L.A. lensing solid on hurry of reality

Off-lot TV activity in L.A. registered a good performance a week ago with 390 allowed days because of a powerful showing by reality shows. E! Entertainment Television's "How Do You Look" was probably the most active production with a 3 week period, based on figures provided Tuesday through the FilmL.A. enabling agency. TV shooting for that week elevated 18% to 390 days or 76 a lot more than exactly the same week this past year and 53 a lot more than the prior week. Other TV series shooting in La include "90210," "Perception," "Private Practice," "Top Shot," "CSI: Miami," "Don't Tell the bride to be,Inch "Joan & Melissa," and "America's Got Talent." Features ongoing to determine more activity this season in comparison with 2010: Third-quarter shooting is to date up by over 60%. For that week, feature activity totaled 150 days, brought through the indie project "Gus," up 20 days in the year-ago week but well below the 2011 levels for that year of 246 days and 229 throughout the final two days of June. Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Dark night Increases," which in fact had been probably the most active offlot feature within the August. 22-28 week underneath the title "Magnus Rex," seemed to be shooting a week ago in La together with reshoots of David Fincher's "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo." going to be out in December. Overall production for films, TV and spots totaled 670 allowed production days throughout a few days that ended Sunday -Up 30% in the year-ago period, or 153 days. Advertisements elevated by 57 days to 130. Paydirt was probably the most active producer with 11 days having a place for Siemens. Location scout Overall offlot creating in L.A. was up 30% with 670 allowed days a week ago, based on figures from enabling agency FilmL.A. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com