Nathan Deming:
I think this is replicable across Wisconsin and, like, a lot of people can start to meet and foster their creativity because the thing is, film's getting easier and easier to make. One thing that's really great about this Wisconsin version of the film incentive bill is it's pretty friendly to small filmmakers like me. I wouldn't be in support of it if it was only beneficial to large filmmakers.

Murv Seymour:
How does it help the small filmmaker?

Nathan Deming:
Well, the way the bill is written, the minimum spend is much lower, so the level at which the tax incentive is accessible is much lower than our neighboring states. Minnesota's $1 million, Illinois I think is around $1. Wisconsin's bill, if it goes through, is $100,000, so those are small productions then that will be able to get the tax benefit and get a leg up and moving forward, and hopefully incentivize more Hundreds of Beavers, more Green and Gold.

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Green and Gold is a movie about the Packers that was filmed in Door County, ultimately, but the producers of the film, who are not from Wisconsin, wanted them to move it to Illinois — to Bears country — simply because of the film incentive. So, you could see what is at stake here. Luckily, the directors are from, like, northern Wisconsin area — they put their foot down and said, "No, we're filming in Wisconsin," and that was that. But not everybody's going to make that decision.