Locked Away
And speaking of Zaki Gordon Institute and what their students can accomplish …
This odd exercise in paranoia starred little ol’ me and was directed by Abby Kwiatkowski, ZGI graduate. It was a Remi Winner at the 45th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.
Looking to Attend Film School? Think Arizona!
ZGI is hands down the best deal in the country.
However, keeping the costs low is not the primary goal. The film school’s primary goal is to help you launch your filmmaking career by providing professional mentorship, hands-on instruction and on-set experience. When you choose the Zaki Gordon Institute you are choosing to MAKE movies, not just learn about making movies.
Everyone who graduates has made their own short film.
ZGI is fortunate to receive funding from a variety of sources. They are always looking for ways to keep program costs low and continue to purchase new, state-of-the-art equipment for students. The philosophy is you learn by doing, not by sitting in a classroom. So they give you all the basics of filmmaking from script to screen in an intensive year. Then you have the choice to take the fifty thousand dollars you would have spent at another school (on tuition or a thesis film—if you were lucky enough to have your project selected) and go out and make your feature film.
ZGI teaches one thing, how to make movies. If you want to take film criticism classes on the French New Wave, we’re not for you. Script to screen in a year, that’s what they do.
As our readers know, haRMFul Productions and 69 Flavors of Paranoia totally support the indie film scene. We support the makers and the shakers of the indie film scene. Help us support the school that is cranking out some of the best indie student films around, the Zaki Gordon Institute.
So You Wrote It… Now What? Turn Books Into Business
Horror novelist / media pro demonstrates business model for self-published authors.
BROOKINGS, SD – Horror author Serenity J. Banks is writing a book about selling books, and she’s proving it while she writes it.
On February 1, 2012, Banks launched So You Wrote It… Now What? Everything I Know About How You Can Sell Your Books at www.RedheadedStepchildBooks.
What’s more: she’s using her own day-to-day experience in promoting the book she’s writing as a real-time demonstration of the principles she’s sharing.
This isn’t just another how-to book about self-publishing, marketing, and sales strategies for authors. Banks is writing a book about how authenticity, vision, and living on purpose, combined with practical know-how about self-publishing, marketing, and sales strategies, can result in a fulfilling, self-supporting business model for authors who want to make it a way of life.
“My core message isn’t about making money from book sales,” Banks says. “My message to authors is about believing in yourself, being true to yourself, and living on faith to activate the vision inside you. If you’re doing the right things at the right times for the right reasons, the book sales will follow. I’m just providing the tools I’ve used to take my destiny as an author into my own hands; it’s up to each individual author to decide how far he or she is willing to take it.”
In coming months, Banks will take authors step by step through the processes of building a promotional platform, developing a social media presence, launching a public relations campaign, designing a Web marketing strategy, producing and publishing a book in print and e-book formats, and selling a self-published book. Meanwhile, she will demonstrate her strategies and principles in real-time as she builds buzz for the upcoming release of So You Wrote It… Now What? Everything I Know About How You Can Sell Your Books.
With real-world know-how from “both sides of the desk,” Banks draws on a decade of experience as an editor, designer, and marketer in the newspaper, magazine, and digital media fields. She is the author of The Left Hand, a literary/religious horror novel set primarily in Western South Dakota, and she is also a co-founder of Dark Continents Publishing, Inc., based in Brookings County. Operating as Redheaded Stepchild Author Liaisons, Banks provides media and marketing services for self-published authors.
To learn more and follow along from start to finish, visit www.RedheadedStepchildBooks.
For images, interviews, reprint requests, or other media inquiries, contact liaisons@
