When:
Leap Day! Wednesday, Feb 29th at 7:30 pm
Fellowship Hall of the LUMC, on 3rd and Anthes, Langley, WA

Join writer/director Amy Walker and the ConnectedFilm Team to celebrate, collaborate, and launch this innovative film project. Come meet the characters, hear the vision, and see how your gifts could be an essential part of this community collaboration.

With screenplay excerpts read by stellar actors:
Deana Duncan, Patricia Duff, Shelley Hartle, George Henny, Liam Henny, Jennifer Bondelid, David Mayer, Isabella Moreno, Abi Tchetter, Pheobe Jacques, Amy Walker, and David Ossman

Are you coming? Check out our Facebook Event to confirm your attendance!

]]> http://www.connectedfilm.com/leap-into-connectedfilm/feed/ 2 http://www.connectedfilm.com/connection-on-all-levels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=connection-on-all-levels http://www.connectedfilm.com/connection-on-all-levels/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:28:04 +0000 Amy Walker http://www.connectedfilm.com/?p=4167 Hello, Dear Producers.  

My goal is to live in balance.  To connect my heart, body, mind, and spirit, with my self, family, local community, and world.

Out of this desire, came the idea for a family film that explores the diverse affects of the many forms of communication we use to stay “connected” in the internet age.

From the beginning, I yearned to give back to my community by shooting the film here on Whidbey Island, and utilizing local art to dress the sets.  I’d thought the project was too big to be fully supported here, so I turned to the global audience base I’d developed as an online performer, to utilize the power of uniting the gifts of people all over the world.

This brought me great joy, and also an imbalance.  I was unable to maintain a strong connection to my local community, and I grew exhausted and frustrated trying to collaborate only through the internet.

I realized, painfully, that I’d been too scared to ask my incredible community for help.  So I turned my heart homeward and began to workshop the script with a wonderful cast of local actors.  They, and our Line Producer, helped me realize that we have excellent resources to cast and crew the film right here on Whidbey Island, WA!

In resonance with my initial goal, this Project invites me to engage every resource I have within my self, family, local community, and global community, for a truly collaborative film.  I have a lot to learn, and announcing my deficiencies honestly so that they can be filled by others is the greatest challenge I’ve ever encountered.  But it’s also thrilling.

I believe that we all have important gifts to share, and that the world needs what each of us feels inspired to give.  I offer my gifts as a writer, director, and initial visionary for this Project.  I also offer this entire learning process as an open resource to help educate and inspire others as they manifest the projects of their own soulfire.

With all my heart, We Are Connected.
~Amy

2012 is our Production Year!  Wow.  I am bursting with joy about all of the cool things coming up.

We’ll be workshopping the script with a group of local actors to really delve into the heart of the material.

Then on to launch this Project publicly here on Whidbey Island, where we’ll be shooting, so we can invite the local community to collaborate on the production.

We aim to openly share as much of the process as possible and invite your input, so we can all learn and create together.

VIBES of Wonder, Joy, and MANIFESTATION of Connected and Your SoulFire Dreams!
~Amy

Writer/Director Amy Walker and Maggie Schreiber, in San Francisco preparing for a ConnectUp -Photo by Istvan Sonkoly, & Thanks to Sharon Beck

Happy Holidays, Producers!

From Liaison Maggie Schreiber:

I just had a vision of sitting in a theater watching the opening scene of Connected and feeling a sense of excitement and accomplishment of being a part of something so big.

Your dream is now part of my dream because of my contribution. I LOVE that!!!

Since we’re shooting next August, we could be watching Connected around this time next year… VIBES!

* Your Input: As I revise the script, I’d love to hear your thoughts about your experience of technology use at family and holiday gatherings.

* Core Team Open to All: The Core Team (collaborative force behind the project) is now holding open meetings! You can join us if you want to have Fun, connect the world, and gain invaluable experience. In November, we welcomed Fred Radford , who specializes in Visionary Product Management; you could be next! For more info on joining the Team, please email info@connectedfilm.com

VIBES of Connection to You and your Friends & Family this holiday season.

Happy Holidays,
~Amy

Looking for the Perfect Gift? Give the joy of being a film Producer for only $1 -they’ll get an official certificate!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Vibes of Connection to you and the ones you love!

I’m so incredibly grateful for each and every one of you who are helping bring this film to the big screen.

In a year or so, we’ll all be watching Connected!

Here are some of our Producers, showing the We Are Connected hand sign at their family dinner table.

You can upload your own photos to our gallery (in the side bar) and show us how you feel connected!

Gratitude and Joy to you,
~Amy and the ConnectedFilm Team

Hey Producers,

Thrilling news this month!
Sander and I have been working with an excellent Line Producer, Patricia Friedman, who’ll be the one to hire the right crew and help us put together an exceptional production next August.  She worked in the film industry in LA for 10 years, but now lives near where we’ll be filming next summer -Lucky Us!

She’s excited about working on Connected, and said:

I am continually impressed by your creative ideas for this project.  It is this type of passion/energy that will get Connected produced and Soulfire Films launched.

It feels wonderful to have someone with her expertise and chutzpah who has total confidence that we can make this film with integrity and beauty.  She’s already a great help -plus she reminds me a little of our character “Pam” in the film, which is slightly trippy, but Very Cool, because I adore them both.

It’s a Big Step for our production team!

Here’s a fun video from our meeting this week with the proprietors of our main location, Jenne Farm.

Vibes to you and all you do,
~Amy

Hello, Fellow Producers!

Here’s an Insider’s Look at my recent tremendous experience, in the unfolding of this ConnectedFilm journey…

Six or seven months ago, I was asked to give “A TEDx TALK” -something that had been on my Maybe Someday (wouldn’t that be Amazing?!) List.

If you’re not familiar with TED’s Ideas Worth Sharing -through Technology, Entertainment and Design, you can check out the TED website here.

As I explored and honed my topic over time, I realized that the only thing I can share that no one else can, is my personal journey thus far.

The crux of that journey is you. It’s This, right here.  Two words and a lifetime of education, intention, effort, and slightly more courage than fear. ConnectedFilm. …guess that’s one and a half words.

Here’s Part 3 of my TEDx Talk, in which I tell my story, from building an online presence as an actor, to Co-Founding a world-wide Revolution in Filmmaking.

“Expanding Your Identity to Embody Your Potential”

 
Parts 1 and 2 below, in chronological order…

In brief, it’s about expanding Who You Think You Are to include Who You Want To Be. Or for me, rather than spend my life Wanting to be or do something, I just start Doing it, and figure it out along the way.

With a lot of Help! From people like you.

THE ULTIMATE HIGHLIGHT of the entire week was meeting 3 of our Core Team Members in person for the first time.

Kara, Lisa and Alex (and Tim in Spirit!) all came to the conference, and after over 2 1/2 years of working together in e-space, we got to HUG!

At the awesome Connect-Up the next day, we all worked together In The Same Room with our 5 computers and very cool, technically advanced set-up at Widener University (and The e-World).

It confirmed the fact that I gratefully work with Incredible People!

Enjoy the videos!

Be Well, Be YOU! and Be Connected.

I’m so excited to announce that in just a few weeks, our fearless leader Amy Walker will be taking a trip to the East Coast!

Amy will be the co-host and a keynote speaker at the TEDx Phoenixville conference “MindBlender: Welcome to Ideaville.”

This collection of compelling speakers and dynamic performers speaking on a variety of Ideas Worth Spreading, and Amy is no exception.  Her intriguing presentation will explore “Expanding Your Identity to Embody Your Potential.”

WHEN: Saturday, September 24, 10am-3pm

WHERE: The historic Colonial Theatre of Phoenixville, PA.  Learn more…

While I’ve worked with Amy for about three years, we’ve never actually met in person. The same goes for New York City Liaison Alex and Boston Liaison Lisa. So, we’ve all decided to get together and do a live ConnectUP! event for our fall rally.

 

CONNECT-UP LIVE with Amy and the Team!

WHEN: Sunday, September 25, at 2pm EST

ONLINE: live streaming from ConnectedFilm.com’s home page

WHAT: an interactive discussion with Amy and some Core Members of CF.

We’ll discuss personal empowerment, leadership, film production, and uniting the world.

This program is free and open to the public, so if you’re near by (or want to take a day trip), come on down and meet us in person!

Widener University in Chester, PA, has opened their doors to host the event in the Webb Room of the University Center.

Do you live in the Philadelphia area?
Contact me at [PR@ConnectedFilm.com] for more information.

We need napkin rings shaped like ballerinas...

“That’s my prop!”

The screenplay calls for “a garish set of ballerina-shaped napkin rings, with the dancers posed in complex positions to allow napkin insertion.”

It’s a “special” birthday gift for the character, Baba, who used to be a Ballet teacher.

Are you a Sculptor?  Garage Sale Guru?

Send us a photograph of a ballerina napkin ring made or found by you.  Your set of rings could make it into the film!

If we choose your submission, you will be listed as a Prop Sponsor with a link (if you like) on our website.  Just like the Amazing Greg Aanes Furniture.

Share your Connected photos! Upload to our Gallery or post on our Facebook Page!