Tawanna B. Smith, of Mom’s Guide to Travel and MGT Travel Media, is a great proponent of using video to get the message out for your business or passion. She is definitely a fan of live video streaming, but recorded videos can be equally useful. She has a show on Facebook Live, “The Process with … More Support our #entrepreneurs: “The Process with Tawanna B. Smith”
The linked-to article in my post originally appeared on the Social Triggers website, How to Find Your Voice – And Own It, by Derek Halpern. I have been at this blog for a few months. My blog is important to me, because it is the way I will find my voice. That is not enough. Will … More How to Find Your Voice – And Own It | Social Triggers
As filming of Sharrie Mccain’s “Collision Envisage” resumes (2/18/17), this time we are indoors. This was the first indoor scene filmed. The room being used was converted into a classroom at the Police Academy. This is an example of “set dressing”. The room already has a mounted whiteboard. Tables and chairs had to be put … More Support our #filmmakers: My Day On Set of Sharrie Mccain’s “Collision Envisage”: All About Set Dressing (Updated)
Introduction Akia Garnett is an International Branding Influencer who has been providing her services for many years. She was the first person I spoke to at length about corporate and personal branding. She is one of my influencers who got me thinking about personal branding and how it could apply to me. Q&A: I posed … More Support our #entrepreneurs: Meet Akia Garnett (Updated)
This post originally appeared in StudioBinder website, 3 ways To Smartly Work With Difficult People On Set, by Shant Kiraz I have been on a working set and I have observed it is difficult enough just following the normal process of production – which involves blocking, setup, repeated takes just to get through even a … More 3 Ways To Smartly Work With Difficult People On Set | Studio Binder
Introduction I have wondered exactly what constitutes an independent (indie) film, and how to know that a film is an indie. Hard to tell just by watching a film. At the start we may see on screen the familiar theme of a well-known studio, such as Universal. Following that are shown one or more other companies. … More “La La Land” is an Indie! What IS an Independent film?
You know I have made many connections through social media. This post spotlights four projects by my connections. Danielle Earle’s “Brooklyn Is In Love” “Brooklyn is in Love” starts out with a shocking event and takes off from there as the characters deal with what has transpired. An interesting group of people work through their … More Support our #filmmakers: Spotlight: Four Projects by My Connections (Updated)
This post originally appeared in No Film School website, 4 Key Elements to Writing a Strong Film Treatment & Why it Matters, by Patrick Biesemans Filmmakers and writers for the screen, the “treatment” is very important. In the lifecycle of a film, a “treatment” is a document that precedes the actual screenplay. In this post, … More 4 Key Elements to Writing a Strong Film Treatment & Why it Matters | No Film School
Introduction A “shot” represents the most elemental part of recording the information contained in a script to a persistent medium, such as film or digital. For ease of description, I will use the word “film” henceforth. A shot represents a continuous recording of film from “action” to “cut”. A “shooting script” captures the information required … More Film – It’s All About the Shots
I have already profiled Vickie Natale. The other day (1/26/17) she wrote a series of tweets describing how the ideas are now flowing freely after she suffered through a drought of creativity (commonly known as writers block) which she has dubbed “inward flow”. Her prose has so impressed me that I have taken her twitter … More Support our #singers: Vickie Natale – In Her Own Words
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