The Columbus Film Office is expanding its scope beyond traditional film. The first step? Getting other creators in on the ground floor. The film office hosted the Columbus Creators Mixer on Feb. 19 in collaboration with Georgia Entertainment, facilitating conversation and connection between storytellers across the creative spectrum, including gaming, music, podcasting and social media content creation. The event featured networking opportunities and roundtable discussions with local creatives.
Joel Slocumb, the Columbus Film Office commissioner, told the Ledger-Enquirer the broadened focus comes from national trends in the film industry. “Georgia, as well as other states in the U.S., has undergone a shift in the film industry, where a lot of the films have moved overseas due to tax incentives,” Slocumb said. “So, looking at the film and entertainment industry, we realize that, locally, we have some filmmakers. We also realized that we have some folks who are in music and in gaming. We have folks that are wanting to do podcasts. There’s just an array of different areas. They all follow some of the same pathways to get to the end product.”
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