New to the industry, new to Atlanta, at a loss as where to go next for your project or career, this kit will get you started with a little bit of this and a lot of that. Much Success! Your Friends at CinemATL.com Casting Agencies Crews and Jobs Film Festivals Groups Organizations Professional Organizations Film Offices Facebook Groups Facebook Pages Yahoo Groups Miscellaneous Production Slang Crew Positions Film Calendar
Casting Agencies Big Picture Casting bigpicturecasting.com Cynthia Fritts Stillwell cynthiastillwellcasting.com Extras Casting Atlanta extrascastingatlanta.com Houghton Talent houghtontalent.com J Pervis Talent Agency jpervistalent.com Marinella Hume Casting marinellahumecasting.com/ One Source Talent onesourcetalent.com People Store peoplestore.net William Reynolds Agency williamreynoldsagency.com
Finding Crew and Jobs Georgia Film Office Help Wanted Hotline bit.ly/gafilmjobs Georgia Sourcebook ozonline.tv Project Casting projectcasting.com Production Hub productionhub.com
CinemATL s GeorgiaFilmIndustryStarterKit v.1.0 UpdatedJuly27,2014 FilmFestivals AtlantaFilmFestival atlantafilmfestival.com TheAtlantaFilmFestivalisamembership based501(c)(3)artsnon profitwithamissiontoleadthecommunityin creativeandculturaldiscoverythroughthemovingimage.atlffpresentsadiverseslateofyear roundofferings forfilm lovers,filmmakers,andindustryprofessionals.yearroundprograms screenings,parties,panels, workshops,andothereducationalevents provideaforumforbuildingthecommunityoffilmloversandfilm supporters.bybringingaudiencesandfilmmakerstogether,thefestivalhastheopportunitytobroadenthe perspectiveofbothartistsandmoviegoers. AtlantaJewishFilmFestival ajff.org TheAtlantaJewishFilmFestival(AJFF)isa23 daycinematicexplorationofidentity,historyandculture,aswellas lifeinthestateofisrael.seekingtousethepoweroffilmtobothentertainandeducate,ajffchallenges conventionalperspectivesoncomplexandchallengingissuesfacingboththejewishandglobalcommunities. BronzeLensFilmFestival bronzelensfilmfestival.com TheBronzeLensFilmFestivalofAtlanta,Georgiaisanon profitorganization,foundedin2009,thatisdedicatedto bringingnationalandworldwideattentiontoatlantaasacenterforfilmandfilmproductionforpeopleofcolor.in fact,themissionofthebronzelensfilmfestivalofatlanta,georgiaistwofold:topromoteatlantaasthenewfilm meccaforpeopleofcolor andtoshowcasefilmsandprovidenetworkingopportunitiesthatwilldevelopthenext generationoffilmmakers. MaconFilmFestival maconfilmfestival.com Surroundedbyarichmusicalandsouthernculture,theMaconFilmFestivalcelebratesindependentfilmswhile promotingfilmmakingforentertainment,inspiration,education,andeconomicdevelopment.
Out On Film outonfilm.org One of the oldest LGBT film festivals in the country, Atlanta's Out On Film is dedicated to supporting the exhibition of LGBT film and video art forms. A non profit, tax exempt 501c3 organization, Out On Film was created in 1987 to inform, entertain, educate, and enrich the regional LGBT community by recognizing the creative work of these artists and professionals, many with local connections. Out On Film's popularity is accomplished in part by offering multi racial and multi cultural films, and over the years has been recognized locally, nationally, and globally for showcasing films by, for, and about the LGBT community. Peachtree Village International Film Festival PVIFF Is Hosted By The African American Cinema Gallery (AACG) & Gipp. Museums, Inc. PVIFF Attracts 5,000+ People Each Year From Around The World. PVIFF Was Created In 2006 Under The Previous Name (Sweet Auburn International Film Festival) And Have Served As The Launching Pad For Many Successful Filmmakers And Other Artists Alike In The Film & Entertainment Industry. This Dynamic International Film Festival Showcases Feature Length Films, Shorts, Music Videos, Documentaries, And Screenplays From Around The Globe.
Rome International Film Festival romeinternationalfilmfestival.com The Rome International Film Festival takes place every September in the scenic city of Rome, Ga., located approximately an hour north of Atlanta. MovieMaker magazine has called this event outstanding" and one of 20 film festivals worth the submission fee." RIFF prides itself on screening the finest in independent film from around the world, featuring hundreds of spectacular films originating from Georgia to Katmandu since the festival was founded in 2003. Savannah Film Festival filmfest.scad.edu The Savannah College of Art and Design presents the annual festival, filled with cinematic creativity from both award winning professionals and emerging student filmmakers. Each year more than 40,000 people attend the eight day Savannah Film Festival. The festival is host to a wide variety of competition film screenings, special screenings, workshops, panels, and lectures. Sprockets International Music Video Festival filmathens.net Sprockets Music Video Festival celebrates an art form which is rarely seen on the "big screen" and is often overlooked on the traditional festival circuit. We are excited to give filmmakers and music video industry professionals the rare opportunity to share their work in front of a live audience. Y allywood Film Festival yallywood.org Y allywood Film Festival and Southern Filmmakers Summit will bring independent filmmakers from throughout the southeast together in an effort to conceptualize and define New Southern Cinema. Open to submissions from Georgia (a recent film production haven due to tax incentives for big studios) and its neighboring states, the festival will be both an opportunity to bring films from the region to an audience and an opportunity to bring filmmakers and film scholars together to define New Southern Cinema and its characteristics, motifs, voices, and nuances with panels and discussions alongside film screenings.
CinemATL s GeorgiaFilmIndustryStarterKit v.1.0 UpdatedJuly27,2014 Groups ASIFA Atlanta asifa atlanta.com AssociationInternationaleduFilmd'Animation,orASIFA,wasstartedinFrancein1960asamembership organizationforanimationartistsandnowhas35chaptersaroundtheworld.asifa Atlanta,startedin1995and theonlychapterinthesouth,offersanimationscreeningsandeducationalprogramsyear round. AtlantaScreenwritersGroup atlscript.org ThemissionofTheAtlantaScreenwritersGroupistohelplocalscreenwritersdeveloptheirideas,givesupport, swapindustrystoriesandgiveconstructivefeedbackfortheirwork.wearealsointerestedinsupportingand developingarelationshipwithlocalareafilmmakersandprovideaforumforthemtotalkabouttheirprojectsand helpfindsupportforthem. FilmAthens filmathens.net FilmAthensisanon profitorganizationthatservesandeducatesthefilmcommunityandfostersthegrowthofthe filmindustryinnortheastgeorgia. GeorgiaProductionPartnership georgiaproduction.org TheGeorgiaProductionPartnership(GPP)isacoalitionofcompaniesandindividualswhoareactiveinthestate s film,video,music,andinteractivegameindustries.ourgoalistodowhateverittakestohelpgrowtheindustryin Georgia.In1995,GPPstartedasanidea,sincethenithasgrowntobecomethevoiceoftheindustryinGeorgia. WomeninFilm&TelevisionAtlanta wifta.org WomenInFilmandTelevisionAtlanta(WIFTA)isdedicatedtoimprovingthestatusandportrayalofwomeninfilm, television,videoandotherscreen basedmediabyofferingopportunitiesformediamakerstoconnect,create, championandinspire.withanemphasisonprofessionalism,educationandtraining,wesupporttheworkof womeninmovingimagesmediaandfostergreaterpublicawarenessoftheirefforts.
WonderRoot wonderroot.org WonderRoot is an Atlanta based non profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta based artists and coordinating arts based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts based service work. We believe that art is an agent of change and that by empowering people with the means to create art, we are in turn empowering people with the means to create change.
CinemATL s GeorgiaFilmIndustryStarterKit v.1.0 UpdatedJuly27,2014 Organizations AtlantaOfficeofEntertainment atlantaga.gov TheOfficeofEntertainmentistheofficialfilmofficefortheCityofAtlanta.Tosupportthecity srapidlyexpandingfilm industry theofficeofentertainmentwillstreamlinethepermittingprocessforfilmproductions,facilitate employmentoflocaltalent,createproduction relatededucationalandtrainingopportunities,andsafeguardthe interestsofresidentsandbusinessesaffectedbyfilmproductions. 55TrinityAve.SW Suite4350 Atlanta,GA30303 (404)295 0630 GeorgiaFilm,Music&DigitalEntertainment bit.ly/gafilmoffice TheGeorgiaFilm,Music&DigitalEntertainmentOffice sknowledgeable,hands onstaffisheretohelpyoumake yournextentertainmentprojectarealityinourstate.sinceourofficewasformedin1973,georgiahasbeenthe locationofchoiceforhundredsoffilmandtelevisionproductionsandoneoftheworld slargestandmost renownedmusicscenes. 75FifthStreet,NW Suite1200 Atlanta,GA30308 (404)962 4049
Professional Organizations IATSE Local 479 iatse479.org International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States 140 Charles W. Grant Pkwy Atlanta, Georgia 30354 (404) 361 5676 SAG AFTRA sagaftra.org/atlanta The SAG AFTRA Atlanta Local represents members working in Georgia and South Carolina. 455 E. Paces Ferry Road NE Suite 334 Atlanta, GA 30305 (404) 239 0131 Teamsters Local 728 teamsterslocal728.org 2540 Lakewood Avenue SW Atlanta, GA 30315 6308 (404) 622 0521 Local 600 International Cinematographers Guild cameraguild.com
CinemATL s GeorgiaFilmIndustryStarterKit v.1.0 UpdatedJuly27,2014 FilmOffices ALABAMA AlabamaFilmOffice 401AdamsAvenue,Suite170 Montgomery,AL36104 MobileFilmOffice,Cityof 164St.EmanuelStreet(36602) P.O.Box1827 Mobile,AL36633 NortheastAlabamaEntertainmentInitiative 1O'ConnellStreet Jacksonville,AL36265 FLORIDA BradentonAreaFilmCommission 1HabenBlvd Palmetto,FL34221 CollierCountyFilmCommission 7558thAvenueSouth Naples,FL34102 GreaterFortLauderdale/BrowardFilmCommission 100EastBrowardBlvd.,Suite200 FortLauderdale,FL33301
Metro Orlando Film Commission 301 East Pine Street Orlando, FL 32801 Miami/Dade County Office of Film & Entertainment 111 Northwest 1st St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33128 Sarasota County Film & Entertainment Office 2601 Cattlemen Road, Suite 102 Sarasota, FL 34232 St. Petersburg Clearwater Area Film Commission 13805 58th Street North, Suite 2 200 Clearwater, FL 33760 The City of Miami Beach, Office of Film and Event Production Management 1700 Convention Center Drive Miami Beach, FL 33139 The Florida Office of Film and Entertainment The Capitol 400 S. Monroe Street, Suite 2001 Tallahassee, FL 32399 0001 GEORGIA Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Georgia Department of Economic Development 75 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30308 Savannah Film Commission P.O. Box 1027 Savannah, GA 31402
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge Film Commission 359 Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Central Louisiana in Film (CLIF) 707 Main Street Alexandria, LA 71309 Jefferson Louisiana Film Commission 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 1002 Jefferson, LA 70123 Lafayette Entertainment Initiative 705 West university Ave Lafayette, LA 70502 Shreveport Bossier Film Office 505 Travis Street Shreveport, LA 71101 West Baton Rouge Film Commission 2750 N. Westport Drive Port Allen, LA 70767 MISSISSIPPI Canton Film Office Box 53 Canton, MS 39046 Mississippi Film Office P. O. Box 849 Jackson, MS 39205
Tupelo Film Commission 399 East Main Street P.O. Box 47 Tupelo, MS 38802 0047 NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte Regional Film Commission 550 South Caldwell Street Suite 760 Charlotte, NC 28202 North Carolina Film Office 301 N. Wilmington Street Raleigh, NC 27601 Piedmont Triad Film Commission 416 Gallimore Dairy Road, Suite M Greensboro, NC 27409 Triangle Regional Film Commission PO Box 13041 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 3041 Western North Carolina Film Commission 134 Wright Brothers Way Fletcher, NC 28732 Wilmington Regional Film Commission, Inc. 1223 North 23rd Street Wilmington, NC 28405 SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina Film Commission 1205 Pendleton Street Room 225 Columbia, SC 29201
TENNESSEE Chattanooga Film Commission 399 McCallie Ave Chattanooga, TN 37402 Memphis & Shelby County Film & Television Commission 50 Peabody Place, Suite 250 Memphis, TN 38103 Tennessee Film, Entertainment & Music Commission 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 9th Floor Nashville, TN 37243
Facebook Groups Atlanta Film Community Atlanta Filmmaking Web Series Update Facebook Pages Atlanta Film Festival Bill Marinella Casting Big Picture Casting The Casting Exchange Extras Casting Georgia Film, Music, and Digital Entertainment Georgia Films Create Georgia Jobs Linda Burns Producer Plexus Pictures Out on Film youract Acting Studios Yahoo Groups ATML Film Acting in Atlanta Atlanta Theatre Miscellaneous Sketchworks sketchworkscomedy.com A3C Hip Hop Festival a3cfestival.com Dad's Garage dadsgarage.com
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Cube Truck large white truck, each department usually has their own truck on set Dailies also known as rushes, footage shot the previous day Day Player a member of the crew hired for only one day and not the duration of a shoot Gary Coleman a small c stand Hot Brick/Cold Brick hot brick is a charged walkie battery, a cold brick is a dead or dying walkie battery Juicer/Sparks Electrician Lockdown making sure people or cars do not interfere with shooting during a take; they are generally free to move around between takes Martini last shot of the day Pick Ups/Re Shoots additional footage shot after primary shooting has completed Post post production, including editing, color correction, ADR, sound and visual effects Pre Pro pre production; arrangements made before shooting, including location scouting, casting, set construction Prop Master property master; person responsible for acquiring or creating the props needed on set Sides pages of the script to be shot for the day Stinger an extension cord Talent actors and actresses Transpo transportation Video Village area setup with monitors for the director, producers, key production staff and studio representatives
Crew Positions Art Director First Assistant Director Production Assistant Assistant Art Director Foley Artist Production Coordinator Assistant Location Manager Gaffer Production Designer Assistant Production Manager Graphic Artist Production Manager Best boy (Grip) Greensman Production Sound Mixer Best boy (Lighting) Grips Prop maker Boom Operator Hair Stylist Props Master Breakdown Artist Head Carpenter Re recording Mixer Buyer Illustrator Rotoscope Artists/ Paint Artists Camera Operator Key Costumer Script Supervisor Camera Production Assistant Key grip Second Assistant Camera Casting Director Key Hair Second Assistant Director Colorist Key Make up Artist Second Unit Director Composer Key Scenic Set Decorator Compositor Lead Man Set Designer Construction Coordinator Legal Counsel Set Dresser Costume Buyer Lighting Technician Sound Designer Costume designer Line Producer Sound Editor Costume Standby Location Assistant Special Effects Assistant Costume Supervisor Location Manager Special Effects Supervisor Dialogue Editor Location Production Assistant Standby Art Director Digital Imaging Technician Location Scout Steadicam Operator Director Make up Artist Stunt Coordinator Director of Photography Make up Supervisor System administrator Dolly grip Matte Painter Telecine Colorist Electricians Motion Control Technician/Operator Unit Manager Executive Producer Music Supervisor Unit Publicist Film Editor Post production Supervisor Utility Sound Technician Film Loader Producer Visual Effects Creative Director
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Film Calendar JANUARY Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah) FEBRUARY Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (Late Jan/Early Feb) (Atlanta) Independent Spirit Awards (Late Feb/Early Mar) Academy Awards (Late Feb/Early Mar) Macon Film Festival (Late Feb/Early Mar) MARCH SXSW Atlanta Film Festival (Austin, TX) (Atlanta) APRIL Tribeca Film Festival (New York, NY) JULY 48 Hour Film Project (Atlanta) Sprockets Music Video Festival (Athens) SEPTEMBER Peachtree Village International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Rome International Film Festival (Atlanta) (Toronto, Canada) (Rome, GA)
OCTOBER Out On Film Savannah Film Festival (Late Oct/Early Nov) Austin Film Festivall (Atlanta) (Savannah) (Austin, TX) International Animation Day NOVEMBER Bronze Lens Film Festival (Atlanta)