And remember, if you want to get into the back end of the film and television industry (the “crew” side) but don’t have the relevant experience or knowhow, be sure to check out the Georgia Film Academy. If you want to learn what it takes to make movies while positioning yourself for employment, the GAF is the first place I’d recommend looking.
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I know this is true first hand. Last summer I was living in the ATL area and spoke to the Stewart of the theatre union, (which was not doing so hot). He said this is the time to get in to that business. I think it alol has something to do with the tax breaks Georgia is getting to produce films. I wanna say before Georgia, Florida had a lot of tax breaks for filming, but the tides have turned.
This really excites me as a Atlanta native work like this makes it possible for me to do what I love in my hometown. The Georgia legislature and infrastructure being built around the entertainment industry in general at the moment is great for the creative performance community. I have great hope for the future of all performing arts in Georgia and in the Atlanta area especially.
Georgia is an unassuming place for a hub of crew work, however I have heard of many different TV and films using locations on Georgia for filming. This article I found a little bit funny in that it is advertising jobs for different shows or movies and all they say is all crew positions are available, which is very vague. I am surprised that they don't even have links for more information, just asking for resumes to be sent to an email. I wonder how many they applicants they will have from this article, because I would not want to apply to something where this is all the info they give you. I am sure once they start narrowing down applicants that you can ask questions and find out more about the positions. The communications specialist that is running the sight and advertising for the work, does not have a background in the entertainment industry. I wonder if their really is a low pool of local people for this work, and I would believe it because most people would be in LA for this work.
All the television and film work that is continually pouring into Georgia is incredibly uplifting. Being from Atlanta, I remember when television and film began to shift more and more to the southeast just a few years ago. The tax breaks that the industry gets made it more feasible to build new sound stages and move production company headquarters to the Atlanta area, versus somewhere like Los Angeles or New York. While I personally do not see myself wanting to move back to Atlanta to work for numerous reasons, I see the continued opportunities for work in the region to be incredibly supportive to the flourishing arts community and a way to open doors to the entertainment industry for people who have been struggling to start.
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