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Est. in 2009 - YouTube channel on writing/film/acting
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Jul 9, 2024 • 2h 18min
How To Tell A Better Story - John Bucher
John Bucher, a mythologist, discusses storytelling, heroism, antiheroes, personal growth, balancing breaths, and the power of storytelling in crafting engaging narratives. He explores archetypes, symbols like spider's web, and emphasizes curiosity in the creative journey.

May 17, 2024 • 2h 3min
Deciding To Be An Artist For The Second Time - Sheila Houlahan
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Sheila Houlahan is a Webby Award Winning Indian-American actor, singer, producer, writer and advocate.
Sheila played the supporting role "Paige Callahan" opposite Denzel Washington in the Warner Bros. feature "The Little Things", which was written and directed by John Lee Hancock. She also has a role in the Michael Bay thriller "Ambulance".
In 2021, Sheila was the executive producer for a feature film adaptation of Marsha Norman's Pulitzer-winning play "Night, Mother" in partnership with Twitch.tv; this film was a "hybrid" film, mixing pre-recorded segments with live performance that was recorded and edited in front of a live audience. Over 8000 people watched "Night, Mother" live, and since then, the film has received critical acclaim and has been screened at 68 festivals in over 24 countries. "Night, Mother" has over 64K views on it's flagship Twitch.tv channel and has been praised for its' fresh, innovative approach to filmmaking winning over 60 awards including the Webby Award for Virtual and Remote Entertainment & Media.
Sheila is a Celebrity Champion for Project HEAL, a nonprofit organization that helps people suffering from eating disorders source affordable treatment options and pay for treatment. She is also an ambassador for Ability Magazine's platform AbilityE, a casting portal that seeks to increase inclusion and representation of differently-abled talent and creatives on both sides of the table in Hollywood.
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Why Beginning Artists Shouldn't Analyze Their Work When Creating - https://youtu.be/GeBQM32zIX8
What It Really Means To Write For Money - https://youtu.be/7-FQe10nnZA
99% Of Books Won’t Make Their Money Back - https://youtu.be/yXWSPE6xTxk
Fears And Doubts That Hold Artists Back - https://youtu.be/2s5mp1RY5yQ
Artists Don't Have To Believe In Themselves To Have Success - https://youtu.be/F137IANXaF4
Big Difference Between Success And Failure - https://youtu.be/liwPpUr5eVE
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May 3, 2024 • 2h 5min
Future Of Filmmaking Is Here Now: Start Doing What You Love - Byron Q.
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Byron Q. is a Chinese American writer/director originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. His first film Bang Bang won the Best 1st feature jury award at the 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The film went on to gain a cult following within the Asian American street culture. His last feature, Las Vegas Story, starred Eric Roberts, is distributed by Indie Rights. He is repped by Housefire Management. Byron recently completed a successful $25,000 Kickstarter campaign for a short sci-fi film entitled Killing of a Machine which plans on using Virtual Production workflows and Unreal Engine.
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Apr 5, 2024 • 1h 35min
Story Maps: How To Write A GREAT Screenplay - Daniel Calvisi
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DANIEL P. CALVISI is a Script Doctor, Writing Coach and the author of Story Maps: How to Write GREAT Screenplay and Story Maps: TV DRAMA: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot. He is a former Story Analyst for major studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax Films and New Line Cinema. He coaches writers, teaches webinars on writing for film and television and speaks at writing conferences. Many of his clients have worked with the top networks and studios in the industry, such as Netflix, HBO, Warner Brothers, Disney, Sony, ABC, Showtime, Apple TV+ and more. He holds a degree in Film and Television from New York University. He lives in Los Angeles.
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The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers - https://youtu.be/Ab6z57N6evA
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Apr 2, 2024 • 2h 45min
I've Written 12 Books: Here Are Tips That Can Help Every Writer - Andrew Warren
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Andrew Warren is the international best-selling author of the Thomas Caine thriller series. Andrew also writes the space fantasy series Tales of Talon under the pen name of A.A. Warren. Andrew was born in New Jersey, and studied film and English at the University of Miami. He has over a decade of experience in the television and motion picture industry, where he has worked as a post production supervisor, story producer, and writer. He currently lives in Southern California.
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Should A Writer Start With Character Or Plot? - https://youtu.be/wCiOUNCpQzQ
Characters That Serve The Plot Are Less Interesting Than Ones Who Motivate The Plot - https://youtu.be/ESH6-baIAWg
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Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - https://amzn.to/3WEuz0k
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Mar 29, 2024 • 2h 36min
The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You're Not - John Vorhaus
Guest John Vorhaus shares secrets behind comedy success, defeating failure, generating great ideas, and creating engaging stories. Topics include comedy filters, premise development, character keys, pushing boundaries, analyzing storytelling flaws, embracing diverse perspectives, AI in art, crafting compelling dialogue, character motivations, and finding self-worth in creativity.

Mar 29, 2024 • 2h 14min
How To Find Investors And Get Your Movies Made - Ramfis Myrthil
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0:00 - Most Important Skills A Producer Can Have
19:09 - This How A Bad Day Making A Movie Got Worse
29:31 - 5 Reasons Why A Producer Will Reject A Screenplay
44:02 - How A Producer Finds A Good Story
57:09 - Adventures In Crashing Movie Sets
1:13:29 - There's No Right Way To Approach A-List Talent
1:36:01 - How To Find Investors For A Movie
2:00:15 - If You're Not Getting Something, You Have To Ask What Are You Giving
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LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - http://amzn.to/2tbtmOq
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Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post https://amzn.to/425k5rG
Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - https://amzn.to/3WEuz0k
LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv

Feb 29, 2024 • 32min
30 Minute Crowdfunding Training For Beginners
Melissa Center is an actress, award-winning filmmaker—known for intensely relatable & visceral women’s stories, a published SPEAKer, and leading "Crowdfunding Queen" who has helped creatives raise over $1M for their passion projects.
As an actor, her most notable credits include roles on FBI (CBS), This is Us (NBC), Grey's Anatomy (ABC), Masters of Sex (SHO), and more. Favorite roles onstage include “Maggie” in A Chorus Line (Dir. Mitzi Hamilton), “Olivia” in Sex with Strangers (Hollywood Fringe), and “Jan” in 50 Words (The Lab Creative, LA). She also originated the stage adaptation of Lois Lowry’s The Giver, directed by the late Wynn Handman of The American Place Theater.
She is the producer, co-writer and star of feature film, All I Want (Prime, Vudu, TubiTV, itunes) and the co-director, writer and star of award-winning viral short film R.V, a narrative that anticipated the overturn of Roe vs Wade. Her short film His Name is Niv, which she wrote and directed, is inspired by her own experience with sexual assault.
Her solo show Marrying Jake Gyllenhaal debuted during Pandemic lockdown via livestream at The Pico, LA followed by Edinburgh Fringe Digital to rave reviews & coverage in Ms. Magazine & Psychology Today.
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Jocelyn Jeffries is a filmmaker, host, and creative who is passionate about sharing the power of the arts with others.
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Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post https://amzn.to/425k5rG
Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - https://amzn.to/3WEuz0k
LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv
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Feb 29, 2024 • 2h 16min
Hidden Tools For Writing A Comedy Screenplay - Steve Kaplan
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Steve Kaplan is the author of The Hidden Tools of Comedy and The Comic Hero's Journey, best-sellers in their field. He's working on a third book about writing comedy for television.
In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other universities, Steve created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. In addition to development projects for HBO, he has taught workshops online and around the globe and at companies such as DreamWorks, Disney Animation, Aardman Animation, and NBC's Writers on the Verge. Steve has worked as a script consultant and script editor for productions companies, studios, directors and individual writers.
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99% Of Books Won’t Make Their Money Back - https://youtu.be/yXWSPE6xTxk
Fears And Doubts That Hold Artists Back - https://youtu.be/2s5mp1RY5yQ
Artists Don't Have To Believe In Themselves To Have Success - https://youtu.be/F137IANXaF4
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Feb 12, 2024 • 1h 48min
How To Land A Job In Film And TV - Carole Kirschner
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Carole Kirschner spent fifteen years as a television development executive. A former Vice President of Television for Steven Spielberg's first Amblin Entertainment and a Comedy Development exec at CBS, she’s had the privilege of working with some of the most respected writers in the industry. Switching to the other side of the desk she became a consultant and created and runs the CBS/Paramount Writers Mentoring Program, which has helped launch the careers of more than eighty television writers of color, including 14 showrunners. Because of her work with CBS she was asked to help writer/producer Jeff Melvoin as he developed the curriculum for the WGA Showrunner Training Program and as the Director has been running the Program for 18 years. Ms. Kirschner, through her career coaching practice, Carole Kirschner Entertainment Career Strategies (carolekirschner dot com) works primarily with screenwriters who are stuck or need help navigating the political landscape. She recently launched the successful online course, “How to Pitch a TV Show That Sells” and is gearing up for her new online course, “Get the F Unstuck: Break Through and Create Your Ideal Hollywood Career” in late spring. She is also an international speaker and her book, Hollywood Game Plan: How to Land a Job in Film, TV and Digital Entertainment is taught in colleges across the country. MORE VIDEOS WITH
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