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Georgia Entertainment, in partnership with the City of Rome, Rome Floyd Chamber, and the Rome International Film Festival held the seventh 2023 Georgia Unscripted Roadshow at the historic Desoto Theatre in downtown Rome. The event gathered local business owners, entertainment executives, and creatives along with legislators and government officials to learn more about the creative economy in Northwest Georgia.
The Georgia Unscripted Roadshow event’s next stop is Rome on November 2nd. The event will be held at the Desoto Theatre in the heart of downtown. The event will highlight entertainment opportunities in the region with a focus on workforce development and local businesses participating in the growth of the creative economy.
Functioning as a liaison between the industry and hospitality partners, city and county departments, public works, public safety, local businesses, and issuing film permits for Rome and Floyd County.
The State of Georgia, a leader in global film production, has been using its signature partnership approach working with the public and private sector to produce film opportunities. Results can be seen year-round in every corner of the state.
Georgia Entertainment, the leading source of news and information about the film, music, esports/gaming and other areas of digital entertainment, has announced a bi-annual printed publication. Georgia Entertainment: The Creative Economy Journal’s inaugural issue will be distributed to 3,903 professionals in December.
When you look at Creative Economies closely, it becomes clear that the Film and Television Industry is pivotal in their success. Film and Television draw indirectly from a myriad of related creative industries, such as graphic design, fashion, culinary and music.
Municipalities are building broadcast studios at recreation complexes for little league ball games – funded by tax payers, organizations everywhere are building mini-studios, small franchised studios are being sold, podcast studios are a given at high schools, cyc walls are rampant, custom sets for banks, hospital rooms, bars are everywhere. Because content will be created, stories must be told.
Randy Davidson, President of Georgia Entertainment, was recently interviewed by Rome Business Radio along with Seth Ingram of the Rome International Film Festival. The interview comes ahead of the Georgia Unscripted Roadshow event to be held on November 2nd at the Desoto Theatre.
As Georgia poises for the film industry avalanche of business that’s on the horizon with the eventual, inevitable conclusion of the SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP strike, the Georgia Unscripted roadshow is hitting a crescendo of its own and closing in on its final three information packed film and creative arts events of the year.
Director of the Georgia Film Office Lee Thomas talks about all of the exciting things happening with Georgia’s film industry and how it impacts small businesses across the State.