We're trying out a slightly different format this week! Instead of the usual interview, we (Emma and Adam) are talking about what it was like to produce a pilot for our web series, Totally Normal. Listen in as we discuss what pre-production, filming, and post-production was like for an indie short, made with a wonderful volunteer cast and crew.

As always, Spark to Screen is here to empower you, whether you're an actor, comedian, or filmmaker. We believe your voice, your spark of passion, matters. Your desire to create work on screen is so valuable. Life's too short to not do thing you love.

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Emma's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/emma.abridged/

Totally Normal Insta: https://www.instagram.com/totallynormalpdx/

Keep an eye out for a Patreon that we're looking to launch in October! I'm putting it in writing so now we have to do it!

Welcome Tara Johnson-Medinger to the podcast! Tara Johnson-Medinger is a Film Director/Producer and the Executive Director of POW Film Fest, the Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival and the POWGirls Education Program. Through her production work as well as POW Film Fest, Tara wants to promote and create opportunities for women filmmakers not only in Oregon but world-wide. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and their two very busy teenagers.

Catch her directorial debut, My Summer as a Goth, a coming-of-age story about the sometimes painful- often entertaining- search for identity and love in adolescence, on Amazon Prime or other digital VOD platforms!

As always, Spark to Screen is here to empower you, whether you're an actor, comedian, or filmmaker. We believe your voice, your spark of passion, matters, and your desire to create work on screen is so valuable. Life's too short to not do the thing you love.

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Emma's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/emma.abridged/

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emma-bridges0/message

Emma goes solo on this episode. Listen in as she reveals how she had some recent revelations around imposter syndrome, internal barriers to becoming an actor/comedian/podcaster, and more. Also: rants and raves, an idea for an actor/comedian group that brings that fun "after school group" energy, an update on our web series pre-production, and a heartfelt thank you to those who are listening.

As always, Spark to Screen is here to empower you, whether you're an actor, comedian, or filmmaker. We believe your voice, your spark of passion, matters, and your desire to create work on screen is so valuable. Life's too short to not do the thing you love.

Welcome to the podcast Kate LaChapelle! Kate is a screenwriter and writing coach with Your Story Unstuck based in LA. She is currently developing low budget rom coms and is in general a wonderful person. Kate spent 6 years working in production finance and accounting and has a degree in screenwriting. Kate co-hosts the What You Missed on Podcast.

My mission is to empower you, whether you’re an actor, comedian, or filmmaker, to go after your creative dreams and do what you love. I believe your voice, your spark of passion, matters, and your desire to create work on screen is so valuable. Life’s too short to not do the thing you love. That’s why I created Spark to Screen.

Spark to Screen is about how to transform your spark of passion for film, acting, or comedy into successfully creating work your friends, family, or millions, can watch on screen. It’s about fulfilling your creative dreams and allowing yourself to believe that you are enough. As a mental health therapist, comedian, and an actor, I’ll share my experience of overcoming limiting beliefs to help empower you to overcome yours, because I know you are enough! Cuz, we all are.

We’ll also be interviewing people who have experienced success reaching the next level of their entertainment careers. Want to make a movie, but don’t know how? Want to be on SNL, but nervous to take an improv class? How about make a successful youtube channel? This podcast is for you! I want to help you believe in your dreams and act in alignment with them, because it’s all possible.

Every week we’re going to be talking to people who have experienced success in the entertainment industry to help mine their experience for nuggets of gold to apply to our own lives. I’m gonna share the ups and downs of my creative journey, give you that sweet sweet therapist perspective to help your goals feel healthy and achievable, and top it off with some light-hearted lolz (L-O-L-Z). My name is Emma Bridges, I’m so glad you’re here!

The facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sparktoscreen

DM me on instagram: emma.abridged

Welcome Michael Melamedoff to the podcast! Michael is head of entertainment at Cowboy Bear Ninja and has various directing/producing credits, including The Problem with Apu, and shares his experience becoming a producer and director for a production company.

My mission is to empower you, whether you’re an actor, comedian, or filmmaker, to go after your creative dreams and do what you love. I believe your voice, your spark of passion, matters, and your desire to create work on screen is so valuable. Life’s too short to not do the thing you love. That’s why I created Spark to Screen.

Spark to Screen is about how to transform your spark of passion for film, acting, or comedy into successfully creating work your friends, family, or millions, can watch on screen. It’s about fulfilling your creative dreams and allowing yourself to believe that you are enough. As a mental health therapist, comedian, and an actor, I’ll share my experience of overcoming limiting beliefs to help empower you to overcome yours, because I know you are enough! Cuz, we all are.

We’ll also be interviewing people who have experienced success reaching the next level of their entertainment careers. Want to make a movie, but don’t know how? Want to be on SNL, but nervous to take an improv class? How about make a successful youtube channel? This podcast is for you! I want to help you believe in your dreams and act in alignment with them, because it’s all possible.

Every week we’re going to be talking to people who have experienced success in the entertainment industry to help mine their experience for nuggets of gold to apply to our own lives. I’m gonna share the ups and downs of my creative journey, give you that sweet sweet therapist perspective to help your goals feel healthy and achievable, and top it off with some light-hearted lolz (L-O-L-Z). My name is Emma Bridges, I’m so glad you’re here!

The facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sparktoscreen

DM me on instagram: emma.abridged

My mission is to empower you, whether you’re an actor, comedian, or filmmaker, to go after your creative dreams and do what you love. I believe your voice, your spark of passion, matters, and your desire to create work on screen is so valuable. Life’s too short to not do the thing you love. That’s why I created Spark to Screen.

Spark to Screen is about how to transform your spark of passion for film, acting, or comedy into successfully creating work your friends, family, or millions, can watch on screen. It’s about fulfilling your creative dreams and allowing yourself to believe that you are enough. As a mental health therapist, comedian, and an actor, I’ll share my experience of overcoming limiting beliefs to help empower you to overcome yours, because I know you are enough! Cuz, we all are.

We’ll also be interviewing people who have experienced success reaching the next level of their entertainment careers. Want to make a movie, but don’t know how? Want to be on SNL, but nervous to take an improv class? How about make a successful youtube channel? This podcast is for you! I want to help you believe in your dreams and act in alignment with them, because it’s all possible.

Every week we’re going to be talking to people who have experienced success in the entertainment industry to help mine their experience for nuggets of gold to apply to our own lives. I’m gonna share the ups and downs of my creative journey, give you that sweet sweet therapist perspective to help your goals feel healthy and achievable, and top it off with some light-hearted lolz (L-O-L-Z). My name is Emma Bridges, I’m so glad you’re here!

Welcome Becky Scott to the podcast! Becky wrote and co-directed her first feature film ASKING FOR IT, which premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival in March 2020, and is now available on Amazon Prime. Asking for it is about a journalist who takes justice into her own hands when her internet stalker walks free from the law.

Becky has an amazing story where she went from covering pop-culture for a digital journalism site in Manhattan and had to leave her job due to a medical condition that prevented her from typing. She pivoted to screenwriting (using voice to text) and directing a feature film she wrote in two weeks. And her movie is SO GOOD. You have to watch it. So excited to have her.

The Free Manifest Your Dream Career Masterclass: https://fb.me/e/2blSI8VHP

The facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sparktoscreen 

DM me on instagram: emma.abridged

My mission is to empower you, whether you’re an actor, comedian, or filmmaker, to go after your creative dreams and do what you love. I believe your voice, your spark of passion, matters, and your desire to create work on screen is so valuable. Life’s too short to not do the thing you love. That’s why I created Spark to Screen.

Spark to Screen is about how to transform your spark of passion for film, acting, or comedy into successfully creating work your friends, family, or millions, can watch on screen. It’s about fulfilling your creative dreams and allowing yourself to believe that you are enough. As a mental health therapist, comedian, and an actor, I’ll share my experience of overcoming limiting beliefs to help empower you to overcome yours, because I know you are enough! Cuz, we all are.

We’ll also be interviewing people who have experienced success reaching the next level of their entertainment careers. Want to make a movie, but don’t know how? Want to be on SNL, but nervous to take an improv class? How about make a successful youtube channel? This podcast is for you! I want to help you believe in your dreams and act in alignment with them, because it’s all possible.

Every week we’re going to be talking to people who have experienced success in the entertainment industry to help mine their experience for nuggets of gold to apply to our own lives. I’m gonna share the ups and downs of my creative journey, give you that sweet sweet therapist perspective to help your goals feel healthy and achievable, and top it off with some light-hearted lolz (L-O-L-Z). My name is Emma Bridges, I’m so glad you’re here!

Welcome Michelle Khare to the podcast! Michelle has over two million subscribers on youtube and is known for her “Challenge Accepted” series, where she immerses herself in various physical and career challenges, ranging from trying Marine Bootcamp to training to be a Victoria’s Secret model. Check her out as the host of HBO MAX’s Karma! Find her on instagram, youtube, and twitter @michellekhare.

Plus we went to camp together in high school, so you get the inside scoop from a camp friend’s perspective.

The Free Manifest Your Dream Career Masterclass: https://fb.me/e/2blSI8VHP

The facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sparktoscreen

My mission is to empower you, whether you’re an actor, comedian, or filmmaker, to go after your creative dreams and do what you love. I believe your voice, your spark of passion, matters, and your desire to create work on screen is so valuable. Life’s too short to not do the thing you love. That’s why I created Spark to Screen.

Spark to Screen is about how to transform your spark of passion for film, acting, or comedy into successfully creating work your friends, family, or millions, can watch on screen. It’s about fulfilling your creative dreams and allowing yourself to believe that you are enough. As a mental health therapist, comedian, and an actor, I’ll share my experience of overcoming limiting beliefs to help empower you to overcome yours, because I know you are enough! Cuz, we all are.

We’ll also be interviewing people who have experienced success reaching the next level of their entertainment careers. Want to make a movie, but don’t know how? Want to be on SNL, but nervous to take an improv class? How about make a successful youtube channel? This podcast is for you! I want to help you believe in your dreams and act in alignment with them, because it’s all possible.

Every week we’re going to be talking to people who have experienced success in the entertainment industry to help mine their experience for nuggets of gold to apply to our own lives. I’m gonna share the ups and downs of my creative journey, give you that sweet sweet therapist perspective to help your goals feel healthy and achievable, and top it off with some light-hearted lolz (L-O-L-Z). My name is Emma Bridges, I’m so glad you’re here!

The Free Manifest Your Dream Career Masterclass: https://fb.me/e/2blSI8VHP

The facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sparktoscreen