Savannah Movie Studios Expands Hollywood-Taste Backlot to 17,000 Sq. Feet.

Georgia’s Savannah Faculty of Artwork and Design has introduced the second one section of its movie studio backlot.

The 11-acre, three-phase enlargement now contains the backlot, new cutting-edge manufacturing, trendy dress design stitching labs, study rooms, an LED quantity level for digital productions, a hair and make-up studio and a large, high-tech prop making store with gear for woodcutting, welding and portray.

Talking with Selection in regards to the new section, SCAD president Paula Wallace says, “This costume-and-production enlargement of the SCAD Backlot and Savannah Movie Studios is going well past further sq. photos, serving as a testomony to SCAD’s dedication to cultivating industry-ready skill. A brand new development adapted for this much-lauded level program at SCAD supplies scholars with the similar state-of-the-art tech they’re going to come across in skilled manufacturing studios, higher making ready them for careers in dress design and past.”

About 3,700 sq. ft is devoted to dress design and advent. The gap features a stitching lecture room, stitching lab, convention rooms for mentorship and collaboration, a picket and steel store and a specialised dress garage house with an business garment conveyor. Says Wallace, “Development 3 permits for better groups of dress designers to paintings on a mission successfully, and extra space for storing manner an available archive of costumes, equipment, props and set fabrics to additional inventive inspiration and manufacturing worth.” She provides the scholars could have ease of get admission to to premier gear and seamless cross-pollination with different departments.

Firstly a 22,000-square-foot former meatpacking plant, the power opened in 2014.

Wallace says, “This group of cutting-edge amenities elevates manufacturing caliber and fosters a dynamic atmosphere the place collaboration prospers, making sure SCAD scholars and alumni excel in each facet of the {industry}.”

In 2025-26, two industry-ready soundstages might be finished, in conjunction with 11 study rooms. Section 3 of the backlot will encompass a police station, a completely built single-family house, a the city sq. and extra.

Scheduled to open in 2026, this section will entire the 11-acre buildout.