Femme Regard Podcast

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez of Femme Regard Productions spill the tea on this week's topic: directing and mentoring!We chat with Latina director, Pam Matew about her experience directing several short films and mentoring inexperienced filmmakers on her sets. We get into why it's so important to think successfully and put in the work and share that with other people. Setting the building blocks to success is only the beginning!IG Shoutouts: @syncthemovie @iwokeuplikedez @thetenant_short @armedbetties @bighoopenergy_shortWebsites and Socials:IG: @latinadirector Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez of Femme Regard Productions spill the tea on this week's topic: distribution and shooting a scriptment!We chat about friend to the show, Katrina Cebreiro's series, Miscellanea, namely the episode our own Carolina stars in, Polette. How she became inspired to create the story based around female empowerment and how she was efficient with shooting a scriptment. We also dive into her journey with distributing the project.IG Shoutouts: @syncthemovie @miscellanea.tv @nvisionateWebsites and Socials:https://miscellanea.vhx.tv/IG: @mastercon10der Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez of Femme Regard Productions spill the tea on this week's topic: fundraising!We chat about our experience fundraising for our first feature film, Sync. We give many tips and tricks, both learned and taught to us by our amazing team, Craft Services, in order to run a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter (and other platforms!). We get real about the work and the difficulties that lead to the rewards and excitement of funding!IG Shoutouts: @syncthemovie @fromtheheartproductions @enjoycraftservices @kickstarter @mailchimp @olsosaraWebsites and Socials:http://www.femmeregard.comIG: @misstessalauren @lafemmecarolina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on creating a fantasy film with filmmaker Chris Heck! We chat with return guest, Chris about his first feature, the Savage State. A dark fantasy for children. We get into all of it. Where did this idea come from and why is it important? How is he combining elements of puppetry, SFX, and more? And what about fundraising? We learned a lot in this episode and we know listeners will too! Links: Website: http://www.thesavagestate.com Wefunder: http://wefunder.com/thesavagestate Instagram: @chrisheck13 @theaterthirteen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on going from filmmaker to SVOD platform creator with Christin Baker! We chat about Christin's growth as an indie filmmaker and her willingness to get on the phone and ask for favors. This has lead her to not only winning film festival awards, but getting nominated for an Emmy! Along the way, she created Tello Films, an SVOD platform for LGBTQ content and more. Links: Website: http://www.tellofilms.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tellofilms Instagram: @christintello @tellofilms Twitter: @christintello @tellofilms --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on how psychology fits into character building and screenwriting with William Indick! We chat about our film, Sync, and how psychology fits into our character creation and story building. We dive deep into narcissism and toxic relationships and how to build a sci-fi story with the psychology behind it! Links: To Buy the Book: https://mwp.com/product/psychology-for-screenwriters/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on doing it all in indie film with Kelly Lou Dennis! We chat about Kelly Lou's current project, Good Girls Get Fed, and how she has done just about everything in the film industry, which has made her prepared for just about anything! Links: Instagram: @kellyloudennis @gggf_shortfilm --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on indie filmmaking in a smaller market with Lauren Barker! We chat about writing and directing and how she worked towards each position in the midwest. Lauren also shares how this led her to her first feature, Cohabitation, and what she has learned from these experiences. Links: Instagram: @lbarkerfilm @cohabitationfilm Twitter: @cohabitation18 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on writing with Olivia Haller! We chat about her experience as a playwright and producing theatre and how that led her to screenwriting for film and tv! Links: Website: www.oliviahaller.net Instagram: @olivia_haller Twitter: @olivia_haller --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actor Cameron Monaghan discusses his career, including roles in Shameless and Paradise Highway. They talk about the challenges of portraying complex characters, the impact of social media addiction, crafting an authentic social media presence as an actor, and balancing creativity with distractions.