Collaborative credit From the cover
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What’s happening?
film projects eligible for up to a 31% rebate on costs by creating jobs and paying eligible wages to Texas residents. Some FWFC students received jobs in productions before graduation. Student Jason Toledo helped with prep work for filming of “Lioness” in Fort Worth.
Chad Jones, Radio Television and Film instruc- tor at TCC, said the school offers an associate degree in radio, television and film and that it has 150 students enrolled. SGS Studios is taking part in the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program, which makes
The program could open doors for jobs such as Sheridan’s new SGS Studios or 48 other Fort Worth-based production companies, according to a news release. The Fort Worth Film Collaborative offers job training in set construction, grip, electric, post-production and stage operation, which started for the 2024-25 school year at TCC. The film commission partnered with 101 Studios in fall 2024 to help with production on several of Sheridan’s projects. Some of his credits filmed in North Texas were “1883” and “Landman,” according to the Visit Fort Worth website.
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Howdy Films, that came out in October. Parks, who once worked at the TCC bookstore, is now a video freelancer and started work on Season 3 of “Lioness” as a production assistant. “There’s an opportunity here for not a lot of investment for someone to come and get skilled up in a discipline pretty quickly … to get on set,” Jones said.
The partnership with the film commission provides an additional 26 students. Toledo is a real estate agent, but now also operates Toledo Co-T Films, saying he caught the film bug and jumped right in. He worked with classmates Josh Cornelius, Jordan Parks, Karenth Guzman and Cole Harvey on “The Hem,” a horror film by Fort Worth-based
Filling a need
26 students earned certificates 24 students
enrolled in the fall 2025 semester for the FWFC 9 students are scheduled to graduate from the FWFC by end of 2025 29 total certificates have been awarded for the FWFC program 4 police officers hired each day for filming in Fort Worth for security 192 cast members in “Landman” 2,572 extras in “Landman”
Film production class offerings
Film Collaborative course cost (4- to 6-month courses) Intro to the Film Industry $100 Lighting for Film or Video $200 Building Set Construction/Maintenance $300 Artistry of Makeup $425
Additional courses being offered at Tarrant County College in 2025 with connections to TV/film production include:
Art of Hair Design
Electricity Principles
Basic Safety and Health
Mechanical Maintenance
SOURCES: TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE, HILLWOOD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
TV/Video Field Production
SOURCES: TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE, FORT WORTH FILM COLLABORATIVE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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