Kelly Askam (sound mix), Natalie Reinholtz (director of photography) Cody Healy (gaffer)photo Sabrina Alexander It's been a while since I posted so I wanted to talk about what I've learned since wrapping on our shoot. I have to talk to my team about what's going on. I ran into an issue with renting equipment. It …
It takes 15 minutes to reach your goal
When we set our mind to our goals, we start to notice opportunities.
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.
Spike Lee is a real one
You can't just sit around and think you can get lucky