Twitter helps writers and filmmakers gain exposure and secure financing . It has been a good experience for me personally as a scriptwriter, director, and producer. I was never into social networks before. In my view I thought there was not any genuine communication between people. My first time on Twitter included penny stock profits, teeth whitening, penis enlargement, and anal bleaching Tweets from automated software. It felt like being stuck in an infomercial nightmare parody where Pitchmen’s Anthony “Sully” Sullivan is trying to get me to order now.

Over the past year I have found a total new respect for social networking on Twitter after co-producer and SEO expert Tim Beachum said, “Sid, give social networking a try amigo. You will be surprised what it can do.” It was sound advice. Absolutely, there are always going to be automated Tweets, but through the glut of sales pitches I have discovered creative souls that share a fire for writing and making movies. I have always had the mindset you can never stop learning about different aspects of writing and filmmaking. Tweets are only short bursts of communication, but they have introduced me to a variety of motivated writers and filmmakers that all know different things than I do.

None of our roads would have intersected without social networking on Twitter. I visit blog links added to Twitter profiles to get a fresh viewpoint on how others pursue writing, making movies, film financing, entertainment marketing, movie distribution, and book publishing. It is not hard for me to develop tunnel vision on how I handle filmmaking and writing creatively, as well as from a business standpoint. I have communicated with other movie makers and writers to share information between us. Being able to have access to different writing and filmmaking perspectives from people outside of your own circle opens you up to completely new ideas that can help give you a creative boost.

I have been extremely impressed with some of the unique ways independent writers and filmmakers market their work to attract financial backing, while building up their own grassroots following. Most writers and filmmakers, me included, want to have their creative efforts read or viewed by as many people possible. Social networking on Twitter increases online visibility for creative projects in any stage of development. I recently followed South London filmmaker AD Lane launch a film donation marathon on Twitter to attract money to make “Invasion of the Not Quite Dead” through fan fundraising. That was awesome.

Native American filmmaker Oklahoma Ward and rising star actress Nikki Alonso were two of the first creative souls I followed on Twitter, not just hit the follow option, but I paid attention to their Tweets. I related to their extreme independent film style to get quality projects done outside of Hollywood. For “Crawl” their upcoming thriller horror movie they Tweeted about being able to follow the complete progress of the indie project. I clicked the link and was watching behind the scenes videos that were raw and honest. This is an awesome approach to marketing a movie with an uncensored attitude.

United Kingdom based LiarDice Productions filmmaker Wayne Daniells shot me a private direct link through Twitter to watch a short movie titled “One Last Hit.” It was a very entertaining watch. It personally reminded of a Guy Ritchie type film the way it combined violence with dark humor. This would have been an independent movie I would have never been able to enjoy if not being part of Twitter to social network. There are many other filmmakers and writers I would like to mention, but that will come at a later date through Slice of Americana Films blog posts.

Sure, there are instances when I Tweet unrelated blurbs or pictures that have zero to do with filmmaking or writing. For the most part I attempt stay on track to express my own personal business and creative related thoughts on the entertainment industry using Twitter. I have a few Twitter followers, but like to think part of them share a pay it forward outlook, and do take an effort to give a boost to other filmmakers and writers. It does not have to come down to cold hard cash. You can help pay it forward by sharing with people about another movie producer or writer that is working hard to get their creative talents viewed or read. This is writer and filmmaker Sid Kali typing FADE TO BLACK

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