIRST STUDIO■
IN JUNE OF '83
WITH A COOL WHIP COMMERCIAL.
>> COOL WHIP FOR CERTAIN PEOPLEU
IT'S STILL BEING MADE.
>> IT'S STILL BEING MADE.n
IT'S STILL BEING SOLD.
YOU CAN GO TO YOUR LOCAL MARKET,
AND STILL BUY IT.n
EXCEPT THE WOMAN WHO WAS
THE SPOKESPERSON
FOR THE CHARACTER NAMED MAGE,L
HER NAME, SHE WAS A VERY FAMOUS3
BROADWAY ACTRESS,L
BUT SHE DIED RECENTLY,
AND SO SHE'S NOT SELLING
COOL WHIP ANYMORE.
>> SO FORGET THE COOL WHIP
COMMERCIAL,L
LET'S GO TO THE SITUATION.
WHAT IS DRIVING EVERYONE
TO COME TO NEW YORK CITY,L
TO HAVE THEIR PRODUCTION BEING
DONE HERE?
DOUG, TRACEY, ALLEN?
>> THERE'S A TAX CREDIT NEW YORK
STATE OFFERS TO BASICALLY LEVELL
THE PLAYING FIELD WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES, AND OTHER PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY.n
IT MAKES MONEY FOR THE STATE.n
IT MAKES GOBS OF MONEY
FOR THE CITY, AND IT MAKES
NEW YORK COMPETITIVE,L
AND LETS NEW YORK PLAY TO ITS3
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES,L
WHICH ARE THE LABOR FORCEU
IS ALREADY HERE,
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS HERE,L
FILM, TV, AND BROADWAY ALL WORK;
FROM THE SAME INDUSTRIES,L
SAME SUPPLIERS,L
SAME WORKFORCE BY ENLARGE,
AND THE STARS WANT TO WORK HERE.
>> TRACEY HOW,
I MEAN KAUFMAN ASTORIA
REALLY DATES BACK TO THE 1930's,
RIGHT?
>> 1920's.
>> THE 1920's,
WHERE THE SILENT,L
YOU KNOW THE SILENT MOVIES
OVER THERE.n
WE WERE,
AND YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS,L
WE WERE HERE BACK AT THE
BEGINNING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THE TAX CREDIT HAS ALLOWED US3
ALL TO CAPITALIZE ON IS WE HAD
THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE,
WE'VE ALL INVESTED A LOT IN NEW&
CREDIT BROUGHT NEW PRODUCTION,
AND CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION.
I'VE SPENT OVER 20 MILLION
DOLLARS ON A NEW STAGE.n
YOU'VE BUILT SOME NEW STAGES
RECENTLY.n
YOU'VE GOT PLANS.n
I THINK THAT IT GETS LOSTD
IN THE CONVERSATION.
IT CERTAINLY CREATES JOBS,
BUT IT CAUSES ALL OF US,
WHO OWN THE FACILITIES
TO MAKE CONTINUED INVESTMENT.n
>> NOW, YOU KNOW PEOPLEU
--WE WERE TALKING PRIOR"
TO THE SHOW--]
PEOPLE SEE YOU KNOW FILM CREWS
OUT ON THE STREET,
AND SO THAT'S A PART
OF THE PRODUCTION, AND BUT YOU
WERE SAYING TO ME A GOOD PORTION
OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STILL DONE
BACK AT THE STUDIO.n
EXPLAIN THAT TO MY AUDIENCEU
AND MYSELF.n
>> IT REALLY VARIES3
FROM PROJECT TO PROJECT.
FOR EXAMPLE WE DO 30 ROCK.
ALL RIGHT, 30 ROCK MAYBE GOES3
OUT ON LOCATION,
YOU KNOW OUT OF SEVENn
OR EIGHT DAYS OF SHOOTING,
ONE OR TWO DAYS.
THERE ARE OTHER SHOWS THAT WE DO
LIKE PERSON OF INTEREST,
ALL RIGHT, WHICH IS PROBABLY OUT
ON THE STREETS 75 % OF THE TIME,
AND INSIDE ABOUT 25%
OF THE TIME.
THESE KINDS OF THINGS TEND
TO BE DRIVEN BY THE WRITERS,
YOU KNOW WHO PUT THE SHOWw
TOGETHER, AND DEPENDING UPON
WHERE THE STORY LINES ARE GOING,
OR THE STORY ARCH IS GOING,L
OR WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE
INSIDE OR OUTSIDE,
BUT THERE ARE CERTAINn
PRODUCTIONS, WHERE EVEN BEFORE
THEY WRITE ALL OF THE SCRIPTS,&
STUDIO DAY COST LESS FOR THEM TO
PRODUCE, THEN SHOOT ON LOCATION.
AND THEY WILL WRITEU
WITH THE INTENT OF HAVING,
YOU KNOW WHAT,
WE'RE GOING TO DO 60% OF THIS3
INSIDE, BEFORE WE GO OUTSIDE.n
>> YOU KNOW EVERYBODY REMEMBERS,
I MEAN NUCKY AND THE OTHER
PEOPLE AT BOARDWALK EMPIRE,L
THAT'S BEING FILMEDD
AT YOUR FACILITY.n
WHERE IS THE BOARDWALK?■
>> THE BOARDWALK ITSELFf
IS IN GREEN POINT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.n
>> AND IT'S A SPECTACULAR SET.
THEY HAVE SURROUNDED IT WITH
SHIPPING CONTAINERS STACKED FOUR
HIGH, WITH A GREEN SCREEN LINING
THE INSIDE OF THOSE SHIPPING
CONTAINER THAT FACE OF SHIPPINGw
CONTAINERS, AND THAT'S HOW YOU
SEE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEYONDD
THE BOARDWALK.
>> AND WE RECENTLY RECEIVE
PERMISSION FROM THE CITY
TO DE-MAP THE STREET BETWEEN
TWO AVENUES, BETWEEN OUR TWO
FACILITIES, AND WE'RE HOPING
TO OPEN AN OUTDOOR STAGE
THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO DO■
LOCATION SHOOTING THAT DOESN'T,L
THAT COULD TAKE A COUPLE
OF DAYS.
THEY COULD PUT UP A FALSEU
FACADE, AND HAVE PRODUCTIONS,L
USE THE OUTDOOR STREET ATD
KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS3
IN UPPER WESTSIDE BROWNSTONE.n
>> NOW, BESIDES THE TV
PRODUCTION, ONE OF MY SHOWS,
ONE OF THE FIRST SHOWS OF THEU
NEW YORK BUSINESS REPORT,L
I HAD BRAD KORMAN OF AKA HOTELS,
AND HE WAS SAYING THAT YOU KNOWw
A LOT OF HIS PEOPLE,
THERE'S A LOT WORK
WITH THE MOVIE PRODUCTION,
AND THE TV PRODUCTION,
THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS
THAT IS COMING OUT OF THE FILM
PRODUCTION FOR NEW YORK CITY
IS ENORMOUS.
I MEAN YOU WERE TALKINGw
BEFORE ABOUT TRUCKS.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.n
I MEAN THE OTHER ANCILLARY
BUSINESSES ARE GREAT.n
>> I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER YOUR"
QUESTION RIGHT AWAY.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE HOTEL.n
IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR THE HOTELL
BUSINESS, BECAUSE THEY DO BRINGw
IN PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN.n
HOWEVER, THE GREAT THING IS AS
TIME PROGRESSES,
THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE THAT HAVE
TO COME IN FROM OUT OF TOWN,
FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE BECAUSE MORE TALENTED PEOPLE
ARE NOW CHOOSING TO LIVE
IN NEW YORK AS A RESULT OF THIS;
ALL RIGHT.
AND TWO BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE
PEOPLE TRAINED IN NEW YORK
TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THESEU
KINDS OF THINGS.
SO NOT THAT IT'S GOING SWOOP
DOWN LIKE THAT,L
BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BECOME PART OF NEW YORK,L
IN A WAY IN WHICH NEW YORK
NEVER REALLY HAD BEFORE.
IT GOES TO DOUG'S POINT EARLIER"
ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE,L
AND BEING TALENT DRIVEN.
>> YEAH, BUT PART OF WHAT DOUG
WAS SAYING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE
AND TALENT, I MEAN YOU HAVEU
A RELATIONSHIP WITH BROOKLYN
COLLEGE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'REU
BUILDING.n
YOU KNOW WE HAVE GOOGLE OVER
HERE AT 111 EIGHTH AVENUE.
WE HAVE LINKEDIN.n
WE HAVE ALL THE COMPANIES OVER
HERE, ROOSEVELT ISLAND,L
JUST LOOK RIGHT NEXT
TO SILVERCUP LAND,
OR KAUFMAN ASTORIA LAND.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE A MAJOR
FACILITY OVER THEREU
WITH THE TECHNEON CORNELL.
BLOOMBERG HAS DONE A GREAT JOB
OF PROMOTING MEDIA FOR NEW YORK,
AND SILICON ALLEY,
AND THAT IS REALLY BARING HUGE
FRUIT NOW WITH THE APPLIED
SCIENCES INITIATIVE AT CORNELL,L
OLD MEDIA HAS ALWAYS BEENn
IN NEW YORK,
NOW NEW MEDIA IS COMING,
AND THE CONVERGENCE OF FILM,
TV, THE INTERNET NEW YORK;
IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT.
IT'S GOT THE PERFECT BLEND
OF WHAT L.A. OFFERS,
WHAT SAN FRANCISCO OFFERS,
AND WHAT NEW YORK;
HAS ALWAYS OFFERED.n
>> NOW WHAT ABOUT COMPETITORS?
I MEAN, AS YOU SAID THERE IS
CALIFORNIA, THERE ARE OTHER"
PLACES, WHO'S THE MAJOR"
COMPETITOR WHO'S COMING AFTER"
THE BIG APPLE TO TAKE AWAY
BUSINESS FROM US?■
IS IT, YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLEU
WANT TO GO TO DETROIT,
OR LOUISIANA?■
IT'S A LITTLE WARM IN THE SUMMER
IN LOUISIANA OR DETROIT.
>> WELL, IN LOUISIANA,
DETROIT, MASSACHUSETTS SOME OF
THOSE STATES OFFER TAX CREDITS,L
WHICH ARE PHENOMENALLY LARGE,L
HAVE THE KIND OF PAYBACK
THAT THE NEW YORK STATEU
TAX CREDITS GET.
SOME OF THOSE STATES WILL GIVE
YOU 40% OF TOTAL SPENT, RIGHT.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY,
ALL RIGHT.
WERE AS THE NEW YORK STATE TAX
CREDITS, IF YOU AVERAGED IT OUT,
IT'S 15 TO 17% OF TOTAL SPENT,
BECAUSE IT'S ONLY THE 30%U
BELOW THE LINE PORTION.n
>> YOU DON'T HAVE FOUR STAR"
HOTELS IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT,L
OR MAKIN, LOUISIANA,
I MEAN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE
TO REMEMBER THAT PEOPLEU
WANT TO BE HERE.
NEW YORK CITY IS THE BUZZ.
IT'S THE CULTURAL CENTER
OVER HERE.
>> WE COMPETE NATIONALLY,L
AND WE COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY,L
AND FOR OUR FEATURE FILM THAT'S3
GOING TO BE SIX OR NINE MONTHS,L
THEY CAN AFFORD TO GO SOMEWHERE,
THEY BRING IN ALL THE PEOPLE
FROM NEW YORK,
AND FROM CALIFORNIA TO MAN THE
CREW, AND THE STATES CERTAINLY
DON'T GET THE ECONOMIC PAYBACK
THAT NEW YORK GETS FOR TV.
THE STARS NECESSARILY DON'T WANT
TO SHOOT IN OTHER LOCATIONS,
AND BE COMMITTED TO GO THERE,L
AND LIVE THERE FOR FIVE OR SEVEN
YEARS, SO THAN IT COMES DOWN
TO THE MAJOR PRODUCTION CENTERS,
WHICH ARE L. A., NEW YORK,
TORONTO, VANCOUVER.n&
WAS A VERY BIG PLACE.n
IS IT STILL A LARGE PLACEU
FOR MOVIE PRODUCTION?■
HAVE REALLY TAKEN A HUGE CHUNK
BACK FROM CANADA IN THE LAST
SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS, HUGE.n
>> THAT HAS TO DO■
WITH TWO THINGS.
THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM THAT WE
HAVE HERE IN NEW YORK,
AND THE EXCHANGE RATE BETWEENn
CANADIAN DOLLARS AND US DOLLARS.
THAT PLAYING FIELD WAS LEVELED,L
OKAY, AND CANADA WAS THE FIRST
ONE TO START INTRODUCING
TAX CREDITS.
SO THE TAX CREDITS
HERE BEGAN TO OFFSET THINGS.
THEY STILL HAVE MORE TAX CREDITS
IN PARTS OF CANADA
THAN WE HAVE HERE IN NEW YORK,
BUT NEW YORK HAS SO MUCH MOREU
THAN IT CAN OFFER,
SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN OFFER LESS,
AND CAN STILL GETD
SO MUCH BUSINESS.n
>> NOW NEW YORK CITY IS ALSO
THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONn
OF THE WORLD.n
YOU HAVE MORE COLLEGES,L
UNIVERSITIES, EVERYTHING,L
AND PART OF THAT ISN'T THERE
A PROGRAM BESIDES THE BROOKLYN
COLLEGE SITUATION,
WITH THE STERN SCHOOLL
OF THE NYU RIGHT NOW
THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON?■
>> WE DON'T HAVE STERN
SIGNED UP.
WE'RE WORKING WITH BROOKLYNn
COLLEGE FOR GRADUATE FILM]
SCHOOL, WHICH WE WILL BE THE
FIRST PUBLIC GRADUATE FILM
SCHOOL ON A WORKING LOT,
IN THE COUNTRY IF NOT THE WORLD.
WE'RE WORKING TO BRING CARNEGIEU
MELLON HERE WITH A CAMPUS3
OUTPOST, ALMOST LIKE A FOREIGN
EXCHANGE PROGRAM HERE AS WELL.
AND LIU HAS A SCREEN WRITING
PROGRAM, GRADUATE SCREEN WRITING
PROGRAM ON THE CAMPUS.
THE IDEA IS TRAINING PEOPLEU
TO MOVE INTO THE JOBS,
AND INTO THIS EXPANDING SECTOR
IN THE ECONOMY IN NEW YORK,L
AND MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND,L
TRAIN THEM, AND LET THEM KNOWw
THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE TO L.A.n
TO BE IN THIS BUSINESS.n
>> AND WE'RE ALSO WORKINGw
WITH THE TIFFS SCHOOL AT NYU,L
IN PART TO ALLOW TALENTEDD
GRADUATE STUDENTS,
WHO HAVE A PROJECT COME,
AND ACTUALLY UTILIZE A WORKING
FACILITY ON SOME OF OUR ACTUAL
STAGES, WITH ACTUAL PEOPLE
THAT CAN COME, AND THEY CANn
PRODUCE A PROJECT AND A FILM.n
IT'S A WAY THAT WE THINK AGAIN,L
HERE, AND SEE IT'S POSSIBLEU
TO HAVE A FILM MADE HERE.n
>> YEAH, AND CERTAINLY WE DO,L
AND I'M SURE THEY DO AS WELL,L
BUT WORK WITH THE CITY
OF NEW YORK, AND A BUNCH
OF OTHER NOT FOR PROFITS,L
INCLUDING THE BOY SCOUTS,L
AND SOME OTHER PROGRAMS IN TERMS
OF INTRODUCING OLDER HIGH SCHOOL
PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST
FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL TO ALSO
BEGIN TO SEE THE KINDS OF JOBS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE
TO NEW YORKERS NOW THAT DON'TD
NECESSARILY REQUIREU
A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
SCREEN WRITER.
THERE IS SO MANY OTHER KINDS
OF EMPLOYMENT THAT IS AVAILABLEU
FOR WHAT I WILL CALL
THE MIDDLE OF...
>> BUT ONE OF THE BIGGESTD
PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW IT'S GREATD
THAT WE HAVE INDUSTRY AND ALLL
THIS, IS THAT WE HAVEU
TO HOUSE THESE PEOPLEU
WHO ARE COMING HERE.
YOU KNOW THE ACTORS,
AND DIRECTORS,
AND THE OTHERS,L
THEY CAN BE HOUSED YOU KNOWw
IN A HOTEL FOR THE PRODUCTION,
BUT THE WORKING PERSON,L
THE NEW COLLEGE GRADUATE OVER"
HERE, WHO'S GOING INTO THAT,
THAT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION
FOR THE CITY TO ACCOMPLISH.n
>> BOTH OF US ARE IN THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS AS WELL.n
>> I THINK THE ANSWER'S3
SPELLED SHARE AND BUSHWHACK,
YOU KNOW.n
BROOKLYN ASTORIA,L
ISLAND CITY IS ATTRACTING LARGER
APARTMENTS, A BUNCH OF KIDS WILL
SHARE THAT APARTMENT,L
AND IN NEW YORK IT'S NOT
THE SIZE OF YOUR APARTMENT,L
OR YOUR BEDROOM,
YOU'RE NOT HOME THAT MUCH.
YOU'RE OUT AND ENJOYINGw
THE CITY.n
SO CITY-TO-CITY COMPARISONS3
I THINK DON'T HOLD.n
>> HERE'S AN INTERESTING
SITUATION.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS,L
ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR THERE'VEU
BEEN IN THE STATE NEW JERSEY
SOMETHING CALLED THE URBAN TAX
CREDITS, AND GREEN TAX CREDITS,L
AND OTHER SITUATIONS,L
AND WE HAVE LOST SOMEU
INDUSTRIES.n
DO YOU SEE THAT OUR FRIENDS3
IN THE GARDEN STATE,
AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT YOUU
ARE EVEN THOUGH YOUR OPERATION
IS NEW YORK, STEINER EQUITIES3
IS IN NEW JERSEY,L
ORIGINALLY OVER THERE.
DO YOU SEE THE GARDEN STATEU
MAYBE GETTING INTO THE MOVIE
AND TV PRODUCTION BUSINESS?■
>> I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING.
I DON'T THINK CHRISTY CANn
CHAMPION THAT KIND OF PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE, GIVEN HIS REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM, AND NEW JERSEY YOU
KNOW HAS LOST THEU
TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS.
IT'S LOST OUT ON A LOT OF NEWw
PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS,
AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
THERE IS MORE MUSICAL CHAIRS.n
THERE ISN'T REALLY IMMIGRATION,L
NEW FIRMS COMING IN,
OR EXPANDING.n
>> WHAT ABOUT CONNECTICUT?
>> CONNECTICUT I DON'T HAVEU
A GOOD SENSE OTHER THAN THEY
WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE
OF THE FILM AND TELEVISION
BUSINESS, AND THEY'VE BEEN
CHASING IT PRETTY HARD.n
>> AND CONNECTICUT HAS DONEU
ACTUALLY FAIRLY WELL IN TERMS3
OF ATTRACTING BUSINESS
THAT IS NOT ABLE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE FILM]
AND TELEVISION TAX CREDITS,L
AS THEY EXIST TODAY.
THINGS THAT ARE NEWS ORIENTED,
SPORTS ORIENTED,
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS,
AND THEY'RE JUST OVER THE BORDER
IN STANFORD, AND THERE ABOUTS,
AND THEY'RE DOING A VERY GOODD
JOB IN ATTRACTING THAT BUSINESS,
WHICH IN MANY WAYS COULD HAVEU
STAYED HERE.
>> NOW IF YOU WANT TO GO TO■
BRISTOL, WHICH AT ONE TIME WAS
THE SPRING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
THEY MADE BEDSPRINGS.n
YOU GO OVER THERE AND ALL YOUU
SEE IS THESE SATELLITES FROM
ESPN, I MEAN THAT'S3
WHAT BRISTOL IS OVER THERE.n
SPEAKING OF THAT ARE WE SEEING
MORE TV PRODUCTION TODAY THANn
WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS?■
I MEAN WITH ALL THE CABLEU
CHANNELS AND ALL OF THE...
>> VASTLY MORE OUTLETS FOR IT,
SO THAT CONTENT,
THE MORE CONTENT HAS TO BE
CREATED, AND I THINK OTHER
STATES, AND OTHER COUNTRIES3
RECOGNIZE THIS IS A FANTASTIC3
ECONOMIC DRIVER,&
PRODUCT THAT IS DISTRIBUTEDD
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.n
THE WAGES ARE FANTASTIC.
THESE ARE BY IN LARGE UNIONn
JOBS, AND IT IS MANUFACTURINGw
FOR THE 21ST CENTURY,L
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE U.S.
CAN DO EXCEPTIONALLY WELL,
AND NEW YORK CAN DO VERY WELL.
THERE AREN'T THAT MANY
INDUSTRIES THAT NEW YORK CAN
HAVE GREAT ADVANTAGE IN,
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
>> DOESN'T IT POLLUTE VERY MUCH,
AND I MEAN, AND IT AS DOUG SAIDD
IT'S ALL WELL PAYING JOBS,
SKILLED JOBS, BUT THE EDUCATIONn
LADDER IS LONG ON THIS ONE.n
AND TALKING ABOUT INTO
THE NEW GENERATION,L
THE PROJECT THAT ORANGEU
IS THE NEW BLACK,L
WHICH IS A JOB THAT'S BEING DONE
AT KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS,L
IS BEING DONE FOR NET FLICKS.n
YOU KNOW WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHTD
NET FLICKS WOULD START
TO YOU KNOW PRODUCE.
IF YOU REALLY JUST ROLL BACK
A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW BACK;
IN THE EARLIER DAYS,
EVEN BEFORE WE WERE DOINGw
SEX IN THE CITY,
AND SOPRANOS, YOU KNOW PRODUCING
SHOWS FOR CABLE,
IT WAS LIKE WEIRD.
>> AND NOW THERE ARE SO MANY.n
>> SO MANY.n
WHEN WE DID THE PILOT FOR AMC,
FOR MAD MEN, IT WAS THE FIRSTD
TIME AMC WAS GOING
TO DO A SERIES.n
IT WAS REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN,
AND SURE ENOUGH NOW THEY'REU
DOING MORE, AND SOME OF THEU
OTHER CHANNELS ARE DOING MORE,
AND THERE'S MORE AND MOREU
PRODUCTION THAT IS COMING UP.n
>> AND USA HAS DONE A LOTD
OF OTHER SUMMER PROGRAMMING,
AND A LOT OF ITS SHOT HERE
IN NEW YORK.
YOU HAVE SEVERAL,L
WHITE COLLAR BEING ONE
OF THEM THAT COMES TO MIND.n
>> THIS IS A NEW GOLDEN AGEU
FOR TELEVISION I WOULD SAY.n
YOU CAN DEVELOP CHARACTER"
OVER 13, 22, OR 23 EPISODES,
UNLIKE WHAT YOU CAN DO IN AN
HOUR AND A HALF FEATURE.
HBO SET A VERY HIGH BAR"
FOR PRODUCTION QUALITY,L
AND CONTENT QUALITY,
AND THE OTHER CABLE CHANNELS
WANT TO COPY THAT SUBSCRIPTION
MODEL, AND NEED TO PRODUCE THEIR
OWN CONTENT, SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE
A REASON TO SUBSCRIBE TO THATD
CHANNEL, AND THERE'S A RACEU
TO PRODUCE THE BEST,
AND NEW YORK IS BENEFITTINGw
FROM THAT.
>> HERE'S AN INTERESTING
SITUATION.
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE BIGGESTD
PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN THE FIVE
BOROUGHS IS A LACK
OF AVAILABLE SPACE.n
WHERE DO WE HAVE IN THE BOROUGHS
THE ABILITY TO BUILD MORE SOUNDD
STAGES, AND STUDIOS OVER THERE,L
BECAUSE YOU REALLY HAVE NO ROOM]
IN MANHATTAN.n
YOU KNOW THERE MAY BE SOME PLACE
LEFT AT NAVY YARD FOR YOU.
CAN WE DO INDUSTRY CITY?
CAN WE DO HUNTERS POINT?
CAN WE GO TO WILLOWS POINT?■
CAN WE GO TO THE BRONX,L
YOU KNOW BRONX TERMINAL MARKET?■
I MEAN DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO■
BUSINESS OVER THERE,
OR DOES PRODUCTION REALLY HAVE
TO BE IN MANHATTAN,L
MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN,
AND QUEENS?■
>> WELL, I HATE TO BREAK ITD
TO YOU, BUT NONE OF THESE PEOPLE
ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLEU
ARE IN MANHATTAN.n
SO, AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT SITES IN A LITTLE BIT
IN MANHATTAN,L
BUT MOSTLY IN BROOKLYN, QUEENS,L
AND THE BRONX,
AND WE HAVE TO FINDD
THE THINGS THAT MAKES SENSE,
BECAUSE THE END OF THE DAY,L
WE KNOW THE PRODUCERS THAT WEU
WORK WITH HAVE JUST X AMOUNT
OF DOLLARS THAT THEY CAN SPEND
ON PRODUCTION,
SO WE HAVE TO BACK...n
>> SO YOU DON'T THINK YOU CANn
PUT THEM IN A CAR,
AND TAKE THEM OUT ON CONOCO,
LONG ISLAND,
BECAUSE OF THE COMMUTE BACK,
WHICH MIGHT BE TWO HOURS.n
>> THEY'D SHOOT THEMSELVES
I THINK.
>> WELL, I THINK ALSO WE'REU
TENDING TO LOOK AROUND
IN QUEENS PRIMARILY.&
AND BROOKLYN, BUT I THINK ALLL
THE STUDIOS HERE HAVE BEEN USEDD
THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE
STUDIOS, IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY,
AND WE CERTAINLY DID IT BY
DESIGN, CREATING WHAT WE CALLL
THE CAFE ASTORIA CAMPUS.
YOU'RE CERTAINLY MAKINGw
INVESTMENT IN THE NAVY YARD.
YOU'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN AROUND YOU
IN LONG ISLAND CITY,
AND TO SEE THAT KIND OFf
INVESTMENT HAPPEN AROUND YOUR"
STUDIO, IT MAKES US ALLL
INDIVIDUALLY MORE INVESTED
IN THE COMMUNITIES WE LIVE IN,
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CANn
GROW, AND EXPAND WHERE WE LIVE,L
OR NEAR WHERE WE LIVE,
I THINK THAT WOULD BE ALL OUR"
PREFERENCES.
>> WELL, WHAT ABOUT HOW MANY
DAYS A WEEK ARE YOUR FACILITIES3
WORKING IS ONE QUESTION?
AND HOW DO YOU GET BUSINESS?
I MEAN YOU AND I HAD DINNER"
A COUPE WEEKS AGO.
I SAID DO YOU HAVE A SALES
FORCE, AND YOU SAID SALES FORCE?
THEY JUST COME BY TO ME.
I MEAN HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?
I MEAN MOST PEOPLE HAVEU
TO GET BUSINESS,
I MEAN IS IT YOUR GREAT LOOKS?
>> I THINK IT'S MY GREAT LOOKS.n
>> TRACEY I CAN UNDERSTAND.n
>> YES, I THINK IN DOUG ANDD
MINE'S CASES MAYBE OUR HAIRDO,
YOU KNOW SIMILAR HAIR DOS,
BUT YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO DEALL
WITH, AND DECISION MAKERS ABOUTD
THIS STUFF IS FAIRLY SMALL,L
AND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WE GET
TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE,L
AND WE DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THOSE FOLKS,L
AND YOU LISTEN TO WHAT THEIR
NEEDS ARE, AND YOU TRY AS BEST
AS YOU CAN TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.n
AS AN INDUSTRY,L
IF WE GET A CALL,L
AND WE'RE FULL,L
WE WILL REFER THEM
TO OUR COMPETITORS.n
COMPETITORS FOR THAT REASON,
BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO STAY HERE.
TO REMAIN STRONG.n
>> THERE'S A HUGE COLLECTIVE
EFFORT ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE
INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION
IN NEW YORK CITY,L
AND NEW YORK STATE TO CONTINUE
TO HELP THE BUSINESS GROW,
AND I THINK THAT COOPERATION
IS PROBABLY UNIQUE
TO THIS INDUSTRY.n
IT REALLY IS MAKINGw
THE CITY EASIER TO SHOOT IN,
AND THE STATE EASIER
TO SHOOT IN,
HAVING THE INFRASTRUCTUREU
CONTINUE TO EXPAND,L
AND FINDING WAYS TO ACCOMMODATEU
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME HERE.n
>> AND HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK;
YOUR FACILITIES?
ARE YOU SIX, SEVEN?■
>> WE'RE FIVE TO SEVEN,L
DEPENDING ON WHERE
OUR PRODUCTION IS3
IN THE SHOOTING SCHEDULE.n
IT STARTS AT FIVE AND IT USUALLY
ENDS UP AT SEVEN AT SOME POINT.n
>> AND HOW MANY HOURS A DAY?
>> OH GOD,
>> THAT'S ALSO DEPENDING
ON WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR
SCHEDULE,L
BUT EVERYBODY'S WORKINGw
FULL-TIME PLUS.n&
AT 7:00 THE NEXT MORNING.n
IT JUST DEPENDS.
YOU HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE.
>> AS THE WEEK WEARS ONn
IT GET WORSE.n
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> THEY FALL BEHIND.
>> THEY HAVE UNION RULES
ABOUT TURN-AROUND,
SO THEY HAVE 12 HOURS BETWEENn
ONE DAY AND THE NEXT,L
SO IF THEY RUN LONG MONDAY,L
THEY START A LITTLE LATER"
TUESDAY,
RUN A LITTLE LATER TUESDAY,L
START LATER WEDNESDAY.
>> WE CALL THEM FRATURDAYS
BY FRIDAY.
>> FRATURDAYS,
I LIKE THAT FRIDAY SATURDAY.
>> FRIDAY TILL MIDNIGHTD
OR 2:00 AM, SO.n
>> CAN WE SAY WE'REU
IN A DIFFERENT TIME ZONE?■
YOU KNOW SO WE HAD PACIFICER'S
OH, I CAN DO IT BECAUSEU
I'M STILL ON FRIDAY,
AS OPPOSED TO SATURDAY.n
SO WHERE DO YOU SEE IN 2013,
YOU KNOW BLOSSOMING EVEN MOREU
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS?
>> FILM AND TV WHEN I STARTED,
AND WE OPENED IN '04 WAS
CONSIDERED A FIVE BILLION DOLLAR
ECONOMIC IMPACTD
FOR NEW YORK CITY.
THE LATEST REPORT THEY SAY
IT'S BETWEEN SEVEN AND A HALF,
AND EIGHT,
I THINK IT'S A 10 BILLION DOLLAR
BUSINESS,L
UNDERCOUNTED BY MY ROUGH MATH.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY IT CAN'T
GROW AND DOUBLE AGAINn
IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.n
THE INDUSTRY WANTS TO BE HERE.
IT'S UP TO THE STATE
AND THE CITY TO MAKE SUREU
THAT THE OPPORTUNITY EXISTS3
FOR THAT BUSINESS TO GROW.
WE HAVE FINANCE.
WE HAVE INSURANCE.
WE HAVE REAL ESTATE.
LET'S MAKE MEDIA AND PRODUCTIONn
THE FIFTH LYNCH PIN.
>> TRACEY.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
THE INDUSTRY STAY AS STRONGw
AS IT IS.n
I MEAN,L
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER,L
WE HAD A RECORD PILOT SEASON,L
23 PILOT SHOT IN NEW YORK,
WHICH IS THE MOST EVER.n
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IT TIED FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.
>> WAS IT THE YEAR BEFORE?
>> AS LONG AS YOU GET AROUND
TWO DOZEN IT'S STILL ENORMOUS.
>> IT'S A HUGE NUMBER OF SHOWS
TO COME HERE,L
AND THEN TO CAPTURE OVER 25%
BY THE NETWORKS,
AND STAYED TO SHOOT HERE
AS A SERIES.
THAT'S HUGE.
AT LEAST 200 PEOPLE.
THEY'RE GREAT SPECIALIZED JOBS.n
>> IF YOU JUST LOOK;
AT 200 PEOPLE EMPLOYED,L
YOU KNOW IT'S KEEPING,
>> FOR EACH ONE.
>> THAT'S JUST THE PAYROLL
ON A TYPICAL SHOW.
THAT DOESN'T COUNT A LOT OFf
OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE EMPLOYED.n
>> CORRECT.n
>> THAT DOESN'T COUNTD
BACKGROUND ACTORS.
IT DOESN'T COUNT
ANY INTERACTION.
WE HAVE OUR PARKING LOTD
IS ABOUT 1000 CARS,L&
EVERY DAY RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING WELL,L
AND I THINK THAT'S TRUEU
FOR KAUFMAN ASTORIA,
AND SILVERCUP.
SO WE'RE TALKING SEVERAL HUNDRED
PEOPLE PER SHOW.
>> SO HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK
IN THE INDUSTRY FULL-TIME?
I WOULD SAY IT'S ABOUT
1400 PEOPLE A DAY.
>> AND COMBINED THE TOTAL AMOUNT
FOR THE THREE OF YOU
WOULD YOU SAY?
>> WE'RE ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE
A DAY.
>> I'M PROBABLY AROUND
1200 OR 1300.n
>> SO THE INDUSTRY IS CREATING
LOTS OF JOBS,L
AND I'D REALLY LIKEU
TO THANK THE THREE OF YOU,
FOR PROVIDING ME A LOT
OF INSIGHT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN THE FILM AND TV PRODUCTIONn
IN NEW YORK CITY.n
I'D LIKE TO THANK TRACEY CAPONEU
OF KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS,L
DOUG STEINER OF STEINER STUDIOS,
AND LAST BUT NEVER LEAST
ALAN SUNA OF SILVERCUP STUDIOS.n
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MY VIEWERS
FOR BEING HERE TODAY
ON THE NEW YORK BUSINESS REPORT.
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
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