Hello actor and creative types. I’ve just returned from Comic*Con 2013 where I had a fantabulous time watching indie films at the SDCC IFF, buying wee Chihuahua action figures, and partying with nerds of all kinds. It was pretty fun. On the train down I received an email from an actress who was interested in getting some help with her website and I decided that in addition to talking about Wordpress Plugins in this part of the “Website series”, I would add a bonus How-To PDF AND a video that goes along with it where I do everything in…
Author: Verona Blue
Verona Blue
Actress & Web Developer - Verona Blue is originally from Toronto but arrived in Los Angeles by way of London where she received classical conservatory training in voice, movement and text. She excels at weapons and combat, and is extremely easy to find at an airport. Realising her niche was strong, but limited, she grabbed the bull by the horns and started creating her own opportunities with a group of new, creative friends and colleagues. Her first film (and reel!) "Elizabeth" won Best Editing and was nominated for Best Actress at the Indie Horror Film Festival in Chicago. With a professional background in web development and extensive experience working on film related websites, she has a lot going on. It's exhausting.
Hi, welcome back to Verona yelling about the internet and saying swears. Last time I rambled on about how being an actor is expensive and the gist of it was that you should save some money by putting together, and managing your own website, that it should be simple, clean, on brand and that it’s not that hard to do. This is not to say that you won’t experience some challenges, and your ambitions will probably continue to be bigger than your abilities (rimshot!) but if this tutorial is the difference between a $2400 website bill, and a $100 website…
You know how when you meet someone new and you tell them you’re an actress and then they tell you how they have thought about being an actress too, or were, or think they’d be good at it, and you internally roll your eyes (or if you’re me, you externally roll your eyes) because being famous and being an actress are not the same things and “being an actress” is way more complicated and involved (and expensive) than just choosing to tell people that you are an actress? Yeah. Obviously this is a phenomenon that only happens outside of LA…
Charlize Theron, Scarlett Johansson, Amber Heard, January Jones, Kaley Cuoco, Katrina Bowden, Rachel fucking McAdams, Maggie Grace… all gorgeous, talented and blonde. And when I say gorgeous I mean like “maybe Harrison Bergeron isn’t such a bad idea”, unfairly pretty. I think we can agree that looking like any of those ladies is a pretty hefty social advantage and most of us would be lying if we hadn’t cursed our faces at least once, and thought, “if ONLY I was stunning and blonde, with blue eyes, this wouldn’t be so hard”. They won all sorts of genetic lotteries and I’m…