Atlanta Metro Studios, the Fulton County School System and Union City are collaborating on a pilot-program that will start by funding tuition for as many as six 2015 Fulton County high school graduates and enroll them in Clayton State
University‟s Digital Film Crew Training Program. The applicant search will target Fulton County schools surrounding the Atlanta Metro Studios site at the old Shannon Mall in Union City.
Ed Richardson and Brian Livesay, founders and co-CEOs of Atlanta-based 404 Studio Partners, along with their development partner Rooker created, designed and are currently in construction of Atlanta Metro Studios.
Barton Bond, director of the Film and Digital Media Center at Clayton State, sees this project as not only unique in Georgia, but in the nation.
The Fulton County area schools and Clayton State University are currently disseminating film career training information and application procedures to area high schools in time for 2015 graduates to apply for the scholarships that will apply to the next training session that starts in June.
Information about the program: Fulton County Schools, 470-254-6830, communications@fultonschools.org.
Information about the Clayton State training program: 678-466-5112 or www.clayton.edu/film-and-digital-media.
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