Rotten Peaches: How Governor Kemp, Cowed Politicians, and Hollywood Villains Enable Paying $198,000 for EACH Motion Picture and Video Job in Georgia

One more thing I’d like to toss out there as I know there is someone out there that knows a bit more about the money and accounting part of this mess...

With the advent and advances of things like CGI, many things that needed to be done “in person”, in the past, are now done with computers. Especially with regards to special effects.

There doesn’t seem to be many “blockbuster movies” anymore where they spent $100,000,000 making it.

In Covington, Ga there’s a place called, CineLease. Small time facility, nothing like those things out west in Hollywood, that seem like cities themselves. Right now they’re filming in a small dive bar in Covington, The Depot. Their trucks and equipment take up the small parking lot out front but nothing crazy and they aren’t even effecting traffic. Chances are they’ll be there another day or so, if they’re not gone already.

It seems like most of what they’re filming in Georgia, for all the hype, is small stuff, Netflix movies/series, tv shows, commercials, Amazon productions, maybe a few location “shoots” here and there.

The Walking Dead, for the most part, was filmed in the woods and abandoned industrial sites around Senoia, Ga. However, the folks that made that show gave the city of Senoia the small subdivision(Alexandria) they built for part of the show and they’re now selling the homes.

So, after all that, my point......Kemp and the rest say that the industry generated $4.2billion in economic activity. No idea where they get that number, but for all intents and purposes, why didn’t they say $4.2gagillion. How much, collectively was spent on all the filming? Did it all add up to $1,200,0000,000. I can’t imagine renting out a dive bar in Covington costing all that much.

Is the industry filming in this state for FREE. Sure, they spend X-amount of dollars. But are they getting all of it back with the tax credits, in addition to being able to write off all the expenses?

Some interesting observations there, qaz123.

What you say makes sense. Great story in April/May Forbes magazine about a company called BlackMagic from Australia.

How An Aussie From The Housing Projects Became A Billionaire Making Gear For Next-Gen Spielbergs

The entrepreneur builds low priced video cameras based on Apple iPhones that sell for as high as $6,000. Competing products from Sony cost $95,000 and up.

The story explains how a lot of visual effects are used in movies nowadays. For instance, the entire background for a scene could be virtual reality.

From the story:

"If you’re going to put nine cameras on a rig, you must have at least ten cameras on location. If those cameras are [gold standard] Alexas, you’re talking about $500,000. The studio is not gonna pay,” says Nicholson, noting that [his] turquoise ocean scenes were shot in Puerto Rico, color-corrected on set using [cheap] DaVinci Resolve software and streamed at 20k resolution on a 160-foot-wide LED screen surrounding the actors during filming on a soundstage in Burbank, California."

Bottom line, high quality, low end cameras are delivering 90% of the value of cameras that cost 10 times as much. And you can separate the background (using visual effects) from the foreground in your film.

That opens up filming sites to almost ANYWHERE. Indie movie makers get a path to cheaper production. And I surmise there will be less demand for the hassle/trouble of shooting movies in remote locations like Georgia.

Unless of course, Georgia is subsidizing you for every Georgia job per year at $360 million and another $800 million on top in expenses you can tack onto the bill you send Georgia.

Has there ever been a state as corrupt as the Georgia Peach? Rotten for Georgia taxpayers, but a really sweet deal for Hollywood and Kemp's friends.

The Walking Dead, for the most part, was filmed in the woods and abandoned industrial sites around Senoia, Ga.

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You said it right there, qaz123. Filming in the woods... Abandoned industrial sites... In other words, that filming could be accomplished anywhere.

So why Georgia then?? Because unlike any other state, Georgia pays ALL expenses of that filming -- workers, equipment, airfare for the director, etc.

I'll bet "The Walking Dead of Georgia" is a standing joke in Burbank conference rooms.

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