The kid was murdered by the police for taking his hat off.
Does this make you feel safer? Is this the kind of country you want to live in? Why do we give so much power to the police when they cannot administer it competently.
My journey into film
A film and art blog by Tim Schroyer
How to find an agent.
I was at the website Producer Founder and came across these two blog post on finding an agent. The firsts one is called 3 Things to Prepare Before Calling a Hollywood Agent. Very common sense things. First and foremost a great script. As I have said in the past 80% of good film is the script. Them after that is doing your research on actors and then figuring out what you can afford to pay them.
Then the second blog post, How to Talk to Agents About Your Movie, is about contacting agents and how you should go about doing that. It is common sense, be professional and be nice. Don’t be pushy and don’t waist their time. If you get a no from them, move on.
I hope this helps.
The quick update of 8 June 15
So I haven’t been on here is a while. Since March I think. Anyways, here is what is going on, I had stopped working on film for a while, but now I am back at it. I am back to researching and developing my film on sexual violence and combat veteran issues, as well as starting to do character bio’s. I am also planning my production company that I want to start when the screenplay is finished and it is time to raise capital to make it.
I am also going to be working on a some ideas for series that will be either for TV or the web. If I do a web series, it is with the hope that it does well enough to gain the attention of a network. Hi HBO. I heart you. I have a few ideas in mind, one of which is set here in Tampa and uses the Tampa Bay and its people as a back drop. Tampa has a great music and art scene. As far as the film scene goes it lacks desperately. You have a lot of monkeys with cameras running around making substandard films. But, thankfully, there are a few talented people making interesting, quality work.
I also have started to paint again. What got me going again is that I was commissioned to do a piece. This has gotten back to painting a series of paintings. I plan on having enough work done to be in a show in about 4 to 6 months as well as having the feature written and the production company ready to go. Once I have this all ready to go I plan on putting this out to the media. And those people who know what happened regrading the film on sexual violence and the ordeal I suffered know that this will be a big deal.
If you want to talk about investing in either my projects or production company let’s talk. Contact me at timschroyer@gmail.com.
Taco Bell Exploits 1984
That’s kind of cool ,
Taco Bell’s weird-ass Orwell ripoff, complete with totalitarian clowns (yes, you read that right)
I suppose it’s not much of a leap from this to Divergent/Insurgent.
If I had the chance to vomit up some Taco Bell breakfast onto the heads of the assholes responsible for this — well you’d have to take it, right?
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.
2 hours of crowdfunding advice from Film Courage.
Hey all, If you want or need advice on how to have a successful crowdfunding campaign here is a 2 hour video presented by Film Courage. I think you’ll get a lot out of it.
My journey into film 