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Austin Film Meet Mixer

February 7, 2012 by Brittany Highland 2 Comments

Stompin-Grounds-Coffee-&-Cocktail-LoungeIn our Facebook wanderings, we came across a Facebook event for the Austin Film Meet’s February mixer. Eric posted on the event wall and received a warm response from Anthony Spears – who runs the Austin Film Meet’s social networking accounts – so we decided to give it a shot.

The Austin Film Meet holds monthly mixers for networking and it seems to be a very friendly and supportive community for visual media folks in ATX.

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H.Cherdon, founder of Austin Film Meet

Last night’s group was made up of producers, directors, writers, actors, editors, composers, makeup artists, directors of photography – the whole shebang. Many people had recently moved to Austin and were trying to get plugged in locally.

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Networking at Stompin Grounds

The whole experience spectrum was represented: From a producer/director who worked in L.A., to an actor who just got an agent and is transitioning to full-time, to college students who are trying to break into the industry any way they can.

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The event was held in SoSoCo (I just made that up. It’s fun to say.) at Stompin Grounds Coffee & Cocktail Lounge. The venue was small for the amount of people who ended up showing up, but it was definitely helpful to have a private room and a stage with a mic to use.

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After mingling time, there was an open mic session. Each person had 90 seconds to introduce themselves, current projects and/or recent milestones.

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Four sisters who all have different talents and roles in the film scene

More than 45 people ended up speaking, and not everyone who attended went on stage. I actually found each presentation to be interesting because each person is on a different leg of their journey through the film world, with different accomplishments and goals for the future.

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Jeremy Lee Cudd, an acting coach and professor at UT

We’re excited about continuing to get plugged into the film community in Austin. We’ve been invited to visit a local studio for a tour, and hope to also get onto some live sets to publicize exciting and unique film projects taking place in Austin.

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It was a packed house last night and we look forward to move Austin Film Meet events

the Austinot asks:
Do you have a project in the works that you’d like us to check out? (Feel free to drop us a link to your site or YouTube video.)

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  1. Traci Shannon says

    February 26, 2012 at 7:51 pm

    This seems really cool. Do you know when the March mixer is?

    🙂
    Traci

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    • Brittany Highland says

      February 26, 2012 at 8:21 pm

      Hi Traci! Thanks for stopping by. The next meeting is on March 5th, same location in SoCo. You can get all the details and even RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/265737840128649/.

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