Hollywood Insider Help by Nancy Fulton
29 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis podcast features expert interviews and how-to podcasts designed to help producers, authors, screenwriter, podcasters and other media pros master the unique skills they need to earn a good living from their work. Get live events and videos workshops at NFM24.com. Learn more about us at NancyFultonMeetups.com.
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How to Cultivate a Robust Attitude so You Can Thrive as a Media Media Maker
June 24, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBIn today's workshop, we're going to be talking about cultivating a robust attitude so you can thrive in the media business. And specifically, I'm going to review some practical advice on surviving and thriving in what is an incredibly competitive industry. I think most people that work in the entertainment industry, at one point or another, find themselves thinking, Oh, my God. Why is this so difficult? Why is this so hard? Shouldn't it all be easier? What am I doing wrong? I must...
What Kind of Creator Are You? And Why Does That Matter So Much Here in Hollywood?
June 17, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBAs creatives, we invest time, effort, ideas, intellectual property, and our reputation in the projects we do. A project that goes well becomes a stepping stone to other great projects. Failed projects, or projects we fail on, are thus damaging from many perspectives. Our work is more or less collaborative, based on our desire or willingness to collaborate. Working with the "right" collaborators lets us do our best work. The wrong collaborators disable, distract, and disaffect us. T...
How to Be a Financially Successful Creative: Practical Advice & Problem Solving
June 09, 2024 03:31 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBWriters, actors, filmmakers, artists, designers, and other creatives are taught young that choosing to be a creative professional is risky business. It doesn't have to be. In this workshop you'll learn: Why earning a living as a creative looks like luck or magic from the outside. Why it is not the tight-rope walk you've been told it is since you were born. How to understand exactly what you need to do to build a creative business so you can swiftly do it. How to find fans ...
How to Create a Hollywood Entertainment Industry Business Network
June 09, 2024 03:30 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBOnly people have money to buy things. Whether it’s an independent producer with funds to purchase your screenplay, an investor with money to put into your film, a studio exec shopping for a book or podcast to license, or a director looking to hire an actor . . . only humans ever pull the trigger on purchasing things. That means you need a business network within the entertainment industry that will actively help you find the people who actually want to buy what you sell. In this ev...
Interview: Avoiding Litigation with Entertainment Attorney & Litigator Justin Sterling
June 09, 2024 03:29 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBThis interview is designed to review good business practices that can help you side step a lot of legal hassles. Justin Sterling is founder of The Sterling Firm, a full-service civil litigation and transactional law firm devoted to Business Law, Entertainment Law, and Personal Injury cases. The Sterling Firm is dedicated to helping clients obtain maximum compensation, achieve cost-effective legal solutions, and resolve legal conflicts efficiently. You can learn more about Justin a...
Making a Film or Web Series with Friends as Partners
June 09, 2024 03:28 - 55 minutes - 51 MBThis is the perfect podcast to listen to if you want to produced one or more projects with a friend or family member. It provides very specific advice and step-by-step guidance that will help you avoid specific risks and stumbling blocks in forming businesses that incorporate on these relationships. Over time most of us working in the entertainment industry develop close personal, professional, and creative relationships with people who seem to share our vision for the kinds of p...
4 Funding Strategies for Projects Large and Small: Reg D, Reg CF, Crowdfunding, etc.
November 08, 2019 16:00 - 16 minutes - 5.62 MBRemember you can always find videos, workbooks, and live interactive events designed to help you earn a good living doing what you love at NancyFultonMeetups.com. In this podcast I provide four strategies I think every creative pro needs to know in order to fund projects both large and small. They include raising money from investors using Regulation D or Regulation CF, presales, donation-based crowdfunding through sites like IndieGoGo and Kickstarter, and swiftly selling your creat...
Interview: Building Fundable Films featuring Warren Ostergard co-Founder Producer Capital Fund
September 19, 2019 14:00 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MBIn this episode filmmakers learn what executive producers look for when funding films. Note this is a posting of an interview which is a couple of years old. I'm making it available now because it helps those seeking executive producers and/or co-producers understand what stage a deal should be in before they approach.
Interview: Beyond the Craft with Jim Jermanok, Writer, Director, Producer & Previously ICM Agent
July 28, 2019 08:00 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBThis is a great interview to listen to if you feel stuck and need help moving your career in the entertainment industry forward. Jim Jermanok (jimjermanok.com) is an award-winning writer, director, stage and film producer based in New York who started his career as a beloved agent at ICM representing leading lights like Alan Arkin, E.L. Doctorow, Helen Hayes, Ben Kingsley, Shirley MacLaine, Arthur Miller, Dudley Moore, Andy Rooney and Henry Winkler, among many others. He is also ...
5 Steps for Becoming Profitably Famous Swiftly for Writers, Producers, and Actors
July 20, 2019 16:00 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBIn this podcast we are going to talk about how to become profitably famous when you are a writer, actor, producer, or other entertainment industry pro. The mechanics of creating your own fame, and earning a great living while you do it, are something anyone can learn quickly. In fact, by the end of this podcast you will realize you already understand how fame is profitably manufactured. What this podcast will do is help you see how to apply this insight to your own work. This is a...
How Standup Comics Can Ensure They Earn a Lot More From Their Work
July 11, 2019 06:00 - 10 minutes - 3.65 MBSometimes the most talented and best loved comedians end their lives without money, without recognition, without new opportunities. Sometimes the comics that bring down the house at comedy clubs every time they perform have an incredibly hard time booking gigs and always end up working for bottom dollar. What makes it possible for other comedians to get the recognition and remuneration they deserve? Why do some thrive when others starve? In this episode you learn what financia...
Interview with Pitch Doctor, Script Doctor, Screenwriter & Executive Producer Scott Hadley Morgan
July 09, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBIn this in-depth video interview, Scott Hadley Morgan reviews his decades writing, co-writing, ghostwriting, and pitching screenplays here in Hollywood while working with Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros, Universal, and Chinese Studios/Production Companies etc. He also addresses how indie producers can find the content they want, and why sometimes screenwriters need help to tell the stories they most want to tell. Questions: If you have questions about this interview, please email me a...
Creating Web Series, Podcasts and Audiobooks an Interview with Actor/Producer Bridget Fitzgerald
October 06, 2018 02:03 - 1 hour - 61 MBBridget Fitzgerald is an actress, comedienne, and model. She is also a member of National Lampoon's sketch comedy team, making a sketch comedy podcast heard by half a million monthly listeners. Her web series SmileyBridgeTV has had 1/4 million views, and she attributes some of that success to two audiobooks: "How I Exiled My Inner B*tch” which she acted in and "iHumpty" which she produced as well as acted in. You can learn more here: http://www.bridgetfitzgerald.com/ and http://www....
Interview with Professional Producers Rep Ben Yennie
October 06, 2018 01:13 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBNancy Fulton, founder of NancyFultonMeetups, interviews professional producers rep Ben Yennie. As Founder and CEO of Guerrilla Rep Media, Ben Yennie helps producers sell the rights to their films before, during, and after production. He's represented projects directed Sacred Blood by Christopher Coppola, Black Gold starring Marvel's Luke Cage, etc. He’s attached well known stars to projects, including Jodelle Ferland of Twilight: Eclipse and Claudia Christian of Babylon 5. He is...
Interview with Film Advisor and Organized Crime Expert Christian Cipollini
June 26, 2018 20:42 - 1 hour - 99.6 MBWriter/Producer Nancy Fulton brings you an audio recording of her interview with Organized Crime Expert Christian Cipollini. Award-Winning author Christian Cipollini is a freelance journalist, book author (https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Cipollini/e/B00CP95F4K), organized crime historian and collector. A frequent guest lecturer at universities and a consultant to movie and television producers, Cipollini has also appeared as a consultant on episodes of Reelz Channel Series "Gangs...
Dealing with Hollywood Hijackals® featuring Rhoberta Shaler PhD.
June 22, 2018 19:17 - 1 hour - 114 MBHave you worked with a toxic person or business that has made you really rethink your work as a writer, screenwriter, filmmaker, or other creative pro? Does all of Hollywood feel like a den of thieves and difficult people? If so, you'll find this interview with Dr. Rhoberta Shaler important to hear. As a relationship consultant, mediator, and speaker, Rhoberta Shaler, PhD (ForRelationshipHelp.com) helps the partners, employees, exes, and adult children of the relentlessly difficul...
Bridget Fitzgerald (Actor, Writer, Producer) on Audiobooks, New Media Series & Podcasts
May 02, 2018 21:03 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBBridget Fitzgerald (smileybridge.com) is an actress, comedienne, and model. She is also a member of National Lampoon's sketch comedy team, making a sketch comedy podcast heard by half a million monthly listeners. Her web series SmileyBridgeTV has had 1/4 million views, and she attributes some of that success to two audiobooks: "How I Exiled My Inner B*tch” which she acted in and "iHumpty" which she produced as well as acted in. You can learn more here: http://www.bridgetfitzgerald.c...
Interview: Working with a Professional Film Editor Featuring Larry Jordan (FALLEN, NYPD BLUE, CSI MIAMI)
March 04, 2018 23:09 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBLarry Jordan has amassed more than 45 professional credits, working on successful films such as Fallen, Assassins, Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo and television series including CSI: Miami and NYPD Blue. . Larry has worked with many of the top creatives at the world’s largest entertainment companies, including Time Warner, Sony, Fox, MGM, HBO, Netflix and Disney. Larry recently Master the Workflow (www.MasterTheWorkflow.com), a game-changing online course that teaches the practicalitie...
Interview: Setting Up Product Placement & Brand Integration with Producer Patti Pelton
February 13, 2018 19:25 - 57 minutes - 80.3 MBProducer Patti Pelton has worked with CBS, Paramount, Walt Disney Studios among many others to arrange deals which make projects easier to produce and more profitable. You can learn about Patti's background and work here: www.PattiPelton.com Product placement and brand integration deals can significantly reduce your costs and increase your revenues. They can also make your project more attractive to investors. Tip: Reach out to Patti, or anyone else you want to work with to do p...
Interview: Pitching & Selling Your Screenplays to Film & Television with Attorney Dinah Perez
February 06, 2018 19:20 - 1 hour - 115 MBDinah Perez graduated from Loyola Law School and has been in the practice of entertainment law since 1996. As a full service entertainment attorney she supports screenwriters, producers, talent management companies, production companies, publishers, recording artists, and creators of new media content. Her work has been published in Story Board Magazine, Release Print, Surfview.com, Legalserviceindia.com, Mecfilms.com, and Findlaw.com, and she's been quoted in Entertainment Weekly...
Interview Writers Block Causes and Cures with Dr. Rebecca Roy the "Industry Therapist"
January 11, 2018 18:37 - 1 hour - 96.3 MBDr. Rebecca Roy has built a successful practice helping entertainment industry professionals reach their goals, manage their stress, and deal with the natural ebb and flow of creative careers. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY 28773) with both a Ph.D. and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology (MFT 45901) and she has 12 years experience as a psychotherapist licensed to treat both individuals and couples. She uses evidence-based treatment approaches which are both sol...
Getting Good Amazon Reviews for Books and Films
January 09, 2018 20:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBIn this podcast by writer/producer Nancy Fulton, founder of NancyFultonMeetups, you learn how to get lots of good Amazon reviews legally and for free for your books. You also learn how to acquire Amazon reviews more quickly and with less effort if you have a little money to spend. You learn how to promote your books through Amazon author pages and contests, and how to promote your books on Facebook so it drives sales on Amazon. This podcast also discusses how to sell your work throu...
Interview: Marilyn Anderson discusses How to Live Like a Millionaire When You're a Million Short for Writers & Producers
December 06, 2017 03:53 - 56 minutes - 78.1 MBIn this interview writer/producer Marilyn Anderson addresses tools and techniques writers and producers can use to: Entertain potential business associates, partners, and investors with style and grace Dress themselves and performers well Travel well cheaply to domestic and international locations Writers and Screenwriters frequently find themselves living a long time between paychecks, pitching projects to decision makers in face-to-face meetings, and paying for the travel and ...
Interview: Literary Agent Megan Close Zavala Interviewed by Nancy Fulton
November 16, 2017 04:11 - 1 hour - 104 MBTopics covered in this interview include: How writers should approach literary agents and how to find the agents most appropriate for their work. What fiction and non-fiction writers should have in hand before they reach out to an agent about their work. What an author platform is and why writers should start building one before they approach agents. How authors can work with an agent most effectively. Whether screenwriters who want to author print books should mention thei...
Advice: Dealing with Difficult People in Business Situations
November 12, 2017 23:24 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBIt is impossible to run a profitable business or build a successful career if you don't know how to deal with difficult people. You'll encounter them as partners, customers, co-workers, and employees. Failure to correctly identify them early, and resolve the issues they present correctly, can derail your career or business completely, or even land you in legal hot water. This guide helps you figure out how to analyze and approach problematic people in a way that protects you and...
Advice: Getting Hired in Hollywood
November 12, 2017 20:38 - 24 minutes - 34 MBIf you are struggling to find work in Hollywood, this resource will help. There is a culture you have to understand in order to thrive You will learn: How to find paying work, how to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you are great at what you do so you can float to the top of your profession, how to persuasively ask for a job and get it. how to avoid getting burned by users, abusers, and incompetent people who don't know what they are doing and find out about mistakes people...
The Science of Behavior Change with Dr. Sean Young
November 11, 2017 01:36 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBDr. Sean Young, is a UCLA Medical School professor, and executive director or the UCLA Center for Digital Behavior, and the University of California Institute for Prediction Technology will discuss how to stick with the changes that will help you achieve your personal and professional objectives. His research has received more than $10M in funding from organizations like The National Institutes of Health, Facebook, and Intel, and well as leading hospitals. In this interview he dis...
Interview: What Agents & Managers Need to See Before They Want to Represent You with Marc Pariser (CAA, WM, etc)
November 10, 2017 19:11 - 1 hour - 105 MBAs an agent at William Morris and CAA, Marc Pariser represented leading writers, directors, producers, production companies, comedians, actors, executives, and two past WGA Presidents while enjoying is his own extremely successful 25+ year career. In this interview he discusses what it takes to get a good agent or manager to represent you. You'll learn what they need to see, how to approach them, and what not to say and do. You can learn more about Marc Pariser on his website at...
Interview: Making the $2M-$10M Film with Christina Jo Leigh Line Producer/Producer interviewed by Nancy Fulton
November 10, 2017 18:14 - 1 hour - 120 MBIt's completely possible to spend many years and many thousands of dollars working to produce a film that never gets made. You can also struggle to get a film made only to discover you've just purchased an expensive legal and financial nightmare for your family. There's an order in which things must be done in order for a film to be a successful creative, professional, and financial endeavor. Christina Jo Leigh is a working producer and active line producer who has helped many p...