Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez of Femme Regard Productions spill the tea on this week's topic: distribution and shooting a scriptment! We chat about friend to the show, Katrina Cebreiro's series, Miscellanea, namely the episode our own Carolina stars in, Polette. How she became inspired to create the story based around female empowerment and how she was efficient with shooting a scriptment. We also dive into her journey with distributing the project. IG Shoutouts: @syncthemovie @miscellanea.tv @nvisionate Websites and Socials: https://miscellanea.vhx.tv/ IG: @mastercon10der

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez of Femme Regard Productions spill the tea on this week's topic: fundraising! We chat about our experience fundraising for our first feature film, Sync. We give many tips and tricks, both learned and taught to us by our amazing team, Craft Services, in order to run a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter (and other platforms!). We get real about the work and the difficulties that lead to the rewards and excitement of funding! IG Shoutouts: @syncthemovie @fromtheheartproductions @enjoycraftservices @kickstarter @mailchimp @olsosara Websites and Socials: http://www.femmeregard.com IG: @misstessalauren @lafemmecarolina

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on creating a fantasy film with filmmaker Chris Heck! We chat with return guest, Chris about his first feature, the Savage State. A dark fantasy for children. We get into all of it. Where did this idea come from and why is it important? How is he combining elements of puppetry, SFX, and more? And what about fundraising? We learned a lot in this episode and we know listeners will too! Links: Website: http://www.thesavagestate.com Wefunder: http://wefunder.com/thesavagestate Instagram: @chrisheck13 @theaterthirteen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on going from filmmaker to SVOD platform creator with Christin Baker! We chat about Christin's growth as an indie filmmaker and her willingness to get on the phone and ask for favors. This has lead her to not only winning film festival awards, but getting nominated for an Emmy! Along the way, she created Tello Films, an SVOD platform for LGBTQ content and more. Links: Website: http://www.tellofilms.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tellofilms Instagram: @christintello @tellofilms Twitter: @christintello @tellofilms --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on how psychology fits into character building and screenwriting with William Indick! We chat about our film, Sync, and how psychology fits into our character creation and story building. We dive deep into narcissism and toxic relationships and how to build a sci-fi story with the psychology behind it! Links: To Buy the Book: https://mwp.com/product/psychology-for-screenwriters/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on doing it all in indie film with Kelly Lou Dennis! We chat about Kelly Lou's current project, Good Girls Get Fed, and how she has done just about everything in the film industry, which has made her prepared for just about anything! Links: Instagram: @kellyloudennis @gggf_shortfilm --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on indie filmmaking in a smaller market with Lauren Barker! We chat about writing and directing and how she worked towards each position in the midwest. Lauren also shares how this led her to her first feature, Cohabitation, and what she has learned from these experiences. Links: Instagram: @lbarkerfilm @cohabitationfilm Twitter: @cohabitation18 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on writing with Olivia Haller! We chat about her experience as a playwright and producing theatre and how that led her to screenwriting for film and tv! Links: Website: www.oliviahaller.net Instagram: @olivia_haller Twitter: @olivia_haller --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on acting, being real, and putting in the work with Cameron Monaghan! We chat about Cameron's career, beginning as a child actor, working on the hit show Shameless, and joining Morgan Freeman as the FBI team in the film, Paradise Highway. We get real with Cameron about putting in the work as an actor and even chat about social media and how unrelatable it can be. Links: Instagram: @cameronmonaghan Twitter: @cameronmonaghan Watch Paradise Highway in select theaters and on demand today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on the creation of the film Paradise Highway with director/writer Anna Gutto! We chat about Anna's film and how it became her directorial debut. We also get into why projects sometimes take a long time to develop and how being a considerate director makes all the difference. Links: Instagram: @annagutto Facebook: @AnnaGutto Watch Paradise Highway on VOD July 29! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support