Fixing Capitalism

Adam Cormier was an activist filmmaker based in Vancouver. His initial project, Fixing Capitalism, started out as a film about progressive and sustainable business. This blog was set up to follow Adam's struggle as he fought to get his film made and keep his dreams alive. For a whole bunch of reasons, the film failed to see production. This blog is now about the lessons Adam learned while failing as a filmmaker, his continued creative efforts, and whatever else comes to mind

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Doc Talk!

Hi

The next three days has me attending Doc Talk here in Vancouver (www.doc-talk.ca) where I'll be meeting lots of film makers, editors, and broadcasters, etc. Basically lots of people who have access to funding and can make deals. I spent the past few days working on my '1-sheet' which is a double sided document that explains how wonderful Fixing Capitalism is. I'll be handing it out to Broadcasters as I look for development funding from them.

I should also mention that I'm looking for two more partners to help me make this film. I'm looking for...

1. A talented writer/director to help me find the story and then tell the story.

2. A executive producer to be my partner and mentor, teaching me the ropes of the film biz.

This is film is NOT a one person show. Many wonderful people have helped me get to this stage (thank-you to my team thus far: Mike, Levon, Dai, Karen, Lisa, and Betsy) and it will take many more talented film makers to bring this project to fruition. It's been a team effort and will continue to be one.

Eventually, when you click on 'Film Makers Blog' on the main website page you'll be given a choice of blogs to read.

So, I'm all cleaned up, the 1-sheet is ready, I'm off to Doc Talk to find some partners and a broadcaster!

Wish me luck, I'll let you know how it goes.

Adam

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Fixing Capitalism

Hello everyone body, welcome to my blog!

My name is Adam Cormier, I am from Corner Brook, Newfoundland but now live in Vancouver. I am a first time filmmaker trying to change the world by 'fixing' capitalism. This blog will follow my journey as I struggle to get my first film made and get it out into the world. By reading this blog you'll get the inside track on the filmmaking progress and also get to watch as the world slowly grinds my dreams into the dirt!

The film I'm going to make is called Fixing Capitalism. It is about capitalism (what it is, where it came from) and about the business people working to make capitalism better, so that it heals the planet rather then slowly kill it. You see, there are a lot of business people out there who are reallllly trying hard to be progressive and responsible, they have found a new way to make profit. The film is about the upcoming battle between this new way and the old way.

It's rather complicated really but you can read all about it and watch some video at our website: www.fixingcapitalism.ca

The film is still in development but I have enough money to take the next three months of my life and ONLY work on the film.

I'll be back soon with updates on how we are doing.

Giv'er

Adam