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In this edition of Mistakes In The Making, we hear from Producer Ryan Hartsock. Ryan walks us through his mistake of hubris through metaphor and humble confession. Enjoy!

 

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In this edition of Indie Talk, Chris and Nick talk about their recent experiences at the theater, the surprise at the end of the new Thor movie, Winnie The Pooh (and other well-known characters) becoming fair use, the ‘Blood & Honey’ trailer and why it works so well, social media branding choices, and what Netflix can do to get back to their dominate ways. Enjoy! 

 

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Shownotes:

First Winnie the Pooh: Blood And Honey Poster (article)

Nope (film)

Keke Palmer (actress)

Daniel Kaluuya (actor)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Where the Crawdads Sing (film)

Jurassic World Dominion (film)

Top Gun (film)

Thor: Love and Thunder (film)

Minions : The Rise of Gru (film)

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (tv series)

Burn After Reading (film)

Joel Coen (producer)

Ethan Coen (producer)

Pulp Fiction (film)

Freddy Got Fingered (film)

Tom Green (producer)

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Jennifer Lawrence (actress)

Winter’s Bone (film)

Motke Dapp (director)

Weird Al Yankovic (musician)

FBoy Island Netflix show (article)

Seinfeld (tv series)

Stranger Things (tv series)

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In this edition of Mistakes In The Making, we talk with Cinematographer Logen Christopher. Logen talks about the mistake of creative isolation and how his habit of creating within his comfort zone threatened the success and viability of his studio, Stormlight Pictures, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Enjoy!

 

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In this episode, we have a conversation with filmmaker, actor, and philanthropist Julia Rosengren. We talk about her challenging upbringing in Northern Brazil, traveling the world at seventeen, surviving the modeling industry,  climate change, UNIAO GAIA, why she fell in love with trees, her short film, ‘Leaves,’ and what the world gets wrong about money. Enjoy!

 

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Leaves (short film)

Before Sunrise (short film)

União Gaia

 

Shownotes:

Leonardo DiCaprio (actor)

Martin Scorsese (producer)

Selton Mello (actor, dir)

The Basketball Diaries (film)

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In this edition of Industry Insights, Nick expounds on the challenges faced by Simone Biles during her latest Olympic experience and her response to those challenges while contrasting those trials with some of the issues filmmakers face once their film gets out of post-production. Enjoy!

 

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In this episode, we have a conversation with Entertainment Publicist Amy Prenner. Chris and Amy talk about her documentary ‘Have You Heard About Greg’, her fascination with news as a child, how Zoom helped her have the most successful year of her career, why media training is so important, her work with Ellen DeGeneres, how she would help Alec Balwin and Will Smith, and much more. Enjoy!

 

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Veteran publicity executive Amy Prenner is the founder of TPG, where she oversees publicity on behalf of the agency. The Prenner Group has been in business since 2007. With offices in Los Angeles and New York, The Prenner Group helps you develop and implement marketing communications strategies by providing media, trends, and business expertise.

 

Prenner, who has over 20 years of experience, develops and executes marketing communications strategies to help launch and grow your business. She is a leading entertainment publicist in Los Angeles. Services include public relations, communications strategy, and market evaluation. We specialize in taking entertainment campaigns and getting media attention.

 

She currently represents Acast Studios as their official agency of record for their original podcasts. She also works with fast channels Swerve Sports, DistroTV, and Best Ever Channels. In 2021, Prenner handled unit publicity on behalf of the indie film "Chocolate Lizards," starring Carrie Ann Moss, Bruce Dern, and Thomas Hayden Church, as well as the feature "The Baby Pact," starring Haylie Duff. On the streaming side, she launched several series on behalf of her client RadicalMedia, including "The Me You Can't See," on Apple+ featuring Prince Harry & Oprah, as well as "Crime Scene" on Netflix, "Sons of Sam," on Netflix and "Confronting A Serial Killer," for Starz. She also launched Lula Rich on behalf of The Cinemart on Amazon.

 

Amy has created memorable PR campaigns and secured national and local placements for all of the agency's clients. She is currently the chair of TPEC and is based in Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband and son.

 

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Have you Heard About Greg? (HYHAG) is a documentary introducing Greg O'Brien, an investigative reporter, best-selling author, and public speaker. Greg takes us into his world where he has survived cancer and now is battling an incurable disease-- AlzhAlzheimer'sThis disease has taken out GregGreg'sily members; his father and mother, grandfather, and uncles. Now Alzheimer's has come for him. Greg faces the journey with authenticity, humor, and a ferocious courageousness that has rarely been captured on camera until now.

 

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twitter.com/hyhagreg

www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsRqXT6RO2KOYSd5yEGAwQ

 

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Shownotes:

Have You Heard About Greg? (documentary)

Still Alice (film)

Vortex (film)

Oprah Winfrey (producer)

Law and Order (tv series)

Los Angeles Times

Ellen DeGeneres (producer)

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In this episode, we have a conversation with Entertainment Publicist Amy Prenner. Chris and Amy talk about her documentary ‘Have You Heard About Greg’, her fascination with news as a child, how Zoom helped her have the most successful year of her career, why media training is so important, her work with Ellen DeGeneres, how she would help Alec Balwin and Will Smith, and much more. Enjoy!

 

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More on Amy

 

Veteran publicity executive Amy Prenner is the founder of TPG where she oversees publicity on behalf of the agency. The Prenner Group has been in business since 2007. With offices in Los Angeles and New York, The Prenner Group helps you develop and implement marketing communications strategies by providing expertise in media, trends, and business expertise.

 

Prenner, who has over 20 years of experience, develops and executes marketing communications strategies that will help launch and grow your business. She is a leading entertainment publicist in Los Angeles. Services include public relations, communications strategy, and market evaluation.  We specialize in taking entertainment campaigns and getting media attention.

 

She is currently representing Acast Studios, as their official agency of record for their original podcasts. She also is working with fast channels Swerve Sports, DistroTV, and Best Ever Channels. In 2021, Prenner handled unit publicity on behalf of the indie film “Chocolate Lizards,” starring Carrie Ann Moss, Bruce Dern, and Thomas Hayden Church as well as the feature “The Baby Pact,” starring Haylie Duff. On the streaming side, she launched several series on behalf of her client RadicalMedia including “The Me You Can’t See,” on Apple+ featuring Prince Harry & Oprah as well as “Crime Scene,” on Netflix, “Sons of Sam,” on Netflix and “Confronting A Serial Killer,” for Starz. She also launched Lula Rich on behalf of The Cinemart on Amazon.

 

Amy has created memorable PR campaigns and secured national and local placements for all of the agency's clients.  She is currently the chair of TPEC and is based in Los Angeles where she lives with her husband and son.

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Have you Heard About Greg? (HYHAG) is a documentary that introduces Greg O’Brien, an investigative reporter, best-selling author, and public speaker. Greg takes us into his world where he has survived cancer and now is battling an incurable disease-- Alzheimer’s.   This disease has taken out Greg’s family members; his father and mother, grandfather, and uncles. Now Alzheimer's has come for him. Greg faces the journey with authenticity, humor, and a ferocious courageousness that has rarely been captured on camera until now.

 

www.facebook.com/hyhagregmovie

www.instagram.com/hyhagreg/

twitter.com/hyhagreg

www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsRqXT6RO2KOYSd5yEGAwQ

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In this edition of Mistakes In The Making, we hear from Writer, Actor, Author, and Musician Korby Lenker. Korby opens up about a time in his career when he was forced to slow down, take a 9-to-5 job, and rethink his creative path. Enjoy! 

 

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In this episode, we have a conversation with Whistleblower, Documentarian, and Author Michael McCray. We talk about the upcoming Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival, the art of pitching, the film industry’s role in Whistleblowing, social media building user’s psyches, the 30 data points rule, MK Ultra, Whistleblower protection laws, Julian Assange, Elon Musk’s bid to acquire Twitter, and much more! Enjoy!

 

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Acorn 8 Race, Power & Politics by Michael McCray (book)

Acorn 8 website

 

 

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Shownotes:

The Great Hack (film)

The Social Network (film)

Minority Report (film)

WeCrashed (tv mini series)

The Dropout (tv mini series)

Daniel Ellsberg (anti-war activist)

The Fifth Estate (film)

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Office of the Whistleblower (Congress)

House Whistleblower Protection Caucus

Government Accountability Project

National Whistleblower Center

The Corporate Whistleblower’s Survival Guide by Tom Devine (book)

The New Whistleblower’s Handbook by Stephen Martin Kohn (book)

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In this episode, we hear from a brilliant panel of female filmmakers and creatives - Kd Amond (AZIF Productions), Elisabeth Donaldson (Rattled, 2020), Tammy Hyler (Smashville Entertainment), Vicki Yates (News Channel 5), and Sarah Zanotti (Faye, 2021, AZIF Productions). We learn about the Bechdel Test, why it matters and why it's becoming easier to pass, the empowerment movement for women in film, the age of consent, and overcoming your fear as a female creative. Enjoy!

 

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Shownotes:

Five Women in the End (film)

Rattled (film)

Steel Magnolias (film)

Thelma and Louise (film)

Terms of Endearment (film)

Beaches (film)

Imitation of Life (film)

Shelley Duvall (actress)

Ellen Burstyn (actress)

Martin Scorsese (producer)

Writer Duet screenwriting software

Mean Girls (film)

The Exorcist (film)

Shirley MacLaine (actress)

Booksmart (film)

Paddington 2 (film)

9 to 5 (film)

Jerry Maguire (film)

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