We Speak Business Blog
Jul 19, 2014 Georgia Film Trivia: Sweet Home Alabama
Despite its name, the 2002 romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama featuring Reese Witherspoon was mostly filmed in Georgia. The film received compliments from fans and...
May 9, 2014 Cartersville Makes it Big on the Silver Screen
The film branch of the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Camera-Ready Cartersville, is currently touting three film and television projects debuting in March and...
May 9, 2014 Self Taping for Actors: You Control the Take
Adena Brumer, a recent transplant to Atlanta, is an actor/singer navigating the enormous and exciting Atlanta acting landscape. Having fully immersed herself in the industry...
May 9, 2014 Tips for Being a TV or Movie Extra
Adena Brumer, a transplant to Atlanta, is an actor/singer navigating the enormous and exciting Atlanta acting landscape. Being an extra can be a fantastic way...
May 9, 2014 What is the Camera Ready Communities Program?
In 2010, the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office launched a new program called “ Camera Ready Communities” to ensure that Georgia counties each...
May 9, 2014 Starring Georgia as…Rio de Janeiro?
Georgia is probably asked to play another state or country more often than itself these days as film incentives have changed the nature of the...
May 9, 2014 Visiting the Final Resting Places of Fallen Troubadours in Georgia
For centuries, pilgrims have traveled to visit the gravesites of their cherished idols, from world leaders to writers, artists to musicians. Thousands annually visit Pére...
May 9, 2014 This Little Light of Mine: Music of the Civil Rights Movement Shines On in Albany
Every second Saturday of the month, the Albany Civil Rights Institute Freedom Singers engage visitors through an oral history presentation featuring songs and stories of...
May 9, 2014 How to Submit Your Property as a Georgia Film Location
As a location specialist here in the film office, I spend most of my time putting together customized packages of location photos for producers and...
May 9, 2014 What is this Film Tax Incentive Anyway?
Everyone readily agrees that the spike in film and television productions in Georgia is directly attributable to the passage of HB1100—the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment...