Georgia’s film industry slowed down this year. State data shows a significant drop from the $4 billion amassed a few years ago.
The numbers also show that film permits in Atlanta dropped roughly in half over the last year, leaving some in Georgia’s film industry looking for new ways to succeed.
Inside a lecture hall at Clayton State University, senior film student Khalil Shipman sits behind a video camera recording his film class.
“I hope to be a cinematographer and a screenwriter,” says Shipman.
The 24-year-old dreams of starting his career in the Peach State, but he worries.
