Collection:LPB

Genre: News, Public Affairs, Speech

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2015-02-23

Duration: 00:26:24

Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | French, William D. | Film Industry | Tax incentives | Tourism | Economy

Contributors:

• French, Will Speaker

A speech by Will French before the Baton Rouge Press Club on February 23, 2015. French is the co-founder and president of Film Production Capital LLC. He discusses: how changing technology has led to the decentralization of the film industry; the role of Louisiana’s tax incentives in the migration of the film industry; the costs and benefits of the industry and incentives; the film industry’s impact on tourism; the results of a tourism survey conducted by Federated Sample; the economic impact of the film industry; and the future return on investment.