Why was “The Rainmaker” was filmed in Ireland, not Charleston?

In response, the General Assembly of SC approved a budget reserve this year which launched a pilot program under the film commission.

Armed with $ 2 million, the local film transports is an incentive program for intermediate level productions – budgets between $ 250,000 and $ 999,999. If the productions are eligible, they can receive up to 25% of state discounts on total spending. To qualify, “any production activity” must take place in South Carolina and the film producer must be registered with the State and resident for at least two years, in addition to other qualifications.

With more productions running in South Carolina, in particular low -level to mid -level productions, young crew members and students can obtain training on the set they need.

The objective, said Storm, is to keep the talent SC in SC – and to feed this talent to create increasingly large productions.

He quoted a couple based in Greenville, Chris and Emily White, who had to withdraw their film in mid-Budget from 2020 “Electric Jesus” outside the state because they do not qualify for existing incentives of the Commission.

“They have not yet brought a (complete) project here,” said Storm about independent filmmakers, “and it is their country of origin.”

The Local Film Carry program was launched this summer. Storm said he had received two requests, with the hope of coming.

For the future, the crew of “banks” has expressed its interest in filming another project here and a few external feature films “sniff”, said Storm, but the state is not major on the calendar.

“If we can get 10 to 15 (productions), as opposed to a single big show, I think we can always keep our crew working all year round. And it’s a victory for us,” said Storm.

Parrish said that focusing on smaller projects on the main network productions is a necessary pivot at the moment.

“We see the landscape,” he said. “We realize at least in the predictable future, it will not change.”