| AFTA Who We Are
Mission Statement
Alabama Film and Television Alliance (AFTA)
works to promote growth in the film and television industry in
Alabama. Our vision is to represent all facets of the
industry in Alabama and serve as the voice of film and
television by representing our membership, in state, national and
global affairs. We are working to engage all people in
Alabama who want to work in film and television.
AFTA will help to further film
and television production in Alabama with continuing education and
expansion of a skilled work force. The development of a Film
Enterprise Zone that will support the training and production
community, is being proposed for Shelby County.
A film festival of works, that were produced in
Alabama will be sent the through rural parts of the state. At
each stop, the showing of the films for free will be administered
by the local tourism board or chamber of commerce. This will
be an opportunity to give young and old alike a new view of our
industry. Following the festival, a truck with ten cameras
and ten iMac computers with Final Cut Pro editing software will
arrive, and twenty young people will be given video cameras (two
people per) and a crash camera course and told to 'go video your
home life and your town'. After two days of taping they will
bring the cameras and tape back to the truck and they will then be
given a crash course in video editing. The results will be
distributed to Alabama Public Television for a series
entitled 'Through The Eyes of Children' This is but
one of the proposed educational projects of the Alliance.
Location
The central office of Alabama Film and
Television Alliance is located in the capital city of Montgomery.
The Alliance is currently on a waiting list for office space in
Old Alabama Town.
History
Alabama Film and Television Alliance was formed
in 2003 by a core group of film and television
professionals. The original concerns of film makers in
Alabama was the lack of continuity at the legislative level to
promote the instate body of film and television. A skilled
workforce was another concern not only for us but for production
companies wishing to film in Alabama.
A driving force in starting the Alliance came
from Senator Hank Erwin of Shelby County. Senator Erwin
contacted George Caldwell and arranged a meeting and that was the
beginning of the Alliance. After two meetings, George
Caldwell resigned his position in program development at a video
production company and began to organize Alabama Film and
Television Alliance. The recent establishment of AFTA
PAC, the Alliance's official political action committee
has been created to fill the void left in the state film office.
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