Part of Georgia’s appeal to incoming productions is the state’s geographic malleability

One day, downtown Atlanta can be dressed to mirror the bustling streets of Manhattan, and the next day Tybee Island can mimic the shores of sunny South Florida. The beauty about this burgeoning production hub is its inability to be visually stereotyped on the silver screen or television set. Similarly elasticity is...

The Evolution of Cinematography

Over the last 20 years, advances in camera technology have been the great enabler. Digital cinematography has democratized filmmaking lowering the bar to entry for new shooters, leveling the playing field for everyone in the industry and enhancing the capabilities of veteran directors of photography (DPs). As camera technology continues to evolve cinematographers remind...

Shining a light on the need for writer representation in Georgia

A year-long battle over packaging fees between the Writers Guild of America (WGA East and WGA West) and the “Big Four'' Hollywood talent agencies, William Morris Endeavor (WME), Creative Artists Agency (CAA), United Talent Agency (UTA), and ICM Partners, heads to trial this Spring. However, content creators in Georgia continue to sit on t...

Georgia's Cocoa Brown

When it comes to making any film or television project funny, it requires performers to have a special gift: the unspoken ability to use their inherent humor to make a scene pop on camera. Oz Magazine spoke with nationally touring stand-up comedian, actor, and entrepreneur Cocoa Brown on what it means to do it all. Cocoa’s work takes her all over the country but her love of the So...