I have been thinking today about life and the percentages of life we spend on different things. I figure that if I am to live 100 years, and I have just had my 23rd birthday, thus starting my 23rd year, I have already completed 22% of my life. That means I have 78% of my life, or 78 years left to complete whatever I may want to complete. I think that is important to realize, and to see your years of life as a percentage point and to see what percentage of your life you spend on various things. That…
Author: Kodi Saint Angelo
Kodi Saint Angelo
Kodi is an actress and filmmaker in Los Angeles, CA. She loves learning new things and sharing information with others. She is passionate about filmmaking and wants to create a Hollywood that is safe and supportive to foster creativity and collaboration amongst filmmakers. For Kodi, there are only two reasons to make a film: to share an important story/message and to have fun!
Kodi’s Final Steps to Making a Movie Your team is everything. Breathe. Enjoy the process. Have fun! Alright, so I had my script, I had my cast, I was locking down my locations…BUT I had no crew yet. Finding crew was the most difficult part of my movie. Actors will work with you for nothing because they love the project and want to be a part of it, but crew people gotta pay the bills. I had met with a couple of people, but I had no budget to pay them. I hate being that filmmaker that “has a dream”…
Kodi’s Next Steps to Making a Movie Don’t Worry About Perfection Use Whatever Free Resources You Have Available First Start Building a Solid Team You Can Rely On Have fun! Let’s pick up from where we left off the last time: I was having my first meeting with the first actor I had cast. (EEK!) Shariffe and I went over the script. I asked if he had any questions, he had a few, so we went over those. He told me how excited he was about this movie and how much he loved the story (that made my heart grow…
Kodi’s First Steps to Making a Movie Find an idea Find an accountability partner Don’t think, just write Edit, edit, edit Keep the process going to prevent fear from stopping you Just do it! Follow through. Let me tell you a magical story about a girl named Kodi and how she made her first feature film. Okay, maybe it wasn’t so magical — but to me it was. It all started on St. Patrick’s Day: March 17, 2015. I was rudely awakened at three in the morning with an incredible idea. I fought to go back to sleep — tossing…