Annotated Bibliography #1-10

1. Piedmont Park Conservancy. “Piedmont Park Conservancy.” About the Conservancy. N.p., 2012. Web. 4 Feb. 2016.

This source is a mission statement for the piedmont park conservancy. The conservancy helps keep the park green, restores any lacking parts of the park and deals with any expansions that the park may be eligible for. They also organize volunteer events inside the park as well as provide security. This source is somewhat bragging about what the conservancy in order to get viewers to donate to support the cause. Over $1,000,000 has been claimed to have been spent on various projects. This source is important and relevant to my project because the conservancy is the reason that my particular external built environment looks the way it does today. Piedmont Park was a failing park before the project to revitalize it in 1989 was a success. I chose this source because it is the official website of my built environment. Also because they are a non-profit organization that works to save an important part of the city that we live in. There are a couple flaws in the source. It only provides the improvements they have made. It shows nothing negative and nothing from before the 1980s.

 

2. Ammons, Jesse et al. “Hollywood Comes To… ATLANTA.” Atlanta5 (2011): 80–4. Print.

This is an article from a magazine in 2011 that talks about the potential and likely move of the Hollywood film industry to Atlanta. The article starts with an illustration by Thomas Burns that takes the Hollywood sign layout and redesigns it to spell out “ATLANTA” with spotlights behind it. Initially it claims that the film industry is in the process of moving to Atlanta and links actors, such as Ryan Reynolds, that are currently or have recently shot films here. It then goes on to explain why the move is taking place. The article cites the “Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act that was signed in May of 2008. The act gives a 20% tax credit to productions that spend $500,000 in Georgia and an extra 10% if they add the Made in Georgia tag in the credits.” (Ammons et al.) I chose this source because it explained the reasoning for the shift in the film industry to Georgia. The only issue I have with the source is that it is a little outdated. A lot can happen and has happened in the last 5 years. The proof that movies and tv shows are being shot in Georgia is not as sustained as it would be today.

 

3. Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office. “Georgia Filmography | TourGeorgiaFilm.com.” Georgia Fimography. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2016.

This website has been designed to be the headquarters of the Georgia film industry. It offers a very long list of what I am assuming to be every movie ever created or filmed in Georgia. The website also offers tours of big movies shot here. The highlighted tours include the Hunger Games tour and The Anchorman 2 tour. It also promotes movies that have been announced or are still currently being filmed. Their mission is to “identify and leverage existing statewide resources, assets and strengths to assist in the retention, expansion, development and growth of Georgia’s film, television and recorded music industries and related entertainment businesses.” (Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office) I chose this source because mainly because I was already familiar with what it was. I have seen it on TV which gives it more credibility in my opinion. This source elaborates on the claim that the film industry is moving to Georgia by giving an extreme amount of examples of production that occur in Georgia.

 

 

4. Journal-Constitution, By Aaron Gould Sheinin and Kristina Torres-The Atlanta. “What You Need to Know about ‘religious Liberty’ Bills in Georgia.” N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

 

This article introduces the religious liberty bill. This bill will be a substantial part of my analysis. The main argument is that for the last 8 years, Georgia lawmakers have introduced a lot of new legislation that has created an incentive for the entertainment industry, specifically the film industry, to operate in the state. Since then the industry has brought tons of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars to Georgia. When this religious freedom bill was introduced, parts of the industry threatened to pull their productions out of Georgia if the bill was passed. The bill was proposed in order to allow members of highly religious organizations to deny services to people that they feel undermines their religion. This primarily targets members of the LGBT community. Members of that community play a large role in the entertainment industry and are leading the charge in the fight against the bill.

 

5. By KATHLEEN FOODY – Associated Press. Georgia Governor Says He Will Veto Religious Exemption Bill. Associated Press DBA Press Association, 2016. Print.

 

This article is relates very close to the last entry. This article is very important though. It states that Governor Nathan Deal vetoed the proposed religious freedom bill. It goes on to give reasons why and how it was possible. Nathan Deal is a republican governor which means that in most case he would vote close to his base. The republican base includes these highly religious groups that the bill supposedly benefits. A reference is given to a similar situation in North Carolina where their governor recently signed a controversial bill that forces trans-gender people to use a public bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificates. The North Carolina governor voted with the bill supposedly because he needed to side very close to his base to have a chance for re-election this coming November. However the article points out that due to his age, Nathan Deal is not planning on running for re-election. This gives him way more wiggle room so to speak in voting and vetoing. Another very big part of the republican party is big business. Several company came out very explicitly opposing the bill. The article names the NFL, Disney, and Marvel as 3 of the biggest.

 

 

6. Patrik Jonsson Staff writer. “Religious Liberty Bill: Will It Thwart Georgia’s Rise as a Moviemaking Hub?” Christian Science Monitor (2016): N.PAG. Print.

This article talks about the religious liberty bill and the effects it has on the film industry.  The religious liberty bill will be a large part of my built environment analysis. Since I have several sources that talk about the bill some of the information is repeated in this one. However there is a lot of relevant new information. Georgia is now the third largest entertainment hub in the world. Also it says that almost two-thirds of all Georgia residents agree that the members of the LGBT community should be protected by anti-discriminatory laws. Most of the opposition has come from the evangelical community. The article predicts that if the bill makes it through the house and the senate, that governor Nathan Deal will veto. Since 2008, when the tax break was passed, the income from the entertainment industry has risen from 250 million to 6 billion. Lastly it has a quote that I might use (“I don’t know for a fact that [a religious liberty law in Georgia] could impact [film and TV] production, but I believe that the film community has historically not supported any kind of discrimination,” says Kathy Mooney, a casting director in Detroit. Hollywood, she says, would be under a lot of pressure to act if Georgia enacts the legislation.).

 

7. Nelms, Ben. “Ant-Man Production Impacts Local Economy.” Text. N.p., 15 July 2015. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

 

Ant-Man was the first marvel movie that was produced in Georgia. Personally I am a huge marvel fan so I am really excited to dive into this for the project. Marvel recently opened up a studio not too far from Atlanta, called Pinewood Studios. Ant-Man was the first of hopefully many movies produced there. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is already set to shoot there in 2017. This article talks especially about the economic impact that this movie brings to Georgia. I will most likely use this quote somewhere in the final paper” “‘Ant-Man’ employed 3,579 Georgians, spent more than $106 million in Georgia and utilized 22,413 hotel rooms during filming. In addition to filming at Pinewood Atlanta Studios, ‘Ant-Man’ shot scenes in Atlanta including the state-owned Archives Building, Bank of America building and on Broad Street.”” It also backs up the claim of the 6 billion dollars of total revenue brought into the state that I have talked about in other entries

 

8. Fibben, Alison. “Production Incentives and Forms.” Georgia Department of Economic Development. p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

This is one of the most important sources for my analysis. This source is a link to Georgia.org tax credit page. On this page is the list of credits that some film makers may be interested in taking advantage of. This isn’t really an article but just a bulleted list. All of the points on the list are important though. First and foremost a production can earn up to 30% back in tax credits. There is a major stipulation that you have to spend at least 500,000 dollars (I’m assuming per year) to qualify for any of this. The spending can come from many different places. Actual production, production of an original music soundtrack, post production spending, and also travel and insurance work towards the 500,000 minimum. The one thing that does not go towards it is advertising and promotion. The state also offers free auditing to those who are not sure if they qualify or need help managing their production to get the most of the law.

 

 

9. Keltz, John. “Numbers Box: Atlanta Rental Prices: A Tale of Two Cities.” p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

Gentrification in Atlanta is becoming more widespread. This blog shows the price of rent per square foot of housing in different neighborhoods in the city and inside the perimeter. It also shows the percent change over a five year spread. At the top of the list coming in at over 2 dollars per square foot of living space is both tuxedo park and peachtree battle alliance. Towards the very bottom of the list is Greenbriar which comes in at only sixty cents per square foot. As for the percent change, Atlantic Station and Loring Heights emerge to the top of the list. Atlantic Station is probably my favorite place in atlanta and it surprised me that they were not higher on the $/square foot list.  Another one that jumps out is midtown. Midtown is what I think of when I think of the city and is arguably the most gentrified place in Atlanta. Midtown comes in averaging out at over a dollar and eighty cents. Downtown and Midtown are the biggest neighborhoods. I plan to make an argument that the huge influx of money brought into Georgia by the film industry helped cause the increase in the five year change of the nicer neighborhoods.

 

 

10. Hurley, Joseph. “Atlanta’s War on Density.” Atlanta Studies. N.p., 11 Jan. 2016. 29 Mar. 2016.

The war on density is something that I find interesting. Cities around the world, the demand is so high that they cannot expand outward so they expand upward. Atlanta is no different. One of the biggest topics that has recently come up is what to do with two very important very big areas in the city. One of the big areas that will soon be up for grabs is Turner Field. This season will be the last season that the Atlanta Braves will play at Turner Field. Next year they will be moving to cobb county. This leaves a void for that space. Georgia State has been rumored to buy the area but I think it is a little too far from campus. The other area that is up for grabs is the Atlanta Civic Center. The ACC is located next to Piedmont North and I don’t think it has been in use for a while.  These areas are probably going to receive a lot of offers to build something most likely unique and innovative. I am not exactly sure how I will incorporate this into my analysis most likely argue that the density actually helps the transition of the film industry.