Over the past years, I have noticed an increasing amount of shows/movies filmed in the state of Georgia. CNN Center and The Weather Channel are also headquartered from the state’s capital, Atlanta.
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I haven’t seen much talk of the union, yet. The various unions involved in film making are (mostly) geographically based. A Texas film can’t just hire a set decorator from Connecticut – they have to use the local union or jump through extra hoops to comply with bringing in an outside person.
Georgia has a lot to offer geographically. You can shoot urban, suburbs, mountains, beach, farmland… all without leaving the state. It makes it much easier to hire a crew.
Then, once the industry gets established, you get an influx of industry workers that move here and join the local union. I have friends they moved here from LA because there is more work and it’s much cheaper to live. So now there is a massive talent pool here, in and industry where jobs are probably 80% based on having worked with someone before.
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