Creating your own digital foot prints By Roxanne Prophet

 Blogging, how easy and how many different ways….  Vimeo Vs. YouTube  Casting Call Pro  IdeasTap  Unit List  Lets get you started

 NoFilmSchool is a site for DIY filmmakers and independent creatives. The site focuses on tools and technology relevant to filmmakers, writers, directors, editors, producers, cinematographers, bloggers, designers, and entrepreneurs. NoFilmSchool  NoFilmSchool was created by Ryan Koo NoFilmSchool

 When he started this site in 2005 he was unemployed and living with my parents in North Carolina.  His goal was to get himself to New York and start a film career — without any connections, and without going to film school.  And this site got him there.  It’s a long story, but thanks to this blog he was able to lie his way into a job at MTV (and a three-year career as graphic designer).

 That “movie mode” hidden in the menu system of your new DSLR?  AMAZING GUIDE! AMAZING GUIDE!  This guide was written by him reading forums and learning from all the available teaching platforms online. E.g. Phillip BloomPhillip Bloom  Also includes great people and websites to check out. You could do some research into writing your own book?

 “My site has also gone from becoming a place to showcase my work to a place for people to learn and share. There is a wealth of information on my site for both the seasoned and junior film maker. I hope you find it useful. We all need as much help as we can get to make it these days and I hope I can help.”

 "Film Riot is the best of the bunch. Serving as an on-demand film school, this series stands out as a prime example of under-the-radar geeks who carved out a DIY niche that’s both useful and entertaining". - Wired.comFilm Riot  CREATE YOUR OWN HOW TO VIDEOS, they teach you and others and its like creating a behind the scenes of a movie

 If you get successful enough at blogging and critiquing or even teaching equipment companies may ask you to rate and advertise their kit!  We setting up a website don’t forget to allow advertising hosts… that way when it gets more popular you can make some pennies… hosts

 I find the easiest way to set up a website at the moment is by using Wordpress.com. Wordpress.com  Everything is already formatted for you and there are many step by step guide on how to use it.  Check them out:

 My mentor in life: : David Gregory JonesDavid Gregory Jones  My horrible example of a website that has been neglected…. Roxanne ProphetRoxanne Prophet  Get started…. Get you name at wordpress.com and start documenting your career… make your own digital CV… So that you can become a runner at ITV just by handing over your business card or adding your website to a link in an

Ever heard of Red or Black?

 This would all be great to have when you meet other or more experienced filmmakers to give your business cards.

 Make a to do list with a deadline and advertise it through your blog.  Let people know that you are learning and what mistakes you have made!

 Vimeo is a better blog than any other. It’s a blog that visually shows what your up to and is basically your portfolio online!    YouTube… Its great to get a lot of views but its not what the industry looks for.  You can make it look good and professional but with Vimeo this is a lot easier to do.  But you can make it professionalprofessional

  Actors handbook - £12 Actors handbook  Choosing a Drama School  Further Training  Getting and working with an agent  What casting directors want  Preparing your CV, Headshot and Showreel  Handling auditions and interviews  Self-employment and marketing  Useful organizations  We will be helping our actors build their picture portfolios

 About About  IdeasTap / Roxanne Prophethttp:// anneprophethttp:// anneprophet

 Why prepare all this? Well Unit list posts last minute jobs online all the time and having all this allows you to apply to them quickly.  You can like them on Facebook and they will post items that appear on your news feed.Facebook  Also has a load of resources online…. 

I want you to sign up for everything now!  Start off small, don’t plan to much at first and soon it will become part of your life!  Download the DSLR guide, Sign up to no film school newsletters.DSLR guide newsletters.  Like the unit list on Facebookunit list  Like Film Riot on FacebookFilm Riot  Create an IdeasTap account + NewsletterIdeasTap account Newsletter  Follow our blogblog  Create your own profile on Casting Call Pro  MAKE A TO DO LIST OF YOUR AIMS FOR THIS YEAR!

 READ this: ulan/marketing-through-social-media- platformhttp:// ulan/marketing-through-social-media- platform  THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MORE WAYS TO GET OUT THERE!  So…. Research it and find what applies to you…