Becky Tucker's Lounge Discussions

The Hunger Games. It was just the right length, had a story, and seemed to adapt the book well.

Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Avengers

Interesting, with all the shouting out to indie love elsewhere here, that most people's favorites were studio pictures.

I didn't get to see a lot of indies last year unfortunately. 3D means that the big studio films take twice as many screens (one for the 2D, one for the 3D version.) I'm looking forward to watching the French film "Amour" and others on DVD. (Hopefully they'll release them in the cinema around here sometime.)

Robin, I agree sometimes there is no money only a hope and a dream. If it is a good product the money will come and hopefully it will be shared with us little people. :D

Greg & Becky, I agreee its true nobody wants to work for free but sometimes you got to help your self when you can.

Learn the ropes kids...the money with come.

It's real simple the more you want the less you will work until your branding justifies others investing in your acting. I said "branding" not talent. Talent you must have but branding is what makes the money. There are lots of talented actors but very few branded ones. I always live by the rule never stop working no matter how little I get paid. If I can get high paying jobs I take them, if not I work in the best productions I can find. It does no good to challenge the system. Challenge yourself and build branding they can not say no to.

Hi Jacob, I agree completely. I noticed that during the 90's there was a need for generic looking maintenance men, mechanics, & workmen, so I branded myself as that. New headshots, etc. It ended up being very effective in getting me auditions for those types of roles in commercials, TV, & films. I became typecast, but I worked a lot, & it all pays the same - glamour, or not. Something to consider for other actors, is looking for areas where they can find a niche in the casting field. All I can say, is re-branding worked for me. My biggest learning over the years was often, it's not about the actor, it's about the product. Especially in commercials. In TV for a character role, it’s helping to move the story along.

You are so right on this. We keep re-evaluating our rewards program before our launch for that very reason. Good stuff!!!

If you're just starting out with the Crowdfunding process Stephanie, go with Indiegogo: Whatever you raise, you get (minus 9%). With Kickstarter, if you don't raise your full amount, you get nothing. Also, It's a process that takes a while to get all of the updates ready for. And you need to have not only a full team in place, but preferably at least 10-20 % of your goal already in place as well. You will need to 'front end load' your campaign and back end it as well.

Stephanie's question was 2 years ago. I wonder if she created a Kickstarter campaign. I wonder if she made a movie.

Me too.

I did and mine is funded but we have 5 days left! http://bit.ly/BnBRPG

I have used both moo and vista print. I am very happy with both of these sites. Moo is a UK based business so it does take a little longer to get those if you live in the states

If interested, I have a discount code (10% off) for moo.com : http://www.moo.com/share/tc86k6

Search "Cheap business cards" and psprint has them for less than $25 for 1000 but only through the search link... full color, double sided!

http://www.vistaprint.com has 500 cards for $9.99, but I would suggest making your own. With the right program (I use Corel) you can do some amazing things, even double-sided. It takes time to set it up the first time, but it's for good. Then whenever you need more, just hit print.

Moo.com they're quality.