Actors – your 3 steps to success

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– Return to the actor’s section In this guide… – Introduction – Step one: Define your target market (not the general public) – Step two: Define perspective – Step three: Define success We are all vulnerable artists – from the creator to the created, we rejoice in a great review and cower at the feet […]

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An actor’s road-map to ‘Lift-Off Community+’ membership

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– Return to the actor’s section Ask not what your industry can do for you, but what you can do for your industry! Dear actor, Imagine for a moment that you met a starting out film director whose work blew you away. A talented filmmaker creating art that you want to be a part of. […]

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Robert Kurtzman, special makeup effects artist for Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and much more

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Robert Kurtzman is a veteran in the special effects world. In particular his notable makeup work seen in Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. He also made the move into screenwriting (From Dusk till Dawn) and directing (Wishmaster). In 2003 he founded the award-winning effects company, Creature Corps. When did you first […]

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Oğuzhan Çineli and Ashraf Said Mswaki: Lift-Off Filmmaker Interview

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Turkish filmmaker Oğuzhan Çineli and Tanzanian filmmaker Asraf Said Mswaki’s feature documentary “White Potion” follows the life of a Witchdoctor in Tanzania, and the lives he influences, including the hunting of people with albinism for the use of their body parts in potions and spells. This eye-opening documentary will screen at Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival on […]

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