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DIY filmmakers, actors, screenwriters and industry experts, share their tips on creating, marketing and distributing socially conscious content.

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028: Quick Pop in Episode. What's coming up and Last Stand To Nowhere by Michelle Muldoon. Jul 05, 2017

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I know most folks are still on Hoiday mode so this is a super quick check in episode and an update from fellow tribe member Michelle Muldoon:

Please support Last Stand To Nowhere:

Last Stand to Nowhere does something no Spaghetti Western has ever done; put women at the forefront of an iconic gunfight, the Gunfight at the OK Corral. Women rule action films these days but there's one genre missing; the Western.

We aim to solve the dearth of female Western roles with a stellar cast and crew of women including our award-winning Cast, Director of Photography and the best Stunt Coordinator in Vancouver.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/last-stand-to-nowhere-film

027: Do NOT crowd fund until you've listened to The KickStarter Guy! Jun 28, 2017

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Free Training from The Kickstarter Guy! Before you launch your fundraising campaign, listen to this because Justin Giddings is not only an award-winning actor, writer and filmmaker, but he's also known as "The Kickstarter Guy" for his work in helping independent filmmakers fund their dreams through crowdfunding.

In the last 24 months, Justin has help over 75 campaigns raise $3 million dollars and currently boasts an unequaled 97% success rate.

Focusing on an approach that relies on attractive outreach that doesn't alienate friends and family, Justin travels the world to teach and coach on crowdfunding.

He teaches at Film Independent and Seed&Spark and is listed as one of Kickstarter's Experts, an elite group of coaches and agencies that have been personally vetted by the Kickstarter Staff.

He is based in Los Angeles where he lives with his super-awesome wife, rambunctious son, cranky dog, and a daughter on the way. You can find him through his website:

www.TheKickstarterGuy.com

026: Multi-Award Winning Multi-Artist Keena Ferguson on Self Producing, Acting, Filmmaking and so much more! Jun 21, 2017

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Keena Ferguson a Multi-artist whose love for all things creative (dancer/choreographer, actress, VO artist, writer, producer, director) has led her to fully accept all of her many talents and Keena now calls herself a multi artist. Keena’s latest projects are; starring as Crystal on the hot Golden Globe winning show Atlanta, S.W.A.T on CBS opposite Shemar Moore, and recurring on Amazon’s Gortimer Gibbons Life of on Normal Street. She also is the voice of many popular video games and can be heard at Disneyworld for the brand new Pandora World of Avatar and in the video game Star Wars playing the new character Jedi Master Ranos. She has danced for many notable artists such as Kelly Rowland, Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony and so many more, she has been seen in commercials for Coca-Cola, Direct TV and Bud light to name a few. Keena is also the writer, producer and star of the short film Kai that went on to screen in more than 35 film festivals internationally and was picked up for television distribution. She expanded her talents again and directed the HBO nominated short Lindon Passing that was also written and stars Keena. All of the multifaceted roles she’s played has prepared Keena for her most challenging, but most accomplished feeling as an actress; when she performed her NAACP Award winning one-woman show Keena UnBranded. Playing over 10 different characters intertwining dance and live music, Keena UnBranded confirmed to Keena (and her audiences) that the power of honest artistry was a way to not only entertain, but also inspire.

Please visit : KeenaFerguson.com and for Keena Unbranded:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keena-unbranded-heads-to-north-carolina#/

025: From Prison, to writing and then becoming a motivational speaker, with two-time author Lawrance A. Haskins Jun 14, 2017

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In Lawrence's words:

From October of 1992 through August of 2002, I was incarcerated inside the Federal Bureau of Prisons for the crime of armed robbery. For a decade of my life, I was lost to my friends, my family and even myself because of a horrible and irresponsible decision I had made. My inmate number was 22855-086 and I was only one of many 100’s of angry, disconsolate and wholly uncertain souls I would encounter in the tombs of federal prison system. I share this not to elicit sympathy or comfort from any quarter. I did the crime and it was justly and fairly my lot to serve the time handed to me under the federal laws and by the federal courts of these United States. I share this solely for one reason: So others who have made horrible, seemingly insurmountable and unbearable mistakes will know that there is a path forward, that if we are willing to do the work and commit to inside out and top to bottom transformation, there isn’t a single thing circumstance that the truly determined individual can’t come back from. Period. As of this writing, it’s been 15 years since I walked out of the maximum security federal facility in Florence, Colorado and since that time, I’ve started my own business, published to literary works of fiction, and have been an employee in good and respected standing at some of the biggest corporations in the world. I learned the lessons of hard time and while it hasn’t been easy for me, I want others to know they can come out and still make something of themselves, that they can have a life and that it is possible to walk in the light of substantitive change rather than in the shadow of a horrible mistake. Lastly, while I will be speaking to inmates in adult detention facilities about turning their lives around, to society at large for the purpose of educating them on the American Penal system and the effects, for better or worse, it has on its inmates, my main focus will be on at-risk youth and the young men and women incarcerated in Juvenile Detention Facilities all across this country. The reasoning for this focus is straightforward: The young mind is still fertile to the seeds of positive change and the young heart is more receptive to the possibility of a bright and productive future. Again, not that we won’t speak to adult offenders but we believe strongly that our resources, at least at least in this stage of the execution of our mission, are best deployed by reaching our youth.Thank you for taking the time to read this.

024: Working with distributors, sales reps + faith based vs horror films with brilliant filmmaker Alexandra Boylan. Jun 07, 2017

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Producer Alexandra Boylan has taken three independent films from conception to completion and has gone on to sell all of them to major distribution companies, including Universal Home Entertainment and Image Entertainment.

All three films have been on the shelves of Walmart, released world wide, and continue to sell in Red Box, Amazon, iTunes and pretty much everywhere else DVD's and Vod is sold.

To learn more about Alexandra, her classes and films: www.soyoumadeamovie.com http://mustardseedent.com www.wishforchristmasmovie.com www.catchingfaith.com

023: A deep dive into self distribution via SVOD/TVOD, release strategy + QC with Jason Brubaker May 31, 2017

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Jason Brubaker is a Los Angeles based film distribution executive specializing in direct to consumer distribution strategies. He consults with media companies, rights holders and content creators to develop strategies to source content, maximize distribution, grow audiences, build buzz and create community around each title. Previously Brubaker served as the Manager of Content Acquisitions for Chill, a direct-to-consumer video on demand platform funded by Kleiner Perkins and William Morris Endeavor (WME). While at Chill, Brubaker was responsible for sourcing and acquiring content. Brubaker also serves as the Vice President at Distribber, a film distribution company that delivers content to Netflix, iTunes, Hulu, Amazon Prime, while allowing the filmmaker to keep 100% of the revenue. Additionally, Brubaker is a contributing author of The Independent's Guide to Film Distributors, he is the founder of Filmmaking Stuff, a professional resource for independent filmmakers, and his articles on independent movie marketing and distribution have been featured in Film Slate, The Independent and Movie Maker Magazine. As a speaker, Brubaker has lectured at the UCLA Film School and has spoken or participated in panels at numerous film festivals, including Sundance, Action On Film Festvial, Broad Humor Festival, DV Expo, Filmmaker Summit, FirstGlance Film Festival, HollyShorts Film Festival, Idyllwild CinemaFest, LA Post Production Group, New Hampshire Film Festival, Nosotros Los Angeles, Maine Media Workshops, Santa Monica Film Festival, Showbiz Expo LA and WestDoc.

To learn more about Jason visit:

Filmmakingstuff.com and

Distribber.com

022: The top 2 takeaways from our screenwriting episodes w Pilar Alessandra, Michelle Muldoon, Hilliard Guess and Lee Jessup! May 24, 2017

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The top 2 takeaways from our screenwriting episodes w Pilar Alessandra, Michelle Muldoon, Hilliard Guess and Lee Jessup!

In this solo episode we discuss:

#1 The work ethic of a screenwriter

#2 To submit to screenwriting competitions or not to submit?

Also a few updates from:

Emmy nominated producer John Halbach
Singer songwriter Goapele
Award winning actor Brianna Brown
Casting director Jeannine Fisher!

021: How to incorporate socially conscious themes into your screenplay with On The Page's Pilar Alessandra May 17, 2017

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PILAR ALESSANDRA started her career as Senior Story Analyst at DreamWorks SKG. In 2001, she opened the Los Angeles-based On the Page Writers’ Studio, dedicated to teaching and consulting with screenwriters and TV writers at all levels.

She’s the author of the popular scriptwriting book, “The Coffee Break Screenwriter,” and host of the “On the Page Podcast.” An in-demand speaker, she’s taught seminars at Disney Animation, ABC, CBS and MTV and traveled the world teaching in the UK, China, Poland, Vietnam, Colombia, Portugal and South Africa. Pilar’s greatest accomplishment is the success of her students, many of whom have won top competitions like the Nicholl Fellowship, are working on TV shows such as “The 100,” “Silicon Valley” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” and have sold scripts and pitches to studios including DreamWorks, Warner Bros. and Disney. For more information about Pilar, her classes, consultations, book and podcast, go to www.onthepage.tv

020: How to be a working screenwriter in Hollywood with award winning screenwriter Hilliard Guess May 10, 2017

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This man is the incredible Host of Hilliard Guess' Screenwriter's Rant Room Podcast, he serves as the Vice-Chair on both the Black and LGBT Committee and is a member of the Education, Latino and Genre Committeeas the WGA.He is also an award winning working screenwriter in Hollywood.

This screenwriter is a fun, ex-80s MOD/Punk with a knack for writing underdog/redemption stories in the bio, horror, gritty, or murder-death-kill world. His knowledge of the craft and instinct for unique, flawed characters have won him attention or awards at Sundance, Nicholls Fellowship, Scriptapalooza, Screenplay Festival, The PAGE Awards and AOF, to list a few.

He currently works as an in demand “assignment writer” in both TV & Film and is in the new book on iTunes, “THE TOP 100 INDIE WRITERS IN THE WORLD.”

Through his company Hilldog Productions, he produces TV Pilots, Film POC’s, Shorts, Web Series and Documentaries. His office is located on The LOT Studios in the heart of West Hollywood.

Ladies and Gentlemen the amazing Hilliard Guess!

Follow Hilliard at:

@ScreenwritersRR

and

HilldogProductions.com

019: Formatting, Craft and the Value of Community with Award Winning Screenwriter Michelle Muldoon. May 03, 2017

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Her screenplays have won awards at seven different film festivals as well as received the Women of Film Award at the AOF Film Festival. She placed in the second round at the Austin Film Festival three years in a row with three unique genre screenplays, as well as created the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival’s International Screenplay Competition and the Writers Room Invitational for the AOF Film Festival. Twice a year she teaches the Introduction to Screenwriting Workshop for Raindance Vancouver. This talented and super smart screenwriter is also an award winning director and producer. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Michelle Muldoon! To learn more about Michelle, please visit: https://michellemuldoon.wordpress.com/

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