Author: Lissette Schuster

Lissette Schuster is an actor and filmmaker based out of her native hometown of Los Angeles (although she’s technically a halfie, growing up 1/2 in LA + 1/2 in Miami). As an actor, she has starred in over 15 national commercials for top brands, collaborating with award-winning directors; as a filmmaker, she’s written + directed over 20 short-form projects, including comedy sketches “Parking for Yoga” + “Mercury in Retrograde” to the official music video for “Les Blanks - Straw Man”; and as a producer, she’s produced for Team Coco, FreddieW, Rocket Jump, and on the 1st season of the groundbreaking web series, “Video Game High School”. She’s always inspired by connecting with new people + collaborating with other passionate content creators - you can follow her on the social mediaz at @lissetteschus, or visit her new production company online at shoegazerfilms.com.

Inspiration moves and she moves fast. If you don’t capture that idea down immediately, there are no guarantees she’ll wait for you. In fact, she rarely does. By the time you’re sitting down at your laptop with a mochaccino in one hand and a pen in the other, you’re left staring at a blank word document with a frazzled look on your face wondering where the f!$% it went. That’s just how inspiration works. As Elizabeth Gilbert says, “Inspiration doesn’t owe you anything.” As creative storytellers, whether you’re an actor, writer, director or producer, it’s natural to get to a…

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Rachel Lewis is an actress, writer, and comedian who recently got her first television staff writing job on the live action comedy kids show “Odd Squad”, which premieres September 2014 on PBS. Rachel grew up in Montana, graduated from the University of Wisconsin for Theater, and immediately moved to Chicago where she trained at Second City and IO, which she says is where she got her chops as both a comedian and a writer. She adds, “In Chicago they train you that if you want to be in shows, you have to write them yourself!” I met with Rachel for some…

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The following list of “Top 5 Cameras for YouTube” is guaranteed to rock your video content! Although the overall production value of YouTube has increased tremendously over the past two years, with more videos being shot on Red Epic’s, Scarlet’s, and Arri Alexa’s than ever before, I would recommend the following five cameras for anyone who’s starting to make their own content, depending on their different filmmaking needs, and price range. These are all solid cameras that are industry-standard for the particular types of content they’re intended for, and the list is sorted with the lowest-priced cameras starting first. Skimming…

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When I started working for a YouTube channel two years ago, I was definitely a “noob” to the YouTube world. I felt like there was this whole other world of filmmaking outside of the traditional route of “success” that’s taught in 99% of film schools across the country. Meaning, if you want to direct a feature film, you have to direct (and preferably also write) a short film; and if that short film is great, and if it gets into the right festival circuit, and if it connects you to the right people, A will lead to B will lead…

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