I've recently gotten a "job" (<- unpaid, credit, meals, if you're in this business then you know the drill) as an AD on a feature-length comedy here in Chicago. Mostly scheduling stuff, maybe some PA work. Whatever. The point of doing this thing during the evenings and weekends is meeting new people. Remember that last post? About networking? Well, sometimes you've got to put yourself out there and help others, especially when those others appear to have vastly more resources than you do.
Meanwhile, hopefully all of this wistful writing will change in tone for me soon. See, I've been looking into grants and contests and all of these nice websites devoted to funding projects by random, wonderful people on the Interwebs who seem to like the cut of your jib. These websites, like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, look to me to be wonderful little resources for those of us whose biggest obstacle is a combination of a lack of funds and a lack of people, for you see money will bring the people in.
Plus, on the contest circuit, there are a few either well-exposed or well-paying contests which I'm working on entries for, as the subject material will either come really easy to me or it can be animation-based, which I can do all by me onesies in my spare time.
Brilliant.
No, really. It's going to be awesome.
So, basically, all of these projects on the website? They depend on the community at this point. I'll be spending some ridiculously large amount of time in the future putting together little press and promotional packages with the intent of shopping these ideas around.
And when I put these project up on Kickstarter or Indiegogo? Oh, you'd better believe that you're going to hear about it.
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