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004: Everything Short Films: Financing, Distribution, and are Film Festivals a Waste of Money? (Guest: Foster Wilson) Jan 21, 2020

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Foster Wilson is an award-winning director, an alumna of the Ryan Murphy HALF Directing Initiative, and a board member of Moms-In-Film. Her short film Made Public played at more than 20 festivals including 5 Oscar-qualifying fests and won several awards including Best Film, Best Director, and the Audience Award at the prestigious Bentonville Film Festival.

Host Jenn Page and Foster talk everything short film festivals. Should you waste your money on them, how to get the most bang for your buck if you are attending them, how to make a festival worthy short film, and even how to distribute them. They also talk breaking into TV: diversity programs, shadowing TV directors (how to get the opportunities and what do do once on set as the shadowing director).
Intuitive Conversation: Staying healthy mentally and physically
Notable Quote: "If you have such a narrow focus on something it may not be what the universe is telling you to do. If you just go “Oh, there’s an open door right there I’m going to just step through that” it becomes the easier path [and you’ll probably be happier and enjoy it more]."

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Hosted by: Jenn Page, Filmmaker

More on Foster:
Foster is an award-winning director, filmmaker, and Emergence Award Recipient. She earned her BFA at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied for 3 years with the Atlantic Theater Company. After more than a decade working in the industry as an actor, Foster made the transition to directing. Her short film Made Public (MadePublic.com) starring Jeanine Mason and Josh Zuckerman, premiered in 2019 and has played at more than 20 festivals including 5 Oscar-qualifying fests. The film has won several awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and the Audience Award at the Bentonville Film Festival. Her previous short film, Waffles, screened at 25+ festivals around the world and garnered 8 nominations and 4 wins, including an Audience Award for Best Short Film.

Foster was one of six members selected by Alliance of Women Directors for the inaugural AWD Short Film Initiative, creating a short film in collaboration with the Shoot ‘Em Up film series. The resulting film, titled MÍA, premiered at Disney Studios in October 2018. Additional directing credits include: Maggie the Cat, Platypus, Brick & Mopsie, Love Scenes, LLC, and the short series Gross Anatomy. In development: 5 Stages of Grief and the feature Living Will. Foster is an alumna of the Ryan Murphy HALF Directing Initiative, a member of the LA Women’s Film Collective, and a Board Member of Moms-In-Film. She is represented by Fourth Wall Management and Verve Talent. FosterWilson.com

003: Making a Fan Film: Financing, Casting, Licensing, Filming, and Beyond (Guest: Jason Satterlund) Jan 21, 2020

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Jason Satterlundis a director, producer, and screenwriter with over 25 years experience in films, commercials, documentaries, and commercials. He was also the writer and director of Kenobi, one of the biggest fan films ever made.

Host Jenn Page and Jason break down all the elements of making a fan film from the action to the licensing to how to get real props and actors from the original films. They also talk getting your film financed, the importance of having name attachments and diversity in casting, what not to do with your first short film.
Intuitive Discussion: how to find patience and inspiration even when your career seems to be moving at a turtle’s pace.
Link to Jason's fan film "Kenobi" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uDwjIBR9s4
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Hosted by: Jenn Page, Filmmaker

More on Jason:
Jason Satterlund is an award winning film director who has been working on films for over 25 years. He has extensive experience in all areas of production including directing, producing, writing, cinematography, and editing. He works all over the world directing, feature films, commercials, documentaries, and music videos.

Satterlund has done extensive work for clients such as Warner Brothers, Bon Jovi, Amazon, Microsoft, Jack White, CNN, The Oak Ridge Boys, Hallmark Entertainment, and ABC.

He is a writer and director of the award winning feature film, The Record Keeper, which premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in London. His latest feature film, The Suppression, is due out in 2020. He was also the writer and director of Kenobi, one ofthe biggest fan films ever made and stars Jamie Costa and James Arnold Taylor. jasonsatterlund.com

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002: What makes a Good TV/Film Producer, Knowing Your Worth, and Finding Your Niche (Guest: Jenna Edwards) Jan 21, 2020

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Jenna Edwards, is an actor, an award-winning film producer with projects on iTunes, Netflix, and Hulu, and a #1 best- selling author who is passionate about spreading the idea of Aggressive Optimism as far and wide as she is able to. (Bio below)

Host Jenn Page talks with Jenna on finding your niche, what makes a good film / TV producer, how Jenna went from PTSD to public speaker, and knowing your worth.

Intuitive Conversation: ask for help not time.

Notable quote:

On becoming self-sufficient: “Knowing the things you are really good at and doing those things, and surrounding yourself with people who do the things you are not great at.”

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Hosted by: Jenn Page, Filmmaker

More on Jenna:

Jenna Edwards is an Actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm in the Middle), an Award-Winning Film Producer (iTunes, Netflix, Hulu) and a #1 Best- Selling Author who is passionate about spreading the idea of Aggressive Optimism as far and wide as she is able to.

Growing up in a small town in Minnesota, Jenna was (what she calls) a “walking statistic." According to the experts, she should have been pregnant at 16, living in poverty with an abusive husband, addicted to some form of drug.

Instead, she made the choice to break the cycle and since then she has traveled the world (beginning as an exchange student in Thailand her senior year of high school), been on TV, and in movies, co- authored a #1 best-selling book and currently lives (not in poverty) in Los Angeles with her loving and supportive husband and she has just recently traveled the country for a year.

She attributes her incredible life to being aware that she has a choice, that our circumstances do not have to define us and that if we practice aggressive optimism when the going gets tough, we truly can create the life we dream of living. JennaEdwards.Life

001: Working with a Casting Director, Staying Healthy in this Business, and When and How to get an Agent (Guest: Bonnie Gillespie) Jan 20, 2020

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Bonnie Gillespie, author "Self Management for Actors," casting director, and enoughness coach to creatives worldwide, kicks off the Intuitive Filmmaker podcast with a real sense of what this show is all about. The craft of filmmaking and staying healthy mind, body, and soul. Bio below.
Host Jenn Page and this week's guest Bonnie Gillespie talk how mindset sustains a creative career, how to work with your casting director, how to know an agent is right for you, how to say yes only to the HELL YESES, and how to stay healthy in this crazy business of show.
Intuitive Conversation: satisfied and striving is better than struggling for your goals.
Some notable quotes:
"The struggle is real, but it’s optional."

“If you have set your true north, if you know if you as a storyteller have certain things for sure going to be part of your story, part of your life, it should get pretty clear which things are on the road toward that and which ones are detours off the road.”

More about Intuitive Filmmaker Podcast:
If you want to submit a question to the show please email a short video to intuitivefilmmakerpodcast@gmail.com.
Or you can leave a question at http://anchor.fm/intuitivefilmmaker.
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Hosted by: Jenn Page, Filmmaker
More on Bonnie:
Bonnie Gillespie is living her dreams by helping others figure out how to live theirs. As a weekly columnist, she began demystifying the casting process for actors in 1999. Her most popular book is "Self-Management for Actors," the curriculum upon which her teaching is based. As producer and casting director, Bonnie specializes in indie darlings. Whether casting or coaching, she is passionate about leaving the entertainment industry better than she found it. https://bonniegillespie.com

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