FST-537-800 Producing

Are you passionate about this topic? And, if so, why?  Yes, I have a personal connection to this topic and I feel like the passion to understand something further from my childhood is what drives me.  Do you enjoy reading up on the subject, doing research, or getting into long phone conversations about the issue/themes?   Yes, time passes and I remember the many years spent with my parents while they were working in "the business," so they called it.  Are you ready to exchange endless emails with other obsessed aficionados on the subject?    Yes, I already do this. it will be nothing out of the ordinary for me. Do you talk to people at parties about this topic?   Yes, just two months ago I was telling several individuals about Amway and how it shaped my upbringing at a holiday party.  Would you consider yourself an expert on it?  Or, someone who wants to become an expert on it?  I would say that I am not a decorated e...

 For this course I plan to start producing my thesis project.  My basic idea is to create a medium length documentary. Possibly something that could be a pilot for a mini-series documentary for streaming services.  The basic overarching idea is about Amway Global. In the late 90s – early 2000s my family was involved in Amway. My parents attended bi-weekly meetings, multiple conferences across the USA each year, and even sent my brothers and I to an all-boys sports camp that was sponsored by Amway Executives. The pilot episode will lay out some details of how a multi-level marketing company works. Then I would like to focus on the experiences that myself and many other boys of our age had at the summer camp each year. I plan to find at least 8-12 individuals like myself who went to this camp and hear their stories. If the project is a success, I could see myself attempting to push forward with multiple episodes to complete a whole story about the Amway Experience. ...

- Find passion for art again. I know this sounds off but I am a bit burnt out. I need to find what gives me ideas and helps me create work I am proud of.  - Understand funding projects more. Specifically: Grants, investors, selling an idea, finding funds for any project.  - Distribution: How does one know when and where to distribute their film. Festivals are overwhelming... which do I choose to submit to? Are some better than others? why so many costs??