Alumni Live: The Podcast Alumni Live: The Podcast
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Alumni Live: The Podcast is created by and for GVSU Film/Video Alumni and current students. The program explores a variety of industry related topics.
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Building Up The Media Industry in Michigan
GVSU film student Marin Roth talks with her dad, Representative John Roth (R), co-author of the Multi-Media Jobs Act. They talk about the positive impact the bill will have on the Michigan economy and film students in particular while offering advice about what everyone can do to help the bill pass.
Relevant Links
About the Multimedia Jobs Act: https://mifia.org/multimedia-jobs-act-details
About Representative John Roth
The House bill package can be found here (HB 4907, 4908)
The Senate bill is here
If you want to find out who your Representative is so you can write them, click here.
Find your Senator here.
To learn about ways you can support GVSU film and video students:
The Dirk Koning Memorial Film and Video Scholarship
The Chuck Peterson Memorial Fellowship
GVSU F/V Alumni: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gvsufilmvideoalumni -
From VFX Artist to Academic Dean: Alumni Profile of Tim Dailey ‘08
Host Randy Strobl (‘12) talks with Tim Dailey (‘08), about his journey from VFX Artist to Academic Dean of Exceptional Minds.
Exceptional Minds is a nonprofit academy and post production studio for people with autism.
Links:
Exceptional Minds: https://exceptional-minds.org/
Tim Dailey LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-dailey-23428862
To learn about ways you can support GVSU film and video students:
The Dirk Koning Memorial Film and Video Scholarship
The Chuck Peterson Memorial Fellowship
GVSU F/V Alumni: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gvsufilmvideoalumni -
Accessibility in Film
Current student Elena Chiu talks with award-winning, multiply Disabled, queer, horror and documentary filmmaker Ariel Baska about their short films, “Our First Priority,” and “Shining in the Dark,” the challenges they face as a disabled filmmaker, their podcast, “Ride the Omnibus,” and how to create a more accessible industry.
Website: https://arielbaska.com/
Ride the Omnibus: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes
FWD-Doc: https://www.fwd-doc.org/
Accessibility Scorecard: https://www.fwd-doc.org/film-event-accessibility-scorecard-2023
FEAW (Film Event Accessibility Working Group): https://feaw.org/
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12439350/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justaskabaska/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielbaska/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruinmysky
To learn about ways you can support GVSU film and video students:
The Dirk Koning Memorial Film and Video Scholarship
The Chuck Peterson Memorial Fellowship
GVSU F/V Alumni: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gvsufilmvideoalumni -
AI Tools for Filmmakers
Current senior Jeff Staub talks with Alumni Michele Terpstra, Director of Digital Content at Toolfarm.com, about AI and tools for filmmakers. They talk about what AI is, recent legal issues surrounding it, how it will affect the film industry, and whether students should be taught how to use it and the ethics surrounding it.
AI tutorial: https://www.toolfarm.com/tutorial/a-i-tools-for-video-pros-filmmakers-content-creators-indepth/
To learn about ways you can support GVSU film and video students:
The Dirk Koning Memorial Film and Video Scholarship
The Chuck Peterson Memorial Fellowship
GVSU F/V Alumni: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gvsufilmvideoalumni -
The Return of the Michigan Film Incentive
Current FVP senior, Jeff Staub, talks with Geoff George, a cinematographer and Education Outreach Chair with the Michigan Film Industry Association (MiFIA), about the Multimedia Jobs Act introduced in the Michigan legislature. Geoff explains how the film incentive worked in the past, how it’s different now, and why it’s so important to bring it to Michigan.
MIFIA: https://mifia.org/
Write Legislators: https://mifia.org/take-action
Join MIFIA: https://mifia.org/joinus
About the Multimedia Jobs Act: https://mifia.org/multimedia-jobs-act-details
About Geoff George: www.geoffgeorgedp.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreygeorge/
To learn about ways you can support GVSU film and video students:
The Dirk Koning Memorial Film and Video Scholarship
The Chuck Peterson Memorial Fellowship
GVSU F/V Alumni: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gvsufilmvideoalumni -
A Conversation with Independent Filmmaker Wendy Jo Carlton
Alumni Michele Terpstra talks with alumni Wendy Jo Carlton about her career writing, producing, and directing award winning LGBTQ themed films. Wendy Jo explains the distribution process for an indie film, why she doesn’t write coming out stories, how to succeed as an independent filmmaker, her thoughts on AI, and why she likes creating web series.
LINKS:
Wendy Jo's Website: https://www.juicyplanetfilms.com/
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138238/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juicyplanetfilms/
Jamie and Jessie are Not Together trailer: https://vimeo.com/58852665
Easy Abby season one: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc-afh1yK0_SynyZdcVFbGSUQt-n49UlZ
Easy Abby season two: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc-afh1yK0_RN3oxecHCdLNLZvKDM2cna
Good Kisser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2x58d9yb88
Hannah Free trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dihna458hkM
To learn about ways you can support GVSU film and video students:
The Dirk Koning Memorial Film and Video Scholarship
The Chuck Peterson Memorial Fellowship
GVSU F/V Alumni: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gvsufilmvideoalumni