Sunday, May 30, 5-7pm

You’re cordially invited to the Texas Motion Picture Alliance’s Monthly Central Texas Meeting/Mixer at The Highball in Austin on Sunday, May 30 from 5-7pm.  Please join us for this free industry event, and encourage your friends and colleagues to attend as well.

THIS MONTH:
• ANNUAL INCENTIVES REPORT & TEXAS TV UPDATE
• GREEN SET AUSTIN & SUSTAINABLE FILMMAKING

We’ll be giving a major incentives report, detailing the results of the first full year of our new production incentives program, which has been a big success – most notably in more than doubling the amount of primetime network television series production in Texas. Get the latest on the unprecedented five TV shows shooting in Texas this year: THE GOOD GUYS and LONE STAR (FOX), CHASE and FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (NBC), andMY GENERATION (ABC) – the latter two of which are based right here in Austin. Our incentives are working, and putting Texans to work!

Also, Marjorie Eber from GREEN SET AUSTIN (the new eco-division of Miscellaneous Rentals) will join us to talk about sustainable, environmentally-friendly filmmaking, and discuss her recent experiences working with the Coen Bros.’ TRUE GRIT here in Central Texas. As an art department coordinator, Eber has worked on such projects as HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords” and BRÜNO, and as a production coordinator she has worked on many national commercials for companies such as Anonymous Content and clients such as Nike and Honda. For more info on Green Set Austin, visit http://bit.ly/greensa

So please join us a week from Sunday, and RSVP on our Facebook Event page at http://bit.ly/txh530 (and join our Facebook Group at http://bit.ly/txmpaf)

ABOUT OUR CENTRAL TEXAS MONTHY MEETING/MIXER :
Join the Texas Motion Picture Alliance the last Sunday of every month at the Highball where we’ll feature industry guests spanning film, tv, commercials and video games, offering behind-the-scenes peeks at their projects along with perspectives on the Texas production incentives program. Then, stick around after our meeting/speaker (5-6pm), when we’ll have a networking mixer from 6-7pm, and of course you’re encouraged to avail yourselves of The Highball’s excellent bar, dinner menu, bowling, skeeball and karaoke – not to mention a $4 White Russian drink special.

ABOUT TXMPA:
The Texas Motion Picture Alliance is the statewide all-volunteer industry advocacy organization for film, TV, commercial and video game makers. We have led the charge for increased and improved production incentives legislation to grow the creative industries in Texas and keep us competitive with other states. As of May 1st, the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program has invested $52 million in grants resulting in $511 million in Texas production spending and 53,000 cast and crew jobs for Texans.

SUPPORT TXMPA:
Please support our cause – join, renew or donate today at http://bit.ly/joinTXMPA and be sure to join our Facebook Group at http://bit.ly/txmpaf and follow us on Twitter @txmpa to stay connected with TXMPA. Also, mark your calendars for TXMPA’s Annual Statewide Meeting at MPS Studios in Dallas on Saturday, June 19.

Thanks!
Paul Alvarado-Dykstra
TXMPA Central Texas Representative

P.S.: Don’t forget to bid on TXMPA’s Online Benefit Auction