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GOOD, EVERYONE.[The City of Houston Content Creator Forum]
IS YOUR HOST, YOUR MCLET ME JUST LET EVERYONE KIND OF GET SEATED FIRST.
LIKE TED SAID, I'M TERRY CARTER, UH, THE MARKET.
HEY,
AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT, UH, TO BE A PART OF THIS CREATOR, UH, FORM TODAY.
AND, UM, WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HERE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU GET A CHANCE TO NETWORK TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT, UH, TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS.
UM, WE WANNA THANK MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER'S OFFICE, UH, FOR ALLOWING US TO DO WHAT WE DO HERE AT HTV HOUSTON TELEVISION.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NICOLE IRVIN, WHO AND HER TEAM, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, SPECIAL EVENTS THAT HANDLES ALL THE EVENTS IN THE CITY, AND WHO HELPED TO PUT THIS ON FOR US AS WELL.
AND, UH, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE HTV STAFF.
I DON'T THINK ALL OF 'EM ARE HERE, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE, COULD YOU JUST STAND UP AND SAY HELLO
AND, UH, AND SO THE WAY THAT THIS IS GONNA GO, SOME OF THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS AREN'T HERE RIGHT NOW, UH, BUT WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS JUST READ OFF THE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND, UH, WE'LL JUST HAVE EACH ONE TO COME UP, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, AND JUST TALK ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATION.
UM, SO THE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED TODAY ARE GONNA BE THE HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE, THE HOUSTON FILM COMMISSION TECH LINK, WHICH IS A PART OF THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, HTV, TED HMS, WHICH IS HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE, HCC, WHICH IS HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, HISD, WHICH IS HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO FIRST ONE IS HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE.
WE'LL HAVE THAT TO COME UP WITH NICOLE.
UM, MY NAME IS TAYLOR JACKSON AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF GRANTS AT HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE.
I'M GONNA BE REFERRING TO MY NOTES A LOT, SO I CAN STAY WITHIN MY, MY THREE MINUTES AND NOT RAMBLE ON.
UM, SO HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE, OR HAA IS A LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL WORK IS TO OVERSEE HOUSTON'S VISION, VALUES, AND GOALS FOR ITS ARTS, GRANT MAKING, AND CIVIC ART INVESTMENTS.
UM, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, WHOM WE REFER TO AS MOCA, OVERSEES OUR WORK THROUGH A CONTRACT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, MOCA WORKS TO SHAPE POLICY AND STANDARDS IN OUR SECTOR.
UH, THEY ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE ARTS FOR IMPORTANT RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS HELPING ADVANCE CITY DEPARTMENTS, ARTS AND CULTURAL, UM, INVESTMENTS AND INITIATIVES.
UM, HAA ALSO EXECUTES PRIVATELY FUNDED PROJECTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ARTS COMMUNITY, UM, SUCH AS DISASTER PREPARATION.
OUR DISASTER SERVICES DIVISION IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY.
SO ON AVERAGE, HOUSTON SUFFERS A FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTER EVERY NINE MONTHS.
UM, YET EVERY DOLLAR SPENT BEFORE DISASTER SAVES $6 IN RECOVERY.
MOST ARTISTS IN ARTS CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN HOUSTON ARE UNPREPARED FOR THE NEXT DISASTER.
UM, AND SO HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE HAS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND EQUITABLY BY THE LOCAL EMERGENCY, UM, MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY.
SO THAT'S OUR PRIVATE FUNDING.
SWITCHING GEARS TO TALK ABOUT OUR PUBLIC FUNDING, WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? UM, SO SPECIFICALLY WITH GRANT MAKING, OUR PUBLIC FUNDING COMES FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, THROUGH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
SO, UM, THE TAX REVENUE IS COLLECTED WHEN SOMEONE BOOKS A HOTEL ROOM HERE IN HOUSTON.
A PERCENTAGE OF THAT TAX IS THEN DEDICATED TO PROMOTING ARTS AND CULTURAL TOURISM HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, IT IS THEN COLLECTED QUARTERLY, AND WHEN IT IS DIS AND ONCE IT'S DISTRIBUTED, IT IS CONSIDERED HOT REVENUE.
UM, HAA FACILITATES FIVE DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAMS ALL FUNDED THROUGH THIS HOT REVENUE.
SO I'M GONNA BREAK DOWN A FEW OF THOSE PROGRAMS OR ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, STARTING WITH OUR, OUR ANNUAL PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE THREE GRANT PROGRAMS, THAT'S OUR SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS AND CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS GRANT PROGRAM.
OUR SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS GRANT PROGRAM, AND OUR
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FESTIVAL GRANT PROGRAM, UM, THAT WE REFER TO AS OUR ANNUALS BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONE GRANT CYCLE A YEAR AND THE 2024 APPLICATION FOR OUR ANNUALS.UM, WE'LL ROLL OUT THIS SUMMER.
THIS IS LIKE FRESH OFF THE PRESS.
WE HAVE THE DATE THAT WILL ROLL OUT JUNE 26TH, 2023.
UM, OUR SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS AND CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS APPLICATION, UM, APPLICANTS CAN REQUEST UP TO $15,000 FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT.
UM, OUR FESTIVAL APPLICATION APPLICANTS CAN REQUEST UP TO $10,000 AND FOR SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS, APPLICANTS MAY APPLY UP FOR UP TO $125,000 IF YOU ARE CONSIDERED CATEGORY ONE, UM, $62,500 IF YOU ARE CONSIDERED CATEGORY TWO AND A MILLION DOLLARS IF YOU ARE CONSIDERED CATEGORY THREE.
LASTLY, WE HAVE THE LET CREATIVITY HAPPEN.
AND CITI'S INITIATIVE GRANT PROGRAMS BOTH HAVE MULTIPLE GRANT DEADLINES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THE FIRST OPENS APRIL 1ST, THE SECOND OPENS JUNE, UH, FIRST AND THE THIRD WILL OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.
APPLICANTS CAN REQUEST UP TO $2,500 FOR LET CREATIVITY HAPPEN AND UP TO $10,000 FOR CITY'S INITIATIVE.
WITH CITY'S INITIATIVE, HOWEVER, YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE A REQUEST EXCEEDING $10,000.
BUT THAT REQUIRES, UM, A PRELIMINARY MEETING WITH OUR TEAM.
UH, INDIVIDUALS CAN APPLY FOR LET CREATIVITY HAPPEN.
CITY'S INITIATIVE AND SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS AND CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS, WHILE 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFITS CAN APPLY FOR LET CREATIVITY HAPPEN.
CITY'S INITIATIVE, UM, SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR FESTIVAL GRANT PROGRAMS, UH, TO STAY UP TO DATE AND RECEIVE NEWS ALERTS ABOUT OUR GRANTS PROGRAMS. YOU CAN SIGN UP VIA OUR NEWSLETTER, UM, AND ALSO ADD US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAVE QR CODES SET UP OVER AT OUR TABLE.
UM, SO MAKE SURE TO COME OVER AND SAY HELLO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CHATTING WITH ALL OF YOU SOON.
HELLO, I AM, UH, DANNY FULLER FROM TECH LINK DIXON.
I'M ONE OF THREE BRANCHES OF THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT FOCUSES ON MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY CREATION FOR THE HOUSTON AREA.
WE CREATED A LITTLE VIDEO FOR Y'ALL TO BETTER SHOW WHAT WE OFFER, SO WE'LL LET IT ROLL NOW.
TECH LINK IS HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY'S NEW, INNOVATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE SERVICE, PROVIDING FREE AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO NEW AND EMERGING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES.
THESE SPACES OFFER CUSTOMERS INSTRUCTION AND TOOLS FOR CREATIVELY EXPLORING MUSIC AND VIDEO PRODUCTION, DIGITAL ANIMATION, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PHOTO EDITING, MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION, CODING, AND STEM FOCUSED EDUCATION.
AMONG OUR MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES ARE 3D PRINTING, LASER CUTTING, AND ETCHING, COMPUTER-AIDED DYE CUTTING, AND MULTI-THREAD EMBROIDERING, ALL WITHIN A MAKERSPACE SETTING, ALONG WITH FULLY EQUIPPED VIDEO AND MUSIC STUDIOS.
ADDITIONALLY, CUSTOMERS HAVE ACCESS TO MULTIMEDIA COMPUTERS FEATURING AN ARRAY OF SOFTWARE TOOLS AND INPUT DEVICES TO FOSTER CREATIVITY AND PRODUCTIVITY.
HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS CAN EASILY BECOME TECH LINK MEMBERS BY WATCHING AN ORIENTATION VIDEO AND TAKING A BRIEF FOLLOW-UP QUIZ.
THEY'RE THEN ABLE TO REGISTER FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED TRAINING WORKSHOPS, WHICH FEATURE OUR MAKERSPACE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE VIDEO AND MUSIC STUDIOS.
AFTER BECOMING A MEMBER AND RECEIVING THE REQUIRED TRAINING, CUSTOMERS MAY RESERVE EQUIPMENT AT ANY OF OUR LOCATIONS TO BEGIN CREATING THEIR PROJECTS.
AN ELEMENT OF THE LIBRARY'S ONE, HOUSTON ONE LIBRARY STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN, MORE THAN A DOZEN TECH LINKS WILL BE SITUATED AT LIBRARIES ACROSS THE CITY.
PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORT TO BRIDGE THE DIGITAL AND TECHNOLOGY DIVIDES WHILE LINKING HOUSTONIANS TO THE WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY.
IF YOU'RE A SERIOUS ARTIST OF ANY SORT, WHETHER IT BE MUSIC STUDIO OR YOU'RE TRYING TO LEARN PHOTOSHOP OR WHATNOT, UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU TO COME AND LEARN IT.
IT, IT MAKES IT WAY SIMPLER THAN WHAT IT COULD HAVE OR HAS BEEN IN RECENT YEARS FOR MYSELF TO COME IN AND CREATE FREELY.
AND TODAY I HAVE BROUGHT MY STUDENTS FROM FONDREN MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE TO TECH LINK, SO THAT THEY CAN FURTHER EXPLORE CAREERS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE CONSIDERED, BUT THEY'RE IN AREAS THAT THEY LOVE.
I'M SPEECHLESS ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE HERE JUST TO WATCH MY STUDENTS, THEIR EYES ARE LIGHTING UP AT BEING EXPOSED AND BEING ABLE TO TOUCH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEVER WOULD'VE GOTTEN A
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CHANCE TO SEE BEFORE.I'M BRINGING MY KIDS BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
I KNOW THEY HAVE HIP HOP LITERACY HERE, SO IT'S SO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
I I INVITE Y'ALL OUT, LIKE I WORK FOR TECH LINK AND I DON'T, SO I INVITE YOU GUYS TO COME OUT, BRING IN KIDDOS.
Y'ALL WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING.
UH, MY NAME'S TED IRVING WITH HTV, DIRECTOR OF HOUSTON TELEVISION.
AND, UH, WE CREATED THIS FORM, UH, BECAUSE WE WANTED FILMMAKERS, CONTENT CREATORS, ANIMATORS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, TO KNOW THAT THE CITY ITSELF ACTUALLY HAS RESOURCES FOR YOU.
UH, THAT, UH, AT LEAST FOR HTV, AND I'LL STATE THIS 'CAUSE I WON'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER ENTITIES, UH, PROVIDES ACCESS TO STUDIOS IN A FEW OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE FAR BELOW FAIR MARKET VALUE.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE IN THE GRASSROOTS CONTENT CREATION COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UH, WE DO HAVE OTHER ENTITIES IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I'M SURE THAT, UH, THEY'LL HAVE SOME THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AS WELL WHEN WE GET TO THE Q AND A.
SO, Q AND A WILL BEGIN AFTER ALL THE PRESENTATIONS.
SO IT'LL BE THE SECOND HALF, SO FROM THREE 30 UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK.
SO HTV IS THE FIRST OF THE CITY'S FOUR CABLE CHANNELS.
SO THE CITY OF HOUSTON OWNS FOUR CABLE CHANNELS CALLED PEG, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN IN CITY HALL WITH OUR STUDIOS, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR TOUR AFTER THIS AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
UH, WE'VE BEEN HERE IN CITY HALL NOW, I THINK GOING ON EIGHT YEARS.
UH, BUT WE WENT ON AIR IN 1986 AND AFTER WE WENT ON AIR IN 1986, THE REST OF THE OTHER THREE PEG CHANNELS WENT ON AIR.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WITH GOVERNMENT, IT'S A CHALLENGE SOMETIMES TO MARKET AND PROMOTE TO EVERYONE THAT WE EXIST AND THAT WE HAVE THESE SERVICES.
AND SO AT HTV, WE HAVE TWO LARGE STUDIOS, UH, ONE PODCAST SLASH RADIO STUDIO.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND EDITORS ON STAFF.
WE DO PROVIDE SOME EXTERNAL, UH, FIELD PRODUCTION SERVICES, MO UH, MAINLY IN THE STREAMING MULTICAM STREAMING AREA.
UH, I HAVE OUR RATE CARD UP, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THOSE BELOW FAIR MARKET VALUE, UH, UH, PRICES FOR OUR STUDIOS.
UH, BUT OUR OVERALL MISSION AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS TO TELL THE STORY OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, DESPITE THE FACT THAT 70% OF WHAT WE DO IS LIVE BROADCAST FOR MEETINGS.
SO WE BROADCAST BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS, CITY COUNCIL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THE OTHER 30% IS A LITTLE BIT OF JOURNALISM, UH, AS WELL AS THOSE FIELD, UH, PRODUCTION SERVICES.
SO WE PUT ON A LOT FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
UH, ANYTHING FROM TELEVISION SHOWS TO PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS, INFOMERCIALS QUITE A BIT.
AND SO THAT'S HTV, AND I THINK THAT IS IT.
WELL, YOU CAN ASK ME QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET TO THE Q AND A SESSION.
SO NEXT IS HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE, WHICH IS THE P IN THE PEG CHANNEL SYSTEM, PUBLIC ACCESS.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? AWESOME, AWESOME.
WELL, I ALSO BROUGHT MY NOTES JUST TO STAY ON TRACK AS WELL.
SO, UH, JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE.
WE ARE THE PUBLIC ACCESS STATION IN HOUSTON, SERVING HOUSTONIANS NOW FOR 35 YEARS WITH TELEVISION AND INTERNET RADIO PROGRAMMING.
WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN 1986 AND AIRED THE FIRST HOUSTONIAN PRODUCED PROGRAM ON MAY 31ST, 1987.
SO WHAT WE DO, IF YOU'RE WONDERING, WE ARE ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING THAT IS LOCALLY PRODUCED BY HOUSTONIANS, PROUDLY REPRESENTING THE P AND THE PEG CHANNEL SYSTEM, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENTAL RESPECTIVELY.
WE GIVE ACCESS TO THE CABLE CHANNELS THAT CARRY OUR SIGNAL.
SO YOU GET A LOT OF VISIBILITY, WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT, WELL, WE ENABLE HOUSTONIANS THE ABILITY TO TELL THEIR NARRATIVE AND THE FORMAT THAT THEY SEE FIT CREATIVELY.
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE MASS MEDIA THROUGH OUR CHANNELS, ONLINE PRESENCE AND AFFILIATIONS WITH THE LOCAL FILM, COMMUNITY, TELEVISION, RADIO, AND MEDIA.
AND SO HOW WE DO THIS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE GIVE EVERYONE THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GET STARTED BY ATTENDING ONE OF OUR FREE MONDAY NIGHT ZOOM ORIENTATIONS.
THIS PROVIDES EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITHOUT THE ADDED PRESSURE OF MAKING IT TO DOWNTOWN IF YOU'RE DRIVING FROM A CERTAIN AREA OF HOUSTON, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW HOUSTON TRAFFIC IS, RIGHT,
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SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE TO FIND OUR INFORMATION ONLINE, YOU JUST VISIT OUR WEBSITE, HMS TV.ORG, AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN LET YOU KNOW HOW TO GET STARTED WITH OUR MONDAY NIGHT ZOOM ORIENTATIONS.SO WHAT WE PROVIDE, IN ADDITION TO THE CHANNEL ACCESS, WE ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING AND THE USE OF OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT SUCH AS CAMERAS, LIGHT AND SOUND EQUIPMENT.
THIS WILL GIVE THE FINAL CONTENT, THE ADDED PLUS OF WHAT IS FOUND IN TODAY'S FILM, TELEVISION, AND STREAMING SHOWS.
THOSE OF US THAT REALLY HAVE THE TIME TO WATCH A LOT OF WHAT IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, IT'S, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT A REALITY WITH US.
SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, FROM YOUTUBE TO TALK SHOWS, INDIE FILMS, HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTIONS, THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF PRODUCTION IS AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY PRODUCERS THROUGH OUR CLASSES.
SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE, WELL, OUR STAFF OF HOUSTONIANS IS COMPRISED OF TALENTED AND EXPERIENCED INDIVIDUALS WITH BACKGROUNDS IN TELEVISION, FILM, RADIO, NONPROFITS, AND NEWS OUTLETS THAT ADDS VALUE TO EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCE PRODUCING WITH US AT HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE.
SO WHERE WE SEE HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE TODAY IN THE FUTURE, WELL, AS A 35 YEAR STRONG ORGANIZATION IN THIS GREAT CITY OF HOUSTON, WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR PROGRAMMING WITH A WORLD OF STREAMING VIDEO ON DEMAND, AND THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE FILMS SEEN LOCALLY.
WHERE WE SEE OUR MISSION CONTINUE IS TO EXPAND RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH PARTNERS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE OF YOU THAT WOULD LIKE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, UM, JUST GO TO HMT.ORG AND THEN THE TABS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND ONE THAT SAYS CONTACT, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONTACT ANY ONE OF US ON STAFF.
WE ALSO HAVE A TABLE RIGHT OVER HERE WITH HTV THAT WE'RE SHARING.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARD, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TALK TO ANY ONE OF US AND WE CAN LET YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW TO GET STARTED.
HELLO, MY NAME IS BENJAMIN ESCOBAR.
I'M PART OF H-C-C-T-V, OR BETTER KNOWN AS HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE TELEVISION.
UH, I AM HERE TO SHOW THE INTEREST OF ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TAKE ANY CLASSES, UH, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THERE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE INDUSTRY ALREADY, BUT WE ALSO OFFER CLASSES FOR EDITING, UH, AUDIO, UM, LIGHTING AND ALL THE SORTS.
UM, ACTUALLY I WAS ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO WENT, UH, THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A JOB AT H-V-C-T-V BECAUSE OF IT, SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UM, UH, IF YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR TABLE OVER HERE, WE HAVE ALSO ANOTHER STUDENT, UH, WHO ALSO PARTOOK OF THE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, UM, WE JUST OFFER A LOT.
AND, UH, WE HAVE FACILITIES OUT IN ALE HAYES AREA.
UM, WE HAVE A VERY BIG, UH, GREEN SCREEN AND WE, UH, RENT OUT, UM, EQUIPMENT TO THE STUDENTS.
UM, AND TED ACTUALLY TOLD ME TODAY, UH, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW, WE ARE THE ONLY FACILITY THAT HAS A FULLY STUDIO IN EAST TEXAS.
SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING STUFF WE HAVE OVER THERE.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, UM, WE HAVE AUDIO RECORDING TECHNOLOGY, DANCE DRAMA, FILMMAKING, MUSIC, MUSIC BUSINESS, AND STUDIO ART.
SO DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT US.
UH, YOU CAN CHECK US OUT@HCCS.EDU.
UM, AND DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, GIVE US A, A, A CHANCE OR A TRY.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION AND ANSWERS, UH, PERIOD.
UM, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS AND SHOUT OUT TO SOMEONE WHO'S, UH, BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME, RETIRED, WHO IS NOW BACK AS THE DIRECTOR OF, UH, HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE, AND THAT IS DWIGHT WILLIAMS. AND IF WE CAN, ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES, IF THEY COME UP, YOU, UH, THE FILM COMMISSION, IF THEY ARRIVE, WE'LL LET THEM GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION.
BUT, UH, YOU ALL MAY HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND LEMME JUST SAY THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT ATLANTA, WE'RE NOT LA OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT NEW YORK.
UM, AND MANY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THIS IS DRY COUNTY FOR FILMMAKING, WHICH IS AT THE TOP.
UM, BUT IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO RE RECENTLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THINGS SUCH AS ESPORTS.
ESPORTS IS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT FILM BUSINESS.
WE HAVE THREE ESPORTS STADIUMS HERE IN HOUSTON IS HUGE.
GOOGLE SPONSORS A LOT OF WHAT THEY DO.
YOU LOOK AT ALL THE TECH HUBS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN HOUSTON.
THERE'S QUITE A BIT, OF COURSE, THE ION AND, AND GREENTOWN LABS.
UH, BUT IN CONJUNCTION TO THAT, AND HISD IS NOT HERE.
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RESOURCES HERE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT HISD AND SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE PROFESSIONAL TV STUDIOS, UH, IN HOUSTON THAN PROBABLY ANY OTHER CITY.AND THESE STUDIOS ARE MODERN, THEY'RE ADVANCED.
AND WHAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DON'T, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT HISD, JUST LIKE THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, WILL RENT THEIR BUILDINGS AND RENT SPACE.
AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF NUANCES THERE.
OF COURSE, YOU'RE DEALING WITH SCHOOLS AND KIDS, BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PULL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER, UH, IN ALLIANCE WITH THE FILM COMMISSION SO THAT YOU ALL CAN LOOK AND LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE AND SAY, HEY, I'M AN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER.
I WAS ONLY ABLE TO RAISE $10,000, BUT I WANNA STAY IN HOUSTON.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHAT CAN I DO? YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE IO VISUALS, WHICH IS THE BRAND NEW STUDIOS IN FIFTH WARD.
YOU HAVE, UH, VEGAN STUDIOS, WHICH IS THE KIND OF BRAND NEW VGEN, BY THE WAY, BRAND NEW STUDIOS, THAT'S A MUSIC RECORDING STUDIO IN SPRING BRANCH.
YOU'VE GOT, OF COURSE, THOSE WHO'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
MOFFITT STUDIOS NEAR 1960, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY JUST MOVED BILL YOUNG PRODUCTIONS OUT IN SUGAR LAND.
BUT WHAT ABOUT IN THE INTERIOR? YOU HAVE A LOT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
AND I WON'T REPRESENT THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THOSE ARE TALKS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WITH THE OTHER, UH, ENTITIES HERE PRESENT IN REGARDS TO THEIR STUDIOS.
BUT HTV, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU TAKE THE TOUR TODAY, YOU'LL SEE THE STUDIOS.
UH, GREG CARTER HERE, WHO'S VERY KNOWN FILMMAKER, HAS FILMED, UH, QUITE A FEW THINGS IN THE HTV STUDIOS.
UH, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, UH, BEFORE COVID, UM, FILM COMPANIES THAT HAVE RENTED THE STUDIOS, A, BC 13, K TWO E 11 USE THE STUDIOS EVERY YEAR FOR THE PARADES THAT WE PUT ON.
SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BUT I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP NOW.
UH, WE HAVE SOME TIME UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK.
AND SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF ANY OF THE ENTITIES PRESENT, I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE READY TO GO.
HI, HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME LE LAWS.
WE DO HAVE THE MICROPHONES LEFT AND RIGHT UP FRONT, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.
JUST, AND I'LL, OKAY, QUICK QUESTION.
I GO BY ONNE, THE CEOI AM THE CEO OF ONNE STUDIOS HERE IN HOUSTON.
UH, A NEW STUDIO THAT'S MADE FOR VISUAL PODCAST CREATORS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, DO YOU ALL OFFER RESOURCES? I CAME IN A LITTLE LATE.
DO YOU GUYS OFFER RESOURCES FOR CONTENT CREATORS THAT ALREADY CREATE THEIR OWN, THAT COULD BRING IT ON ONTO YOU ALL'S NETWORKS? SO I MAY NOT SPECIFICALLY NEED TO USE YOUR FACILITIES, BUT I HAVE THE, UM, THE MEDIA FOR IT.
SO, UH, AT TECH LINK DIXON, WE ARE JUST PROVIDING THOSE TYPE OF RESOURCES FOR, UH, RECORDING MM-HMM
SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A NETWORK FOR A DISTRIBUTION LIKE YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT EITHER OF THEM THOUGH.
HI, UH, YES, WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT I DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION CALLED THE HMS FILMMAKERS PROJECT.
SO THAT'S OPEN TO ANYONE IN THE CITY THAT WANTS TO LEARN HOW TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE THREE PHASES OF PRODUCTION, PRE-PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION POST.
BUT AS FAR AS LIKE PUTTING CONTENT ON OUR CHANNEL, YOU CAN DEFINITELY DO SO BY GOING THROUGH SOME STEPS.
YEAH, LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP WITH THE PEG SYSTEM.
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT IS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SO FROM RURAL SMALL TOWNS TO MAJOR CITIES, YOU HAVE PEG CHANNELS.
AND SO HTV IS A GOVERNMENT CHANNEL.
SO OF COURSE, OUR CONTENT HAS TO BE TAILORED TO THE GOVERNMENT SIDE.
BUT LET'S SAY YOU WANT TO EXPAND OUT OF HOUSTON, WELL, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS WORK WITH YOU TO CALL, LET'S SAY, OUR AUSTIN PEG SYSTEM TO CONNECT YOU SO THAT YOU CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR RESOURCES.
EVERY CITY, EVERY TOWN, EVERY COUNTY THAT HAS PEG WILL OPERATE IT A BIT DIFFERENTLY, ALTHOUGH THEY FOLLOW THE FEDERAL MANDATE.
SO WE'RE THE OTHER BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MEDIA WINGS, SO THINK PBS AND SESAME STREET, UH, THE US ARMED FORCES, AND, UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE OTHER.
AND SO PEG IS FUNDED BY CABLE ENTITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
UH, IN THIS, IN THIS CITY, WE'RE FUNDED BY FOUR DIFFERENT CABLE COMPANIES.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO AIR JUST ON, LET'S SAY THE PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNEL YOU'RE AIRING HERE, BUT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO AIR IT IN AUSTIN, IN VICTORIA, IN DALLAS, EVEN OUT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, BECAUSE PEG IS EVERYWHERE.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S A PART OF GOVERNMENT, IT'S JUST NOT MARKETED THAT WAY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW TODAY.
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TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THE ANSWER FOR THAT QUESTION FROM ROGER.UM, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HMS. AND, UH, WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK UPON A WHOLE NEW PROCESS AT HMS TO CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEG TO INTERACT WITH PODCASTING.
AND WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE DOING IS WE ARE GONNA CREATE SOMETHING CALLED STREAM FIRST, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO, UH, CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PODCASTERS WHO ARE ALREADY MONETIZING THEMSELVES ON, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND, AND OTHER AREAS.
WE'RE GONNA ALSO OFFER THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BROADCAST AT A QUALITY LEVEL.
IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY SET UP LIKE YOURSELF TO PRODUCE AT A HIGHER QUALITY, WE ARE GONNA CREATE THAT, THAT ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM, FOR THEM TO COME THROUGH OUR TRAINING PROGRAM AND, AND BE A, UH, A BROAD, UH, A PRODUCTION AT A HIGH LEVEL OR PROFESSIONAL LEVEL OF, UH, QUALITY OUTPUT.
THEN WE'RE GONNA OFFER THEM HMS PLUS, SO THAT IF THEIR PROGRAMMING IS ALREADY SET UP FOR STREAMING, THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO BE ON, ON OUR BROADCAST CHANNEL AND THEN HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA THAT YOU CAN SEND PEOPLE TO ON, ON THEIR STREAM SITE SO THAT, THAT THAT INTERESTS THE, THE CONSUMER AND, AND ENHANCES YOUR PROGRAMMING CONTENT.
AND WE'RE GONNA ALSO OFFER THEM THE ABILITY TO SPARSER ON THEIR, ON OUR BROADCAST CHANNEL, THEIR PROGRAMMING.
THIS SHOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THIS SHOW, HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY AND PAY FOR SOME OF THEIR PRODUCTION.
SO WE ARE GONNA CREATE A WHOLE NEW MODEL.
WE ARE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EVOLVING THE, THE WHOLE ACCESS TO BRO, THE BROADCAST, TO PRODUCTION, TO QUALITY CONTENT.
AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, DO THAT, CREATING PARTNERS OF PODCASTERS, CREATING A NETWORK THAT THE PODCASTERS CAN WORK WITHIN.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT OUT AND WE'RE GONNA CREATE NEW RELATIONSHIPS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
YEAH, AND LET ME JUST GIVE YOU ONE, ONE MORE QUICK SCENARIO IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A FILM, LET'S SAY YOUR FILM IS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT, UH, HOUSTON PARKS AND HOW GREAT OUR PARKS ARE, AND LET'S JUST SAY AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SCENARIO.
SO NICOLE IRVIN IS STANDING THERE IN HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE.
LET'S SAY YOU RECEIVED A GRANT FROM HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH HTV, THAT WOULD QUALIFY BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT CITY PARKS.
AND BECAUSE IT'S FUNDED BY THE HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE, WHICH IS OVERSEEN BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, HEY, THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMING.
WELL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BROADCASTING ON OUR GOVERNMENT CHANNEL, WE ALSO BROADCAST OUT TO A WEBSITE TO FACEBOOK, BUT ALSO OUR CHANNEL GOES OUT TO ROKU, APPLE TV, FIRE STICK, AND CHROMECAST, UH, THROUGH A, UH, VENDOR WE WORK WITH IN THEIR, IN THEIR APP.
SO, UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'VE WORKED ON.
IT'S IN PLACE AND A LOT OF THE PEG CHANNELS HAVE IN PLACE AS WELL.
SO YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT JUST, UH, COMCAST CHANNEL 16, WHICH IS OUR CHANNEL IN HOUSTON PROPER.
UH, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT JUST AT TU VERSE 99, HOUSTON PROPER US, YOU'RE NOW SEEING US SPREAD OUT TO OTHER, UH, MEDIUMS, SPECIFICALLY SET TOP BOXES.
MY NAME IS RE REED AND I AM THE OWNER OF CREE GLOBAL MEDIA AND CGM TV.
MOST OF YOU I KNOW, UM, YET I LOVE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING ABOUT STREAMING TO SMART DEVICES AND SMART PLATFORMS, AS WELL AS SMART TVS.
AND I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH HTV AND OTHER CITY GOVERNMENTS TO BRING THEIR PEG CHANNELS DIRECT TO ROKU, APPLE, AMAZON, AS WELL AS DIRECT TO SMART TVS LIKE YOUR SAMSUNG, LG, VIZIO, A WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS.
AND SO I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH H-C-C-T-V, OUR COMPANY HELPS TO PROPAGATE THAT CONTENT OUT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE UNIQUE IN THIS SPACE, IS THAT WE SEND YOU TO SMART TVS.
AND SO MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF NUANCES TO STREAMING.
AND WHEN YOU STREAM, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR CONTENT CREATORS IS TO MONETIZE.
AND YOU MIGHT BE STREAMING TO SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU MIGHT BE STREAMING TO YOUTUBE, WHICH IS KIND OF CONSIDERED SOCIAL MEDIA, YET YOU'RE GIVING ALL OF YOUR CONTENT YOUR IP AWAY WITH NO MONETIZATION.
CREE GLOBAL MEDIA MONETIZES YOU FROM THE FIRST VIEW, WHETHER THAT'S A TELEVISION SHOW, WHETHER IT'S A MOVIE, OR WHETHER IT'S YOUR PODCASTING.
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS REACH OUT.
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MEDIA TV.YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ONE OF MY OTHER ROLES IS TO WORK WITH, UH, THE HOUSTON ENTERTAINMENT INITIATIVE TO EXPAND ENTERTAINMENT HERE.
SO I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH A NUMBER OF YOU AND SUPER EXCITED THAT WE'VE COLLABORATED IN THIS SPACE.
YET THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AS WE KNOW FOR CONTENT CREATORS IS MAKING MONEY ON YOUR CONTENT.
YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY, YOU DON'T WANNA GIVE IT AWAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR FREE.
AND THE VISIBILITY TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, MILLIONS, AND BILLIONS OF VIEWERS IS IMPORTANT.
SO TAKE A LOOK AT US CREEK GLOBAL MEDIA.COM, CREEK GLOBAL MEDIA.TV, TV OR DOWNLOAD OUR APP AND MAKE SURE YOU COME AND SEE ME SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU START MAKING MONEY ON YOUR CONTENT.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, HTV AND TED FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE CITY.
ALRIGHT, SO REAL QUICK, WE HAVE, UH, ALFRED CERVANTES, UH, WITH THE HOUSTON FILM COMMISSION.
SO HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY HERE, WHAT, UH, WHAT IS THE HOUSTON FILM COMMISSION AND WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES DO YOU HAVE? HELLO? HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS ALFRED CERVANTES.
I'M WITH THE HOUSTON FILM COMMISSION.
SO HOUSTON FILM COMMISSION.COM.
UH, OUR OFFICE, HOUSTON FILM COMMISSION.COM.
UH, WE ARE A DIVISION OF HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION, WHICH IS ALSO A, UH, WE ARE ALSO DIVISION OF VISIT HOUSTON TEXAS.COM.
UH, WE EXIST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE WAY OF FILM PRODUCTION.
SO OUR OFFICE IS A FREE INFORMATION RESOURCE OFFICE FOR, UH, ANYONE LOOKING TO SUCCESSFULLY MAKE THEIR PROJECTS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA.
UM, WE, UH, HELP WITH, UH, LOCATION, SCOUTING, CREW, EQUIPMENT, UH, PHYSICAL PRODUCTION.
SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR PRODUCTION AND YOUR FUNDING, THEN YOU ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE AND WE WILL CERTAINLY DO OUR BEST TO HELP YOU FIND THE RESOURCES IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR PRODUCTION.
UH, WE DON'T GIVE OUT FUNDING OUR OFFICE.
UH, THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES FOR THAT, OF COURSE.
UH, HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE IS ONE OF THEM FOR HOUSTONIANS, WHICH IS A GREAT RESOURCE.
AND THEN, UH, FOR STATEWIDE FILMMAKERS, UH, WE ALWAYS, UH, DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY, WHICH HAS A STATEWIDE GRANT FOR CREATIVE FILMMAKERS AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S AUSTIN FILM.ORG.
SO, UH, BUT, UM, WE HELP ANYONE, OUR DOORS OPEN TO ANYONE FROM STUDENT FILMMAKERS TO, UH, COMMERCIAL FEATURE FILM, UH, FEATURE FILMMAKERS AND TELEVISION.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT PROJECTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, EVEN WITH THE COVID AND ALL THESE THINGS.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE A ANOTHER, UH, GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR.
UH, AND SO WE'RE, UH, WORKING ON, UH, ALL THE TIME WORKING ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT OR PRE-PRODUCTION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, WE ARE A FREE INFORMATION RESOURCE FOR FILMMAKERS, UH, IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA.
ARE WE TAKING QUESTIONS OR NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? HELLO, EVERYBODY.
UH, SO I KNOW THAT HA A'S HERE AND ALFRED'S THERE, SO I'M JUST GONNA DROP THE BUMP.
SO QUESTION, WHAT IS THE HAPPENING WITH, UH, I KNOW WITH THE FILM COMMISSION, YOU GUYS SOMETIMES WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER AREAS OF THE, OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO KIND OF FACILITATE WAYS TO, IF NOT A GRANT, MAYBE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET MONEY TO BRING DOWN THE PRODUCTION COST.
UH, IS THERE ANY WORD ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE STATE? I KNOW IT'S NOT QUITE YOUR DOMAIN, BUT, BUT JUST LIKE WITH THE STATE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO IS THAT WE HAVE TO JUSTIFY TO OUR CORPORATE OVERLORDS WHY
WHY WE ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS HERE VERSUS, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING IT TO SOMEWHERE WHERE LIKE, UH, LOUISIANA OR GEORGIA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, IS THERE ANY NEW NEWS ON THAT? AND I'LL PASS IT OFF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GREG, FOR THE QUESTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE NAME A GAME IN, UH, FEATURE FILMS AND TELEVISION SERIES IS INCENTIVES.
AND SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STATES THAT HAVE REALLY AGGRESSIVE INCENTIVES BECAUSE THEY WORK ON A CORPORATE TAX CREDIT SYSTEM.
SO OUR STATE INCENTIVE IS DIFFERENT.
IT'S A GRANT REBATE SYSTEM, UH, WHICH CANNOT BE AS GENEROUS AS THESE OTHER STATES.
UM, COMING UP, AND I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION, 'CAUSE COMING UP, UH, TUESDAY, MARCH 7TH, UH, WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A TOWN HALL MEETING OPEN TO ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN COMING TO THIS TOWN HALL MEETING.
UM, IN FACT, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT HAVING IT HERE ACTUALLY.
THAT'S, UH,
UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING, UH, WITH THE TEXAS MOTION PICTURE ALLIANCE.
SO THE PEOPLE FROM TEXAS MOTION PICTURE ALLIANCE WILL BE HERE ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STATE INCENTIVE OR,
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OR WHAT'S HAPPENING AS IT GOES THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.SO, UM, UH, THE, I I, THE PLAN IS, WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD SO FAR IS THAT, UH, YES, THE, UH, TEXAS MOTION PICTURE ALLIANCE WILL BE ASKING FOR, UH, OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO BE BETTER FUNDED THAN IT HAS IN THE PAST BECAUSE, UH, TO KEEP UP WITH OUR NEIGHBORING STATES BASICALLY.
AND SO, UM, A LOT OF PRODUCERS KNOW THAT THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION RAN OUT OF MONEY ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS INTO A TWO YEAR PROGRAM, AND THAT'S NOT GOOD, UH, THIS LAST TIME.
SO THEY WILL BE ASKING FOR MORE INCENTIVE MONIES FOR, TO, TO, FOR THE NEXT BIENNIUM, WHICH WILL BEGIN SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND, AND I GUESS IN CONJUNCTION WITH HAA THAT COULD, SO IN THE INTERIM, I HAVE RECEIVED ON ONE PRODUCTION HAA GRANT, BUT JUST ASK CURIOUS.
IS HAA HERE? OH, CAN WE HAVE SOME MONEY? I'M, I MEAN, THAT, I'M JUST KIDDING.
UM, BUT H AA IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING, UH, LOCAL SHORT FILMMAKERS, UH, GRANTS AND, UH, ALSO EVEN FEATURE LINK FILMMAKERS GRANTS AS WELL.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING BIG, YOU'RE TALKING BIGGER PROJECTS.
AND SO, UH, THE, THIS IS WHAT THE STATE INCENTIVE IS FOR.
AND SO WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT.
UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO, AND GREG, YOU'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS, WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS GIVE SOFT INCENTIVES, WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, ANY RESOURCES OUR COMPANY HAS HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION OR VISIT HOUSTON, UH, WE TRY TO GET THEM, UH, LOW COST OR NO COST FOR, UH, FILMMAKERS THAT ARE MAKING BIGGER PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, FOR PROJECTS, UH, WHO CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES WE HAVE.
OH, EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, HI EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS MAYA NICOLE WHITE.
UH, I AM RECENTLY HELPING WITH PROGRAMMING WITH IMPACT MY PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE, AND I'M ALSO A PRODUCER AT HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE.
UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND MY FIRST ONE IS, I BELIEVE TED MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, THE CAPACITY TO MARKET TO KIND OF LIKE REACHING OUT INTO NEW AUDIENCES.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW FROM WHOEVER, UM, CAN ANSWER, UH, WHAT NEW TACTICS OR NEW TECHNIQUES YOU GUYS ARE USING, UM, TO MARKET TO NEW AUDIENCES.
LIKE HOUSTON IS VERY LARGE AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY MEETING PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING SIMILAR THINGS TO US EVERY DAY.
UM, SO WHAT ARE SOME GOALS THIS YEAR FOR YOUR, UM, ORGANIZATIONS TO REACH THOSE NEW AUDIENCES? AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF KNOW, LOOKING AT UNDERUTILIZED RESOURCES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, IF YOU COULD TALK ON THAT.
UM, AND SPECIFICALLY WITH HAA, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE, UH, BEYOND FUNDING, LIKE ONCE THE PROJECT'S FUNDED, ARE THERE RESOURCES THAT YOU GIVE TO THOSE ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RECEIVING? COOL, THANK YOU.
UM, THAT IS A WONDERFUL QUESTION.
AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, COTTON IS ACTUALLY HERE.
SO COTTON, IF YOU COULD HEAR ME, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD COME UP AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR MARKETING INITIATIVES.
NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, UM, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR RESOURCE QUESTION, UM, YES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE GRANTEE SUPPORT CALLS.
SO FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE AWARDED, UM, WE HAVE, UM, HOUR SLOTS, TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS WHERE FOLKS CAN ACTUALLY CALL IN.
AND THOSE SUPPORT HOURS ARE REALLY TO HELP FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET YOU TO THE FINISH LINE, THE END OF YOUR GRANT TERM FOR YOUR PROJECT TO BE SET UP FOR SUCCESS.
AND SO IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC RESOURCES THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, DEFINITELY SET UP ONE OF THOSE GRANTEE CALLS SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHO TO PLUG YOU INTO FOR YOU TO GET WHAT YOU NEED.
BUT KAAN, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR, OUR MARKETING INITIATIVES? QUESTION? UM, I WAS ASKING, UM, WHAT ARE THE PLANS TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES THIS YEAR FOR PROGRAMMING AND RESEARCH? YES, GOOD ONE.
SO, UM, THE HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE ACTUALLY, UH, HAS NOT HAD A COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR YEARS.
SO THIS IS, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, IN YEARS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD THIS DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, UH, FOR ANY ARTIST WHO WANTS TO ADVERTISE ANY OF THEIR WORK, YOU CAN JUST SHOOT ME AN EMAIL, YOU CAN FIND MY CARD.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW MORE RESOURCES BACK THERE.
CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER, REACH OUT.
WE CAN DEFINITELY LIKE GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT YOUR EVENTS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR THAT IS IN A VERY MUCH OF A NEED OF A FACELIFT, WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH IT, UM, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL.
I HELP PEOPLE ALL THE TIME TO SUBMIT THEIR EVENTS, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, CAN SOMETIMES BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN, UM, SORT OF LIKE,
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UM, LOW POINT, NOT LOW POINT, BUT UM, UM, AT THE HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE, WE TRY TO MATCH OUR GRANTS GIVING, UH, TO LOOK LIKE THE CITY OF HOUSTON.WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WE CREATE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS SO THAT, UM, YOU CAN APPLY AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WHO'S IN THIS ROOM CAN HAVE A FAIR SHOT AT GETTING THAT MONEY.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, UH, TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT IS JUST MATCHING THOSE NUMBERS WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOGRAPHICS.
UM, AND ONE OF THE, I GUESS THE GROUPS, GROUPS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO REACH OUT TO IS THE 43% OF LATINO PEOPLE IN THE POPULATION.
THAT IS A VERY LOW NUMBER FOR US AT THE MOMENT.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF US REACHING OUT TO.
UH, WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE DO GIVE, UH, AWARDS TO A BUNCH OF NEW PEOPLE YEARLY, SO IT IS PRETTY COMPETITIVE.
LIKE WE HAVE NEW FACES ALL THE TIME, SO, UM, APPLY THE GRANTS TEAM IS HERE.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE OUR CARDS HERE, UM, SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER.
THAT'S REALLY THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO, AND IF YOU WANT ANYTHING PUBLISHED, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL.
WE ARE HAPPY TO INCLUDE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, ON OUR NEWSLETTERS.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT IS THIS THING ON? OKAY, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND I'VE, LIKE I SAID, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH, UH, HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE AND WITH ALFRED AND WITH SWAMP AND WITH HOUSTON FIRST.
I'VE, I'VE DONE PRESENTATION OF COMIC PALOOZA, WHICH HAD DONE THROUGH HOUSTON FIRST.
SO, UH, SO I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT ME, I'M A, I'M A SCREENWRITER AND SCREENWRITER SCRIPT CONSULTANT, UH, SCRIPT READER.
I WORK WITH CLIENTS AND HELPING 'EM DEVELOP THEIR STORIES INTO SCREENPLAYS.
NOW I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CONTENT CREATORS HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK A LOT OF THEM MIGHT BE CURIOUS ABOUT, AND AS AM I, IS WHAT KIND OF RE YOU HAVE A LOT OF TECH, YOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, LIKE TECHNICAL RESOURCES, THE STUDIOS, THE UH, THE GREEN SCREENS, THE CAMERAS, THE LIGHTS, THE SOUNDS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
A LOT OF IT IS PODCASTS AS WELL.
A LOT OF THAT'S GOTTA START WITH A SCRIPT.
WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES DO YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW TO WRITE THEIR SCRIPTS TO SO THEY CAN START DEVELOPING THEIR TV SERIES OR FEATURE FILMS OR PODCASTS? AND LIKE MYSELF, AS A SCREENER, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PUT MYSELF IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN HELP THEM, HELP THESE CREATORS TURN THEIR VISIONS INTO SOMETHING ON A PAGE AND THEN TURN INTO SOMETHING ON, ON THE SCREEN.
WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES DO YOU HAVE IN, IN THAT VEIN, AND HOW CAN I CAN HELP WITH THAT? THAT'S EXCELLENT.
HI, I'M TONY RAO SUTHERLAND, H-C-C-T-V, UH,
UH, WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT SCRIPT WRITING, WE OF COURSE HAVE MANY PROGRAMS IN THE MEDIA ARTS, UM, WHICH HAS SCREENWRITING THERE.
UM, YOU CAN TAKE A COURSE IN JUST SCREENWRITING IF THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU WANT, OR IN A PARTICULAR COURSE ABOUT VIDEO PRODUCTION OR ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU CAN TAKE JUST ONE COURSE OR YOU CAN GO AND, AND GET A CERTIFICATE, WHICH, UH, QUALIFIES YOU FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST LOOKS GOOD TO HAVE A CERTIFICATE SAYING, HEY, I'VE GOT
I, I, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING TYPE OF THING.
I'M NOT JUST PLAYING AROUND HERE.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN HAVE ASSOCIATE DEGREES.
SO I, MY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS, AND HCC IS VERY ECONOMIC.
IT'S NOT LIKE TRYING TO GO TO A UNIVERSITY.
IT IS VERY ECONOMIC, VERY HIGH QUALITY, SOMETIMES BETTER THAN SOME OF THE UNIVERSITIES, BUT, UH, VERY ECONOMIC.
THERE'S A LOT OF FINANCIAL AID ALSO THAT YOU CAN GET TO, TO TAKE THE COURSES.
SO YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO TAKE A COURSE FOR FREE.
SO, UH, IF YOU WANNA LEARN SCREENWRITING OR ANY PART OF VIDEO PRODUCTION OR MUSIC PRODUCTION, UM, OR MUSIC BUSINESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, COME TO US AND WE CAN HELP YOU.
YEAH, AND I THINK REAL QUICK, IT WOULD BE AN ERROR IF I DIDN'T MENTION, WE HAVE THE UNIVERSITY'S, UH, PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNEL WHERE YOU CAN LEARN THOSE THINGS.
BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO AN AUDIENCE, UM, IMPACT WITH JAYLENE MACK WHO JUST WENT UP.
AND THEN OF COURSE, APOLOGY CENTRE, IF I BUTCHER THE NAME, BUT THE HOUSTON ENTERTAINMENT AND FILM INDUSTRY TASK FORCE, WHICH HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TRAINING.
SO IF YOU WANNA BE A GAFFER OR DP AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS IN WRITING.
SO I THINK PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS SO YOU CAN NETWORK AND SEE ALL OF THE RESOURCES.
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PUTTING THIS ON.THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY GREAT AND IT'S JUST NICE TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH SO MANY PEOPLE, RIGHT? OF LIKE MIND ESPECIALLY, UH, POST COVID.
UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS JAYLENE MACK.
I'M AN ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEY.
I'VE BEEN PRACTICING IN HOUSTON FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
UH, FOR FILMMAKERS, UH, CONTENT PRODUCERS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? I SERVE AS AN, UH, PRODUCTION ATTORNEY.
I SERVE AS, UH, YOUR, UM, PERSON THAT WOULD BE OVER YOUR BUSINESS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS, IF YOU EVER HEAR CALL IT NETWORK.
AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE A BALL OF DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, AND I'M ALSO A TV, UH, AND FILM PRODUCER.
SO, UH, RAINA, WHO ALSO WORKS FOR ME, SHE'S ALSO A LAWYER.
TOGETHER, WE HANDLE LEGAL, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, PROBABLY EVEN IN THE ROOM.
BUT, UH, SPECIFICALLY I WANTED TO ADDRESS AS THE, ALSO THE FOUNDER OF IMPACT.
AND YOU HEARD FROM MAYA, WHO IS MY ACTING, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
YEARS AGO, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE NONPROFITS IN THE ROOM, WE USED TO BE ABLE TO GO TO HOUSTON TELEVISION AND GET A COMPLIMENTARY PSA DO YOU STILL DO THAT? AND, AND ALSO, UH, THE MEDIA SOURCE, ANYBODY ON THE PANEL THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ALSO PROVIDE THOSE KIND OF RESOURCES.
BUT WHAT ARE Y'ALL GIVING AWAY THAT'S KIND OF ON THE COMPLIMENTARY SIDE? FREE, LOWER, LOWER, LOWER THAN MARKET VALUE FOR THE NONPROFITS IN THE ROOM ASKING, ASK IT FOR A FRIEND
SO FOR HTV FREE MEANS YOU WOULD HAVE TO PARTNER WITH A CITY DEPARTMENT, HAVE LEGAL DOCUMENTATION AND MOU MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING COME TO US.
AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE THEM PARTNERED WITH A CITY DEPARTMENT AND MAYBE WE'RE PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, THEN WE, MAYBE WE, WE WOULD SAY THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOME VIDEOS BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT MAY NOT BE AT COST.
BUT ALL OF THOSE ARE CUSTOM DEPENDS ON THE RELATIONSHIP AND WHAT WE HAVE BUILT AND PUT IN PLACE THROUGH CITY OF HOUSTON'S LEGAL OFFICE.
SO THAT, YES, THAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND FOR HMS, UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS AND PARTNERSHIPS AROUND THE CITY AND, UH, WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR NEW, UH, INITIATIVES.
UM, AND THAT WOULD, UH, BE A EASY WAY FOR YOU TO DEVELOP THE RELATIONSHIP THAT CREATES PRODUCTION VALUE AND, AND, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND, AND POSSIBLY PROMOS.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO DO IS ASK THE FILM COMMISSION A QUICK QUESTION.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW ABOUT CITY INITIATIVES FOR FILMS IN HOUSTON? I KNOW AUSTIN DID THAT, AND I KNOW THAT IT MUST BE POSSIBLE SINCE IT WAS DONE IN THIS STATE.
SO I'M JUST ASKING, IS THAT ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE EVEN LOOKING AT? WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN CITY INITIATIVES? WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU TALK? WELL, INITIATIVES TO PRODUCE CONTENT, FILM CONTENT IN THIS CITY, UH, THE SAME WAY THAT THERE ARE STATE INITIATIVES THAT, THAT CREATE THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE AND DO FILM IN THE STATE.
WELL, I KNOW THAT AUSTIN DID IT AS CITY INCENTIVES.
SO I'M ASKING IS THAT POSSIBLE THAT IT MIGHT BE SOME, UH, A GRANT WRITING OR SOME, SOME WAY OF, UH, PRODUCING A, A WAY FOR THERE TO BE INCENTIVES IN THIS CITY FOR PRODUCERS OF MOVIE CONTENT? SO, UM, I GUESS WHEN YOU SAY INCENTIVES, UH, I, I MEAN SAY I'M SORRY.
INITIATIVES, UH, TO BE, IT SOUNDS LIKE INCENTIVES FROM THE CITY TO, SO LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE OFFERING WHERE WE CAN SOFT INCENTIVES TO SOME PRODUCTIONS.
UH, AS FAR AS A CITY CASH INCENTIVE, THERE IS NOT ONE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S CERTAINLY AN IDEA THAT'S BEEN FLOATED.
UH, AUSTIN DOES HAVE A SMALL GRANT OR INITIATIVE, UH, INCENTIVE RATHER, UH, FOR PRODUCTIONS, AS DOES SAN ANTONIO.
THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CITY INCENTIVES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE OFFICIAL ONE YET.
WE'RE, IT'S AN IDEA THAT'S BEEN FLOATED.
AND BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GONNA JUST SIT BACK AND NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP, WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF LIGHTING CAPACITY AT HMS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT INTO PLAY FOR THOSE THAT WOULD, WERE COMING TO HOUSTON TO DO MOVIE CONTENT.
SO SAY A MILLION DOLLARS, A MILLION AND A HALF, MAYBE MORE TYPE OF, UH, MOVIE PROJECT.
UH, WE HAVE THE LIGHTING FOR THAT.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A GRIP TRUCK, WE HAVE GRIP AND WE ARE STARTING A PROGRAM THIS WEEKEND TO START TO TRAIN,
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UH, GRIP AND, AND LIGHTING PEOPLE FORT.AND UH, WE HOPE TO DEVELOP THAT INTO SOMETHING THAT MOVES PEOPLE INTO HAVING, UH, SOME TYPE OF NATIONAL ACCEPTABILITY MM-HMM
SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND DO WORK.
UM, SO HTV, Y'ALL HAVE THAT GRIP IN ELECTRIC AND UM, THESE WORKSHOPS COMING UP TO TRAIN PEOPLE? YEAH, I'M SORRY.
UM, I STARTED OUT AT HOUSTON PUBLIC ACCESS, SO I LOVE THE RESOURCES AT H-M-S-H-M-S TV NOW.
AND SO I KNOW IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO GET TRAINING FOR LOW COST.
UH, NOW THEY HAVE THE PODCAST AND THEY DO, UH, OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
SO I WOULD SAY IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR LOW COST RESOURCES, THAT'S A FANTASTIC PLACE TO START AT, UH, HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE.
'CAUSE YOU, UH, LITERALLY GET ACCESS TO GREAT EQUIPMENT, UH, FOR VERY LOW COST.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS DOING THINGS LIKE THIS IS AMAZING 'CAUSE HOUSTON IS A GINORMOUS PLACE AND WHENEVER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND MEET OTHER LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE, YOU SHOULD CERTAINLY TAKE IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
UH, THE, IN THIS ROOM I SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO GOOD THINGS FOR LOCAL FILMMAKERS.
AND SO, UH, H-T-V-H-M-S, UH, HAA, UH, SWAMP IS HERE, UH, SWAMP.ORG.
AND SO THEY ALSO OFFER WORKSHOPS, UH, FOR FILMMAKERS LOOKING TO ELEVATE THEIR CRAFT.
AND SO, UH, SO THAT'S FANTASTIC.
AND SO, UM, DEFINITELY IF YOU'RE HERE, DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT MEETING PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR, IS TO MEET PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP YOU DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
UM, AND THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, BEEN EXCITING IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IS THAT, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA, UM, ONE THING WE LEARNED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU DO, YOU CAN LIVE ANYWHERE AND WORK ANYWHERE.
SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE IN FILM AND TV THAT LIVE IN OUR AREA NOW THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
I'M MEETING NEW PEOPLE EVERY WEEK, LITERALLY, THAT HAVE COME FROM LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, UH, BECAUSE OF THE COST OF LIVING.
YOU GET MORE, UH, REAL ESTATE FOR YOUR DOLLAR HERE, A LOT, A LOT OF THESE THINGS, RIGHT? SO, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE MOVING INTO OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS AND WE ALL NEED TO BE COLLABORATING TO MAKE GREAT PROJECTS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE IS MAKE QUALITY PROJECTS THAT GET NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.
I KIND OF, THAT'S MY GOAL IN HELPING FILMMAKERS WHEN I SET OUT TO HELP A FILMMAKER, IS I WANNA HELP YOU DO THE BEST PROJECT PRO PRODUCT PROJECT YOU CAN MAKE HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
YOU DON'T MAKE A FILM FOR NO ONE TO SEE IT.
UH, YOU WANNA MAKE A FILM THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH WHERE IT'S ACCEPTED BY NOTABLE FESTIVALS AND GETS DISTRIBUTION ON NATIONAL CHANNELS, WHETHER IT'S STREAMING OR CABLE OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO, UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, HOUSTON FILM COMMISSION.COM.
I THINK WE HAVE, UH, TWO MORE AND THAT'LL GET US RIGHT TO FOUR O'CLOCK AND THEN WE'LL START TOURS.
UNLESS SOME PEOPLE STILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
UH, NOT EVERYONE HAS TO GO ON A TOUR, IT'S OPTIONAL, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE YOU, BUT I THINK FOR THE TRAINING PART, TRAINING IS A LITTLE BIT, IT, IT IS DIFFICULT.
I WAS JUST SAYING HOUSTON, SO FOR SCRIPT WRITING, SCREENWRITING THOSE THINGS, AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA JUMP ON ME, BUT YOU'VE GOT YOUR LINKEDIN LEARNING, YOU'VE GOT YOUTUBE UNIVERSITIES, VIMEO, SOME OTHER THINGS AND PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW YOU HAVE HCCI, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SCRIPT WRITING AT TECH LINK.
TECH LINK IS SOME OF THE TECHNICAL THINGS, BUT I STILL WANT TO PUSH THE OTHER NONPROFITS AS WELL.
UH, THE TECH SIDE IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE FOR SCREENWRITING, AGAIN, NO DISRESPECT, I I I WRITE THE SCRIPTS AS WELL, BUT I, I CAN GO ON LINKEDIN LEARNING IF I NEED TO.
IT USED TO BE LINDA.COM AND I, I CAN JUST DIVE INTO A CLASS ONLINE AT HOME AND SPEND HOURS ON IT.
BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING A DP, A GAFFER, AN ELECTRICIAN, UM, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RUNNING REALLY HIGHEND CAMERAS AND ALL, I MANY, AS A MATTER OF FACT, HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE ARE FOR THE TECHNICAL SIDE? ARE YOU ONE MAN, ONE PERSON? BANDS TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING.
EVERYONE ELSE IS WRITING PRODUCER, PRODUCER.
WE DON'T HAVE, WELL, WHERE THE CREATORS, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE A PRODUCER, YOU MAY HAVE TO END UP DOING, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT OF THAT.
SO I MEAN, IN LIGHTING IS BY FAR GONNA BE ONE OF THE HARDEST IF YOU'RE GONNA, IF YOUR NARRATIVE FILMS AND YOUR DOCUMENTARIES ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU SEE AT THE THEATER.
SO I JUST THINK YOU REALLY WANT TO GET WITH THESE NON-PROFITS, DEFINITELY GET A-D-H-C-C-A EAF CAMPUS FOR LIGHTING WISE AND NO KNOCK TO THE OTHER UNIVERSITIES, UH, HBCU DIGITAL CINEMA PROGRAM.
BUT THEY MAY NOT LET YOU TAKE JUST ONE COURSE.
SO HCC, THE A EAF CAMPUS AND PUBLIC ACCESS ARE GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY ARE AFFORDABLE IN WAYS FOR YOU TO GET THAT EXPERIENCE FROM THE TECHNICAL SIDE.
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QUESTION.UM, MY NAME IS ASTRID AND THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING THIS.
LIKE I'M IN AWE OF ALL THE EXPERTISE IN THIS ROOM AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TOO.
UM, AND I TAGGED HOUSTON MOCA
ANYWAY, UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I PLAY AROUND IN IS DOOMSDAY WRESTLING.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE EVER HEARD OF THAT COMEDY WRESTLING.
NOT LIKE WE HAVE A SHOW TOMORROW NIGHT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, MY QUE YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, BUT MY QUESTION IS THIS, UH, IF WE EVER WANTED TO TRY AND STREAM IT ON ONE OF THE HOUSTON TV ISH CHANNELS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, IS THAT POSSIBLE? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN LIKE, PRODUCE SOMETHING AND TAKE IT TO THE STUDIO, BUT ACTUALLY BEING WHERE WE DO SHOWS AND STUFF LIKE THAT WOULD BE KIND OF EXCITING.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
AND ACTUALLY, UH, LIKE DWIGHT WAS SAYING, WE'RE, UH, REVAMPING AND DOING SOME THINGS, UM, THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MODERNIZING A LOT, UM, IN REGARD TO LIKE PROGRAMMING AND PARTNERING UP WITH PEOPLE.
SO MOST DEFINITELY AND DOOM EY WRESTLING, IS THAT LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, BRITNEY SPEARS AGAINST MADONNA? OH NO, NO.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A COMEDY COMEDY WRESTLING.
SHE'S HALF WOMAN, HALF COCKROACH IN ALL ACTION.
UM, I THROW PLASTIC COCKROACHES AT PEOPLE AND PEOPLE TRY TO RIP MY LEGS OFF.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS CARL DOCENT.
I'M HERE WITH MY WIFE TINA CHANDLER.
DEANA, AND FIRST OFF TED TEAM, HTV.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US RIGHT GUYS, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
ALFRED, THIS YOUNG LADY RIGHT HERE, WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
'CAUSE SHE SAID THE MAGIC WORD CENTRAL GRANTS.
ONCE WE HEARD THAT, WE WERE LIKE, OH, REALLY? SO WE NEED TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION.
AND I SPOKE WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND, AND YOU GUYS ARE JUST SO WELL PUT TOGETHER.
I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON IN HOUSTON.
I'M AN ACTOR FROM NEW YORK, ACTOR, PRODUCER, DO A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS, THANKS TO GOD.
AND IT'S LIKE WE COULDN'T FIND THINGS HERE IN HOUSTON PLUS THE TAX INCENTIVE.
SO ALFRED, I'M GONNA COME TO THAT THING THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING OF, BUT BOTTOM LINE FOR US TO EVEN BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION TOGETHER.
'CAUSE WE ARE THE NEXT ONES THAT'S GONNA TAKE IT TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD.
FOR SOME ODD REASON, 50 CENT WANTS TO GO TO LOUISIANA.
WE GONNA DO IT RIGHT HERE IN H TOWN, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE IN H TOWN.
BUT ALFRED, LAST THING, MY WIFE AND I SPOKE WITH STACY SPIKES.
YEAH, WE GOTTA TALK, BUT UM, YEAH, HE SPOKE ABOUT YOU.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
BUT THANK YOU EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND GUYS, DO NOT EVER GIVE UP.
DO NOT EVER GIVE UP ON YOUR VISIONS, YOUR DREAMS, YOUR PLANS, AND YOUR GOALS.
UH, ONE THING, PLEASE TAKE ALL THE SNACKS, EAT ALL THAT.
UH, SO TAKE THOSE PLEASE AND UH, WE'RE GONNA START A TOUR FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED OF HTV STUDIOS.
HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO NETWORK IF YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE A TOUR FOR ALL THE OTHERS.
AND I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT.
WE WANT TO DO THIS TWICE A YEAR.
AND THE REASON WE WANT TO DO IT TWICE A YEAR IS BECAUSE THERE ARE NEW, UH, CONTENT CREATORS, PRODUCERS, WRITERS WHO ARE COMING OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL, A LOT OF COLLEGE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PULL THOSE FOLKS IN ALONG WITH THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE, THE FILM COMMISSION, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BEGIN TO, UH, BECOME AWARE OF WHAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, WHAT THIS ENVIRONMENT IS LIKE, AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
THAT COULD BE ZERO ALL THE WAY TO SIMPLE AS MAYBE A HUNDRED BUCKS.
CAN WE DO A HUNDRED? SO THERE'S, AND THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES.
THERE'S SOME THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN, UH, GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION TONIGHT.
UH, AND LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, UH, SHOUT OUT TO, WE HAVE PBS HERE, UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC RADIO.
UH, ALSO DON'T FORGET YOUR ETHNIC BASED GRANTS FOR YOU.
UM, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THERE ARE, UH, JEWISH FILMMAKING ASSOCIATIONS, NATIVE AMERICAN FILMMAKING ASSOCIATIONS, GERMAN, AND UH, THERE'S, UM, HELP ME, UH, JAYLENE.
THERE'S, UH, BLACK, UH, PUBLIC MEDIA.
I THINK IT CHANGED THEIR NAME.
THERE ARE ALL KIND OF GRANT RESOURCES AND THAT YOU CAN TAP INTO.
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COURSE, YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR THOSE.AND THE BIGGEST, FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN NARRATIVE FILM, UH, IN THE COUNTRY, WOULD BE NEA NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND NEH, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.
THOSE ARE YOUR LARGEST GRANT FUNDING SOURCES FOR NARRATIVE FILM.
BEHIND THOSE TWO WILL BE ITVA AND THE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION.
SO FOR ANIMATORS AND OTHERS, THEY HAVE THOSE AS WELL.
SO IF YOU'RE INTO ANIMATION AND YOU WANNA CREATE THAT CONTENT, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF RESEARCH, UH, RESOURCES.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK, BUT DEFINITELY NETWORK.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR, UH, ATTENDING THE FORUM.
WE WILL WORK ON ANOTHER ONE FOR THE FALL.
SO DO WE WANT TO, I MEAN, THE TOUR IS GONNA BE QUICK, SO DO YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING? ALRIGHT, WELL LET, HOW ABOUT, CAN WE DO 15? IS THAT EVERYBODY GOOD FOR 15? SURE.
AND THEN I FORGOT TO MENTION SWAMP AS WELL.
UM, I'M WITH, UH, HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE AND JUST ONE THING, UH, JUMPING BACK TO THE FREE TO LOW COST RESOURCES, WE'RE DOING A FILMMAKERS PROJECT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 2019.
THAT'S PARTLY WHAT DWIGHT WAS MENTIONING TOO, WITH THE GRIP TRUCK.
WE'VE SLOWLY BEEN ACQUIRING MOVIE QUALITY PRODUCTION GEAR, AND WE ALSO DO TRAINING IN SCRIPT WRITING.
WE ACTUALLY, IN FACT, WORKED WITH THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS ON THE MIC ASKING ABOUT THAT FOR A WORKSHOP THAT HE PROVIDED, THAT WE FILMED AND THAT WE PUT ON TV.
HE GOES OVER A LOT OF GOOD CONCEPTS.
WE TRY TO BRIDGE THE GAP FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO ACCESS EVEN SOME LOCA STUFF, SUCH AS THE UNIVERSITY TRAINING.
EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE BETTER PROGRAMS AND THOSE ARE MORE INTENSIVE, WE REALIZE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY BUT NEED THAT TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
SO WE TRY TO BRIDGE THAT GAP WITH SMALL WORKSHOPS, COVER CONTENT.
WE'VE HAD CINEMATOGRAPHY CLASSES, SCRIPT WRITING CLASSES, GRIP TRAINING CLASSES.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT IF YOU LEARN, YOU COULD EVEN GET WORK IN THE FIELD.
SO THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO HELP PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE AREA, HELP LINK YOU UP WITH ALL THE AGENCIES THAT CAN HELP YOU IN THIS AREA, SUCH AS THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE IN FUTURE WITH THAT PROGRAM, WE REALLY WANT TO HELP BUILD IN OP DIRECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR PROJECTS FUNDED SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM ACCESS GRANTS AND TRAINING FOR HOW TO APPLY FOR THOSE.
SO PLEASE DO, UH, ASK US QUESTIONS, CHECK IT OUT, AND OF COURSE CHECK OUT EVERYONE ON THIS PANEL BECAUSE THE BREADTH OF ACCESS AND TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE IN THIS ROOM IS IMPRESSIVE.
YOU ARE ALWAYS A CHAMPION OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND REAL QUICK, MEL, ADDING TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
ALSO, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN HOUSTON, A LOT OF THEM THAT WERE MENTIONED TODAY.
I WANTED TO MENTION ONE SOUTHWEST ALTERNATE MEDIA PROJECT SWAMP, BECAUSE WE PARTNER WITH A LOT OF GREAT ORGANIZATIONS TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU GETTING YOUR FILM DISTRIBUTED.
AND, UH, SOME GREAT TIPS FOR YOU AND ON HOW TO GET STARTED.
UH, I'M A LOCAL ACTOR, UH, UH, WRITER WITH CONTENT CREATOR.
BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN DOING STANDUP COMEDY A LOT LATELY.
I'VE BEEN GETTING BACK INTO THAT.
I DID IT A WHILE AGO, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WHENEVER I WAS GRADUATING COLLEGE AND ALL THAT.
BUT, UH, JUST STARTED DIVING BACK INTO IT.
UH, I TELL JOKES LIKE, UM, I TOOK MY GOLDEN RETRIEVER TO PLAY FETCH, BUT HE NEVER CAME BACK.
SO I HAD TO GO BACK TO THE PET STORE AND GET A NEW DOG, A GOLDEN RETRIEVER RETRIEVER.
UH, I TELL SILLY THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, I WANTED TO COME HERE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SUCH A THRIVING STANDUP COMEDY SCENE IN HOUSTON.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT COMEDY CLUBS.
WE'VE GOT THE RIOT COMEDY CLUB, THE SECRET GROUP, AND OBVIOUSLY THE HOUSTON IMPROV.
UH, AND I WANTED TO KNOW, BASICALLY I JUST WANNA INVITE COLLABORATION WITH ALL THESE GROUPS.
'CAUSE UH, IF WE COULD LEGITIMIZE THE HOUSTON COMEDY SCENE.
'CAUSE I KNOW AUSTIN IS VERY LEGITIMATE AS A COMEDY SCENE.
I'D LOVE TO, UH, COLLABORATE WITH YOU GUYS.
SOME OF OUR, WE CAN EVEN BE CLEAN COM COMEDIANS.
WE CAN COME UP WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, NIGHT TALK SHOW ROUTINES.
UM, YEAH, I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THERE'S ANYWHERE THAT STANDUP COMEDY COULD WORK INTO, UH, ANY OF YOUR GROUPS.
UH, HTV IS PART OF OUR, UH, REVENUE, REVENUE EFFORTS.
WE DO PROVIDE SOME EXTERNAL SERVICES.
SO, UM, WE WOULD RECORD A, AN EVENT.
IT WOULDN'T GO ON OUR CHANNEL.
YOU WOULD HIRE US TO RECORD AND THAT WOULD BE A MULTI-CAM PRODUCTION.
AND SO YES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAS OCCURRED.
UH, BUT AGAIN, EVEN WITH, UM, PUBLIC ACCESS,
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THE TRAINING, YOU WOULD LEARN HOW TO ENGAGE IN A MULTI-CAM PRODUCTION THAT YOU COULD, I KNOW YOU'RE THE COMEDIAN, YOU DON'T WANNA DO IT YOURSELF, BUT YOU MAY HAVE PEOPLE THAT YOU SAY, HEY, LOOK, I'LL PAY FOR YOU TO GET THE TRAINING, WHICH IS VERY, IT IS VERY AFFORD.I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANNA MISQUOTE.
IT ALL STARTS WITH OUR ORIENTATIONS, MONDAY AT SIX ON ZOOM.
AND SO WHAT I DO IS I SEND YOU A LINK AND THAT WAY YOU CAN PARTICIPATE AND I CAN ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
BUT JUST TO TELL YOU A QUICK SUCCESS STORY, THERE WAS A COMMUNITY PRODUCER YEARS AGO WITH HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE THAT INTERVIEWED MOIR.
YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THEM, RIGHT? HE'S A HOUSTON NATIVE.
WE, UH, PROVIDE THE RESOURCES AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE ANY FORMAT, UH, AIR ON THE CHANNEL, WHETHER IT'S COMEDY TALK SHOW, SHORT FILM, DOCUMENTARY, YOU NAME IT.
UH, AND BEFORE, UM, YOU MAKE YOUR COMMENT, I'LL JUST ALSO SAY I FORGOT ABOUT, UM, HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THEM.
THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, RESOURCE.
AND ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FILMS. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? IS IT MF? MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FILMS. OKAY.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, MAKE SURE, UH, NOT PUSHING ANY AGENDA, BUT YOUR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, UH, CHURCHES, MOS TEMPLES AV IS HUGE.
THAT MAY NOT BE WHERE YOU WANT TO BE TO BE A FILMMAKER, BUT IT DOESN'T HURT IN TERMS OF THE SKILLS THAT YOU CAN LEARN AT THOSE INSTITUTIONS THAT WELD, WHICH TYPICALLY YOU GET TO USE THE EQUIPMENT FOR FREE AT NO COST.
I AM, UH, SO HONORED TO BE IN A ROOM FULL OF SO MANY FILM CREATIVES AND ORGANIZATIONS.
HOWEVER, I COME FROM THEATER AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS A WEEK LONG, MAJOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS FESTIVAL.
AND SO I AM HERE TODAY TO SEE WHAT'S OUT HERE.
AND ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS FESTIVAL WILL INCLUDE THEATER, MUSIC, POETRY, AND FILM.
SO I AM OPEN TO HAVING CONVERSATION WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL, UH, COME ALONGSIDE WITH US AND HELP US DEVELOP MARKETING MATERIAL.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE COUNTRY TO BRING TOURISTS TO OUR CITY AND RAISE THE, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THESE FESTIVALS.
AND SO I WILL NEED HELP WITH THAT.
SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR ABLE TO HELP ME TO CREATE, UM, A SYSTEM THAT WILL SUPPORT THE, THE FILM DIVISION OR SUPPORT MARKETING OF THIS TO, UH, BRING TOURS TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, I'M, I'M OPEN TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
I WANTED TO COME UP IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY BECAUSE AS SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY TOLD ME, I FORGOT TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERSHIP.
TED, THANK YOU FOR THE SHOUT OUT FOR THE HOUSTON ENTERTAINMENT INITIATIVE.
AND SO, JUST SO EACH OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS GREAT FOR US TO GET TOGETHER.
IT IS GREAT FOR US TO GET TOGETHER HERE.
YET IN ORDER TO GROW OUR INDUSTRY, IT REQUIRES CONSTANT CONNECTION, COMMUNICATION, AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE BRINGING ALL OF OUR EFFORTS TOGETHER.
THAT'S HOW HOLLYWOOD WAS BUILT.
THAT'S HOW ALL OF THESE OTHER ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES ARE BUILT.
SO THE ENTERTAINMENT, UM, INDUSTRY HERE IN HOUSTON, YOU'VE GOT IEP GREATER HO U.ORG.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE MEMBERS, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? THAT'S YOURS, RIGHT? THAT'S US.
AND THEN WE RECENTLY STARTED AN ALLIANCE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY, HOUSTON CINEMA ART SOCIETY, RAISE YOUR HAND, IMPACT, RAISE YOUR HAND SWAMP.
AND THEN WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION, HOUSTON.
SO WE DID THAT BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, JUST LIKE HOUSTON, ARE ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND WE ARE A VERY SILOED CITY.
AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANNA TRAVEL TO GET THINGS DONE YET.
I NEED TO TELL YOU, YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL TO GET THINGS DONE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES.
WE ARE WORKING ON BRINGING AN ENTERTAINMENT INCENTIVE HERE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO WANNA COME AND FILM IN THIS CITY.
THERE ARE DOLLARS OUT THERE THAT INCLUDE INVESTMENT FROM BUSINESSES AND OTHER ENTITIES.
IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY'S DOLLARS OR THE STATE DOLLARS.
AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR, ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I JUST MENTIONED CAME TOGETHER AND WE HAD OUR THIRD ANNUAL, UM, HOUSTON ENTERTAINMENT, WHAT WE CALL INDUSTRY PARTY.
AND THAT'S SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN COME
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AND HAVE FUN, MEET EACH OTHER, TAKE PICTURES, MATCH MAKE ON YOUR PROJECTS.THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN STAFF UP YOUR CREWS.
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE THERE.
WE HAD OVER 115 PEOPLE THERE, FIVE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND A WHOLE HOST OF SPONSORS.
WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE THIS YEAR.
AND WE'D ALSO LOVE TO SEE ADDITIONAL COLLABORATIONS.
WE WANT A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING IN THIS CROWD CAN SEE THAT HOUSTON IS ALREADY COMING TOGETHER.
THE DIFFERENCE IS WE JUST NEED YOU CONNECTED.
IEP GREATER H U.ORG, IEP GREATER HO U.ORG AND IEP GREATER HO U.ORG.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GONNA GET CONNECTED TO THE HOUSTON ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY PARTY AND ALLIANCE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE CREATING.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'D BE A PART OF IT.
I'M WITH THE HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS SOCIETY.
UM, WE PUT ON THE HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE FALL.
AND WE COLLABORATE WITH A LOT OF YOU GUYS HERE TO HELP PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, AND OUR ATTENDEES.
UM, SO WE FOCUS A LOT ON THE EXHIBITION SPACE, DOING FESTIVALS AND THINGS.
AND WE HAVE A FEW, UH, SUBMISSION BASED PROGRAMS, ONE OF WHICH IS CNA SPACE, WHICH IS A SHORT FILM COMPETITION USING NASA FOOTAGE, UH, TO CREATE ANY KIND OF CONTENT.
UM, BUT IT JUST HAS TO BE USING NASA FOOTAGE, SO ANY GENRE, UH, WHATEVER.
IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.
UM, AND THOSE WINNERS GET CASH PRIZES.
AND ALSO THE, UH, JURY, UH, RICHARD LINKLATER IS THE JURIST, UH, AND PICKS THE FINALIST.
AND THE FINALIST THEN GETS TO STREAM ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
UH, SO YOU GET TO PLAY IN SPACE.
UM, SO THAT'S INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE OFFER, UM, OUR, ANYONE IN THE WORLD, UH, CAN APPLY FOR THIS.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO DO THE BORDERS, NO BORDERS SHORT FILM COMPETITION, WHICH IS OPEN TO TEXAS AND SURROUNDING TERRITORIES.
AND IT'S ALSO A SHORT FILM COMPETITION TACKLING NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY WORK.
UM, AND THOSE ARE ALSO OFFERED CASH PRIZES IN THE STREAM AT OUR FESTIVAL IN THE FALL.
UM, AND THOSE FILMMAKERS HAVE GONE ON TO PREMIERE AT SUNDANCE AND SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
WE JUST INCREDIBLE CONTENT IS COMING OUT OF, UM, THE BORDERS, NO BORDERS FILMMAKING.
UM, AND WE ARE LAUNCHING A COUPLE MORE SUBMISSION BASED, UH, PROGRAMS THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE.
UM, YOU CAN FOLLOW US@CINEMAHTX.ORG AND CINEMA HT X ON EVERYTHING.
UM, MAYA HAD A GREAT QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO, HOW WE ARE WE REACHING NEW AUDIENCES THIS YEAR? UM, HOW ARE WE MEETING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THIS ROOM? WHO, UM, HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? UM, WE ARE, WE LAUNCHED A TIKTOK LAST YEAR, UM, AND THAT HAS SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT WE DID NOT REACH OTHERWISE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE DELUXE THEATER.
WE HAD A, A TIKTOK ABOUT THE DELUXE THAT WENT VIRAL.
UM, PEOPLE WERE LIKE, I'M IN THE FIFTH WARD AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS EXISTED.
UM, AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THAT, UH, COMMUNITY UP THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, AND REVAMPING OUR, OUR MEDIA PRESENCE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UM, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT GRANTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF AMAZING ARTS GRANTS IN THE CITY, BUT THERE IS NO FILMMAKING GRANT.
THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC GRANTS FOR FILMMAKERS.
UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A WHOLE THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED IN OUR COMMUNITY IS FUNDING RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY FOR FILM PROJECTS.
UM, DOCUMENTARY NARRATIVE, FIRST TIME FILMMAKERS TO HELP LAUNCH THEIR CAREERS AND BUILD THAT HERE.
UM, SO YEAH, UH, WE OFFER A LOT.
SO COME AND SEE ME AND KATIE, UM, AND YEAH, FOR KEEP US IN MIND.
WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON THIS YEAR.
UH, SO IT'S $50 AND WE OFFER AMAZING PERKS WITH THAT MEMBERSHIP.
WE DO ADVANCED SCREENINGS EVERY MONTH.
UM, AND YOU GET FREE ACCESS TO OUR MONTHLY PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN ALSO WE ARE NOW OFFERING 20% OFF AT THE ROOFTOP CINEMA CLUB IF YOU'RE AN H CASTS MEMBER.
UM, SO LIKE FUN PERKS AND WE'RE BUILDING UPON THAT.
UM, AND YEAH, SO BECOME A MEMBER TODAY.
YOU DIDN'T SAY CINEMA HCX THREE
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TIMES.YOU DIDN'T, IT'S NOT TOO HARD.
RIGHT?
THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO MARKET AND WHITTLE THAT LIST DOWN OF WHAT YOU CAN REALISTICALLY DO.
UH, 'CAUSE IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY, THEN IT'S EVERYTHING FROM TRADITIONAL BILLBOARDS POSTERS TO THEN NEW AGE TECH, WHICH WOULD BE THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S KIOSK THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED AROUND THE CITY.
I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE HAS SEEN THOSE.
YOU ALSO HAVE THINGS LIKE COOLER SCREENS AT WALGREENS, WHICH THEY'RE STARTING TO BEGIN TO OPEN UP THE DOOR TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO ADVERTISE ON COOLER SCREENS.
SO IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN WALGREENS, YOU GO TO THE COLD SECTION, THOSE ARE NOW MONITORS.
AND SO THERE'S CONTENT ON THOSE MONITORS.
SO YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA BOOSTING, WHAT DOES YOUR BUDGET LOOK LIKE, WHAT YOU CAN DO, WHITTLE IT DOWN.
AND THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MARKET JUST TO START UNTIL YOU BUILD YOUR FINANCIAL BASE BETWEEN GRANTS, UH, DONATIONS AND YOUR, YOUR OWN INCOME.
UM, MY NAME IS SEAN HARRIS AND I OWN LAZY PARK ENTERTAINMENT AND THE ZERO REEL MICRO SHORT FILM COMPETITION.
AND I WASN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK, BUT RACHEL MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT PROMPTED ME TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
UM, IN 2019, I FOUNDED THE ZERO REEL MICRO SHORT FILM COMPETITION FOR PRECISELY THE PURPOSE OF WHAT RACHEL MENTIONED.
'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FUNDING TO FILMMAKERS, UM, TO JUST STAY IN THE GAME REALLY
SO THAT WAS MY IMPETUS FOR, UH, CREATING THE, THE COMPETITION.
AND IT'S MICRO SHORT MEANS ONE MINUTE FILM, SO IT'S A CHALLENGING COMPETITION, BUT IT, IT GIVES A $2,500 CASH PRIZE TO THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER.
THE FILMS ARE JUDGED, AND I WANTED TO FOCUS ON TEXAS FILMMAKERS AS WELL.
SO TEXAS FILMMAKERS GET A THOUSAND DOLLARS PRIZE AND THEIR FILM IS VOTED ON BY THE AUDIENCE AT OUR SOIREE, WHICH IS ON MARCH 23RD.
UM, AND I'M SORRY, I LOST MY THOUGHT.
BUT THE WHOLE POINT IS TO, BECAUSE I, I CAME INTO THIS FIELD FROM CORPORATE AMERICA, AND SO EVERYTHING I LEARNED IS PRETTY MUCH SELF-TAUGHT AND I JUST FUNDED MY OWN WHATEVER I WANTED TO DO.
BUT I REALIZED EVERYBODY WASN'T AS FORTUNATE TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE JUST STARTING OUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE BACKING OR PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT YOU OR BELIEVE IN YOU IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY I CREATED THE COMPETITION.
IT IS SMALL, YOU KNOW, IT IS RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT, BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING, THE 2,500 OR THE THOUSAND OR 3,500 IF, IF IT'S ONE WINNER TOTAL.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, PAY AN EDITOR OR HELP GET A LOCATION SECURED FOR ONE DAY.
IT, IT CAN HELP WITH SOMETHING ON THE PROJECT.
I'VE ENJOYED DOING IT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THE WINNERS HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN VERY GRATEFUL AND SHARE WITH ME WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THE MONEY AND HOW IT HELPED, YOU KNOW, PROPEL THEIR CAREER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO START SOMETHING OR PARTNER ON SOMETHING OR WHATEVER, JUST TO SUPPORT FILMMAKERS AND, AND HELP PUSH THEM FORWARD AND HELP SUPPORT THEM IN WHAT THEY WANNA DO, UM, I'M ALL FOR IT.
UM, YOU CAN GO TO INSTAGRAM AT ZEAL RE MS SFC, THAT'S AT ZE REEL.
UM, AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE COMPETITION
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AND THE SOIREE THAT IS ON MARCH 23RD BECAUSE IT'S ONE MINUTE FILM.WE HAVE A PARTY, ESSENTIALLY CATERED FOOD OPEN BAR AND A FILM SCREENING
AND SO, UM, HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT IN ONE LAST PLUG.
IT'S THREE TIMES, RIGHT? HAA APPLY, APPLY, APPLY.
WE HAVE FOUR DEADLINES THIS YEAR.
ALRIGHT, LAST THING TO CLOSE OUT.
UH, I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, ONE OF THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS, MS. JANICE WEAVER.
SO WHO'S DOWN HERE? SHE, SHE HELPS US OUT ALL THE TIME, SO THANK YOU MS. WEAVER.
UH, THE DELUXE, UM, THE OTHER NIGHT THEY HAD A SCREEN.
YEAH, DELUXE THEATER, MS. WEAVER.
IT'S, IT'S A REALLY LOVELY, UH, VENUE.
AND, UM, THEY HAD A SCREENING OF POWELL PUNCH NINE PUNCH NINE PUNCH WASHINGTON.
AND SO ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH MAYOR TURNER, THIS BEING HIS, UH, FINAL YEAR IN OFFICE, HE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A MAYOR THAT TRULY, UH, AS WE CALL IT, BRING HOLLYWOOD TO HOUSTON.
AND I THINK HE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB AT THAT.
AND EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
SO MUSIC, FILM, ALL OF IT COMBINED.
SO, UM, SO PLEASE, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT FOR THIS AND, UH, FOLLOW US AT HOUSTON TELEVISION, HTV HOUSTON, AND YOU'LL FIND OUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY AND, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT CONTENT ON THERE TOO.
UH, ANY BROADCAST JOURNALISTS.
SO DON'T FORGET THAT'S THE OTHER END OF NARRATIVE STORYTELLING.
JOURNALISTS TELL STORIES, ALL OF OUR PHOTOGRAPHER EDITORS, NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION, ANOTHER GROUP, THOSE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ALL ARE HERE, BUT EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT APPLIES TO YOU AS WELL.
LASTLY, UM, HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR STUDIO OWNERS.
UH, WE ARE NOT COMPETITION, BUT WE ARE A COMPLIMENT AND EXAMPLE.
ALEX LUSTER WITH THE STORYHIVE IN IDO EAST DOWNTOWN HAS PRODUCED A LOT OF CONTENT IN THE HTV STUDIOS.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT A, WE'RE NOT COMPETITION, BUT WE'RE A COMPLIMENT TO EVEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
AND SO I HAVE AARON THAT'S GONNA, WE HAVE THREE OF US THAT ARE GONNA GIVE TOURS.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE'RE GONNA TOUR.
IF YOU WANT STAY IN HOB NOD, THAT'S FINE.
SO AARON, IF WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE, MAYBE 10 THAT WANNA FOLLOW AARON, SHE'LL TAKE YOU ON A TOUR.
AND THEN TERRY AND THE BROWN, WHO JUST SPOKE IS THE THIRD GROUP, SO YOU CAN MEET HER OVER BY THE BLACK MONITOR IN THE CORNER.
YOU CAN MEET AARON HERE, AND THEN I'LL BE AT THIS CORNER.
THANKS EVERYBODY, AND THANKS TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.