Media Platforms Workshop

Creating your own digital foot prints By Roxanne Prophet

OVER VIEW

Blogging, how easy and how many different ways….

Vimeo Vs. YouTube Casting Call Pro IdeasTap Unit List Lets get you started

NO FILM SCHOOL

NoFilmSchool is a site for DIY filmmakers and independent creatives. The site focuses on tools and technology relevant to filmmakers, writers, directors, editors, producers, cinematographers, bloggers, designers, and entrepreneurs.

NoFilmSchool was created by Ryan Koo

WHO THE HECK IS RYAN KOO? When he started this site in 2005 he was

unemployed and living with my parents in North Carolina.

His goal was to get himself to New York and start a film career — without any connections, and without going to film school.

And this site got him there.

It’s a long story, but thanks to this blog he was able to lie his way into a job at MTV (and a three-year career as graphic designer).

HIS DSLR GUIDE

That “movie mode” hidden in the menu system of your new DSLR?

AMAZING GUIDE! This guide was written by him reading

forums and learning from all the available teaching platforms online. E.g. Phillip Bloom

Also includes great people and websites to check out.

You could do some research into writing your own book?

PHILLIP BLOOM

“My site has also gone from becoming a place to showcase my work to a place for people to learn and share. There is a wealth of information on my site for both the seasoned and junior film maker. I hope you find it useful. We all need as much help as we can get to make it these days and I hope I can help.”

HOW TO’S: Phillip bloom and Film Riot

"Film Riot is the best of the bunch. Serving as an on-demand film school, this series stands out as a prime example of under-the-radar geeks who carved out a DIY niche that’s both useful and entertaining". - Wired.com

CREATE YOUR OWN HOW TO VIDEOS, they teach you and others and its like creating a behind the scenes of a movie

SUCCESS??!!

If you get successful enough at blogging and critiquing or even teaching equipment companies may ask you to rate and advertise their kit!

We setting up a website don’t forget to allow advertising hosts… that way when it gets more popular you can make some pennies…

WordPress

I find the easiest way to set up a website at the moment is by using Wordpress.com .

Everything is already formatted for you and there are many step by step guide on how to use it.

Check them out: https://learn.wordpress.com/get-started/

Examples

My mentor in life: : David Gregory Jones

My horrible example of a website that has been neglected…. Roxanne Prophet

Get started…. Get you name at wordpress.com and start documenting your career… make your own digital CV… So that you can become a runner at ITV just by handing over your business card or adding your website to a link in an email

Me working for ITV last summer

Ever heard of Red or Black?

Also Boozin’ n’ Schmoozin’

This would all be great to have when you meet other or more experienced filmmakers to give your business cards.

SO GET OUT THERE!!

Make a to do list with a deadline and advertise it through your blog.

Let people know that you are learning and what mistakes you have made!

Vimeo Vs. YouTube

Vimeo is a better blog than any other. It’s a blog that visually shows what your up to and is basically your portfolio online!

http://roxanneprophet.wordpress.com/ https://vimeo.com/davidgjones

YouTube… Its great to get a lot of views but its not what the industry looks for.

You can make it look good and professional but with Vimeo this is a lot easier to do.

But you can make it professional

Casting Call Pro

http://www.castingcallpro.com/uk/

Actors handbook - £12

Choosing a Drama School Further Training Getting and working with an agent What casting directors want Preparing your CV, Headshot and Showreel Handling auditions and interviews Self-employment and marketing Useful organizations

We will be helping our actors build their picture portfolios

IdeasTap

About IdeasTap / Roxanne Prophethttp

://www.ideastap.com/People/roxanneprophet

The Unit List

Why prepare all this? Well Unit list posts last minute jobs online all the time and having all this allows you to apply to them quickly.

You can like them on Facebook and they will post items that appear on your news feed.

Also has a load of resources online….

http://www.theunitlist.com/tag/abouttheunitlist

Why did you bring your laptops?

I want you to sign up for everything now! Start off small, don’t plan to much at first and soon

it will become part of your life! Download the DSLR guide, Sign up to no film

school newsletters. Like the unit list on Facebook Like Film Riot on Facebook Create an IdeasTap account + Newsletter Follow our blog Create your own profile on Casting Call Pro MAKE A TO DO LIST OF YOUR AIMS FOR THIS

YEAR!

Also…

READ this:http://www.slideshare.net/NastitiMayawulan/marketing-through-social-media-platform

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MORE WAYS TO GET OUT THERE!

So…. Research it and find what applies to you…