I am a big fan of using music to create a working headspace.
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When I was in high school, my science/math teacher would play us classical music and give us peppermints whenever we took tests. Supposedly this stimulated our brains and helped us do better. I figure the same thing is true of creativity, so here are the songs and albums that get my juices flowing.
Read MoreComing up with a number of songs and/or albums that inspire me creatively was a bigger challenge than I thought it would be. It's actually kind of a tough question, as it really depends on the headspace I'm in and the transition I need to make to get things right in my noodle.
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A lot of filmmaking, especially independent filmmaking, is “hurry up and wait.”
We’ve been waiting for a while, but this past weekend the time came to hurry up. Saturday was devoted to casting and Sunday was devoted to location scouting.
Read MoreHello, all! Time for some Alone Together project updates. Truth be told, this last month is has been an exercise in why it’s difficult to make your own project.
Read MoreBefore I worked in The Industry™ or adjacent to it, I was just a regular person who would watch movies and think, “aw man, props and stuff, that can’t be that hard.”
I’m still a regular person, but you know what I’m not anymore? The movie watching thinking that props/wardrobe/hair/makeup/etc is easy. Because it’s not. It’s actually really difficult. And it takes a lot of time and planning and literally watching paint dry.
Read MoreI’m going to be completely honest, I’m tired. I’m so fucking tired. I’m burnt out. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends and trying to relight the ashes of what’s left. Did you know you can’t relight ashes? I do. I’m not here to complain, that’s what my journal is for. I’m here to talk about self-care. And I need it.
Read MoreI’m not unique. At one point or another, everyone jumps into the deep end where they’re in over their head. That’s just part of being an adult, right?
Read MoreA lot of people seem to think that working in the film and television industry is luxurious, fulfilling, and always exciting. Sometimes it can be some of those things, but truthfully, most of the time it is not.
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Exactly two weeks from now, I (Megan), will be on my way back from Michigan after doing a photoshoot with my cousin who happens to be a BAMF.
The girl would literally lift me up and throw me across a room, which is the point. We need someone strong and bold to play the part of a female Olympic wrestler.
Read MoreOnce when I was about 10 years old, I wrote down all the things I wanted to be when I grew up on little pieces of paper. Even at age ten, I was planning my future. I didn’t know what I wanted to be so as best I can remember, I was going to let the universe decide.
Read MoreHere’s the thing that people won’t tell you, though: both giving and receiving script feedback is a weird, tricky animal. Writing, in my experience, is either a deeply personal experience or a mercenary act completely divorced from emotional investment.
Read MoreI won’t lie to you… the idea of talking about “my writing process” makes me laugh a little. It implies that I’m a writer.
Read MoreA few years ago my dad made a joke. I can’t remember the context but the line was, “she’ll be the one in the corner throwing the dice and yelling LET IT RIDE!”
Read MoreI met Katie about a year ago at a Columbia College Chicago alumni film event. I felt like a fish out of water there because I was neither an alumnus of CCC, nor was I an alumnus of any film or film-adjacent program. However, despite both of those shortcomings, Katie made me feel welcome and appreciated. I respect that about a person. And despite me not having a single piece of creative writing to my name, she welcomed me into the fold of writer’s group.
Read MoreWhen Katie told me that she wanted to direct ‘Alone Together,’ we were both a bit uneasy. Each of us would be stepping into new territory, she as a director and me as a producer. I think we’re both a bit nervous at the prospect of treading new ground.
Read MoreWhen 2018 began, I had one major goal in mind for myself and that was this: put fear in the back seat. I’d just finished reading “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert and it had spun me into a reading spree of books of a similar nature, such as “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield and “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin.
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