Unlike actors in the film industry, musicians have been pummeled by streaming and digital services that pay pennies on the dollar. Don’t let the extraordinary success of Taylor Swift fool you – it’s become exponentially harder for a musician to make a living since the sale of physical merchandise like CDs and vinyl records was decimated by digital streaming.
Steve Weizenecker of Barnes & Thornburg LLP talks about the rural component of the film, video game development, music, digital production and other areas of the entertainment industry.
The volume of creative entertainment industry players in Athens is only one reason why the city is the first stop on Georgia Entertainment News’ first nine-city Georgia Unscripted roadshow, to be held June 22, 2023, at Tweed Recording, a training ground for students building careers making music and content for film, TV and other media.
Thousands of Georgians directly benefit from the film industry’s demand for building materials through work in the lumber business. The lumber industry touches nearly every corner of Georgia — from South Georgia’s Lowndes County to North Georgia’s Fannin County; Coastal Georgia’s Effingham and Southeast Georgia’s Webster.
Georgia Entertainment News has released the details of the first 2023 Georgia Unscripted Roadshow in Athens. The first event will…
Rather than taking the crew around the world to all these far-off locations, SCADPro is bringing these locations to the set of of the feature film, COLLATERAL DATA.
The 2023 tour will gather business executives, elected leaders and government officials to discuss the local creative economy and the impact of film, music, broadcast, digital production and gaming in each region.
New insights on Georgia’s rapidly growing entertainment industry reveal how industry investment boosts rural and suburban economic development, provides workforce opportunities for Georgia’s diverse labor markets, and reinforces the goal of building Georgia’s status as a global digital entertainment capital.
Today, SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP began formal negotiations for a new contract, and with the agreement that neither organization will comment to the media about the negotiations during the process.
Production is due begin in September in Georgia. Locations being considered include Columbus, Rome and Athens according to people familiar with the project. Producers include Mary Aloe of Aloe Entertainment, and Tiffany FitzHenry of FitzHenry Films.