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Interviews with creatives with their advice on keeping motivated & moving forward, whether you are a actor, painter or a musician. Plus Marysia's fun weekly newsletter & 13 minute task of the day to keep you creating. Blog is at www.loveyourcreativity.com. Twitter @MarysiaT http://www.facebook.com/Loveyourcreativity. G+ & LinkedIn Marysia Trembecka creativity, marketing, author, musician, actor, novelist, positive, thinking, interviews, tips, advice Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows marysia13@googlemail.com no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2015/06/17/advice-on-marketing-my-webseries-by-filmtrooper/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2015/06/17/advice-on-marketing-my-webseries-by-filmtrooper/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:24:01 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3476 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2015/06/17/advice-on-marketing-my-webseries-by-filmtrooper/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2015/02/21/riding-on-the-rollercoaster-of-a-creative-life/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2015/02/21/riding-on-the-rollercoaster-of-a-creative-life/#respond Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:00:39 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3388 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2015/02/21/riding-on-the-rollercoaster-of-a-creative-life/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/10/07/16-tips-on-writing-a-press-release-bios/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/10/07/16-tips-on-writing-a-press-release-bios/#respond Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:00:22 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3300 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/10/07/16-tips-on-writing-a-press-release-bios/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/09/10/8-reasons-why-you-cant-afford-the-luxury-of-not-doing-social-media/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/09/10/8-reasons-why-you-cant-afford-the-luxury-of-not-doing-social-media/#respond Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:16:40 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3257 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/09/10/8-reasons-why-you-cant-afford-the-luxury-of-not-doing-social-media/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/06/06/100-days-of-being-an-actress-singing-live-on-radio-2mrw-community-builder/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/06/06/100-days-of-being-an-actress-singing-live-on-radio-2mrw-community-builder/#respond Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:22:06 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3125 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/06/06/100-days-of-being-an-actress-singing-live-on-radio-2mrw-community-builder/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/30/8-lessons-i-learnt-from-the-cannes-film-festival-about-being-a-successful-creative/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/30/8-lessons-i-learnt-from-the-cannes-film-festival-about-being-a-successful-creative/#respond Fri, 30 May 2014 14:00:37 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3070 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/30/8-lessons-i-learnt-from-the-cannes-film-festival-about-being-a-successful-creative/feed/ 0 0:33:58 I have just returned from 10 days at the Cannes Film Festival and this podcast and blog applies to all creatives as it very much covers some of the ‘rules’ of being a successful creative, whether you are an actress, filmmaker, musician or indeed pho[...] I have just returned from 10 days at the Cannes Film Festival and this podcast and blog applies to all creatives as it very much covers some of the ‘rules’ of being a successful creative, whether you are an actress, filmmaker, musician or indeed photographer. (Yes that is me singing in French on the podcast) The lessons: It’s a business – the fashion, the mystique, distributor, sales agent to the short filmmaker Surrounding yourself with people who dream & take big action makes you dream bigger No room for perfectionism – be like Picasso You have to do the work or someone else will grab the opportunity / from script to pre sales to press Some live to party, others live to dream. some go to work. Blagging  can be an artform but it’s your choice on how you want to use your energy  Would you rather be at the Vanity Fair party as a success or as a ligger? Someone out there will love your work Get your elevator pitch updated It’s reconnection, not desperately shoving business cards in peoples faces. Here are some of the highlights  of the podcast (this is not a full transcript) Lesson 1 It’s a business, it is the business of making movies from producers, sales agents, distributor, the circus of the red carpet, the mystique of the business, the press, to how the public perceive This creative thing we do I have to understand myself as a cog in the wheel, as a  brand. We have a responsibility to understand the workings of the business, the main players and how we can circumvent the gatekeepers if necessary by making our own work and where we can display it for maximum effect. You need to know the rules to break them Question for you: What area of your business do you need to know more about. Licensing? Press? The Legalities of contracts. On the red carpet Cannes 2014 Marysia Trembecka   Lesson 2 Surrounding yourself with people who dream & take big action makes you dream bigger when you are with people who don’t just talk about their dreams but they make them and then they go out to the marketplace and sell their art. Plus while they are in the marketplace selling their current film or art they are already talking about collaborating for the next work. I went to Cannes as an actress but I left with knowing I will start producing films of projects. I am already working on my next solo theatre show but I now looking at making it as a short film at least. Deepak Verma, from Pukkanasha Films said to me, ‘You should be a producer’ and I went from initial horror to a short film and now I am thinking feature length! Question for you:-Who inspires you to re-size yourself, to see yourself as bigger. at the Ken Loach premiere of Jimmy’s Hall   Lesson 3 No room for perfectionism – Picasso I had a short but valuable conversation about production with  director/writer/producer James Hacking  The Website. When he first started he made 4 or 5 shorts and then finally made his first feature and has moved forward since. He said he now knows he should have been making a short film every week and that all that fiddling round with the editing, the extra 100 hours to make 0.00001% difference is a waste of time and energy. He said that ‘Picasso had the right idea, he made 35,000 works of art in his life’ We all are prone to hanging on to the perfectionism of our art. (Added Note James Hacking actually got back to me after I wrote this post and said As a matter of interest looked up his number of artworks ( I  have a habit of talking out of you know where…) His output estimated at… 13,500 paintings 100,000 graphic prints or engravings 34,000 book illustrations 300 sculptures and ceramics But doubt even that is accurate, point is, be free to make mistakes…. His film Love’s Kitchen has a serious cast in it, I have just discovered: Dougray Scott, Claire Forlani, Simon Callow to name a few ‘Art is never finished, only abandoned’ Blog post Lesson 4 You have to do [...] Actors, Casting, Directors, Filmmakers, Inspiration, Musicians, Networking, Podcast, Writers Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/26/100-days-of-being-an-actress-never-forget-a-name-or-a-face/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/26/100-days-of-being-an-actress-never-forget-a-name-or-a-face/#respond Mon, 26 May 2014 12:40:37 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3062 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/26/100-days-of-being-an-actress-never-forget-a-name-or-a-face/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/20/100-days-of-being-an-actress-red-carpet-cannes-premiere-of-the-new-david-cronenberg-film/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/20/100-days-of-being-an-actress-red-carpet-cannes-premiere-of-the-new-david-cronenberg-film/#comments Tue, 20 May 2014 10:09:45 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3044 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/20/100-days-of-being-an-actress-red-carpet-cannes-premiere-of-the-new-david-cronenberg-film/feed/ 1 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/18/100-days-of-being-an-actress-hunger-games-canapes-critic-at-cannes/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/18/100-days-of-being-an-actress-hunger-games-canapes-critic-at-cannes/#comments Sun, 18 May 2014 14:15:28 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3036 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/18/100-days-of-being-an-actress-hunger-games-canapes-critic-at-cannes/feed/ 1 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/15/100-days-of-being-an-actress-have-an-elevator-pitch/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/15/100-days-of-being-an-actress-have-an-elevator-pitch/#comments Thu, 15 May 2014 11:11:25 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3033 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/15/100-days-of-being-an-actress-have-an-elevator-pitch/feed/ 1 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/14/100-days-of-being-an-actress-bargain-hunter-packer/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/14/100-days-of-being-an-actress-bargain-hunter-packer/#respond Wed, 14 May 2014 00:18:28 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3024 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/14/100-days-of-being-an-actress-bargain-hunter-packer/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/06/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-4-my-own-pa-secretary/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/06/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-4-my-own-pa-secretary/#respond Tue, 06 May 2014 22:23:35 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2987 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/06/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-4-my-own-pa-secretary/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/03/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-one-bookkeeper/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/03/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-one-bookkeeper/#comments Sat, 03 May 2014 18:57:24 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2925 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/03/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-one-bookkeeper/feed/ 4 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/04/23/how-to-book-auditions-this-is-who-i-am-would-you-like-it-paul-clayton-on-auditions-making-money-as-an-actor/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/04/23/how-to-book-auditions-this-is-who-i-am-would-you-like-it-paul-clayton-on-auditions-making-money-as-an-actor/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:30:53 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2888 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/04/23/how-to-book-auditions-this-is-who-i-am-would-you-like-it-paul-clayton-on-auditions-making-money-as-an-actor/feed/ 1 0:36:49 I know Paul Clayton (imdb link) not just from his many many TV and film appearances (Ali G Indahouse, Peep Show, Him and Her and he is recently deceased in Hollyoaks) but also he is the Chair of the Actors Centre and in January this year he played m[...] I know Paul Clayton (imdb link) not just from his many many TV and film appearances (Ali G Indahouse, Peep Show, Him and Her and he is recently deceased in Hollyoaks) but also he is the Chair of the Actors Centre and in January this year he played my husband in Sunday Dinner With The Morgans He has a lifetime of knowledge about the acting industry and at a time when he found his work was slacking of he set up his own company doing corporate work as an actor and wrote a great book about it. Here are some of the highlights  of my interview (this is not a full transcript) The one thing I have picked up myself is that acting is a business. From Paul’s book ‘Actors often have little choice in their career,  they often have to wait at the will of others for decisions to be made that will affect their future.”   I asked Paul what the best way for actors to feel they have control of their career given we can get to the last two and then not book the role, or have long periods of not working. Paul in his very first job was told by a lovely actress Dilys Hamlet, on the first day of the rehearsal and said ‘You read that beautifully, you know that when you’re forty you will never stop’. This was when he was 21. The 19 years in between he did some good work but she was right he got into his own weight. At 40 and 50 he has seen big surges in his career. Paul  settling down in a relationship at the age of 40 and that coincided with knowing himself as a person. As a young actor he would walk into a room feeling confident but giving it ‘what would you like me to be’ However he doesn’t think that works. I think you have to go in saying ‘This is what I am, would you like it?’ He is the best Paul Clayton there is, some people may be breathing a sigh of relief that there is only one. Obviously there are some parts he would love to do but he is not right for, it is not that he isn’t good, just that he isn’t right for it. He was pencilled for a very big voice-over last week and then his agent said ‘Oh they went the other way.’ They have gone the other way because of something they heard in that other person’s voice. What wins people over is you the person, that is what we bring to acting. Some people confuse this with typecasting but what we bring is our own uniqueness and a lot of our life is about finding out who we are and when we settle into that we know what we are selling as it were. I mention how now I know I play yummy mummies very well and crazy strong women. Occasionally they merge as with the film I did with Paul where I played a coke snorting yummy mummy. The work for me has improved since I  have fallen or rather grown into these categories. A good friend said to his partner that ‘the thing about Paul is that he has made a career from being either stern or camp’. Paul  is sure he has done the two together. He always jokes he has made a career about being posh or Northern and on a really good day he plays a posh Northerner. There is truth that the more you single it down the more people know what they are looking at. He knows that when he did Peep Show 7 years ago that that just opened up a whole new area as it was brilliant writing and the audience could identify a type and then to know what to send Paul up for in casting. From that he went up for lots of dads in sitcoms and grumpy dads. It gets you through the door and that was interesting. I ask how much have you pro-actively opened doors? He had a great tutor at drama school called John McGregor and he taught the best class ‘Presentation  Technique’ but he said Every day do one thing that may result in work and then get on with being who you are, because who you are will result in you getting the work’ Paul directed a lot of rep in his 30s and thus did a lot of casting; you can see the desperation in some actors. You have the job until you open the door. and then when you step in the room, most of what you do is taking you aw[...] Actors, Auditions, Casting, Directors, Filmmakers, Inspiration, Motivation, Networking, Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/10/how-to-live-an-inspirational-life-collaborate/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/10/how-to-live-an-inspirational-life-collaborate/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:00:42 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2652 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/10/how-to-live-an-inspirational-life-collaborate/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/08/chicken-documentary-that-i-narrated-has-been-nominated-for-an-award/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/08/chicken-documentary-that-i-narrated-has-been-nominated-for-an-award/#respond Sat, 08 Feb 2014 14:00:19 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2644 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/08/chicken-documentary-that-i-narrated-has-been-nominated-for-an-award/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/18/the-space-between-where-you-want-to-go-where-you-are-now-bridge-it-through-action/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/18/the-space-between-where-you-want-to-go-where-you-are-now-bridge-it-through-action/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:19:37 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2380 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/18/the-space-between-where-you-want-to-go-where-you-are-now-bridge-it-through-action/feed/ 0 0:34:53 Marysia with Ryan James Lock Coaching Audio Session 0010 ‘See the space between where you want to go and where you are now.  The distance between there and here is through action. Your action that you chose to take. .’  In this 10th coaching session[...] Marysia with Ryan James Lock Coaching Audio Session 0010 ‘See the space between where you want to go and where you are now.  The distance between there and here is through action. Your action that you chose to take. .’  In this 10th coaching session podcast Ryan continues to coach me on how to market myself and my work, achieving my big goals, looking at my mindset and tackle my limiting beliefs and overcome procrastination. Ryan coached me over coffee in London a few weeks ago and by the end of the second coffee I had decided to do my first online workshop and webinar and write an ebook!  My first webinar was ‘5 ways to blast through creative blocks and get your project done” You can listen to the replay and this week’s free workshop here This podcast covered Moving forward and making big drastic steps, really stepping up. Most people know what they need to step up to the next level but there are often mental blocks to the doing. You know what to do but you are not doing it. ‘The strategies you have used to get you to where you are now, are not the same strategies that you need to take you to the next level.’ I did my normal last minute.com chaos to do my book and webinar recently.  ‘Little and often’ does not really work unless I have had to implement it eg voice and singing practice every day. My ebook and webinar I kept putting off actually doing until the deadline got too near to ignore. Four days from the deadline I had to work out the technology of a webinar or a ebook shop plus assemble the ebook and write the webinar. In my setting a date then I again HAVE to produce so I was up til 3 am most mornings and go to that uber focused place. Ryan says you must congratulate yourself in getting on and stepping up to the next stage of your life. Ryan’s procrastination list exercise Write out a list of everything you are putting off doing that you know you should be. Where are you playing too small? What steps could you take for your business or creativity? Then write against each one a step you can take. In writing my ebook  I then knew I wanted a dip in/dip out book rather than a progression from start to finish. It was only on starting to compile this I realised that was what this book needed. ‘The worse thing you can do is nothing’ I am struggling though with doing my showreel, editing it and getting it out there. As actors or creatives we are always waiting for clips or production stills to then send out. We have to collate pieces of showreel for work and yet I have been refusing to watch myself. How else can people know I can act on screen if they can’t see my work? I need showreel to move forward to do film and TV work. I really focused on getting the webinar and ebook out the door last week and not on the actual marketing of myself. Do you have a portfolio of work that you are happy to show people? I also have not been marketing my Londontown, track you hear at the beginning and end of the podcasts. The universe is reflecting back my hesitation. The universe seems to have stopped just as I have stopped myself from moving forward by refusing to do the work I need to do next; producing and putting my showreel and also getting my Londontown single out there. I am refusing to watch myself on screen, then put in an edit and let the world see it, what happens if the world thinks I am a bad actress? If the work is not out there the world can’t think I am bad or it is terrible. If I don’t do that then noone can see me and judge it. Ryan says ‘If you don’t move forward nothing can.’ Ryan says that I have raised the bar for myself, the space between where you are and where you could be, that space manifests itself as anxiety, worry, hesitation. Ryan encourages me to look at the fact I have done well. Look at where I am now and how I have moved forward. I am more self aware and developed a progressive mentality. I mention my F*** Guilt blog post Have developed my blogging and podcasts and I lo[...] Actors, Auditions, Fun, Gratitude, Marketing, Networking, Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/15/free-ebook-get-your-creative-project-done/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/15/free-ebook-get-your-creative-project-done/#respond Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:43:48 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2288 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/15/free-ebook-get-your-creative-project-done/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/11/60-ways-to-get-your-art-in-gear-the-ebook/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/11/60-ways-to-get-your-art-in-gear-the-ebook/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:21:27 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2212 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/11/60-ways-to-get-your-art-in-gear-the-ebook/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/10/winning-the-fight-vs-technology-to-bring-you-a-free-workshop/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/10/winning-the-fight-vs-technology-to-bring-you-a-free-workshop/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:26:33 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2209 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/10/winning-the-fight-vs-technology-to-bring-you-a-free-workshop/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/10/david-monteith-a-bad-day-acting-is-better-than-a-good-day-doing-anything-else/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/10/david-monteith-a-bad-day-acting-is-better-than-a-good-day-doing-anything-else/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:00:03 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2149 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/10/david-monteith-a-bad-day-acting-is-better-than-a-good-day-doing-anything-else/feed/ 0 0:32:38 Podcast 30:David Monteith, award winning podcaster, actor, director and tutor. I did a class with David years ago on podcasting and also used to be in a singing class with his now wife Siobhan. David is an award winning podcaster ‘Geek Syndicate’ wh[...] Podcast 30:David Monteith, award winning podcaster, actor, director and tutor. I did a class with David years ago on podcasting and also used to be in a singing class with his now wife Siobhan. David is an award winning podcaster ‘Geek Syndicate’ who also acts, directs and teaches. He has just been an understudy in the West End play ‘Fences’ and directed Monteverdi Orfeo for Isleworth Baroque to great acclaim (‘best production they’ve done in 10 years’ was his favourite review).. He was on the committee for the British Comic Awards (as in comic books) and hosted the award ceremony. He also interviewed the ex Dr’s Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Peter Davison and current writer/producer Steven Moffat at the Dr Who 50th celebration last weekend. ‘Best way to network is to be really good and be really easy to work with’. ‘If you make space and open it up to the universe, then take that step of faith, If you don’t make the space, what is going to come along to fill it as it is already filled with whatever nonsense is there to buy food.’ Before we get into our conversation I am doing a free workshop on ‘Five Ways To Blast Through Creative Blocks And Get Your Project Done’ this Thursday, details here. David started podcasting 8 years  ago, him and his friend recorded the first one whilst drunk on very expensive whiskey, within 3 to 4 years they has 2000 downloads a week. It has taken him places he would have never have been otherwise. There is a podcast network of ten to eleven under the umbrella of Geek Syndicate, back in the early days first people would ask about the name and then they would ask ‘what is a podcast?’, that was where they were when it started, noone then knew. They got nominated many times for the podcast awards but kept being competed against a Harry Potter podcast. They did win eventually in a different category David has been understudying in Fences, a West End play which Lenny Henry stars. He teaches twitter, podcast and acting classes of various levels.. He was in Jamaica for a year in 1999 and was thinking he wanted to be an actor. He returned to London and was drinking with a friend in Soho, saying ‘I want to act but I think I’ve left it too late’ This drunk guy who was standing next to them went ‘F*** Off, I am 40 years old and I am doing a part time acting evening course at the City Lit’, so David went off to that and now he teaches that very course 13 years later. 5 years later after the evening class he left to act, ‘the scariest thing I had ever done, I had a job and no idea what would happen after’ ‘Stuff is waiting to happen but you can’t see it if you are too busy getting in with normal life,’ I said as as an actor you can create drama in life as opposed to be on stage, be unnecessarily dramatic in relationships, when you clear the rubbish out, then drama gets back to where it belongs on the stage. David thinks he is there again, he is teaching so much that he needs to make space for his acting again. ‘Feed yourself as well as others.’ Siobhan, his wife is a fantastic classical singer so she and a friend asked David to oversee/direct a project. He was very ignorant on the world of opera and he thought they were all fuddy duddies but realised he was wrong having met Siobhan. They asked him to direct them and he wasn’t sure he liked opera anyway. However they asked ‘can you bring a sense of theatre to it?’, and off they went. He now teaches bringing a sense of acting to the performance, He often finds people are singing words they do not understand without any idea of what they mean. If you ask a writer for advice ‘just write something, the act of writing invokes something else, and gives ideas. Sometimes you just have to do stuff’ I talk about my jazz album from years ago and now one of the songs Londontown has a dance remix, and we are planning to release a dance single. Weird how creativity can evolve. Talking about Fences by a black Amer[...] Actors, Directors, Fun, Gratitude, Marketing, Networking, Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/05/29-kevin-bisbangian-award-winning-film-director-you-have-to-work-hard/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/05/29-kevin-bisbangian-award-winning-film-director-you-have-to-work-hard/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:00:03 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2139 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/05/29-kevin-bisbangian-award-winning-film-director-you-have-to-work-hard/feed/ 5 0:24:51 Podcast 29: This is a podcast interview I did with Kevin Bisbangian, award winning film director. I have worked with Kevin as I acted in his short ‘Chain Reaction’ alongside my friend Michael Brazil who had won best Supporting Actor at Madrid, actin[...] Podcast 29: This is a podcast interview I did with Kevin Bisbangian, award winning film director. I have worked with Kevin as I acted in his short ‘Chain Reaction’ alongside my friend Michael Brazil who had won best Supporting Actor at Madrid, acting in Kevin’s very first drama ‘Broken Wings’. Broken Wings was nominated for six awards at Madrid International Film Festival 2012. The nominations were Best script, producer, director, actor, supporting actor and best actress. He has subsequently won best short documentary award at St Tropez for ‘Poetic Emotions’ Q:Any advice for budding filmmakers or writers? Kevin doesn’t feel he is at a level to give anyone advice but working hard is really important. He has very talented filmmakers who make one film every couple years and then think about next one for two more years. ‘If you really like something you have to work hard at it. It is not good enough to make one film every three or four years. I understand if it is not ready but if you can afford it ,it is better to work hard and even with different people.’ He is working with 3 different groups of people and it works for him as well as produce other directors work in the future. Either listen to the podcast by pressing the button above or there is a loose transcript below. Kevin went to China for three weeks and made his first ever film, a documentary, which he loved for the editing. He then made an ad with a friend of his and ‘Broken Wings’ was the third film he made, and the first drama he had made. He knew most of the actors anyway, he had done a Method Acting course so he handpicked the best actors. I asked about self-doubt and why he felt it was good enough to send off to festivals. ‘You never know but I am generally good at identifying if something is rubbish and I am honest with myself.’ The ‘Poetic Emotion’ documentary he made he had the thought that if it was rubbish he would forget about it, and that was the plan and they (himself and Juliet the star) both agreed. ‘After editing you know if it is any good,’ St Tropez Film Festival ‘Poetic Emotion’ won the best short documentary award in 2013. He has been making films for 4 years, he maintains the awards are a fluke. He feels that he has been very lucky and worked with professional people, that helps you get nominations and thus work with better people. After ‘Broken Wings’ he made ‘Studio’ which was about making ‘Poetic Emotion’, ‘Last Letter’ a 3 minute film, and also ‘Chain Reaction’ that I (Marysia) am in. I got to hold the very heavy St Tropez international Winner Award Q: Does he think he is particularly good at giving judges of festivals what they want? ‘You can never afford to submit your film to every festival, but you have to decide where to send your film to give it a better chance i.e St Tropez because the documentary being about a French artist it would have a better chance. Broken Wings as there was a scene he was in that he had to speak in Spanish and Japanese, as was the actress speaking Spanish in it so he thought he would send it to Madrid as give it better chance’ Having been to a screening of ‘Broken Wings’ I thought the bleeding in from shots, the visuals, the more early Almadovar breaking the frame was more why he would have been nominated but of course neither of us know. Kevin has recently finished Salome, a psychological thriller and he was lucky to have twenty very professional people to work with. He started planning a year ago last summer to do rehearsals, costumes, makeups, to decide about every little detail. ‘ In the last few days before shooting we lost a location and without a location the pressure really escalates and makes me depressed but we managed to get an even better location.’ He is hoping to submit it to a few festivals, there is no deadline you can submit your film within the next 3 years anyway. ‘As long as the result is good, the pressure just happens during the shoot.” The Studio from Kevin Bisbangian on Vimeo. Q: Wh[...] Actors, Casting, Directors, Networking, Podcast, Writers Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/02/7-deadly-sins-musicians-are-committing-on-facebook-twitter-by-diy-musician-blog-diy-musician-blog/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/02/7-deadly-sins-musicians-are-committing-on-facebook-twitter-by-diy-musician-blog-diy-musician-blog/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:31:01 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2102 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/12/02/7-deadly-sins-musicians-are-committing-on-facebook-twitter-by-diy-musician-blog-diy-musician-blog/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/11/03/how-to-get-casting-directors-to-find-you-backstage-day-3-nanowrimo/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/11/03/how-to-get-casting-directors-to-find-you-backstage-day-3-nanowrimo/#respond Sun, 03 Nov 2013 15:02:41 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1881 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/11/03/how-to-get-casting-directors-to-find-you-backstage-day-3-nanowrimo/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/10/08/look-at-the-cold-hard-facts-of-why-you-have-a-great-product-noone-is-buying-it/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/10/08/look-at-the-cold-hard-facts-of-why-you-have-a-great-product-noone-is-buying-it/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:24:18 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1819 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/10/08/look-at-the-cold-hard-facts-of-why-you-have-a-great-product-noone-is-buying-it/feed/ 0 0:40:06 Ryan Lock/Marysia Podcast coaching session 6 “Look at the cold hard facts of why you have a great product & noone is buying it.Plus stop shoulding all over yourself” In this Sixth coaching session podcast Ryan continues to coach me on how [...] Ryan Lock/Marysia Podcast coaching session 6 “Look at the cold hard facts of why you have a great product & noone is buying it.Plus stop shoulding all over yourself” In this Sixth coaching session podcast Ryan continues to coach me on how to market myself and my work, achieving my big goal, looking at my mindset and tackle my limiting beliefs and overcome procrastination. Here are some of the highlights of his advice for moving forward this week (this is not a full transcript) We talk about the beginning of autumn and back to school. This is a great time to set big goals as we all are ready to ‘get back to school’, we have had summer to rest and have fun. Ask what do you need to learn now to forward your creative careers? What do you need to learn to help you get there? Set up goals and how best to set up your daily work ethic. The more we can schedule self care, exercise and time to create, then we can really move things. Also focus People can be very busy doing things that do not get them jobs or income. Look at your schedule, are you actively got time to write X letters per week to get work, to meet casting directors, networking. The definition of networking ‘ who knows who you are and what you do’ It is easy to talk about how busy you are but Ryan asks what are the end results. If none of the things you are doing are not bringing in work or results. Busy-ness is not necessarily productive. You can be busy writing your book but not doing any marketing to sell the last one Freelancers should be spending 25% of their time looking for their next job, this is something I got from a FEU workshop. I need to either do a day a week working on the marketing or 25% of each day. Ryan says ‘you market now to get results in 6 months, you can’t expect instant results’ Ryan says a lot of his clients say ‘I have done this amazing thing but not many people are looking at it” . It is very important to make marketing a priority, the first strategy is make promotion a priority. In the coaching world people will read your material for 3-6 months before buying material. If you are stuck and not getting the results you want, look at black and white cold hard facts and ask ‘How much are you actually marketing?’ Working smarter not harder and study really helps there, we need often new techniques or to get better. I am realising how I need to keep moving in a mental space. I am having new projects moving in, I need to rest and yet I have stopped working on my Londontown track. I now feel I have a stone that is no longer rolling, it is easier to push one that is moving, I am not pushing that creative project and I need to minimise my sense of guilt. Ryan says in an ideal world I would be able to focus 100%, and work 24 hours a day but it is not possible and very important to replace a sense of guilt with an awareness that my song is still applicable to market and sell, nothing had disappeared. I have been clearer with saying no to some people, although I have yet to say to people ‘sorry I cant help as I need some me time!’ On self care I am back down the gym, taking my script onto the treadmill. So I use the focused time without Facebooking to learn my script whilst doing cardio. I have also stopped blogging and podcasting late at night and getting off the internet at a reasonable time. What does the word ‘should’ mean – Ryan has a module ‘Stop shoulding all over yourself’ He says the word ‘should’ makes you or another creative wrong, a quote by Louise Hay – she gets you to make a should list and replace it with either ‘I choose to’ or ‘I could chose to do it if I want to’ If you are going to do affirmations, it is really important for you to use words that your brain recognises, so not alien language or terms. Ryan says he never has heard the word ‘should; used in a positive sense. I quote Georgina Sowerby who says if you have the word ‘should’ in a sentence, it means you need to find another way of doing it. Podcast int[...] Marketing, Networking, Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/08/14/how-to-network-spotlight-podcast/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/08/14/how-to-network-spotlight-podcast/#respond Wed, 14 Aug 2013 09:32:55 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1526 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/08/14/how-to-network-spotlight-podcast/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/25/the-power-of-sound-inspiring-diy-podcasts-on-music-money-making/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/25/the-power-of-sound-inspiring-diy-podcasts-on-music-money-making/#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:17:02 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1334 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/25/the-power-of-sound-inspiring-diy-podcasts-on-music-money-making/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/21/kickstarter-campaign-for-shudder-about-war-photographers/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/21/kickstarter-campaign-for-shudder-about-war-photographers/#respond Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:39:28 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1322 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/21/kickstarter-campaign-for-shudder-about-war-photographers/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/16/how-to-get-a-record-deal-ask-the-vamps/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/16/how-to-get-a-record-deal-ask-the-vamps/#comments Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:39:33 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1305 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/16/how-to-get-a-record-deal-ask-the-vamps/feed/ 2 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/15/my-resonance-104-4-fm-show-thursday-18th-july-8pm/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/15/my-resonance-104-4-fm-show-thursday-18th-july-8pm/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:13:22 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1294 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/15/my-resonance-104-4-fm-show-thursday-18th-july-8pm/feed/ 1 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/27/how-to-put-a-weekly-meet-up-group-together/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/27/how-to-put-a-weekly-meet-up-group-together/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:13:43 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1176 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/27/how-to-put-a-weekly-meet-up-group-together/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/26/how-to-create-a-supportive-group-of-creative-friends/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/26/how-to-create-a-supportive-group-of-creative-friends/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:53:49 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1172 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/26/how-to-create-a-supportive-group-of-creative-friends/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/25/dont-compete-collaborate/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/25/dont-compete-collaborate/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:52:07 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1160 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/25/dont-compete-collaborate/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/24/network-naturally-it-is-not-who-you-know-but-who-knows-you/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/24/network-naturally-it-is-not-who-you-know-but-who-knows-you/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:17:33 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1154 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/24/network-naturally-it-is-not-who-you-know-but-who-knows-you/feed/ 1 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/18/podcast-10-how-to-be-your-own-publicist-marysia-ryan-james-lock/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/18/podcast-10-how-to-be-your-own-publicist-marysia-ryan-james-lock/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 23:57:50 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=832 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/18/podcast-10-how-to-be-your-own-publicist-marysia-ryan-james-lock/feed/ 11 0:31:03 In this Podcast interview Marysia interviews Ryan James Lock. In this podcast I ask Ryan about his ebook ‘Be Your Own Publicist” and get some advice and tips on what creatives can do to promote a show, exhibition or event they are working on as part[...] In this Podcast interview Marysia interviews Ryan James Lock. In this podcast I ask Ryan about his ebook ‘Be Your Own Publicist” and get some advice and tips on what creatives can do to promote a show, exhibition or event they are working on as part of the selling of their own work. Here are some of the highlights (this is not a full transcript) so listen to the show either by clicking on the right pointing arrow above or you can go to iTunes Love Your Creativity podcast channel The first half of Ryan’s course  Be Your Own Publicist”  is about getting in the right mindset and coaching –  -Ask yourself who is your ideal listener, buyer, client? – What beliefs are you holding that keep you from going  forward and getting yourself out there as a great brand or product that people want to talk about and buy. I asked for advice to a creative who is about to launch a product. The best piece of advice he could give was ‘You have got to decide to make it a priority for you, it is so easy to say I will promote my show but you have to commit to making this a priority, set goals such as how many people  do you to come to your event, how many book copies to sell etc Then ask Who is the ideal person you want to sell to? It is very easy to be general and say’ I want to fill the room with people’ but the more vague you are the more vague the results. Once you can say ‘I know who I want now’ in the  ‘Ryan Lock branded way’ and the reason why you want to target those people then you  can get clear on how to market your service or event to them. So you know what to say to them, marketing materials etc. If you have a friend who is like your ideal client or buyer, write a description of them and ask them what would make them go to an exhibition or book launch. Really important to be fully behind what you are doing Make sure you do believe in yourself You should be your own best publicist. If u know who you are going after eg bloggers or press, the path is clear as  you have got a specific message that is easier to sell. When you are doing a launch, the clearer you are on who you want there and how to get them there, clarity will give you better results. His advice on dealing with failure was fantastic. Failure – really acknowledge how you feel, first step through anything is being conscious of it, once you have calmed down, reframe your situation. He gives a great example of dong this with rejected writing, reframing and refocusing the article to a different market. Ask ‘what can I use from this  piece of work and process” where you have created something or a piece of work. “What can I now do to make this frustration work for me” such as  change the title and some of the content, hassle your contacts and sell it. It is easy to wish and sit there with folded arms saying why is no-one writing about my product but opportunities only come from being pro-active. I asked ‘How do you think we can balance the time it takes to create the event and the marketing and press  plus the social media Put systems in place Hootsuite.com to automate as much as you can Balance the process, using different sides of your brain, so for work effectiveness you must treat it like a job, really schedule things in. Schedule appointments with yourself, Tips for calling journalists If you are inviting journalists down to see your work, get in right head space What to say to yourself – “This is just a job, nothing personal,  they are very busy people so if they are snappy or not interested you have to realise that it’s not you. Write down description of yourself as a brand, it helps to be objective,  and then when you calling people you not selling yourself but your work. Make sure the journalist you are calling is the right one It is hard to receive negativity as a writer, painter, actor or artist as you are your work and your brand, understandable that there are strong emotional attachments but the wall you have to go through to journalists no[...] Networking, Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/11/how-do-i-find-casting-opportunities-some-thoughts/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/11/how-do-i-find-casting-opportunities-some-thoughts/#respond Sat, 11 May 2013 14:12:29 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=627 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/11/how-do-i-find-casting-opportunities-some-thoughts/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/07/any-questions-for-ryan-lock-on-being-your-own-publicist/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/07/any-questions-for-ryan-lock-on-being-your-own-publicist/#respond Tue, 07 May 2013 18:06:56 +0000 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