It's important for any creative to treat their art like a business if they want to make a living from it. Like Jim Henson used to say 'make art and money dance'.
That's right. So let's get our dancing shoes on and go listen to my interview with author, businessperson, professional speaker, and all round cool person Joanna Penn.
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It seems that a lot of filmmaking (at my level) is about applying for funding. It's a little like panhandling. Holding out your little copper tin asking for some money from a group of complete strangers to get some nourishment.
The problem is there are too few funding bodies and too many panhandlers. Each time you apply for a scheme you hold your breath, wait two or more weeks to hear back, and the odds are, that you haven't won. Ouch. Aspirations hurt much?
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