This is the first in the new ArtsATL series Set Life on local creatives who work in Atlanta’s film and television industry. We’ll talk to those who work on both sides of the camera and explore their struggles and successes in navigating Georgia’s volatile film and TV scene. Atlanta actor Shelli Delgado vividly remembers the…
Forty-six seconds on black-and-white film have spawned countless works of greatness. Those seconds ticked down in 1894 when the Lumière brothers filmed what’s considered to be the very first motion picture: Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (La Sortie des ouvriers de l’usine Lumière). It was a visual feast of small proportions but of huge significance….
Film and TV casting director Kimberly Wistedt believes she always wanted to be in casting, even before she knew exactly what it was. “In college at the University of Florida, I was a stage manager in the theater department. Even though I liked acting classes, I didn’t want to be in the spotlight,” she says. …
The smallest things are capable of rendering great power. A staccato note in a music score. The jab in boxing. A simple “yes” or “no.” And, in the world of cinema, the micro short film. On March 22, the Limelight Theater on Decatur Street in downtown Atlanta will host the first Atlanta Micro Short Film…
In the film world, the versatile landscape of the Peach State can serve as anywhere in the country — even when the script calls for a winter wonderland. Thanks to the post-production magic of visual special effects, red clay in our state can be blanketed with expanses of snow, and even snowy mountains are possible…
With industry strikes in the rearview mirror, Assembly Atlanta is about to become the busiest it has been since its Phase I opening on November 9. The MARTA-accessible, 65-year-old repurposed GM plant in Doraville is now a creative hub owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television — one of the country’s largest owners of broadcast TV stations. …
In November 2022, NEXT Atlanta, a multi-platform campaign led by a group of passionate artists, celebrated a successful salon at the High Museum as part of their partnership with MARTA Artbound. In 2021, NEXT approached MARTA to collaborate on three campaign components: a digital poster series displayed throughout the transit system; a virtual concert series…
Horror film food stylist Elizabeth Grove, owner of Atlanta’s Edible FX, makes a vegan cockroach that squirts white goo when you bite into it. It’s one of the top nasty yet fabulous film foods Grove has created that probably sickens her as much as it does the viewer and the talented actor who takes a…
Atlanta is a standout city for soul food, hip-hop culture, technology and fintech innovation, world-class arts, music and entertainment. It’s a top contender in the film industry and a city known for the TV animation of Turner Broadcasting and Cartoon Network. That means animation artists are at home in the Big Peach, too — whether…
Before ever hearing “yes,” they tend to hear “no” — over and over. And oftentimes, even after scoring the yes, they rely on day jobs, second jobs and endless life lessons. Heading into days 100+ and 30+, respectively, of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists…
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