Workers in production departments for TV commercials across the United States are going public with their union with the backing of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Stand With Production movement.
Georgia Entertainment News has released the details of the next 2023 Georgia Unscripted Roadshow focused on Cobb County. Highlighting cities including Smyrna, Powder Springs, Acworth, Kennesaw, Mableton and others the event will take place on August 3rd in collaboration with Laser Stream Media in Marietta.
Georgia Entertainment held the second 2023 Georgia Unscripted Roadshow in Roswell last week. (See the reel and photos.) The event focused on North Fulton and Forsyth County including the cities of Alpharetta, Cumming and Roswell among others.
This animated, two minute video illustrates how the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act impacts the state’s creative economy. We added 40 seconds to the video to show how film production companies like Amazon, Netflix, Paramount, Disney and others green light projects and why they decide where to spend money to complete these projects.
Interestingly, the issues the writers and actors faced in 1960 are similar to those they face today when negotiating with, for lack of a better term, employers. Both then and now, the issues the writers and actors are striking over relate directly to new and emerging technology.
The Georgia Regional Film and Entertainment Alliance (GRFEA) today released a white paper outlining initiatives to support a permanent, sustainable…
The Hill is a movie about an underdog, but Celentano’s journey to getting it filmed has all the earmarks of an underdog story as well. It’s set for an Aug. 25 nationwide theatrical release, and the details for an Augusta regional premiere, tentatively scheduled for Aug. 23, are being worked out.
Cassie Chantel is CEO of Tribe House Records located in Athens, Georgia. Cassie talks about being mentored on her way to being successful and how she is involved with mentoring and working with kids on career awareness and opportunities in the music business.
Besides lighting, Turner credits GFA for teaching him camera skills and filling in the knowledge gaps by getting him on set, where he could learn and network.
The dates for further meetings of the House and Senate tax credit review committee have been announced. As appointed by Lt. Governor Burt Jones and Speaker of the House Jon Burns the committee members are working on behalf of the Georgia General Assembly to review all Georgia tax credits, including Georgia’s film tax credit.