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BLOGS - HOW TO BE A FILMMAKER
HOW
TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOALS:
TENSION RELIEVING VS. GOAL-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES
"A
few years back, my brother and I were emailing each other to
motivate ourselves to make sure all our task items were completed
at
the end of each day. We were unbelievably productive. However
after
a week or so of doing this, I felt a void. I couldn't figure
out what
was wrong. Everything on my to-do list was disappearing, but
still no
sense of achievement...." Read full
blog.
COMPARISON
OF FILMMAKING AND ACTING IN L.A.
"Just
an update about my move here to LA from San Diego. Yes, I like
it as I have to drive 10 minutes or even walk for 10 minutes
to get to
an audition instead of driving 2 hours on a good day for an
audition
(4 hours once on a bad day)...." Read
full blog.
HOW
TO PRACTICE: FILMMAKERS NEED TO JAM LIKE MUSICIANS
"Yes,
it's been a while – which is always a good sign –
means I've been
busy. There was a contest for the Superbowl a while back for
a spec
commercial. So I made this with Roopashree Jeevaji; Rob Gironda
&
Carrie Weiland doing the music and Matt Stedman operated the
camera.
It was an excellent exercise in just "jamming" with
other filmmakers. My friend Thomas Mathai is the one who told
me about this and planted the seed in my mind. Musicians always
jam with one another...." Read
full blog.
HOW
TO GET STARTED IN ACTING
"Acting
is tough enough as it was rated as the number one profession
everyone wanted to do on some TV show I was watching a while
back. It was even ahead of being a director or a rockstar or
athlete. Aside from taking acting classes, here are a few steps
you should consider doing to help keep the costs down when first
starting out...." Read
full blog.
HOW
TO GET AN AGENT: PROTOCOL OF ACTING AND GETTING AN AGENT
"...So,
I'm not saying to not get an agent, but 1) try getting an agent
without headshots 2) try getting an agent without any experience
on
your resume other than `I played a tree with no lines in my
high
school play' 3) even if you get one, it doesn't guarantee anything.
I've got friends with agents who never get sent out on auditions...."
Read full blog.
HOW
TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE:
ZERO TO ONE: AN INFINITE CHANGE™
"...A
really good example in terms of this is in the movie Shine
with Geoffrey Rush playing the piano. It totally changed
the shot-list for the director because he didn't need a hand-double.
He could shoot it wide and Rush would be..." Read
full blog.
HOW
TO MARKET YOUR FILM: THE LONG AND BINDING ROAD - A Tale of Pushing
Your Movie After It "Expires"
"I
started reading the ‘Power of Focus’ – another
excellent book, but ironically I can’t focus because of
the following topic on my mind. I was hanging out with a friend
the other day. He told me about a friend of his who is a filmmaker
and wanted us to meet. He had told her that I’m a filmmaker
with a movie called Trade Offs on Netflix and Blockbuster..."
Read full blog.
HOW
TO PITCH YOUR FILM: THE MILLION DOLLAR PITCH
"...Probably the biggest reason that the independent filmmaker
doesn't
even produce a film, and almost definitely not a second one,
is not
the lack of talent nor the lack of motivation but rather the
lack of
dollars. However, funding a film, short or feature, doesn't
have to be
funded by you,..." Read
full blog.
HOW
TO BE EFFICIENT OUTSIDE OF FILM:
BOOKS THAT SHIFT PERSONAL PARADIGM
"...So
the first book that I read that deals with issue is call CLUTTER'S
LAST STAND: IT'S TIME TO DE-JUNK YOUR LIFE! by Don Aslett.
When I first saw the cartoon cover, I thought yeah, yeah, another
decluttering book. However, I started reading it and it was
so gripping and eye opening about how clutter just gets in the
way of creativity because you spend you time..." Read
full blog.
HOW
TO GET SAG-ELIGIBILITY:
LESSONS LEARNED
ON ALBERT BROOK'S SET
"I
just worked as an extra on Albert Brooks' (Finding Nemo,
The Muse) Untitled Project which eventually led to
a featured role. Here are a few things I learned from working
on it for eight days." Read
full blog.
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