The Scene Partner is documenting my journey of this crazy career we call Acting. Well, part of that journey is self-promotion! Over the weekend, episode 3 of the webseries I’m doing went up on Youtube! Check out Ep 3 Mohammad Jenkins of the webseries Parker and Drusilla:
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Working the Web: New Media makes Producing and Sharing New Content Easier
6 AprI’ve been working on this fun little project called “Parker and
Drusilla” for the past couple months. Finally, our hard work (actually
not hard work at all, it’s been loads of fun) has paid off and we’ve
debuted our first episode! What’s great about the web is that I can
share this with you instantly. It’s short and sweet and will hopefully
make you chuckle. Check it out! Comment, Share and Rate it please. If
enough of you do so then we’ll post more and more… and who knows, if I’m
patient enough, maybe this will pay off in some way, shape or form too!
More Ways of the Web for Actors
2 Mar
As I wrote about yesterday,
it’s important to get yourself out there on the world wide web as an
actor. The stronger your online presence the better. I briefly touched
upon the different ways you can do that– one of which is going Viral.
There is a great article on this, called 7 Steps to Creating a Viral Video.
With YouTube, Vimeo, FunnyOrDie, CollegeHumor, etc. there are plenty of ways to share a short video, gain viewers, fans, audiences and putting your unique sense of humor, brand of quirkiness, etc out there for the world to see. Not that your 2 min video is going to win your instant fame but it’s a way of creating your own work and the icing on the cake would be to get noticed. It’s really all about putting that creative energy out there because one day it’s going to come back to you.
**Here’s a cool article on how Facebook and Twitter can help grow your acting career on the blog Brains of Minerva**
Keeping the Ball Rolling…
24 Feb
Yesterday felt very productive.
I spent the afternoon with a brainstorming creative writing session with my friend and fellow actor. We whipped out three rough drafts of scripts in about two hours and, might I add, they’re pretty funny. It felt good following through on a commitment we had made to each other- to make a webseries in order to obtain our SAG eligibility. (If all goes as planned, I’ll share exactly how we did it!)
First thing’s first, which was coming up with the ideas. So, last week we met for lunch to come up with a sort of game plan. Then we set a date to actually sit down and write. After a couple cancellations, we finally met yesterday, keeping the ball rolling and not letting our project lose steam. I can’t tell you how many ideas I’ve had with friends, fellow aspiring directors/producers/actors, which disappeared as quickly as they arrived. But, that’s okay… because one day one of those millions of moments of inspiration will actually materialize. The trick is, to never stop having these ideas, to never stop creating even if your last 998 ideas withered away to die…. it’s that 999th one that just may be the hit!
Then later on that day, I spent the evening at a webseries launch/networking/charity event in West Hollywood watching the smart, witty, entertaining, feminist, funny work of my peers. This made me feel good. This day made me feel good. I felt motivated. It’s like the feeling I get after going to a really awesome art opening– all I want to do is go home and paint! It’s like I get this burst of creative energy and I just have to make something. But if I never go to an art opening or a museum or a gallery then that creative fire dims and I could go months or, dare I say it, years without making a single work of art, another great passion of mine. This is exactly why it is so important to go to screenings, film festivals, workshops, networking events… to keep that fire burning bright! This is your dream after all, let’s make it come true!
