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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/2015/04/02/see-yourself-bigger-ask-marysia-any-questions/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2015/04/02/see-yourself-bigger-ask-marysia-any-questions/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:01:03 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3424 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2015/04/02/see-yourself-bigger-ask-marysia-any-questions/feed/ 0 0:05:26 No I am not talking about you after this Easter weekend’s chocolate orgy How do you see yourself? As a creative who has a day job? A parent who no longer has all the time you used to have to make the art you want? Do you see yourself as an ac[...] No I am not talking about you after this Easter weekend’s chocolate orgy How do you see yourself? As a creative who has a day job? A parent who no longer has all the time you used to have to make the art you want? Do you see yourself as an actress or one who creates and produces as well? A filmmaker who has managed to get 3 shorts into festivals? A writer who has written in many mediums from stage to prose to film? I know that the way we see ourselves dictates many of our actions. What we think we are, we make the priority to do. See yourself as someone who produces and markets new art (in whatever form that may come be in songs, videos or books) and you are more likely to actually find the time in the corners of your life to make it happen. See yourself as someone who is too busy to create and I can guarantee that your creative dreams remain just that dreams. I have just added the hashtag filmmaker to my Twitter bio. It seems a little insane to do so but it is actually correct. In the last month I have created, shot, edited and produced 3 standalone Singing Psychic sketches and then done all the posting online etc. Once I had broken my huge inner resistance of the making and posting of the first one (including the going to bed on the Saturday night before posting worrying my dramatic acting career was about to be destroyed ;)). Each one since has become easier as I have accepted that making The Singing Psychic videos is fundamental to me developing her as a character, as a brand and also building an audience. I have to fill a West End theatre for six nights in August so I am starting now Plus I am loving doing it!! Lessons I have learnt in the last four weeks of being a filmmaker (well a very short film but still!) Each short film (we are talking 2-3 mins) has got better, the editing the cuts, the lighting. Each film I make I get braver – this one had outdoor shots and 3 locations in total. Each film I learnt something new, video 1 I stressed about exporting it so it didn’t look weird with audio/video on YouTube, this recent one I was stressing about how to put my new The Singing Psychic logo onto the video as a watermark at the end. My logo was created by my fabulously brilliant art director/graphic designer extraordinaire Martin Butterworth. Each film I have got quicker at making and editing. I have now starting detaching the audio, playing with positioning it against imported images  and not being afraid I will make it look weird and not be able to put it right! Each film I have learnt something new about social media reach. This new one I posted onto Facebook directly via their upload function as opposed to posting on YouTube then posting the Youtube link onto Facebook. I got 300 Facebook views in 20 hours and 75 on YouTube – my audience is largely on Facebook – I have over a thousand followers, 99% I know well. I need to learn more! It is important to learn what you need to know as a Just In Time process – I have been listening to podcasts on the way to my current three days a week modelling job and from that I learnt re the native Facebook video importance. I am clueless about ‘seeding’ – that’s when you let friends and possible influences know about your blog or video, so I am focusing on listening to podcasts on that subject. I would like people to see my work I mean I stayed in all Saturday and said no to dates so I could make it #AskMarysia I am also going to start shooting  a series of weekly short podcasts and videos on the various questions I keep getting on twitter, via my blog and also in person as friends and followers see how my career progressing nicely forward. So if you have any questions you want me to tackle let me know via any of my social media links including Twitter @MarysiaT and via this blog contact form. #AskMarysia   Whilst I am not an Oscar winning actress (yet ;))) I am a working actress, as in it’s pay[...] #AskMarysia, Actors, Filmmakers, Gratitude, Inspiration, Motivation, Musicians, Writers Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/06/13/fear-100-days-of-being-an-actress/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/06/13/fear-100-days-of-being-an-actress/#respond Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:13:00 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3146 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/06/13/fear-100-days-of-being-an-actress/feed/ 0 0:20:59 It is called a leap of faith for a reason: it’s not a small step or a sideways shuffle, not a little hop skip and then stop to look where you are going. It is a full bound leap over the side with arms flung to the air, not knowing whether you will e[...] It is called a leap of faith for a reason: it’s not a small step or a sideways shuffle, not a little hop skip and then stop to look where you are going. It is a full bound leap over the side with arms flung to the air, not knowing whether you will end up swimming in a river of crocodiles or resting on Harvey Weinstein’s yacht with a glass of Krug. Every creative project always has a moment when you have to leap off and trust that the end result will be better for having leapt, be it a success or  a ‘failure’ than some once half dreamed project that you never really got moving on or properly finished piece of work that never actually sees the light of day. (You can listen to the podcast version by just pressing the arrow or here are the main points below) There is also the fear of your life choices: I am happy with the choices I have made to be a professional creative. Occasionally though the instability, the insecurity of the next job, the fact as a freelance actress and performer my career and income is always uncertain, the fear may creep in. My father may never get over the fact that if I had not left my bond dealer career at 26 (I used to work in the City – the London equivalent of Wall Street) along with my Manolo’s and large pay packet I would be very wealthy now and probably have a serious London apartment paid for.  However I may have to move out of the wonderful place I live in  two months time and the mere thought of London flat hunting with it’s ever rising rents and the fact I don’t want to get a ‘proper job’ with a guaranteed income means there is more uncertainty than ever. In rational moments I know I have made the right choices, that this is where I need to be for my career and my heart space  but late at night fear creeps in! The fear gets worse also as I contemplate my next projects, especially the film I want to make based on my new solo theatre show that I am workshopping next month at the Lost Theatre in London.  It may be terrible: terribly filmed, acted, conceived, written.. I could go on with all the negatives.   However as outlined in Five Regrets of The Dying, a book from a nurse in palliative care, the number one regret of those at the end of their life is I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.   I am ‘lucky’ that  my life tends to support itself, the projects  I have done and the network of people around me always gives me fresh hope and impetus to go on. This happened again today as I have had two screenings of films I am in over the last 24 hours: Pearl which premiered in Forest Hill which was a lovely short I did last year directed and written by Nick Barrett. Trailer below. (It is to have its big screen premiere in a couple months at Crouch End Arts Cinema) Pearl trailer from CORPOREAL Films on Vimeo. Closer To Home (kickstarter details here)  should have premiered at the BFI directed by Bhavithrah Satkunarasa & produced by James Lyndon today along with the other graduation projects of UAL, however the sound was not ready so the film had to be pulled at the last minute. I had already organized to go to the BFI and was meeting a friend who wanted some creative coaching and inspiration advice beforehand so I went to watch the other films despite not getting to watch the film I was in. It was wonderful to see so many young female directors, producers and writers all graduating. After the  BFI screening I got chatting to Thomas Stoppel who was brilliant  in one of the films ‘Things I Do For You’ However not only is he an actor, he also has produced, written and directed short films and feature films.  I asked him how he got into making films given he really is such a great actor and has a great look as well, enough of a combination that many in such a position would rest on their laurels and wait for work to come to them. His website link here ‘I made my own TV Cookery series when  I was 18[...] Actors, Directors, Filmmakers, Inspiration, Motivation, Musicians, Writers Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/31/100-days-of-being-an-actress-recovery/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/31/100-days-of-being-an-actress-recovery/#respond Sat, 31 May 2014 21:20:08 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3087 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/31/100-days-of-being-an-actress-recovery/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/2014/05/20/100-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/2014/05/14/3028/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/14/3028/#respond Wed, 14 May 2014 12:11:28 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3028 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/14/3028/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/11/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-7-being-kind-to-yourself-keep-going/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/11/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-7-being-kind-to-yourself-keep-going/#respond Sun, 11 May 2014 14:14:20 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3014 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/11/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-7-being-kind-to-yourself-keep-going/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/08/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-6-death-star-sudden-american/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/08/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-6-death-star-sudden-american/#respond Thu, 08 May 2014 21:30:20 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=3001 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/08/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-6-death-star-sudden-american/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/2014/05/04/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-2-self-taper-movie-editor/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/04/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-2-self-taper-movie-editor/#respond Sun, 04 May 2014 23:32:13 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2939 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/05/04/100-days-of-being-an-actress-day-2-self-taper-movie-editor/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/04/20/happy-easter-dream-big-and-follow-through/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/04/20/happy-easter-dream-big-and-follow-through/#respond Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:21:43 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2867 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/04/20/happy-easter-dream-big-and-follow-through/feed/ 0 0:01:17 Happy Easter everyone, hope you all are having a lovely and relaxing time. Just made up an Easter morning song for you all above! So many of my friends and family are spending the day eating lots of chocolate but I am filming again this weekend. How[...] Happy Easter everyone, hope you all are having a lovely and relaxing time. Just made up an Easter morning song for you all above! So many of my friends and family are spending the day eating lots of chocolate but I am filming again this weekend. However my dad has been told he can leave hospital today as he had an operation on Thursday that went much better than expected so I am feeling very grateful for that Whatever you do this weekend, it would be great for you to try and take a little time to dream about your next creative project for the next 2 months and if you have a bank holiday tomorrow maybe carve out some time around family and friends to plan your next steps to get your project moving forward. The starting is always so scary but it has to happen or our little art ‘babies’ – our poems, novels, films, exhibitions stay just dreams and that is sad not just for you but the rest of us. The world needs more art spoken from the heart. I am writing this on set over Easter weekend, in a truly bonkers (but couture so I guess that makes it acceptable) all white outfit and full 1950s makeup & hair. I went out after filming and that make-up and hair was not easily coming off so I just changed and off I went to celebrate life! (Maria Beketova did the hair and makeup on set)   I did the Sci-Fi 48 hour film challenge last weekend and had a blast as it is such a collaborative effort. Of course all filmmaking is but the sheer focus of set build, script writing, filming, editing, music and colour grading all to deliver a finished sub 5 minute film in 48 hours really means everyone has to pull their weight absolutely and get it right first time. There is no time for tantrums, second guessing or self doubt from anyone.Challenge The idea is that all entrants get a line of dialogue and a prop they have to incorporate into the film and a theme, although Sci-Fi is obviously the main theme. I have always wanted to do this but knew I needed to work with a professional crew and cast who could deal with the insane time pressure and inevitable complications without cracking. I have done enough student films to know that some people get very rude under pressure or incompetent and quite frankly I didn’t need to deal with that when I was doing effectively a free project. I was lucky as everyone was fantastic, calm and brilliant from fellow actors, to make-up to the two camera crew. I arrived Saturday on set at 3pm, we got the quickly written script at 6pm and started shooting at 7pm. We wrapped the shoot Sunday at about 7pm and I left knowing that the long overnight job of editing, music, and colour grading had to go on. Somehow the film got in in time at 1pm Monday and we have been promised an all singing, dancing 8 minute version as they had to cut a lot to make it a 4.45 minute version. I would worry I have been left languishing on the cutting room floor but as I was the one who said the all important dialogue line I figured that’d be in if nothing else! It did clarify though that being left on the cutting room floor is just about the narrative through-line, the edit has to best fit the story as the director wants to tell it. It is not about you the actor but the storyline as the director and editor feel best to tell it. It is interesting though this idea of logic and narrative as I also tried the first 8 minutes of my new solo show this week. (Yes I have been super-creative!) The director/workshop leader Colin Watkeys who runs the Solo Theatre Festival kept focusing on our need to realise what our chosen narrative is and that thus we may have to personally cut favourite lines or characters if they don’t sit in with the logic of our show. I know from all the previous solo work I have done that the critics often focus on this through-line (previous blog post here) but it is a lesson always worth reminding myself of as I now take the next steps in developing this solo show idea. Yes I got[...] Actors, Casting, Filmmakers, Gratitude, Inspiration, Writers Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/22/like-an-olympic-athlete-a-lifetime-of-training-for-one-perfect-moment/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/22/like-an-olympic-athlete-a-lifetime-of-training-for-one-perfect-moment/#respond Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:00:45 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2697 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/22/like-an-olympic-athlete-a-lifetime-of-training-for-one-perfect-moment/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/20/respecting-your-own-instincts-as-an-actor/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/20/respecting-your-own-instincts-as-an-actor/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:01:32 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2682 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/20/respecting-your-own-instincts-as-an-actor/feed/ 3 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/2014/01/21/why-acting-in-short-films-is-useful/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/01/21/why-acting-in-short-films-is-useful/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:18:08 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2561 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/01/21/why-acting-in-short-films-is-useful/feed/ 0 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. 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