I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, Hidden Brain and Shankar Vedantam was talking about the likely hood of coming from the bottom of the economic ladder to the top is 7% according to a study, don't ask me where the study comes from but a similar study was cited in the Freakonomics …
Color or black and white
Roma reminds me how beautiful black and white can be. I was talking to a potential editor about my project and he asked if it was going to be shot in black and white since it's a film noir. I thought about it and I responded I'm not sure. The most important question is how …
And the winner is…
The Oscars was last night and a lot of people are upset that Green Book won. While the Oscars are very prestigious, it doesn't mean as much as people may think. My favorite moment in the Oscars is Driving Miss Daisy winning over Do the Right Thing. Looking back I think most serious film fans …
It takes 15 minutes to reach your goal
When we set our mind to our goals, we start to notice opportunities.
My hypocrisy on the Jussie thing
I don't know if you've been following the Jussie Smollett saga but it looks like he may have lied about being attacked. I made a joke about it on my Facebook page but this morning I saw a Facebook live post from my casting director talking about kicking people while they're down. After watching it …
Maybe my film is ghetto
I was in Trader Joe's the other day and when I got to the counter the cashier placed my basket on top of a stack of baskets that were flipped over, he looked at me and said "sorry it's ghetto" I told him "it's fine, it just means you're creative." Ghetto rigged has been used …
Finding an audience
Who's going to watch my film, that's the question I had when fumbling around with Facebook ads or boost or whatever the hell it's called. After running a small marketing campaign I realized I could add specific movies to the audience makeup. Then it hit me, my audience is me, plus or minus about five …
And away we go…
We launched our crowdfunding yesterday for my film 2 AM and even though we didn't get a huge sum on the first day I'm excited that we will make our goal. I know a lot of people that want us to succeed because they know how important this film is. I want to show people …
Real artists ship
Marketing guru Seth Godin talks about this in his book Linchpin. Shipping really means getting your work out there. As an artist, it can be nerve-racking to think about putting work out because we fear the response. That hasn't gone away for me but I know it's a part of the process. So tomorrow at …
meditation + gratitude = happiness
No matter how turbulent the ocean is at its surface, if you go deep there's a peaceful stillness there that isn't disturbed. That's what meditation is to me.
