Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing a career in film, television, writing, theatre, music & design with your talents
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Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing a career in film, television, writing, theatre, music & design with your talents
Monetizing Your Creativity explores how use your creative talents to pursue a career in film, television and related media (theatre, music, gaming, design, publishing). Industry veterans and mentors Marvin Polis and Fred Keating interview people who've been there and done that. Subscribe: https://i...
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123 Episoden125 Hiatus
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Monetizing Your Creativity. I’m your host Marvin Polis. This is actually going to be a very short epi...
124 Creativity meets business acumen
Welcome to another themed episode drawing upon the advice and counsel of various guests on a single topic. The topic: When creativity meets business...
123 Making it in LA
Welcome to another themed episode drawing upon the advice and counsel of various guests on a single topic. The topic: Making it in LA.
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122 Acting careers - stage & screen
Welcome to another themed episode drawing upon the advice and counsel of various guests on a single topic. This week's topic: Acting careers – stage...
121 The business of music
Fred and Marvin have put together another themed episode that draws upon the wisdom of various guests on a single topic. Three multi-talented musician...
120 CAPS Part 3 - Professional speakers and coaches
In another of our themed episodes, Marvin and Fred visit the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) convention and speak with four champ...
119 CAPS Part 2 - Professional speakers and coaches
In this next of our series of themed episodes, we continue on the topic of speaking professionally. Marvin and Fred talk to four more contemporary cha...
118 CAPS Part 1 - Professional speakers and coaches
Question: Where do professional motivational speakers go to get motivated and trade trade secrets?
Answer: The annual national CAPS Conve...
117 Writing Careers - How to get gigs and earn a living
In this specially-themed episode, Marvin and Fred speak to three contemporary writers of non-fiction and discuss the steps in the writing process that...
116 Chrysalis: Creative non-profit work
Welcome to the first in a series of themed episodes of Monetizing Your Creativity. In this edition, Marvin pulls segments of Fred’s interviews with ar...
115 Post Pro Media studio tour (Vancouver, Canada)
After the shooting for top-notch television or film production comes the phase rarely seen by civilians: the mysterious world of post production.
114 Kevin Tighe (TV & theatre musician) Relationships & intellectual property
When Marvin was recently strolling the bilingual boulevards of Montreal, Canada he visited the workshop of Greenfield Guitars* to interview some of th...
113 Lindy Sisson (ACT Arts Centre) Parental support can influence your arts career
Lindy Sisson was born into a showbiz family and grew up taking tickets, printing posters, and dancing in productions put on in the community theatre g...
112 David LeReaney (Fargo, Wynonna Earp) Will the right dialect help you get the part?
He is introduced on set to newly arrived actors as the “Voice of Fargo” on the Emmy Award winning TV series. That’s because dialect coach and actor Da...
110 Dana Gonzales (Crash, Fargo) Oscars & Emmys - How to get there
In this episode, Fred and Marv chat with Dana Gonzales, a Primetime Emmy Award winner for his work on the television series Fargo. Dana was also an in...
109 Dave Carroll (United Breaks Guitars) Going viral without even trying
How can you go viral without even trying? One way is to strike a strong emotional chord and have fun while doing it. Satire is a strong pull.
108 Moise Yawo Matey (Award-winning musician) Should professionals work for free?
Marvin is on the loose again in Montreal and back at Greenfield Guitars to interview African percussionist Moise (MO – eez) Yawo Matey.
M...
107 Tracey Friesen (National Film Board of Canada - NFB, author) How to get your documentary made
In this episode of the Monetizing Your Creativity mentorship podcast, Fred flies solo into the heart of Vancouver, Western Canada's media centre. He t...
106 Manika Gaudet (Manik Fashion) Collaboration is crucial in film, television & fashion design
Marvin is on the loose in Montreal again!
In this episode of the Monetizing Your Creativity mentorship podcast, Marvelous Marvin elicits...
105 Julian Mayne (Symphony, Ballet, Opera, Theatre) A distinguished career in arts administration
Many people think of the term “arts administration” as an oxymoron. Similar to “deafening silence”, “living dead” or “jumbo shrimp”. People wonder wh...
104 Viveka Melki (Documentary Filmmaker) How "After Circus" became a CBC & film festival hit
“I pay attention to life.”
So says a documentary filmmaker who actually gets “the shivers” when she senses the spark of a story that need...
103 Kelly Wolfert (SpiderMable The Film) Crowdfunding for a film about a superhero kid with cancer
Want a case study in crowdfunding for creative projects? You've come to the right place!
Producer Kelly Wolfert of Leven Creative describ...
102 Mark Krupa (White House Down, Sum of All Fears, Assassin's Creed) Being versatile
In this episode, Marvin is on the loose in Montreal where he visits le maison de Mark Krupa (White House Down, Sum of All Fears, Assassin's Creed, The...
101 Eric Termuende (Author, TEDx Speaker) Gen Y, Technology & work culture
Content is King! If you are pursuing a career in a creative activity, what kind of content are you creating to take to the marketplace?
W...
100 Alisa Palmer (National Theatre School of Canada) Theatre skills are life skills
Need answers to questions from caring friends and family about the usefulness or transferability of training in theatre?
Well, creative...
099 Scott Benzie (Brunico Communications) Marketing film & TV festivals and yourself
OK, here's a really interesting twist on a creative career. Go to film school and then don't actually produce films. Instead, get into marketing for t...
098 Michael Greenfield (Guitar maker for Keith Richards, other Grammy winners) The art of networking
How often do you as an artist contribute in practical ways to the success of other artists?
And how will those supportive activities con...
097 LeVar Burton (Star Trek, Big Bang Theory), Russell Peters (Jungle Book) & more on the Red Carpet
Welcome to the Red Carpet episode from the 37th Annual Banff World Media Festival! In June 2016, Marvin and Fred interviewed some amazing award-winnin...
096 Jan Randall (CBC, Second City, international sports events) Creating for an audience of billions
Not everyone can say they fired their music teacher at age 6 and then went on to compose music for a worldwide audience of 4 billion people! But Jan R...
095 Norm & Chris Fassbender (Rantdog Animation Studios) Multigenerational collaboration
Two. Two. Two generations for the price of one!
Sometimes a business passes from father to son when father retires and son takes over. A...
094 The Staves (International recording artists) Earning a living vs. superstardom
What does it take to develop marvelous harmonies in your music career ... or any creative career for that matter? The three singing-songwriting sister...
093 Diana Frances (CBC's Irrelevant Show) Giving up your day job
What can we tell you? The woman likes to make people happy. From improv onstage (TheatreSports League) to writing comic sketches on radio (CBC Radio’s...
092 Bryce Papenbrook (Attack on Titan, Sword Art Online, Call of Duty) Grace under pressure
One man. Many voices. Bryce Papenbrook is a martial arts warrior who morphed into the man of many voices for hit TV series and video games including C...
091 Keena Herman (Noonright) An emerging artist's perspective on pitching
Keena Herman is one of a team of writers, animators and designers called Castle Acadia in Calgary, Canada. The group provides services to corporate cl...
090 John Scott (Lord of the Rings, blockbuster westerns) Recognizing career opportunities
To some, he’s the master of the horses from the Lord of the Rings. Yes, Lord of the Rings! Those famous battle scenes? John Scott was the genius behin...
089 Ashley Comeau (Second City Toronto, Just For Laughs Montreal) Lesson learned from John Cleese
Ashley Comeau’s advice to you all: “Never fail the John Cleese test!”
We’ll let her share with you the story behind the quote.
088 Barbara Pelham (Canada House Gallery) The business of art
We know there is a business side to show business. How much do you know about the business side in the art world? And what can you learn about the min...
087 Caitlin Glass (Pokemon The Movie, Dragon Ball) Luck is preparation meeting opportunity
Can you get hired to do professional work while you are still in university? Caitlin Glass did!
On a tour of a large voice recording com...
086 Andrew Carr (CTV's Corner Gas) Writing & producing a hit sitcom - stepping out of comfort zones
“Jump!”
“Take that Risk!”
“Leave your comfort zone!”
Those are the key messages, but comedian / sitcom writer...