Anything Goes : Gustavo Mercado's Book & Teaching by Aaron W. Miller

Fellow storytellers, I'm a full time educator, storyteller, play producer, and idea wrangler and I've been reading 'the filmmaker's eye' by Mercado in an effort to expand my teacherness for a media production course I'll be teaching in the fall. Despite a few naysayers on this site who seem to think that you must have years of training & experience before you can teach, I am moving forward with extreme excitement and eagerness because video & film are an exciting means of telling a story. That is how I'm structuring the course, really. Around the story. Yes, I'll cover the basics of framing, and ratios, and other interesting elements that Mercado covers. Which is really why I'm posting here to ask about guest speakers, educational materials, promotional materials, and the like. If this is a true place to network then I'm proposing a network between industry pros (like yourselves) and public education (me) in an effort to induce real storytelling power into the future filmmakers, directors, producers, actresses, and script writers. I'll happily promote your services, films, products (within reason for all of the above of course) in exchange for education, insight, tips, tricks, access to short films you'd like an honest critique of, video chats, guest appearances, whatever the winds may throw together. I am open to just about anything that might be something I can use in my classroom to expand young minds (and, frankly, my own mind as I am more and more taken by the power of visual storytelling). I have over 5 years of theatrical production experience, 20 years of writing experience in a variety of formats & genres (happy to say I do have 2 books currently available on Amazon) so I'm not necessarily a noob to the background & foreground nuances of a production. I am new to the proper method of visual storytelling (mainly the tech stuff such as depth of field, shots & angles but I'm learning fast and am hungry for more). If you are interested in connecting, talking, being involved please message me here and we'll move on from there. Thank you kindly for your time and consideration, Aaron