by Emily Jaeger
My project to learn how to transition from private to professional artist. This month I interviewed longtime friend, aspiring filmmaker and screenwriter, Max Kinchen:
"As passionate as you are about your project and as much as you know it can be the next great thing, you still have to convince someone to open their wallet. You have to adapt a salesman persona. You have to make it appealing, you have to become a smooth talker and get people excited. I think the idea of ‘well I just want to make my art’ is counter to ‘I need to acquire the resources to make my art.’ Your movie has to be worth taking on that mentality..." Read full interview here.
My project to learn how to transition from private to professional artist. This month I interviewed longtime friend, aspiring filmmaker and screenwriter, Max Kinchen:
"As passionate as you are about your project and as much as you know it can be the next great thing, you still have to convince someone to open their wallet. You have to adapt a salesman persona. You have to make it appealing, you have to become a smooth talker and get people excited. I think the idea of ‘well I just want to make my art’ is counter to ‘I need to acquire the resources to make my art.’ Your movie has to be worth taking on that mentality..." Read full interview here.