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Episode Synopsis
Katie Pryor, the Executive Director of the Baton Rouge Film Commission, shares her fascinating journey into the film industry and the role that film commissions play to ensure a thriving and sustainable film and television industry.
As a film commissioner, Katie is not only responsible for attracting productions to her region but also for fostering a skilled workforce and promoting the local talent pool. She emphasizes the importance of collaboration by actively engaging with both legislators and local communities to advocate for the industry and highlight its economic and social impact.
For producers and filmmakers looking to engage with film commissions, Katie highlights the importance of leveraging the resources available through film commissions in their respective regions. These can include training programs, networking events, and connections to industry professionals. By connecting with film commissions, producers can elevate their productions and tap into the unique opportunities offered by different regions.
Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of the world of film commissions and how they contribute to the success of the film and television industry.
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As a film commissioner, Katie is not only responsible for attracting productions to her region but also for fostering a skilled workforce and promoting the local talent pool. She emphasizes the importance of collaboration by actively engaging with both legislators and local communities to advocate for the industry and highlight its economic and social impact.
For producers and filmmakers looking to engage with film commissions, Katie highlights the importance of leveraging the resources available through film commissions in their respective regions. These can include training programs, networking events, and connections to industry professionals. By connecting with film commissions, producers can elevate their productions and tap into the unique opportunities offered by different regions.
Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of the world of film commissions and how they contribute to the success of the film and television industry.
About Wrapbook
Wrapbook is a smart, intuitive platform that makes production payroll and accounting easier, faster, and more secure. We provide a unified payroll platform that seamlessly connects your entire team—production, accounting, cast, and crew—all in one place.
Wrapbook empowers production teams to manage projects, pay cast and crew, track expenses, and generate data-driven insights, while enabling workers to manage timecards, track pay, and onboard to new projects from any device. Wrapbook brings clarity and dependability to production payroll, while increasing the productivity of your whole team.
For crew: The Wrapbook app eliminates the headaches of production payroll by providing a fast, transparent, and secure solution for workers to complete startwork, submit timecards, and track pay.
Trusted by companies of all sizes, Wrapbook powers payroll for some of the industry’s top production companies, including SMUGGLER, Tuff, and GhostRobot. Our growing team of 250+ people includes entertainment and technology experts from SAG-AFTRA, DGA, IATSE, Teamsters, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and more.
Wrapbook is backed by top-tier investors, including Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo, Andreessen Horowitz, and A* Capital.
Get started at https://www.wrapbook.com/
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