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Bring Cool Movies to Indywood

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The Illumination of Invisible Men

This is an important documentary which deserves your support:

Documentary Pitch for "The Illumination Of Invisible Men" from Jonathan Isaac Jackson on Vimeo.

Please help fund them.

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On Creating a Film Culture in New Orleans and Louisiana

From April 30, 2013:

We have to create a film culture in New Orleans and Louisiana if we want to keep filmmaking here. A whole film culture. We need to work on and help make movies and tv shows. We also need to create and produce movies and tv shows. We need to make visual literacy an important part of our schools' curriculum so students understand what they are seeing on a screen the same way they understand what they are reading in a book. We need to be a great place to watch films which means better theaters, a better selection of films, and even more film fests than we currently have.

We already are doing the first part, working on and making films and tv shows. The other day when I want to the movies, four of the six trailers were all films that were shot here in part or in total. And these weren't small films either. These were the major Hollywood productions. We had four pilots shoot here this past spring for TV while True Detective for HBO was filming here and American Horror Story preps to shoot here. We tun neck and neck with Atlanta for the 3rd spot in filmmaking. I work more than friend in Los Angeles do, which shows we are extremely busy here in New Orleans with film production.

We need to evolve though to be the people creating films and tv shows. This means we need to embrace local indie filmmakers. Those of us who work on studio films need to be willing to work on low/no budget films and short films. We need to offer our time and talents to these filmmakers. And the state needs to find a way to encourage more local filmmakers. We call all ourselves Hollywood South, but we have a lack have homegrown production. Bollywood and Nollywood are called that because of the films they create, not because of films they work on. All of us need to embrace and encourage the filmmakers here in New Orleans and throughout the state.

We need to start teaching students in high school (and maybe even younger) visual literacy. They need to understand what they are seeing on screen and why it is being shot the way it is. Our culture has become a primary visual culture. It is just as important for people to understand the difference between a wide shot and a medium shot as it is for them to understand simple, compound, and complex sentences. Students need to be acquainted with the great works of cinema as much as they need to be acquainted with the great works of literature. We also need more classes and lectures like those that NOVAC has been doing for those who want to further their knowledge in filmmaking.

We have to become an even better place to watch films. We have made great strides in the years since I moved back to New Orleans. When I moved back from Austin I would say, "Austin is a great place to watch films, but a lousy place to work on them. New Orleans is a great place to work on films, but a lousy place to watch them." But things have gotten better with the new Canal Place and Chalmette Cinema and expanded programming at Prytania as well as the increase in film festivals here. But we need more theaters run by people who love movies as well as know how to run a business. We need more venues for screenings and for local filmmakers to show their work to an audience. We need more variety of films being shown, from action sport films to documentaries to foreign films to classic films.

Creating a Film Culture should be our goal with the film and tax credits. A film culture that will increase the money here in the city and the state from shows made here by locals. A film culture that will make us a destination not just for productions to be made here but for film artists to flock here to be a part of the scene and for film enthusiasts to come here to see what is being shown and made and created. We should embrace the film culture the same way we have embraced the music culture. New Orleans is experiencing a renaissance in many areas, and film and tv production is a part of that; however; it needs to be a bigger and permanent part of our city and state. We have to have along term view of what the film and tax credits can do for the city and the state. We have to embrace and encourage the blossoming film culture in New Orleans and Louisiana.

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Open Mike - Ep 1.

NOLA shot web series:

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Una Vida Trailer

Una Vida - Trailer from RA—Richie Adams on Vimeo.

Trailer for a movie I worked on last year.

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Robby Muller on Down By Law

From a post on Cinephilia & Beyond:

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White Rabbit Trailers

Trailers for the movie White Rabbit which I worked on last year:

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What Do You Want To Do?

One of the first questions I ask PA's is: what do you want to do? I ask this question because I want to see if there is a way for me to help them learn what they need to move to the department they want. Office PA or Set PA is usually the first step into the world of production. It is the gateway to every other department. I have said it before, but doing well in a PA position is the way to get recommended to work in other departments. Like starting any other job, you should have a clear goal of what you want to do ultimately. And you shouldn't be afraid to articulate it to any and all around you. This is the way to get connected to those who can teach you the skills you need to achieve your goal. The problem comes with not having any set idea of where you want to be or what you want to ultimately do. There are a lot of production bums in this business.These are people who just like working in a business where they can wear whatever they want to work and have plenty of time off. That is fine. But there is really nowhere to go with that. For those starting out in this business, have an idea of what the department are and where you want to go and what you want to do in this business. There are plenty of resources available now that will tell you what each department and each member of a department does. The PA's who most impress me are the ones who have a clear goal. Don't be afraid of telling others what that goal is. I am honest when people ask me what I want to ultimately do: I want to be a Producer-Director-Writer. I want to be on the creative side. But until something sells, I have to have a way to support my family, so I work in the business I love. Plus this is a way for me to learn. I learn what it takes to manage and put together productions of all sizes and types. Too many people I see enter this business with big goals, and then quickly scale them down either because of fear or laziness. If it is your goal, stick to it and don't give up on it.