I just came across this, the magazine Indiewire has its own Soundcloud page for interviews they put on. Click onto SoundCloud.
My journey into film
A film and art blog by Tim Schroyer
Category Archives: Film
Sex Trafficking Documentary.
Rebecca Dharmapalan and Zoë Simone are filmmakers from Oakland California who have made a short documentary called International Boulevard, which is about child sex trafficking in the Oakland area. It won first place at the 2013 Girls Impact the World Film Festival. It is a damn good short documentary, and I strongly recommend that you take the time to watch it.
I am happy to see that these women have taken on this subject. It is epidemic in this country. Girls 10 and younger are subjected to become prostitutes, though the average age is between 12 and 14. The sad part is that it is in your backyard. I live in Tampa, Fl which has the highest rate of child prostitution in the State. Fortunately, we have safe harbor laws that recognizes that child prostitutes are not criminals but victims and are treated as such. I’ll get into that more.
I am taking on this subject in the feature film I am developing. My goal is to make an impact and show the brutal realities of sex trafficking. Right now I am doing research for it, and am in the middle on Holly Austin Smith’s book Walking Prey, How America’s youth are vulnerable to sex slavery. It is a powerful and insightful book that I suggest you read. It will open your eyes.
They are also in the process of making a feature film. They have started a Indiegogo campaign to try to raise money for it, so let’s help them out in this. Click here for to go their Indiegogo page.
Food for thought from Ted Hope. Deliver Relationships and Experiences! Not Products.
Here is a video post from the great producer and thinker Ted Hope.
Crowd Funding Advice.
From the founder of Seed&Spark CEO Emily Best Via Film Courage.
Scriptlab
Hey, a very good site to go to concerning screenwriting is TheScriptlab.com
Here is their twitter https://twitter.com/TheScriptLab
Also here is a free PDF from them The Encyclopedia Of Screenwriting. Screen Writing
Grinding away.
Back to the grid. I am doing my research for my film that I have written about on here. It gets hard sometime. I am a vet. I know a lot of my brothers and sisters suffer. Especially those who did directly or indirectly do the killing. It can be a motherfucker. Plain and simple. And it hurts. The film I am doing is a lot about pain and painful things; however, they things that need to be discussed. We as a country tend ignore issues like combat vets issues and the sex trade. It makes people uncomfortable when we talk about them. Well guess what America, that is America, regardless if you choose to except it or not. And trust me, these things will fester and grow. And there will be a point where we will have to pay more than we had too.
What kind of filmmaker do you want to be? You can be a fluffy filmmaker that doesn’t take on any real subject. Tampa is full of them. We are the city of fluff. If you are into one dimensional film, Tampa is where you want to be. But then there are a few people who are trying to say something and using film as a medium to say it. I have a lot to say and find I have many tools of saying them, whether it be film, a series, a painting, theater or whatever is at my disposal . But I’m out there using them, and so should you.
What kind of filmmaker or artist, do you want to be? Do you have things you want to say and discuss. For me, art, film, and whatnot is just tools for me to communicate things I want to talk about. The series I am developing is about topics I want dive into and explore subjects that I find interesting and relative, and also showcase good music and talented artist. Go do the same. There are so many ways to express yourself and so many ways to get it out there in front of people. that you really have no excuse not be working on something. I know I have don’t.
10/15/2014 What’s up
Hey sorry I haven’t been on for awhile, last week was one of those weeks where I just couldn’t get it together let alone think or write. I started to read “The Untold War” by Nancey Sherman for research for the feature. What I get out of this book will bleed over to the series that I am developing. I also am going to read a book by Joseph Campbell called “The Hero with a Thousands Faces” I am doing that so i can have better characters in my scripts.
So I was having a conversation with a new friend Damian who is a local, Tampa, Fl, artist and she has motivated t0 get making art and photographing. I have2 paintings started, which I need to complete. I really don’t know if they will be shown, but you never know. Same goes for photography. And speaking of photography I really need to get back into it, for I have a background in Fine Art Photography, and will have to have to outsource the pictures for touch ups. I have a good friend who is a Photoshop guru, and they ever sell I will give him a percentage of the sells. ‘
ONE LAST THING. I have to send off Mr. laptop to be fixed. The doggies somehow knocked off my desk shattering the screen, and so off it has to go off to be fixed. One big reason to always get a warranty. So I will try to write at the library.
9/26/14 update.
Hey people, how are you doing? men
I have started to read Sebastian Junger’s book called War. It was an accompanying book to the documentary Restrepo; a documentary I strongly suggest you watch. It is about an airborne infantry platoon in a remote base camp in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. What amazes me about the book is how accurately he describes life of an airborne infantry platoon; something I have found hard to describe it, yet Sebastian does an amazing job at it. I can say this because I am a retired United States paratrooper who served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an airborne infantry team leader.
I am reading this for my film on combat veteran issues and the sex trade. I also reading many articles on the sex trade which for me brings me great anger. My hope is that my film will shed light onto these two topics and bring change and a national conversation about these two issues. I know it is a big goal, but I think in big terms and have big goals. I will be writing more about in my blog Notes From Outpost 187
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My journey into film 