Editor's Note: Credit for this exceptional piece must go to our partner Charles Judson at CinemATL. If anyone has their finger on the pulse of Georgia's independent film scene, it's this guy. We look forward to continuing and further developing our partnership with CinemATL in the future. -CM
The results of CinemATL and Reel Georgia's first survey of the Georgia Film Scene are in. All submitted survey responses can be found at the end of this post.
The results of CinemATL and Reel Georgia's first survey of the Georgia Film Scene are in. All submitted survey responses can be found at the end of this post.
We asked 9 questions:
- How do you define an Independent Film?
- What are the benefits when a film is identified being an indie/independent?
- What are the negatives when a film is identified as being an indie/independent film?
- How seriously--how much respect--does the community/industry at large treat the indie films on your resume?
- How confident are you about the future of Georgia's Independent Film Scene?
- Of the independent films you've worked on in Georgia, how you would rate your experience?
- How aware is the rest of the country of Atlanta and Georgia's Independent Film Scene?
- If you had to grade Georgia's presence at the major festivals in the United States (Sundance, SXSW, etc.), what would you give it?
- How would you grade Georgia's Independent Film Scene?
There will be those who will agree with the picture the answers create of independent film in Georgia. With Georgia's film boom well into it's 6th year, some will vehemently disagree. Whatever side you may fall on, this should be a catalyst to discussion. We'll be following up with a more detailed reactions from our own contributors and from the community in a week or so.
A few things to note as we dive in.
There are 48 total responses. We posted, tweeted and emailed as often as we could to get the word out.
Our
biggest push were two boosted Facebook posts we created. Through
keywords and audience, we aimed those posts specifically at the film
community, targeting Atlanta up to a radius of 50 miles. That's 7,800
square miles that stretches just shy of Athens.
Why target Atlanta and not the entire state?
Research shows the concentration of online activity by the film
community is in this area. Going further out would just dilute our
reach.
As a result, our first boosted post reached 11,288 potential
respondents. The second reached 5,360. Including email and our
additional social media channels, we hit about 30,000 people total (how
much overlap we don't know).
We're including this information to highlight that we wanted to give as many as possible a chance to answer.
