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Introducing the Filmmaker Fusion Challenge!

July 16, 2020 5 Comments Filmmaker Challenges, Filmmaker Fusion, News, Up Next by Aaron Kes

Attention screenwriters and actors! From our co-hosts of Filmmaker Fusion, we are happy to present a new challenge sure to spark your creativity in these socially distanced times! We are going virtual for this challenge, so there will be three online events including a kickoff panel with screenwriters, live actor auditions, and it will all culminate as a live table read on Zoom of the winning scripts. Registration for the screenwriting portion of the challenge is now open. Read on for specific details about each portion of the challenge.

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Direct Chat with guest Marcus A. Stricklin

July 2, 2020 0 Comments Direct Chat, Up Next by Aaron Kes

Our latest episode of Direct Chat features Marcus A. Stricklin. He’s an aspiring screenwriter whose determination to get into a writer’s room by the end of the year is starting to show progress. He’s also made the most of quarantine time by making creative, funny, and informative TikTok videos. Check out the YouTube link for the video replay.

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Direct Chat – Marcus A. Stricklin

June 23, 2020 0 Comments Direct Chat, Up Next by Aaron Kes

Our latest episode of Direct Chat will feature Marcus A. Stricklin. Marcus is an aspiring TV writer who has made incredible use of his time during social distancing. Not only has he seen notable advancement of one of his TV projects, he used some of the home time to get creative and make some very funny Tik Tok videos that saw him grow his following. He then pivoted to making informative videos helping educate people about what makes good allies for black people. We’ll chat with him about all of this on our next episode.

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Direct Chat with guest Lorenzo Cuevas

May 26, 2020 0 Comments Direct Chat, Up Next by Aaron Kes

For our fifth episode of Direct Chat we interviewed filmmaker Lorenzo Cuevas. He chats with us about his varied art background, directing fiction versus documentary, and some of his influences, including Starship Troopers!

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Direct Chat – Lorenzo Cuevas

May 14, 2020 0 Comments Direct Chat, Up Next by Aaron Kes

Our latest episode of Direct Chat will feature our first doc filmmaker! Lorenzo Cuevas’ short doc The Revitalization of Central City South is a selection of the 2020 Phoenix Film Festival. Join us for our chat at 11am on Friday, May 22nd live.

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Direct Chat with guests Amanda Melby and Bruce Dellis

May 5, 2020 0 Comments Direct Chat, News, Up Next by Aaron Kes

For our fourth episode of Direct Chat we interviewed the filmmakers behind Raising Buchanan. Amanda Melby (Producer/Actor) and Bruce Dellis (Writer/Director) have been longtime supporters of independent filmmaking in Arizona and it was a great conversation.

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Direct Chat – Amanda Melby and Bruce Dellis

April 28, 2020 0 Comments Direct Chat, Up Next by Aaron Kes

Our latest episode of Direct Chat will feature two filmmakers from Raising Buchanan, the 2019 AZ Feature Film of the Year at the Phoenix Film Festival. Amanda Melby (Producer and Star) and Bruce Dellis (Director and Producer) will come on and talk to us about their film, things they’ve learned, and answer our fun questions about other filmmaking topics. Join us at 10am on Thursday, April 30th live.

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Weekly WorkChops – Animation

April 27, 2020 0 Comments Up Next, Weekly WorkChops by Aaron Kes

While we’re staying home to help flatten the curve, let’s make sure we still have the “chops” when this is all over! Every week on Monday we will give you a challenge to complete or tryout and we can feature them in a playlist on youtube.

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Direct Chat – Angela Houston

April 20, 2020 0 Comments Direct Chat by Aaron Kes

Our latest episode of Direct Chat will feature Angela Houston. Her short film, June Heist, is a selection of the 2020 Phoenix Film Festival. Angela will talk about her approach to filmmaking, as well as talk about some fun stuff like streaming recommendations. Join us at 10am on Thursday, April 23rd live.

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Weekly WorkChops – Lighting Setups!

April 20, 2020 0 Comments Up Next, Weekly WorkChops by Aaron Kes

While we’re staying home to help flatten the curve, let’s make sure we still have the “chops” when this is all over! Every week on Monday we will give you a challenge to complete or tryout and we can feature them in a playlist on youtube.

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