Audioiron: Help For Hollywood's Creative Pros

Ray Ellingsen, Founder of Moving Pictures Media Group, has been an active sponsor for Nancy Fulton Meetups over the years. His support has helped us provide more events for more filmmakers, and his appearances and the guests he's brought with him, have helped our members understand how to develop films with budgets over $1M. You'll enjoy this interview if you have film you're struggling to produce, or a script that you want producers to love.  Music in this Episode was licensed for commercial use from Pond5.com. 

In this episode of Hollywood Insider Help, we dive into the multi-award-winning book "Games People Play" by Eric Berne, a pivotal guide to understanding human interactions. Particularly relevant to the entertainment industry, this workshop explores the fundamental concepts of transactional analysis, shedding light on the "drama" often encountered in Hollywood. We review common "games" people play and offer techniques to dispel them, enhancing your professional and personal interactions. Additionally, discover how these games inspire brilliant books, movies, and films. Make-believe drama becomes even more captivating when rooted in the fundamental behaviors of human nature. Tune in for insightful discussions that bridge psychology and storytelling in the world of entertainment. Music in this Episode was licensed for commercial use from Pond5.com. 

Welcome to the Hollywood Insider Help podcast! In this episode, we delve into the detrimental thought patterns that can hinder your success as a media creator in the entertainment industry. We'll explore how these negative habits can affect your creativity, collaboration, and career progression. Discover practical strategies to identify and change these patterns, ensuring you can consistently create on demand, effectively engage with other creators, and successfully find, perform, and promote your work. Tune in to learn how to break free from these limiting thoughts and propel your career forward. Music in this Episode was licensed for commercial use from Pond5.com. 

When people come to Hollywood with dreams of making it big, they often encounter perplexing behaviors and responses. Many of these can be traced back to Hollywood's turbulent history and the monumental mistakes made by Studios, Directors, and Producers. These blunders have not only ended careers and destroyed studios but have also resulted in financial losses amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars and, tragically, even cost lives. In this eye-opening episode, we delve into some of the most significant disasters in Hollywood's history. By the end of this podcast, you'll gain a much clearer understanding of how to navigate the Hollywood landscape. You'll learn what seasoned Hollywood Insiders know about the pitfalls that can ruin careers and lives.Why Listen?Gain Insider Knowledge: Understand the mistakes that have led to Hollywood's most infamous disasters.Avoid Common Pitfalls: Learn valuable lessons that can help you steer clear of the errors that have destroyed careers and studios.Gain Essential Insig

In today's workshop, we're going to be talking about cultivating a robust attitude so you can thrive in the media business.  And specifically, I'm going to review some practical advice on surviving and thriving in what is an incredibly competitive industry.I think most people that work in the entertainment industry, at one point or another, find themselves thinking, Oh, my God. Why is this so difficult? Why is this so hard? Shouldn't it all be easier? What am I doing wrong? I must be doing something wrong because I've never been so unhappy. I thought this was going to make me happy. I thought when I had the freedom and the time to work as a writer or a screenwriter, as a producer, as a performer,  I thought that I would just fall in love. I've wanted to do this my whole life and it's just turning into a miserable experience. People are surprised by how difficult it is to work in the entertainment industry is because nobody  pulls you aside early on and explains some of the more difficult aspects of working in

As creatives, we invest time, effort, ideas, intellectual property, and our reputation in the projects we do. A project that goes well becomes a stepping stone to other great projects. Failed projects, or projects we fail on, are thus damaging from many perspectives.Our work is more or less collaborative, based on our desire or willingness to collaborate. Working with the "right" collaborators lets us do our best work. The wrong collaborators disable, distract, and disaffect us. They take us out of the zone in which we are most effective.In order to find the right collaborators, we need to understand what kind of creatives we are, what we do best, what we need to do our best work, and where our weaknesses are. We also need to understand how to work with (and sometimes side-step) those collaborators with whom we are not perfectly matched.Learn what kind of creator your and why that matters so much to your work as a producer, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, or author making media for money.  Music in this

Writers, actors, filmmakers, artists, designers, and other creatives are taught young that choosing to be a creative professional is risky business. It doesn't have to be. In this workshop you'll learn: Why earning a living as a creative looks like luck or magic from the outside. Why it is not the tight-rope walk you've been told it is since you were born. How to understand exactly what you need to do to build a creative business so you can swiftly do it. How to find fans and turn them into paying customers.Why taking big risks, and making big investments usually doesn't pay off, but running lots of inexpensive experiments almost always does. How having money to invest into your creative business can be a blessing or a curse. How to figure out what you might have been doing wrong. How to determine what "works" and what doesn't when it comes to the products and services you sell. Practical examples of how most creatives go off the rails in trying to create a sustainable way to get paid for their work. This is

Over time most of us working in the entertainment industry develop close personal, professional, and creative relationships with people who seem to share our vision for the kinds of projects we want to produce. Some of us are even fortunate enough to have family members in the industry who want to work beside us to bring common dreams to fruition. And, indeed, one can point to some very long term production partnerships like the Coen Brothers, the Wachowskis, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller & Andrew Form, that have turned out to be incredibly profitable and creatively powerful over many decades. Having said that, one of the most dangerous things you can do from a financial, personal, and a creative perspective is to commit to producing a project with a friend or a family member without carefully weighing the risks and taking significant steps to limit them. It would be a shame if deciding to produce a film with someone you love and love to work with resulted in the termination of an important relationship and an

Jim Jermanok (jimjermanok.com) is an award-winning writer, director, stage and film producer based in New York who started his career as a beloved agent at ICM representing leading lights like Alan Arkin, E.L. Doctorow, Helen Hayes, Ben Kingsley, Shirley MacLaine, Arthur Miller, Dudley Moore, Andy Rooney and Henry Winkler, among many others. He is also an entrepreneurship expert and speaker who actively works with creative pros to help them earn more from their work. His recent bestseller, BEYOND THE CRAFT: What You Need to Know to Make A Living Creatively! (http://amzn.to/2hmx6YQ), and the workshops he delivers worldwide help entertainment industry creatives master the skills they need to achieve their personal, professional, and financial objectives.

Justin Sterling, founder of The Sterling Firm, a full-service civil litigation and transactional law firm devoted to Business Law, Entertainment Law, and Personal Injury cases, addresses 3 Myths People Believe About Litigation 5 Mistakes People Make that Often Lead to Litigation What to Do Business Deals Start to Fall Apart Things to Say (and Avoid Saying) When Someone Offers to Sue You Preparing to Win the Court Battles You Hope You Never Have What to Do When Litigation is Inevitable

Nancy Fulton, founder of NancyFultonMeetups, interviews Actor-Writer-Producer Bridget Fitzgerald. Bridget a member of National Lampoon's sketch comedy team, making a sketch comedy podcast heard by half a million monthly listeners. Her web series SmileyBridgeTV has had 1/4 million views, and she attributes some of that success to two audiobooks: "How I Exiled My Inner B*tch” and "iHumpty".

You need a business network within the entertainment industry that will actively help you find the people who actually want to buy what you sell. You learn how to find networking events that lend themselves to making real connections, how to meet people at events, how to introduce yourself to a group, and one-on-one, so people remember you kindly, how to reach out to people after an event comfortably, how to give people leads, and how to accept leads from others graciously and without obligation.

Writer/Producer Nancy Fulton brings you an audio recording of her interview with Organized Crime Expert Christian Cipollini. Learn about the Mafia, the Mob, the Drug Cartels, the Russian Oligarchs, and how organized crime differs from the ordinary kind. Award-Winning author Christian Cipollini is a journalist, book author organized crime historian and collector. He is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and a consultant to movie and television producers Learn more at www.GangLandLegends.com.

Have you worked with a toxic person or business that has made you really rethink your work as a writer, screenwriter, filmmaker, or other creative pro? If so, you'll find this interview with Dr. Rhoberta Shaler important to hear. As a relationship consultant, mediator, and speaker, Rhoberta Shaler, PhD (ForRelationshipHelp.com) helps the partners, employees, exes, and adult children of the relentlessly difficult people she calls "Hijackals®." Visit NancyFultonMeetups.com for more resources.

Bridget Fitzgerald (smileybridge.com) is an actress, comedienne, and model. In this interview with Nancy Fulton she discusses her investment in producing audio content and a SAG New Media web series and how it has helped her get more and better acting roles and writing gigs. It’s also allowed her to establish herself as a producer, co-producer, and director. She’s been asked to work as a judge in writing contests and consults with those producing web series, podcasts, and audiobooks.

Larry Jordan has amassed more than 45 professional credits, working on successful films such as Fallen, Assassins, Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo and television series including CSI: Miami and NYPD Blue.  . Larry has worked with many of the top creatives at the world’s largest entertainment companies, including Time Warner, Sony, Fox, MGM, HBO, Netflix and Disney. Larry recently Master the Workflow (www.MasterTheWorkflow.com) to help new film editors get into the industry.

Dr. Rebecca Roy has built a successful practice helping entertainment industry professionals reach their goals. Topics addressed in this event include: Frequent Causes of Writers Block and other forms of Severe Creative Inhibition, Specific Challenges for Creative People including Drugs, Alcohol, Untreated Organic Mental Illness, Unexpected Benefits of Working Through Creative Blocks, Carl Jung, CBT, and Other Therapeutic Lenses through which Creative Blocks can be understood and treated. 

Marilyn's How to Live Like a Millionaire When You're a Million Short is a funny, savvy, empowering book derived from her many years as a working writer and producer in the entertainment industry.  She frequently consults with producers to help them reduce costs and solve problems as they develop their projects and works with writers to improve their screenplays. Nancy Fulton runs online and face to face events for more than 25,000 entertainment industry pros.

It is impossible to run a profitable business or build a successful career if you don't know how to deal with difficult people.  You'll encounter them as partners, customers, co-workers, and employees.  Failure to correctly identify them early, and resolve the issues they present correctly, can derail your career or business completely, or even land you in legal hot water.  This guide helps you approach problematic people in a way that protects you and your work going forward. 

If you are struggling to find work in Hollywood, this resource will help. There is a culture you have to understand in order to thrive  You will learn: How to find paying work, how to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you are great at what you do so you can float to the top of your profession, how to persuasively ask for a job and get it. how to avoid getting burned by users, abusers, and incompetent people. You can find an 8 page workbook that supports this lecture at NancyFultonVideos.com.