L.A. area shoots lower

Despite boosts in feature shooting from Charlie Sheen's "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III," overall offlot production decreased 15% the other day within the same period a year ago by 117 days. The pic, which ended shooting Tuesday, introduced individuals of features filming inside the L.A. area with nine permitted days. Production on "Mind," which stars Sheen, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, incorporated shoots in the La graveyard and a lot of explosions across the L.A. area. Sheen even released photos in the shoot on his WhoSay blog, which incorporated injections within the actor's previous gig. "(T)his could be a the least two and a half occasions more fun than my last gig!" the thesp written within photo from the burning vehicle. Feature production showed up at 77 permitted days the other day, according to enabling agency FilmL.A., versus. 94 for a similar week a year ago. Overall television production also lagged behind a year ago with 426 days versus. 521. A "Steve Madden" shoot, which fell under FilmL.A.'s new TV webisode/mobisode/podcast category, showed up at 42 days. Shoots available category designated nearly the identical amount as a year ago with 164 days compared to 2010's 169 days. Location scout Overall offlot production in L.A. was off 15% with 667 permitted days the other day, according to figures from enabling agency FilmL.A. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com