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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I was reading an interesting story this morning.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">It was about a guy who wanted to learn about business.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">He knew the best way to<span> </span><em>really</em><span> </span>learn about business was to talk to the people that were actually doing it--the top CEOs and business icons that had spent years building million dollar business empires of their own.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">But he was young, and had no experience, so these people wouldn't give him the time of day.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">So what did this young man do?</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">He offered to clean the offices of the successful CEOs and business people that he wanted to learn from, just so he could have 30 minutes alone in their office to speak with them.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">And now this guy is running a multi-million dollar business empire of his own.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I thought this was a pretty cool story. It shows what lengths someone will go to if they are really determined to learn something or achieve a goal.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Now, I know a lot of people that say they want to make a film, but have they actually done it yet?</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Most of them haven't.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">There are tons of reasons why not--they don't know how, they don't have equipment, they get overwhelmed by all of the information out there and don't know how to get started.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">But I don't see most of these people offering to clean the offices of J.J. Abrams or Steven Spielberg to try and learn from the top people in the field.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Now, I have an offer for these people--and you--that doesn't involve cleaning offices.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">And believe me, I'm no Spielberg--but I have worked in the film industry for over a decade and watched thousands of filmmakers make films through the other company I work for, the 48 Hour Film Project.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I've seen what works and what doesn't. I've become very adept at guiding new filmmakers through the process of creating their first film.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">And I've put together everything I've learned through the years into an online filmmaking workshop that begins on May 21st called<span> </span><strong><em>Zero to Film.</em></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="gmail-redactor-invisible-space"><span class="gmail-redactor-invisible-space">It's a four week workshop designed to take you from idea to fully finished film. I'll guide you through the process, and you'll get feedback from other workshop participants and myself along the way.</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="gmail-redactor-invisible-space"><span class="gmail-redactor-invisible-space">Registration for<span> </span><strong><em>Zero to Film</em></strong><span class="gmail-redactor-invisible-space"><span class="gmail-redactor-invisible-space"><span> </span>is open now, but will close at the end of this week.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="gmail-redactor-invisible-space"><span class="gmail-redactor-invisible-space"><span class="gmail-redactor-invisible-space"><span class="gmail-redactor-invisible-space">If you'd like to finally make that film you've been talking about and get step by step instructions on how to turn your film project into a reality, check out the workshop:</span></span></span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-fami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<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">-Brian Bowers<div><br></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://brianbowers.net/" target="_blank">Personal Website</a> </b></font><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">•</span><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span><b style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> <a href="http://gorillafilmschool.com" target="_blank">Gorilla Film School </a> </b><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">•</span><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span><b style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif"> <a href="http://48hourfilm.com" target="_blank">48 Hour Film Project</a></b></div></div></div></div>
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