that's when the state began offering big rebates to filmmaker who is would come and hire workers, buy local productions and use local facilities like the sprawling new sound stages just outside of albuquerque. in addition, the state can help cover salaries for local folks being trained for film jobs. as a result the number of skilled film workers here has gone from 100 to 3,000. >> it's very high paying jobs with great benefits. >> construction has slowed down and this has been a good way to fill that economic void for jobs. >> this is not an utterly new idea. thomas edison's picture company made their first film here more than a century ago. in the 20s and 30s, cowboy films rode all over the new mexico range. what it happening here is much bigger than what was happening back then and bigger than what was happening 13 years ago with