Indie Film Q&A With Heidi Van Lier

http://www.filmindependent.org/content/indie-film-q-heidi-van-lier-are-neighborhood-indie-venues-worth-pursuing

Summary:

These are extremely helpful tips if you are becoming a filmmaker or writer. These are 12 easy steps to take to help you succeed in filmmaking. You need to be connected to the outside world and go out (to a theatre) and watch other people's films to inspire you or tell you what you need to work on. Also to have you give and get feedback.

Love is a Mix Tape by: Rob Sheffield

Sheffield, Rob. Love is a Mix Tape. 2007. Print

Chapter: Roller Boogie

This short excerpt of a novel was very moving to me. It is about a 13 year old boy, who is worried about fitting in in school. He is so lost to his community, that all he can relate to is the music of his time. He is not sociable and is a goodie two-shoes who goes to Church. He loves rock music and doesn't care about the girls at his school.

Barely a Mix Tape By: Katie Krentz

Summary:

A young girl comes home from college. She feels connected to her younger self and who she used to be before college. The narrator meets up with an old high school friend. They developed a slight crush on each other. When they went their separate ways at the end of the summer, he gave her a mixed tape which expressed his feelings towards her.

Types of Mixes an excerpt from: Cassette From My Ex

This excerpt is about the different "themes" you can have for a mixed tape/CD. THe one I am using is a themed tape. There are break-up tapes to try and break your relationship off with a person, and there are personalized tapes which you talk into. The extra effort that is given really shows the person you care immensely about them. The one that struck my attention was Era-defining Tapes because that is what radio stations do at the end of every year; play a compilation of songs from that year that were popular.