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AFFT Chattanooga: Let’s Make Our Town a Film Town Thursday, June 04, 2009
This past Tuesday night, we had the privilege to attend a quarterly panel discussion hosted by the Association for the Future of Film and Television, or AFFT. Featuring local industry leaders, the discussion addressed challenges facing film professionals, and ways to make Chattanooga a film and television town.
The focus of the panel discussion and Q&A was building and sustaining a local on-camera talent pool, and panelists included Rex Knowles and Sherry Landrum of the Professional Actor Training Program at Chattanooga State; Don Raymond of Ambiance Models and Talent, DR Fraley of Agentia Talent, and MakeWork grant recipient Dave Porfiri. Panelists stressed that providing actors with viable professional opportunities was key to retention, and that companies could make a huge impact on the community by sourcing their film needs locally. Educational programs, such as Chatt State’s, are also enormously valuable in creating a film economy locally.
For more information on AFFT’s Chattanooga chapter, visit their website.
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