This morning I got to attend two events at the seattlefilmsummit Opening Ceremonies and wafilmworks Here are some of the pictures I took of myself with SAG-AFTRA Staffer Chris Comte, and Seattle Film Summit Founder, Ben Andrews…special guests including Tom Skerrit, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Dow Constantine. For the Washington Filmworks discussion: Amy Lillard, Melinda Raebyne S.J. Chiro and more. The one thing that resonated for me is from Dow: “Now is the time.” And from Amy: “Something different is going on in the legislature, that is making them come to us, rather than we going to them.” (This is paraphrased). Now is the time to open up dialogue with your District Legislators about what you do, and how increasing our Film and TV Incentive must happen. It was nice to hear that at least my District are on board. Let’s make sure that your District is as well. Stay tuned for more details coming from Washington Filmworks and KeepFilmInWA.com #nowisthetime #keepfilminwa #seafilmsummit ...

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It was 6AM on Friday & I was in Longview, Washington. My lengthy drive home was made forty minutes longer due to a detour needed go get footage for a video. The same video that I had to write, memorize, shoot, assemble, & upload as soon as I got home. I was pretty wiped already.
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But, as my fellow creators know, in youtube consistency is important. Or as we say in the 🎭, the show must go on…
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I got the footage. Did the drive. And while it was 2:30AM when the 🎬 was done, it got done…& I finally got to sleep…
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Those 💤 were important because I’d be waking up again at 6AM. 🌅
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And I did, because last Saturday morning, I joined a crew of filmmakers in creating #48HourFilmProject history; our two teams, with two scripts & one shared story would create two films in 48 hours amid a connected universe. 🎥
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I arrived sleep deprived & nervous. I knew no one. 🥺
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And while I was plenty 🥱 when we wrapped, I couldn’t be happier to now be part of this talented, creative, & kind filmmaking community.
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Looking forward to seeing the finished product of this short film!!! 🤗🎥🎬

Reposted from corabear Lovely people, big trees, and a very adorable baby girl on the set of Alone!

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Rounding out my super cool week, community tour of King County's first and only film studio. Got to hang with local film legends Tom Skerritt, and Vicki Davenport, along with Washington state senator Lisa Wellman. #keepfilminwa ...

The On Set
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It was probably back in high school theater that I first imagined being on a film set.
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And it was a tour of euescreengemsstudios in Wilmington, NC that first made filmmaking real to me.
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And years later, when the wild world of my youtube adventures locked down my passion for how art on the screen can bring people together, I started to imagine being on a set again in a whole new way ~ as part of the creative team.
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And now, well over 48 hours ago, for the first time but not the last, I joined a team of local filmmakers by doing just that…
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And it was better than I imagined! 💫
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Now please excuse me, I have some scripts to attend to. 😁
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It's like I want to do this professionally or something 🎬💯
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