{"id":1426,"date":"2021-08-16T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2021-08-16T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T09:00:08","slug":"169-john-venable-first-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=1426","title":{"rendered":"169. John Venable \u201cFirst Person\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1378\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1378\" src=\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_0064-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Venable, Charlie Baker &amp; Jeff Howard at SOFF 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Writer, Actor and Producer John Venable brought his film &#8220;First Person&#8221; to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2019 and this hilarious comedy found launches Season 3 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Uzznb3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video<\/a>\u00a0by being the first film in the first episode.<\/p>\n<p>At the festival Q&amp;A John and his team shared the interesting concept behind the film&#8217;s production; it began with a short screenplay contest called &#8220;Hollywood Connection Short Screenplay Contest&#8221; at <a href=\"http:\/\/shortscreenplay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shortscreenplay.com<\/a>\u00a0where the winning script would be produced. \u00a0And unlike a lot of contests, John followed through and made the film! \u00a0Not only did he make the film, but he brought in lead actor Charles Baker, known to the public as Skinny Pete from Breaking Bad. \u00a0Doing this podcast we get to dive deep into the history of this film as well as its future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments are blocked on this website. To discuss <em>Discover Indie Film<\/em> podcasts or TV episodes, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DIFwins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can listen to the podcast using the media player below or on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/discover-film\/id1264749183?mt=2\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/playmusic.app.goo.gl\/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Ijgez6hdvoqgnvmtd2aq56rakzm?t%3DDiscover_Indie_Film%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16\">Google Play<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/discoverfilm\">SoundCloud<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=146070&amp;refid=stpr\">Stitcher<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Podcast<\/h2>\n<p>Source: Discover Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Venable, Charlie Baker &amp; Jeff Howard at SOFF 2019 Writer, Actor and Producer John Venable brought his film &#8220;First Person&#8221; to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2019 and this hilarious comedy found launches Season 3 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video\u00a0by being the first film in the first &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=1426\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;169. 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