#2 Ignite a Revolution In Filmmaking with Naomi McDougall Jones

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I have a creative crush on Naomi McDougall Jones. She’s just the kind of creative that Brian Breaks Character celebrates; she’s</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">an award-winning filmmaker, actress, author, speaker, and diversity in film activist.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What we see in movies matters: it affects our hobbies, our career choices, our emotions and even our identities. Right now, we don't see enough women on screen or behind the camera – but waiting for Hollywood to grow a conscience isn't going to fix the problem, says Naomi McDougall Jones.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Naomi stops by to tell us all about her time as an indie filmmaker, her journey as an actress, and how her experience catapulted her into speaking out against the misogyny, gender inequality, and sexism in the film industry. </span>  </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In her viral Ted Talk</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">What It’s Like to Be a Woman in Hollywood</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and follow up book</span> <strong><em>The Wrong Kind of Women: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood</em></strong> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">she outlines a</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">four-point plan for a total representation revolution in Hollywood and shows us how we can be a vital part of the change we want to see. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plus Naomi gives us a front row seat to how she makes her own projects happen: how to get feedback (that’s actually helpful), how to get meaningful meetings with producers, innovating distribution, pitching your project without wasting your time, a</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">nd how her viral TED talk came to be.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /> <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Naomi has had quite a jou