No films or TV shows have been in production in Georgia since March, but the state’s faster opening over rivals New York and Los Angeles may give the local industry a boost, says the deputy commissioner of the state film office.

Lee Thomas of the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office said she thinks the state’s studios and production crews will get busy soon.

Thomas said the Georgia film office created its own “Best Practices to Reduce Contagion of COVID-19” guide. The guidelines are not mandatory, she said, as the office is not a regulatory agency. It gives production companies things to think about to lower the risk of infection department by department, she said, based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and the Georgia Department of Health. Gov. Brian Kemp’s latest executive order allows productions to start with 25 or fewer people, or by following social distancing guidelines.

“We are in a really good place in Georgia in that I think we are opening sooner than New York or L.A.,”  Thomas said.