5 Skills A Movie Director Should Have by Choice Skinner

Choice Skinner is a multiple award winning Actor/Director/Writer and Producer. As a extremely talented multi hyphenate with over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry in front of and behind the camera. He continuously pushes to succeed in becoming known for entertainment that entertains and uplifts the Black American community. Choice originally started his career in entertainment as a music producer, writer and A&R but after a few years in Los Angeles eventually segued into the film industry by venturing into the stunt community. Upon realizing his passion for acting he began appearing in television shows like "The Shield", "How I met Your Mother", "Lost" and most recently an episode of the CW show "All American". His first short film "Brotherly Love" saw him receiving multiple awards for his acting and directing skills as well as the recent short he directed "Right Where You Need To Be". His directorial feature film debut was on the comedy "Wingman Inc." which saw its distribution through Lionsgate. He consistently acts and is constantly in production with independent features and short films. When not acting or directing, Choice teaches and develops actors at The Breaking Through Acting Workshop located in Sherman Oaks, CA and trains/teaches Bojuka Self Defense privately in his spare time. MORE VIDEOS WITH CHOICE SKINNER https://goo.gl/y7i6qe CONNECT WITH CHOICE SKINNER http://www.darkanent.com http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1106415   / darkanent     / choiceskinnerfanpage     / darkan2000   CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE http://www.FilmCourage.com http://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage   / filmcourage     / filmcourage     / filmcourage   BUSINESS INQUIRIES http://bit.ly/22M0Va2 SUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://bit.ly/18DPN37 LISTEN TO THE FILM COURAGE PODCAST   / filmcourage-com   PROMOTE YOUR MOVIE, WEBSERIES, OR PRODUCT ON FILM COURAGE http://bit.ly/1nnJkgm SUPPORT FILM COURAGE   / filmcourage   Stuff we use: CAMERA - This is the camera we have used to film 90+% of our interviews (over 200 interviews and counting) It continues to be our workhorse - http://amzn.to/2u66V1J LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - http://amzn.to/2tbtmOq AUDIO Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post http://amzn.to/2t1n2hx Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9 LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv COMPUTER - Our favorite computer, we each have one and have used various models since 2010 - http://amzn.to/2t1M67Z EDITING - We upgraded our editing suite this year and we’re glad we did! This has improved our workflow and the quality of our work. Having new software also helps when we have a problem, it’s easy to search and find a solution - https://goo.gl/56LnpM *These are affiliate links, by using them you can help support this channel. #filmmaking #directing #film