Michigan based companies, Center for Film Studies (CFS) and FilmEmerge have formalized a business relationship. FilmEmerge will assist with the marketing and promotional push for CFS.

“We are collaborating with the Center for Film Studies (CFS) to help facilitate workforce retraining for the emerging Michigan motion picture industry. Areas of retraining include production assistant, general grip/lighting, electrical, set carpentry/construction, stage/set production, and introduction to wardrobe,” FilmEmerge CEO and Co-Founder, Jonathan Rayos.

Mort Meisner, CEO of CFS adds, “FilmEmerge is becoming a leader in the Michigan film industry with their portal, services and other projects. This partnership will benefit many of the unemployed, and displaced manufacturing jobs from the United Auto Workers (UAW).”

About FilmEmerge:

FilmEmerge is a movie production resource center providing social media for the Michigan film and entertainment industry. Originally begun as a film production directory for those offering production services, it quickly grew into also a non-profit film foundation for training and education. Currently, FilmEmerge has more than 270 production categories. The differentiator technology of FilmEmerge includes a customizable profile page for directory listings, a marketing-friendly URL to attach one’s business name, a customizable banner, personalized and up loadable news, events, videos, an area for verified film credits, and a Save/Share component to share profiles with other social media sites.

http://www.filmemerge.com
Contact: J. Rayos 248.229.5502

About Center for Film Studies:

With Michigan offering massive tax incentives to filmmakers and production companies, and thousands of highly skilled Michigan workers unemployed, CFS founders Mort Meisner and Jack Grushko saw the need for an establishment that could help keep those incentives alive, while also helping to create jobs in the down economy. They envisioned an institution that would allow Michigan’s vast wealth of talented workers to stay in the state that they love, and continue to support its economy. This vision coincided with the production companies’ need to hire Michigan residents in order to preserve the maximum tax incentives. Meisner used his extensive TV and broadcasting background to put together a team of seasoned industry professionals, and thus the Center for Film Studies was created. This all-star lineup of instructors brings decades of experience to the Center, and provides it’s students with the skills, terminology, and wisdom needed to break into the world of TV and film production.

http://www.centerforfilmstudies.com/
Contact: Doris Hage 248..545.2643