Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing A Career In Film, Television, Writing, Theatre, Music & Design With Your Talents

Melanie Jones could write a book called "How to Produce and Direct an Award Winning Feature Film for $10,000" except for the fact that she's usually too busy DOING it! 10 years out from Vancouver's Langara College Film Arts Program find Melanie with 13 films and counting. Much of Melanie's work has been accepted on the global film festival circuit. And she still works with some of her former classmates on projects. Melanie recounts for you her lessons learned - hard and soft – along the path to production. Keeping promises to crowdfunding patrons and trying to do too many jobs on set come to mind. In fact, her advice on crowdfunding is priceless. Some lessons are only learned after film school as young producers and directors hit the pavement to gather resources for their projects. For more information on the Langara College Film Arts Program check out our future episodes of Monetizing Your Creativity, featuring Garwin Sanford. He runs the Film Arts Program at Melanie's alma mater, Langara College. ht