Introduce Yourself : Director... Writer... Photographer... Editor... Musician... Web Designer... & General MAKER of MADNESS! by Craig Amabello

Hi Craig. That's. Awesome. And blunt. I love it. We should definitely connect. Who else will you be looking for once you get here? I'm surprised this post is not being bombarded with comments. Once you have a project in mind make sure you post it in our Jobs section.

Craig sounds great. Would love to work with you. AJ

Always excited to be part of something light and meaningful.

Sounds like a fun time. Always good to work with people you're cool with.

Hello Guys... and Girls... Or to be exact Kathryn... (God how I just LOVE that name!)... THANXS ALL... I'm new here and just picking up the pieces of my life where I left off a decade ago... Been out of the action on the East coast do to private family health issues... BUT... I'm ready to get BACK in the SADDLE Again... and RIDE the Hell Outta this HORSEY! I'll be out of Florida... and BACK in LA by October 2015... I have LOT'S to do... And I am looking forward to meeting and working and having some FUN TIMES with many of you Creative types out there in L.A! Sincerely, Craig Amabello

Film Financing: To all filmmakers who are seeking financing for production, Bruce Singman Experienced securities/entertainment attorney and writer/producer of film, television and home entertainment I am an attorney practicing in California in the areas of securities (film production financing included) and entertainment (motion picture, television and music industry matters) and a variety of business transactions and I've written to one of you (Jim) previously in connection with his quest to find the answers about financing his film project(s). I applaud everyone who has pitched in to offer advice in response to this query, but, as difficult as it is to find the money … maybe the most difficult quest of all in the area of investments ... and I have prepared placement memoranda for a variety of investments in addition to film production including real estate of all kinds, oil and gas, technology, social media networking etc…. the steps to be taken are not obtuse. You make certain that you have access to those with whom you have a pre-existing business and/or personal relationship who have investment funds available or those with such relationships with such people or are willing to make the effort to secure accredited investors, as there is now an exception to general solicitation and advertising (or you have the time and money to register your offering with the securities regulators) or you have access to distribution which will enable you to secure bank debt financing; you develop your film project i.e. come up with a screenplay and a budget; you retain an attorney like myself with film financing experience who also has film production legal expertise or another attorney who does; and make certain that you have enough money in your pocket or access to it to retain such legal counsel because you need counsel to prepare the disclosure materials i.e placement memorandum which must be delivered to your prospective equity investors prior to taking a penny from them as a business plan will not satisfy the securities law. Then you are off and running and, if your investors or lender come through, you will be in the midst of a very complex endeavor aka feature film production. I wish you the best. Bruce brucesingman@earthlink.net 310 486-0995 P.S. I am also an experienced film writer and producer … see www.warriorthemovie.com … and I have never engaged in any endeavor quite as complex ... though incredibly rewarding.

Welcome back Craig! I'd love to be updated on what you're working on! And maybe we'll bump into each other somewhere in this surprisingly small-world big city!

Thanxs for ALL that INFO Bruce... I'm sure I'll be needing your help sometime... and hopefully for all concerned... I hope its SOONER ... Than Later! And Dara... Thanxs. At the moment I am LITERALLY just working on RELOCATING back to L.A after a Decades long ABSENCE!... I truly do MISS that place soon MUCH!... I lived in Tarzana and I'm just trying to figure out a place to LIVE that is SAFE and affordable... Do you have any Tips or Ideas you could throw my way Dara? Any help at this point would sure help... It SUCKS going through the process of finding a place to live... But I Got to do it and just get it over with and get BACK to learning how to WRITE Screenplays!... I've always been a Director/Shooter/Editor... But I'm branching out and really need to write some COOL and FUNNY Dark Comedy Scripts that I can start shooting... and SELLING! :)

Hi Craig, You are more than welcome and I will look forward to hearing from you when you need my services. As to suggestions about places to live in Los Angeles, there are way too many variables to be considered which preclude me from being able to point you in the direction which would be best for you. You might want to make contact with www.westsiderentals.com and give them your perimeters. Best, Bruce

Why thank you very much Bruce for the web link!... ANY HELP at this point is WELCOME! Thanx's again for taking the time to reply with this info and I am sure I will be contacting you sometime (Hopefully) soon... Once I get things rolling in LA! Sincerely, Craig Amabello