It is better value to make movies in Bradford than in London, according to new research.

A study commissioned by the regional screen agency, Screen Yorkshire, and carried out by Richard Johns, producer of the Calcium Kid starring Orlando Bloom, found that making films in Bradford cost half as much as making them in the country's capital.

The research revealed that locations are 30 to 50 per cent cheaper, crews are ten per cent better value, parking is 60 per cent cheaper, studio space costs 20 per cent less, and film and laboratory facilities are 13 per cent cheaper.

The study compared the costs of shooting a £5 million feature film in London and in Yorkshire and found filming in Yorkshire to be ten per cent cheaper overall.

Screen Yorkshire's head of production, Hugo Heppell, and his team will be giving out this message at a high-profile industry event in Los Angeles next month.

The team plans to attend the UK Showcase which runs from November 7 to 9 and promotes the UK as a film-making option to the Hollywood industry.

Mr Heppell said: "The cost comparison research just goes to show how much a film producer saves, both in terms of money and time, by shooting in Yorkshire rather than in London.

"This is the message we'll be taking out to producers worldwide to encourage further production and inward investment to the region."

Piers Tempest, producer of Like Minds, which was shot in Bradford, Giggleswick and Leeds earlier this year, said: "I found filming in Yorkshire to be a lot easier than other areas in the UK - primarily because of a combination of the professionalism of crews, diversity of landscape, the infrastructure and the general 'can do' attitude that we encountered every day of the shoot.

"You certainly would not find your unit vehicles wheel clamped, which has happened to me before in London.

"Having this supportive environment meant that we got a lot more done and productivity increased substantially."