Posts made in January, 2013

Featured Dream of the Week: “I am making my movies!”

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Each Friday, the Declare Your Dream Experimental Motivation Project features one of the declared dreams in the experiment.  The goal is to highlight the dream and put collective positive energy towards the dream manifesting for the Dreamer. This week’s featured dream was the 25th Dream to arrive in the experiment.     DREAM PRAYER Light to focus on why your Dream matters to you. Light to take action towards your Dream. Light to never give up on your Dream. Light for your Dream to manifest.   With love and belief in you and your dream, The Declare Your Dream Community   To get motivated to Declare Your Dream and to take action towards making your Dream...

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In the Trenches—Day 18 Year 2: Full Frontal

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In the Trenches—Day 18 Year 2:  Full Frontal

Day 18 Year 2: I stayed in bed almost all day today!  Just not alone or sleeping or watching TV.  I was naked under the covers with another actor in front of a camera crew.  Good times. It was the first “intimate” scene in a film I’ve ever done. It wasn’t a sex scene.  It was post coital.  Luckily, the scene was with an amazing actor and dear friend of 20 years.  We’ve known each other since college and worked together many times.  It was calming and freeing to have a trusted colleague in bed with me—literally as well as figuratively.  Thank you Amazing Actor and Dear Friend of 20 Years! Until tomorrow, create from what you have…amazing actor friends. Kelli Joan Bennett...

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Featured Dream of the Week: “I will have a new job!”

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  Each week, the Declare Your Dream Experimental Motivation Project features one of the declared dreams in the experiment.  The goal is to highlight the dream and put collective positive energy towards the dream manifesting for the Dreamer. This week’s featured dream was the 24th Dream to arrive in the experiment.   DREAM PRAYER Light to focus on why your Dream matters to you. Light to take action towards your Dream. Light to never give up on your Dream. Light for your Dream to manifest.   With love and belief in you and your dream, The Declare Your Dream Community   To get motivated to Declare Your Dream and to take action towards making your Dream come...

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In the Trenches—Day 17 Year 2: The Power of 3

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In the Trenches—Day 17 Year 2:  The Power of 3

Day 17 Year 2: The morning began with my co-producer losing her gas receipt for the production van.  Miraculously, our AD found it slipped into a crevice in the door. Then, I got a tap on my shoulder asking me how to get into the Mojo once it was locked.  “Why?”  “Well, it’s running, all of the doors are locked and no one is in it!”  Miraculously, our creative DP, who owns his own motor home, had some tricks—namely, finding an unlocked side window, getting the smallest girl on the crew and heaving her through it far enough to unlock the side door. And finally, our next-door neighbor’s 17-year old daughter backed into the production van.  Once again, a small miracle and...

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In the Trenches—Day 16 Year 2: Happiness is…

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In the Trenches—Day 16 Year 2:  Happiness is…

Day 16 Year 2:  At the end of day 2 of production…Happiness is accidentally opening the freezer when you meant to open the fridge and finding craft service’s stash of homemade chocolate chip cookies!  I just inhaled like 10 of them.  Not kidding. Day 2 of production was fraught with crises.  For starters, we were late from the get go because make-up took longer than we scheduled for.  It was our first day shooting the specialty make-up and it took a long time to get my teeth ready.  We had a massive wardrobe malfunction that wasn’t caught until after half of the scene was shot….in the wrong costume.   The fire marshal showed up and told us our fire...

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In the Trenches—Day 15 Year 2: Day 1 of Production

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In the Trenches—Day 15 Year 2:  Day 1 of Production

Day 15 Year 2: Wow. What an incredible crew we have! What an incredible cast! I couldn’t be more thrilled with our first day.  It went amazingly well.  So smooth.  We wrapped on time and only one actor went into over time and not too far.  Woo hoo! Our special effects make-up team, Jamie and Kelly, made a cast of my missing tooth in order to create a mold so they could create some stuff for my make-up.  Fun, fun. So, tomorrow, I’m up.  If you’re reading this from an email, then that’s today to you. Deep breath. Wish me luck. Until tomorrow, create from what you have…Day 2 of production. Kelli Joan Bennett is a filmmaker, actress, writer, entrepreneur, advocate for...

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In the Trenches—Day 14 Year 2: Mojo Mayhem

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In the Trenches—Day 14 Year 2:  Mojo Mayhem

Day 14 Year 2:  When you pick up a Mojo, that’s when you know you’re really making a movie!  Granted, an independent movie because, no, it’s not a Star Wagon but hey, we’re legit, damn it! What a crazy day!  Wow.  Holy shith! An excessive amount of vehicles were picked up.  We had some trials and tribulations but in the end, we got all that we were supposed to get for our first day of shooting tomorrow.  All of our wardrobe is ready.  All of our props are set.  The call sheet has been sent out.  We’re making a movie. Until tomorrow, create from what you have…movies to make. Kelli Joan Bennett is a filmmaker, actress, writer, entrepreneur, advocate for creative thinking...

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Production Begins on Collusions

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Think Outside The Box Inside The Box Media is excited to announce that the independent feature film Collusions officially begins principal photography on January 15, 2013.  The script was commissioned by Think Outside The Box Inside The Box Media from screenwriter Monica Zepeda in November of 2011 and began development in February of 2012.  Producer Jennifer Simpson and Director Anthony Vietro came on board in October of 2012.  The production company is Tim Warren’s Boomerang Productions. Starring Tom Everett Scott, Kelli Joan Bennett, Tembi Locke, Jamison Jones, Steven Culp and Brynn Thayer, “COLLUSIONS” is a cerebral character driven crime mystery...

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Monday Motivation — Do you have health and love in your life?

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Do you have health and love in your life?   Consider yourself lucky if you have them both. Create health. Create love. What are you going to create?...

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In the Trenches—Day 13 Year 2: Refusing to panic!

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In the Trenches—Day 13 Year 2:  Refusing to panic!

Day 13 Year 2:  That’s right.  Regardless of the schedule change emails, the overages and the lack of organized props, I refuse to panic.  And here’s why.  Someone I love is in a lot of pain right now and we don’t know why.  All I can think about is how much it actually hurts me that they’re hurting.  And how important it is to me that they aren’t in pain anymore! Two of the most important things in life are love and health.  The next two most important things are more love and more health.  Do you have love in your life?  (Love for your Self counts.)  Do you have your health?  Count yourself lucky.  I know I do.  I have both of those things and I’m in the...

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