The Friends In Film Podcast

Whether you’re pitching your project, networking at a festival, or simply meeting new collaborators, confidence can make all the difference. But how do you cultivate that confidence, especially in a field as competitive and sometimes intimidating as film? Today, we’ll explore practical techniques that can help you present yourself with poise and assurance.

In this episode, Janet speaks with Abraham who shares an experience he recently had on set to hear her thoughts on the situation.

In this episode, Janet talks with Jonathan who shares some of his knowledge to become a professional in the industry.

Here's an example of how you become a professional creative without the uncertainty of whether you will ever make it.

The industry is changing, you are the future of the film industry, so come see how you can enter the industry and get inside opportunities from working on paying film sets. We shared our pathways that you can also take to get solidly inside working on major TV shows, getting your own film shot and distributed, and making $1,000 per day, up to $7,000 per month. It's all in our round table discu...

Omar answers questions from Instagram Live. What qualities and skills really get you hired? What is the best strategy to move up in the industry? How to start you own production company? Does age matter as an actor? How to generate work as an actor? How to get into art dept? How to tap into your local professional market?

The way you think and the thoughts you have make a big impact on how you see your career. Janet speaks to us about the importance of creating thoughts that put us in the perspective of being the person that we'd like to be in the film industry.

Is your goal to become a director or a producer? You could be making these mistakes that can hold you back for years!

Whether or not you believe in karma, your presence surrounding the film industry is very important to the future of your career. In this episode, Janet talks about the importance of karma and how you can use it to ensure you have an amazing career.

You say you want to be an actor or a director. What does that life look like? How many days per month are you working on a film set? How much money are you making per day? What kinds of thoughts and feelings does that life give you? In this episode, Janet answers questions on her Instagram Live in order to get us to think about our strategy to becoming professionals in the film industry.

Create the change in your life that you ultimately want.

5 Signs you're about to go from an emerging filmmaker to becoming a PROFESSIONAL: You realize: 1. It's been a year and you're still working for $100-350/day on passion projects, indie films, and your own projects. 2. You're still not making enough money to make film what you do full-time. 3. All your connections are people who want to break into film themselves too. 4. The film wor...

When we set a goal, it’s easy to think that the best part will be achieving it. We imagine what life will be like when we finally get what we’ve been working so hard for. However, there is a lot more to consider and appreciate about the goal achievement process than getting to the end. Despite what you might think right now, the  process  is the point. Janet tells you about how the goal she made w...

It's all connections. What does that even mean? The film industry runs on relationships and trust. You will get hired if people can trust you to do the job and can trust you to be cool to work with. How do we get connected to the right people?

Are you concerned about the film industry and you working in it? Don't be. Go forward and learn and do what you want to do!

Watch this episode if you find yourself stalling out on doing what you need to do to get going in film.

In this episode, Omar shares some of his experiences that led him to cultivate a career in the film industry, as well as answering questions for others looking to do the same.

How did Janet start working in National Geographic? There are many genres, niches, departments and crafts in film. It is important to ask yourself what type of life do you want. What types of jobs do you want to work on? And how do you get those jobs? Janet, Omar and Brian sit down to talk about how to get into the job you're meant to do in the film industry.

The film industry is mostly freelance work, so its gig-based. Which means we need to make connections with people who will hire us, refer us, and mentor us. Do a good job so our names get passed around in this word-of-mouth industry. If you want to make film a full-time career then your time is better spent making connections than improving your creative or technical skills. I'm sure you know...

In this episode, Janet brings on Arshia who shares some of her experiences as she came to Los Angeles from Canada just to get on shoots.

In this episode, Janet shares her captivating story about getting started in the film industry.

How do we get connected to professional directors, professional producers, professional filmmakers that actually work in the film industry full time? We can get work on professional passion projects! That's what Omar did. He went from PA-ing on a big budget commercial to working in a craft on a the commercial director's short film. This is how he did it...

In this episode, Janet speaks with A-list mentor Rolan. After working as a pharmacist, Rolan decided that the film industry was a better option for him and his lifestyle. He even set a goal of earning $10,000 in the month of January, and with the help of the Craft Certification Program, was able to achieve that goal.

In this episode, Janet shares an anecdote of one of the Craft Certification students, Derek. After just recently graduating high school, Derek's success after starting the program already has him on professional sets.

Omar just worked 4 days on set as a sound mixer making $500 per day. We dive into why it's important to embrace challenges and what to do when things go wrong.