Introduce Yourself : Writer/Director/Instructor by Andre' Barnwell

Writer/Director/Instructor

Hi All it's Andre' again, as we all know all 3 unions will be negotiating soon and we are all going to feel the bad and the good of these times.. Since I have no control over that or it's time to resolution what I can do is share with you some tools that might help you. I teach branding at a design college in LA (FIDM) and what I teach my students is branding is not only critical for your products/services but your personal brand as well.

You might have heard the term Brand Mantra or Brand Essence. It's a phrase that summarizes what is the core or essence of a brand. So my "homework" assignment for you is what is the " core or heart & soul"? of your personal brand. When someone sees your name on your twitter/instagram/facebook pages what do you want people to think? I suggest a 3 word format BrandMantra/Essence in this order, Adjective, Adjective, Noun. For example a group thought Madonna's essence would be " audacious sexual chameleon" What would yours be? " cool sophisticated writer" ? Happy Branding Yourself!

Your friend in the struggle.

Catherine Crumber

Congratulations

Emily J

Thank you for the challenge Andre' Barnwell! What would yours be??

Margie Walker

Thanks Andre! What do you think of “crazy, balanced, writer”

Maurice Vaughan

Thanks for sharing with everyone, Andre' Barnwell. I started doing this a little while back. I can write in different genres, but I wanted producers, directors, etc. to see me as a Horror Thriller writer, so I put "Horror Thriller" on my profiles, focused on pitching Horror and Thriller scripts, and made my new profile picture (me in the woods scared -- like in a Horror movie).

Thaddeus B

This is helpful. Finishing up my website. Thank you

Leonardo Ramirez

I love this Andre' Barnwell ! Going to do some pondering on this one. At one point, I had a tagline on my website that said, "science fiction for the human condition" but rethought that because that's what all scifi really is. I like your formula.

Andre' Barnwell

Hi Emliy J , if my film side : Horror monsters is my thing, horror side "Original, Scary. Monsters"

Andre' Barnwell

Hi Maurice now that you have narrowed yourself to a Horror/Thriller writer what two adjectives and noun describe your style of Horror/Thriller? ie Shocking, Unapologetic, Truth-teller

Maurice Vaughan

I'll have to think about that, Andre'. Thanks!

Leonardo Ramirez

I love this exercise Andre' Barnwell . It's been a couple of days and I'm still working on it! Thanks for posting!

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