CreatorSummit, a property of Ghost Gaming and produced by Skillshot Media, will debut on Saturday, April 27, 2024, as a day-long networking and professional development event celebrating content creation and the growing Creator Economy in Georgia.
After a feverish courtship of Francis Coppola between the organizers of the Cannes, Venice and Toronto film festivals, Megalopolis has been locked into a gala premiere slot on the Palais.
Georgia Entertainment, the leading source of news and information about the film, music, esports, arts, gaming and other areas of digital entertainment, has announced the second edition of the bi-annual printed publication. Georgia Entertainment: The Creative Economy Journal. The issue will be distributed in June with a special presentation at the Georgia Unscripted Roadshow event on June 13th.
New research into the Creative Economy suggests it is an important consideration when determining the health of the economy overall.
The Georgia Entertainment team was fortunate to have a one-of-a-kind experience at the FotoKem laboratory in California. FotoKem, with a location in Atlanta as well, is a full service post-production lab that works with filmmakers to cater to the specific needs of motion picture and television projects.
Savannah and the Georgia Coast have a growing number of jobs in creative industries, partly due to the Savannah College of Art and Design and companies moving to the area because of the ready workforce within Georgia’s Coastal Plain Region.
Our travels to the West Coast are always eventful and especially when the weather cooperates. This trip was perfect in terms of weather and the traffic was the best I have seen in years. (Plus Fatburger and Randy’s Donuts) Many of our partners are based in LA and all the meetings involved upcoming projects and initiatives where Georgia is a central topic of conversation.
Featuring some of the country’s most diverse sounds, Georgia’s music industry is literally all over the charts.
On Saturday April 20th, Dani Risch-Bailey with Protravel International in collaboration with Thompson Hotels, will host the “Thompson Takes On Hollywood” at Thompson Atlanta-Buckhead. The invite-only event, taking place on the Tesserae rooftop, will bring together industry professionals for an evening of networking and acknowledgement to the unsung heroes of the entertainment industry.
SCAD generated $1.3 billion in annual economic impact for the state of Georgia, a 70% increase from the last report conducted for fiscal year 2019. This value is attributed to the university’s positive influence on the vitality of the economy in the state through jobs, student and visitor spending, large investment on capital projects, operational spending, public events, alumni earning power, charitable giving and public safety.