And this is how I spend MY Sunday night. Submitting to more festivals. This one caters to shorts of all kinds. And the shorts do not have to be under a half hour so I qualify. That is, I qualify to submit. To spend more submission money. To kiss the envelope and the DVD goodbye with some postage and send it on it's merry way.
Man I sure hope I get this doc in a festival this year!
I think I'm tired.
G'night.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Examiner.com
To my utter amazement this morning I found a post on Facebook with a link attached to an article about my documentary. It was written based on the trailer alone. I am so thrilled I've been reeling all day. The writer, George McQuade III, covers the Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles, and when he read my post on Facebook that I had submitted the film to that festival, he contacted me. But I had no idea he would immediately write an article.
And what an article it is:
http://www.examiner.com/review/homeless-stories-produce-real-music-to-jazz-artists-ears
Thank you George McQuade III for your help. Thank you.
And what an article it is:
http://www.examiner.com/review/homeless-stories-produce-real-music-to-jazz-artists-ears
Thank you George McQuade III for your help. Thank you.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles
Guess I haven't given up yet. I just submitted to the Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles. Sounds like I would have at least a shot at this one, since they like shorts, they LOVE music, and they are close to the Grammy Museum. Hey, it's worth a try. And I'm still tryin'.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
ACLU Screening
Read about the next screening and see photo stills from the live event for which the documentary was made here on my Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/352784001496212/permalink/352790091495603/?notif_t=like
https://www.facebook.com/events/352784001496212/permalink/352790091495603/?notif_t=like
ACLU Screening
It's turning out to be a busy year already. I'm lucky. I'm getting gigs AND I'm being asked to screen my documentary.
This next screening coming up is particularly special to me because it is for the Ventura Chapter of the ACLU. The subject of the evening will be helping our homeless veterans and my film will screen first. I have feelings about homeless veterans because I am a child of the 60's and we did not treat our vets when they came home from Nam the way we are treating returning vets today. SO many Vietnam veterans are homeless and that's as wrong in my mind as I believe war, any war, is. I hope my film can help some vets left out there on the street today.
I will blog more about this as the time nears but for now, here are the particulars for the ACLU screening:
February 5th
6PM
Grant T. Brimhall Library, Large Conference Room
1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks, CA
(805) 449-2660
"Voices of the Homeless" tells the story of a JAZZ inspired event where improvisational musicians helped the homeless tell their own stories in concert. It is a story of how music heals and how special the homeless as well as the jazz improvisers are.
Thanks for reading.
This next screening coming up is particularly special to me because it is for the Ventura Chapter of the ACLU. The subject of the evening will be helping our homeless veterans and my film will screen first. I have feelings about homeless veterans because I am a child of the 60's and we did not treat our vets when they came home from Nam the way we are treating returning vets today. SO many Vietnam veterans are homeless and that's as wrong in my mind as I believe war, any war, is. I hope my film can help some vets left out there on the street today.
I will blog more about this as the time nears but for now, here are the particulars for the ACLU screening:
February 5th
6PM
Grant T. Brimhall Library, Large Conference Room
1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks, CA
(805) 449-2660
"Voices of the Homeless" tells the story of a JAZZ inspired event where improvisational musicians helped the homeless tell their own stories in concert. It is a story of how music heals and how special the homeless as well as the jazz improvisers are.
Thanks for reading.
Monday, January 7, 2013
AFI
I did it. I got up my courage and connected with a friend of mine whose grandson works for AFI. I've heard in order to crack into a film festival it takes more then just blindly sending off your screener. So I will contact the grandson at AFI and try to not plead too hard for him to watch my documentary, Voices of the Homeless. It might work. I serve with his grandmother up here in Ventura, CA, feeding the homeless every Wednesday. The group is called Family to Family. And his grandmother is an incredible lady. Fingers crossed that he will take the time and watch the doc. It's only a 1/2 hour. Fingers crossed.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Happy New Year
Man was I lazy over the holidays. I was tired of living in front of my computer trying to find festivals to submit my documentary to. So far I am aware that three out of the seven festivals I submitted to last year are not interested. This is because they sent me their line-ups.
I'm beginning to see that this festival submission thing is like a shot in the dark. I want to get the message out there, that we can find creative ways to help the homeless and helped further jazz music at the same time, but it is difficult to imagine another year of spending 40-60 bucks a shot at festival submissions.
But I have made one New Year's resolution, and that is to not give up. I have a contact at AFI who I am going to send the film to and I am going to send it out to other festivals as well. One more year of trying to promote it . . . and then I think I'll be spent.
It will reach the audience it is supposed to reach.
I'm beginning to see that this festival submission thing is like a shot in the dark. I want to get the message out there, that we can find creative ways to help the homeless and helped further jazz music at the same time, but it is difficult to imagine another year of spending 40-60 bucks a shot at festival submissions.
But I have made one New Year's resolution, and that is to not give up. I have a contact at AFI who I am going to send the film to and I am going to send it out to other festivals as well. One more year of trying to promote it . . . and then I think I'll be spent.
It will reach the audience it is supposed to reach.
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