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Building Your Audience: Advice from the Experts Aug 21, 2018

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Audience building made easy! This panel, featuring Alex LeMay, Eugene Sun Park, and J. Sibley Law, originally took place at Stareable Fest 2018, and covers every possible aspect of audience building, from press, to social media, to supplementary content, and more. Find the full, unedited video version of this podcast at Facebook.com/Stareable

Marketing Your Web Series Before You Release With Tom R. Pike Aug 14, 2018

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No episodes? No problem! There's still plenty you can do to promote your upcoming work, according to Personal Space co-creator Tom R. Pike. He talks cheap and easy ways to create content before you have any money, how to communicate with your fans during an extended post production period, and the practical ways you can start building your audience as soon as possible.

Web series editing, according MTV Movie Award Winner Joshua Caldwell Aug 07, 2018

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Set yourself up for success. Director, writer, and producer Joshua Caldwell (NEGATIVE, LAYOVER) details how your post-production process starts with every directing choice you make, how much "fixing it in post" can actually fix, and more.

Directing tips from Yulin Kuang (I Ship It on CW Seed) Jul 31, 2018

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Be the best boss. Writer/director Yulin Kuang walks you through how to mitigate on set fighting with grace, how to communicate with actors rather than talking at them, and how to circumvent all the most common production problems you're likely to run into.

Shipwrecked Comedy On All Things Pre-Production Jul 24, 2018

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After earning $66k on Kickstarter, their hard work was just beginning. Mary Kate Wiles, Sinead Persaud, Sean Persaud, and Sarah Grace Hart of Shipwrecked Comedy walk us through every step of pre-production, from location scouting to location losing to the absolute terror and excitement that is planning a web series.

Breaking into the mainstream with Alex LeMay (YouTube Red, Go90, Disney) Jul 17, 2018

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Is $250k a year as a filmmaker possible? Alex LeMay, showrunner and director for YouTube Red, Go90, Disney, and more, thinks it is. Not just possible- he thinks with a little blood, sweat, and tears, it's totally accessible for every filmmaker out there.

How to be a no-budget professional with Kate Hackett Jul 10, 2018

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Be a professional. We talked with award-winning actress and filmmaker Kate Hackett about what contracts you need, why you need them, and how to work with friends and still take your project seriously.

Hire the best crew for your web series with advice from Emmy-Nominated producer Allison Vanore Jul 03, 2018

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Build your web series dream team! Allison Vanore is the Emmy-nominated producer of the web series Vanity, starring Denise Richards, and the Head of Production at Canvas Media Studios, and she's here to tell you how. Allison also talks how to work with friends, how to fire friends, how to multitask on set, and more.

Auditioning and casting best practices with Ashley Clements of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Jun 26, 2018

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Nudity comes with a huge pay bump. We sat down with Ashley Clements, the star of the Emmy Award-winning Lizzie Bennet Diaries (among many other digital credits) to talk how to run your casting process from a creator AND an actor perspective, what to focus on during a self-tape audition, and what your headshot should look like.

Crowdfunding simplified with Seed&Spark's Director of Crowdfunding, Christina Raia Jun 19, 2018

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You can fundraise without losing friends- it's true! Christina Raia, award-winning independent filmmaker, 4-time crowdfunding success story, and Seed&Spark's Director of Crowdfunding, talks with Forget The Box about how you can reach beyond your friends and family to reach your crowdfunding goal, how to build your audience with a long-term relationship in mind, and how to build financial independence as a filmmaker.

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