[b]STATE OF THE LOUISIANA FILM OFFICE[/b]

Over $2 Billion worth of production have chosen Louisiana since 2002.

• Louisiana has experienced the highest statewide film activity
growth in the United States. Louisiana is the leading film location
outside of the traditional production hubs of California and New
York (ERA study)

• Shreveport is Louisiana's newest production center, it has earned
the distinction "as one of the Top Ten Cities to live, work, and
make movies" by MovieMaker Magazine

• Louisiana's motion picture industry enjoys an annual employment
growth rate of 23% per year! That is the highest film industry
employment growth in the country. Over the last few years the annual
growth in wages has been greater than 31%! (ERA)

• Louisiana's progressive motion picture incentives have cultivated
our infrastructure such as local soundstages, motion picture service
companies, and a growing skilled labor pool.

• The economic impact of direct in-state spending is dramatically
increasing:
2005: 33% of a production's budget estimated to stay within Louisiana
2006: 72% of a production budget stays within our economy
2007: 87% is being spent in Louisiana!

• The entertainment industry contributes to the diversification of
Louisiana's economy. "The industry is relatively high-tech & high-
skilled, & one that has demonstrated strong growth globally." (BC
Study)

LOUISIANA BENEFITS

• Conservative estimate of direct money pumped into Louisiana: $800
million

• Total Direct Impact to Louisiana's Economy: $1.48 Billion

• Almost $200 million payroll wages have been earned by Louisiana
residents working in the motion picture industry

PRODUCTION ACTIVITY

Projects Wrapped - Features, MOWs, TV Pilots (etc):

• Pre-incentives: (one or two features annually)

• 2002-2003: 16

• 2004: 34

• 2005: 33

• 2006: 24

• 2007: Year to Date: 41, Estimate 2007: 51-55

*Compiled from OEID chart: 00 TAX CREDITS - MasterList.xls Film
Industry Dollars in Louisiana

• Pre-incentives: unknown

• 2002 (partial year): $ 3.5 mil *est

• 2003: $80 mil *est

• 2004: $144 mil *est

• 2005: $249 mil *est

• 2006: $184.5 mil / ECONOMIC IMPACT $341 mil* uses industry
multiplier of $1.85

• 2007: Expected to increase due to volume of projects and increased
in-state spend

*Compiled from OEID chart: 00 TAX CREDITS - MasterList.xls /
Industry Output column Job Growth demonstrated by Payroll increases

• Pre-incentives: not estimated

• 2002: $75, 000 thousand (based on 1 project)

• 2003: $19 mil

• 2004: $39 mil

• 2005: $46.5mil

• 2006: $78mil

• 2007: Not Available yet

*Compiled from OEID chart: 00 TAX CREDITS - MasterList.xls /
Employee Compensation column

Movies & TV in Pre-production or Shooting in Louisiana Now 12
Rounds: Feature film produced by WWE (World Wrestling
Entertainment) - New Orleans

Imagination Movers: Disney Channel TV series based in New Orleans
starring local New Orleans talent

Waking Madison: Independent film shooting - New Orleans area

Feast 2 & 3: Direct to DVD release features from the Weinstein
Company – in Shreveport

Sordid Lives: Television Pilot for a cable network – Shreveport

Soul Men: Weinstein Company Feature film starring Samuel Jackson &
Bernie Mac - Shreveport

Tekken: An action movie based on a video game – Shreveport

The Comeback: a Weinstein Company feature film

The Killing Room: an Ascension Films feature – Shreveport

The Year One: Sony Pictures feature film starring Jack Black –
Shreveport

Void Moon: a Millenium NuImage feature - the 6th feature made by
this production company - Shreveport

Dirty Politics: an independent film, just wrapped - Baton Rouge

The Way of War: a feature film starring Cuba Gooding Jr. just
wrapped – Baton Rouge

The Office of Entertainment Industry Development estimates about
$500 million worth of Film & Television production budgets were
spent in Louisiana during 2007.