The Spark & The Art

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/20 - Today’s guest is Canadian Writer, Director and producer Mark De Angelis. After Mark spends his day writing for other people’s shows he comes home and works on his own projects. And not just small projects either. Mark has finished two seasons of his web series Bill and Sons Towing.

In our chat we talk about the challenges of doing such large projects basically on the side. As well as how he works with others to make his vision come to life. 

**Links to things mentioned in the show**

Ron James Show - http://www.ronjames.ca/

Bill and Sons Towing - http://www.billandsonstowing.com/

Courtney Gilmour - http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4bd815c28b/bikini-calendar-bill-sons-towing-ep-4

Charles Ketchabaw - https://twitter.com/cketch

Nicholas Campbell - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132757/

Sonja Smits - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810500/

Jane Eastwood - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247720/

Colin Mochrie - http://www.colinmochrie.com/

Jonathan Torrens - https://twitter.com/TorrensJonathan

Bill and Sons App - https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/bill-and-sons-towing/id553723024

TheSparkAndTheArt/19 - Is it sometimes hard to know why you are creating things? 

In today’s episode I tell you why making things you enjoy first can be a very helpful mindset for keeping yourself going. 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/18 - This week’s episode is an interview with Thi Vo. Thi is a film maker, actor, graphic designer and Wipeout contestant (he made it across the red balls) We didn’t talk about his Wipeout appearance on the podcast but you can find a link to the episode in the show notes at TheSparkAndTheArt.com/18. He has finished a short film about family violence and is in the process of editing his feature documentary Made In Vietnam. It’s a film that documents Thi's journey to find the birth father he never met because he and his mother escaped communist Vietnam when he wasn’t even two years old.

We talk how he came to decide to make a feature length documentary while still working full time as a visual designer. We talk about raising budget through crowd funding and government grants. The importance of collaboration in filmmaking and end with a quick chat about the design of his favourite car. 

I think my favourite quote from this talk is “I believe life is about experiences. If you can’t experience new things what’s the point?” Some may hear this quote and think bungie jumping or skydiving. While those are some pretty fun experiences I think what he was saying was try anything. Try making your movie. Try writing your book. Try that thing you want to do because at the very least you’ll know if you want to do it again. 

Wipeout Canada - Episode 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-8KU3STgVE

Made in Vietnam Film

https://www.facebook.com/madeinvietnamfilm

I love you, Isabel

http://vimeo.com/66681402

Song from short film

http://www.joannaborromeo.com

American Virgins (Gettin’ In)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBeNxl25XC0

Vo Vietnam - Martial Arts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_martial_arts

The Lady In Room 6

http://nickreedent.com

Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers

http://csif.org/csif/

NSI - National Screen Institute

http://www.nsi-canada.ca/2013/06/new-in-this-weeks-nsi-online-short-film-festival-i-love-you-isabel-and-my-black-capped-angels/

Nissan GTR

http://www.gtrnissan.com

GTR Design Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Yyo5s9HgQ

Gundam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUArcaaTuS0

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/17 - Collaboration is a tricky thing but the more you collaborate the bigger the rewards. 

In today’s podcast I tell the story of Jason Webley who with the help of a group of his musician friends sold out an 800 seat theatre and raised $11,111 in two hours on Kickstarter. Collaboration is a tricky thing but when it works it’s magic. 
 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/16 - This week’s interview is with David Andrew Wiebe from DAWCast.com a musician, songwriter, podcaster and music entrepreneurship educator. David grew up in Japan but moved back to Canada for high school where he started playing guitar. Since then he has gone from playing 3 hours a day to just sometimes. Spent 12 years pursuing music as a career only to give it up to pursue more traditional entrepreneurial endeavours. But has recently found that the two paths are combining to create his current path.