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Film Courage: How does someone set realistic goals?
Ramon ‘Swift’ Sloan, Director, Producer and Writer: The best way to set realistic goals is to set small goals and to always know that you can’t get from A to Z without going through the entire alphabet. You have to go through the journey of experiencing each alphabet before you get to the end of it. I think being realistic when you set your goals is how you’re going to set yourself up to win. You have to know what it is that you need to do in order to accomplish something.
If you’re shooting a movie, I think that the first thing is being able to come up with a concept that people would want to watch. Then you have several other steps after that. You have the step of finding the cast and getting the crew together, getting funding together. If you don’t have funding, then you have to figure out a way to get the funding. That has goals in itself right. I think that you have to be very strategic when you’re telling yourself you want to do something.
If the goal is to make $5 million, you can’t just say Okay, I’m going to go make $5 million. How are you going to do it? What steps are you going to take to be able to have that type of revenue whether it be just the income you make this year or whether it be this is the goal to make these type of residuals over a…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).
About:
Ramon “Swift” Sloan is the founder of Swift Motion Pictures; a movie director, producer and writer. The Milwaukee native started his career in entertainment as a book author and publisher. he released his first novel Motivation- Mastering the Game in 2010 His breakout novel is now depicted in the film series Circumstances – which was executive produced by the author himself under Swift Motion Pictures, a venture that derived from a passion for the arts through his schooling of Television & Video Production at Milwaukee Area Technical College. His work in television includes that of cameraman and floor director for Milwaukee Public Television (MPTV) programs : Black Nouveau and Cooking Raw. His entrepreneurial work both as an author and movie producer have been featured in The Source Magazine, Sheen Magazine, Hip Hop Weekly, Cali Post, Don Diva Magazine, and more. He’s also appeared on Tv One’s talk show Sister Circle TV, This Is 50, Fox 6 news , and has been interviewed by countless journalist including the likes of Raro Lae, Margo Spann’s CoCoa Hollywood Live, Kierra M of Dash Radio, and more. Sloan is working on several film projects in various production phases.
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