Is this the new way of watching movies?

With entertainment becoming more and more interactive, a group of us began to ask ourselves: what is the new way of watching movies?  Doesn't everyone wish in a film they could tell the lead actor what to do and actually dictate their moves and choices.  Well we went on to answer this question.  Making a live action Movie App Game, where the audience makes choices that change the course of the story.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/your-pizza-adventure/id754876889?ls=1&mt=8

So that is what we did.
We asked the question, went on to answer it, and now I want to know what others think.
Is this interactive experience, mixing movies and video games the new form of entertainment technology?
http://yourperfectadventure.com/?page_id=178

Rodan and Fields takes over Hollywood

I was introduced to Rodan and Fields Dermatology by a dear friend of mine a few months ago, and the outcome has been over all life changing.

As an actress and filmmaker in the most scrutinized town in the country, I am always looking for ways to keep the aging process at bay.  So when I began using Rodan and Fields, I completely flipped out with excitement, because I have found the fountain of youth, without having to go under the knife!  The ladies behind Rodan and Fields are also the creators of Pro-Active, the number one leading acne medicine on the market.  After selling the line (for plenty of money to retire) the woman decided to continue to help people with their skin problems, and they began to tackle the aging process with four different lines for different skin types.

• Smooth-  Clinically proven to reduce redness and irritation in as little as 5 minutes
• Redifine- skincare regimen that layers cosmetic ingredients and proven peptide technology to help defend against and reduce the visible signs of aging for noticeably firmer, smoother, flawless-looking skin.
• Unblemish-Clinically proven to combat the entire acne cycle, this sophisticated regimen helps unclog pores, clears breakouts and calms your complexion to keep pimples, blackheads and post-acne marks from making an unwelcome appearance on your face—and in your life.
• Reverse- Erase the signs of premature aging, including brown spots, dullness, and sun damage with a regimen that exfoliates, lightens, brightens and protects your skin for a more even tone and texture.

You can usually find me in my facialist's office at least once a month, but with this skin care line, I can cut down on visit's and save money.  Rodan and Fields also came out with the Macro-e machine, which allows you to do Microdermabrasionhttps://alexandraboylan.myrandf.com/Shop/Product/AAMEX01 treatments from the comfort of your own home.  This is life changing for me. And if its life changing for me, then it will be life changing for others, which is why I decided to join the team, and work for the company.

With my first feature film on the shelves of Walmart, and being sold at every major store http://www.walmart.com/ip/24062975, I thought it was time to find a side gig I could do from home.  I am just finishing up the script for my second feature film and working a lot from my home office.  Experiencing the incredible ability to make my own hours, and control my own career path, has brought peace to my life.  I want everyone to experience this freedom, and I'm so thankful to Rodan and Fields for giving me this opportunity.

I want to share this amazing product with everyone! Please visit the link below to view my website for Rodan and Fields Dermatology

https://alexandraboylan.myrandf.com

learning from others---instead of comparing yourself

I have recently become addicted to other people's blog's.  Seth Godin is my hero right now, and I highly recommend his website.
I, like any other human being, struggle with jealousy.  I see others ahead of my path in life, and stomp my feet, and scream, WHY AM I NOT THERE YET!!
So I have been channelling that energy into learning from these people, and applying their advice into my daily routine.
Jealousy is a nasty feeling, and does nothing for productivity.  I want to surround myself with the most talented, hardworking, successful people I can find. Where there is jealousy there can be no nurturing.
So as I climb my personal hill in life, I look outward to gain wisdom and knowledge from those who have gone before me.
Everyone is a beginner, everyone started at point A.  Beginning is half the battle. I look forward to learning, falling, failing, getting back up again, and doing it all over again.

cheers
A

SOLD

My feature film "Home Sweet Home" recently sold at the America Film Market to Image Entertainment.  The exciting news came on the last day of the market, and now I must share how such a little indie film got bought by such a big company.
Before we even took meetings with a sales rep, we had

1. A Great tittle
2. A Great Tag Line
3. A Great Poster
4. A Great Product

Of course in every business endeavor timing is always key to everything.  But what really sold our movie, was the marketing materials.  We had everything a distribution company needed, to make it an easy sell.
I am writing my next film with all these things in mind ahead of time.  And I strongly encourage an other filmmaker out there to do the same.

To view information on this film please visit the website  mirrortreeproductions.com

American Film Market

As we come down to the last few days before American Film Market begins, we find ourselves scrambling to put the pieces together to complete our movie for our sales rep.  The stress of making an independent film wears on us, with very few people to call upon for help, we find ourselves responsible for everything.  Our sales reps asked for some last minute changes, but in this process of making changes we find nothing takes just a few hours to do.  One change in the time line of our film, means hours of repositioning every single sound design piece.  I look forward to the day when we have the finances to hire help in this process.  But first you have to make something for anyone to believe in you.  Its the Hollywood catch twenty-two, you cant get anything until you have already done something.  So you must put your foot in the water, and begin to walk deep into the abyss.
I don't believe in being too attached to a project that you cant see out of it.  I have learned that you must being willing to make changes, because over all you want a product that is marketable for the masses.  Making a movie for just a few people is a waste of time in my opinion.  Especially in the beginning, until you have clout to make your dream projects, and the power to say, "this is it take it or leave it".
You must be willing to mold and change according to what is desirable to a buyer.  I have discovered this many times in the process of making our first feature film.
AFM begins next week, and I plan on reporting back on the progress our sales rep's make.  I am extremely thankful I don't have to sit in the business meetings, as an artist I think its good to have a bit of a distance from all the negative talk, that will surround our film.

The joys or not so joyful process of selling an indie film

After putting the word out on the street that we were in search of a sales rep, to help us sell "Home Sweet Home" we found our guys.  Among our options was a company that wanted 8500 dollars up front to sell our movie.  A huge red flag, that left us with major questions. After reviewing this company on imdb.com we saw that they had many films under their belt, and they were far from a scam.  But the reality for us was that we do not have the money to hand over to someone on a whim of maybe being able to deliver.  I dont think anyone should want money up front, its like an agent asking an actor to pay them to rep them.  Anyone who reps a movie, or an actor should only recieve money after they secured a deal that brings in money for their client.
We are happy to sign a contract with a start up company, that was a perfect fit for our start up production company trying to sell our first feature film.  I am hoping this relationship will grow in the years to come, and that everything will move ahead smoothly.
Moral of the story, DONT pay anyone to rep you, there are plenty of agencies out there that wont charge you up front fee's.

Albuquerque Film Festival and all that jazz

I just returned to LA after two weeks of film festival awesomeness in New Mexico.  We premiered our movie "Home Sweet Home" at the Albuquerque Film Festival, where we WON audience Choice Award and Best horror Film.  We had a great turn out to our movie, and one of the highlights for me was speaking on a filmmaker panel with the legendary Alex Cox, director of Repo Man.  It was exciting to be among seasoned filmmakers, and to find we all shared the advice.  It really is all about "Just doing it" and not "thinking about it to much".  Take one day at a time, so you dont feel overwhelmed by your project.
We started creating an app, back in January, and we are still working on it now in September.  I dont think we knew it would take this long, or we might have never started. `But thats the key to success, just do what you can that day, and eventually you will have a finished product.  It was exciting to hear Alex Cox and his wife talk about this, about how important it is to take each task one day at a time.  Nothing is built in a day, and no man is an island.  You need to be patient, with the long term goal in mind, and surround yourself with creative dedicated people, who wont give up when things get tough.

We are now in the process of meeting with sales reps, to sell our movie.  This is a new and exciting venture I have never done before.  I will be documenting the process here.
And if you have any questions, please dont hesitate to ask.

Cheers,
Alexandra
www.mirrortreeproductions.com

Home Sweet Home movie link

I am so ridiculously proud of this movie, that our amazing, talented team did!!!!

http://www.mirrortreeproductions.com/home_sweet_home.php

This film is a great example of pure passion, alot of hard work, extreme talent, and very little money!!!

It goes to show you dont need a lot of money, you need alot of talented hard working people!!!

Penniless Producer

My production company www.mirrortreeproductions.com has successfully completed a number of short films, a web series, and a feature film.  You may be asking how I did this with literally a shoe string budget. Well I'm goona tell you!!!
I got a job worked my behind off, for a certain amount of time, and I had a cutoff day, and then I quit and I poured my savings into the project I was doing at that moment.  And then when it was done, I did the exact same thing all over again. This is the only way I knew how to create my own projects with no one financial backer.
I also suggest finding a group of people who are passionate about the same things you are, and who are willing to be dedicated and hardworking, in the hopes to have a self sufficient production company.
My biggest advice for anyone who wants to make their own projects, is to take everything one day at a time, with a long term goal and deadline.  But dot think about the project as a whole, or you may get overwhelmed and give up. Just take each individual day, and pick one thing to do, and after MANY days you will have a finished project.  And it so worth while, when you are viewing something that was once just a thought in your mind.
So go out there and make your own movies, web series, anything that fulfills you, and helps move you forward to your life goals!!!!

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I have been pounding my head against walls for so long, as an actor, that is, not literally, that would really hurt.  I finally got wise nd decide to make my own movie's, tada, it was like a light went on in my little brain, saying why are you waiting for the phone to ring.  So I got wise, and I found a bunch of passionate crazy filmmakers and like minded people to make art with!!!! This journey began in 2008 and I want to share the crazy ride, with anyone who cares to learn from my mistakes, and maybe takes in a little knowledge that could help them do the same.  in the past few years I have put under my belt a number of short films, a couple of web series and a feature film.  I will document my advetures for anyone who cares to listen.

Flock the Series

I am so thrilled and proud of the show "FLOCK" where I play the character Beverly.  I got to be as evil as they get in this series, and I am so proud of every person involved.  We had a fabulous team, and I hope people will follow the show.  We launch a new episode every Wednesday!!! Only at Blip.tv/flock
This is a true ninja filming project, and the people invovled volunteered their time to make it a reality.  Please enjoy the show, and spread the word!!!

There are holes in my shoes

There are holes in my work shoes!!!

Since recently moving back to Los Angeles, I have had to work as a waitress. I promised myself I would not do this kind of job again, but as money is tight, I had to go to this fall back job.

I have found myself depressed, and cranky since getting back into the routine of serving people. For the most part customer treat servers like crap, its a great study in humanity. I'm not sure why it is this way, but it is!!! So I have been working really hard not to allow this to bring me down.

I had to buy black shoes for this profession, and after only four months of wear, they have holes in them. I was so upset that I couldn't afford to buy another pair, and then I reminded myself, that some people don't even own shoes. Some people don't have a job, and some people don't have their health. I am blessed, and I will choose to be thankful. I will wear my shoes until my boss notices and forces me to get a new pair.

My brother Alex has created a new show called missions in action, this is a life changing show, for the viewers, and voices it gives.

Lets all choose joy and be thankful, even if their are holes in our shoes!!! things could always be worse.

To watch Alex Boylans amazing show visit www.missionsinaction.tv and be grateful for what we all have :)

Mind and Body Maintance control

I have spent the last six months so focused on my body, getting in shape, eating right, I lagged on working on my mind.
I realized although I felt amazing from my vigorous workouts, I was feeling restless inside.
So I decided to stop and take an inventory of what was truly going on inside my head.
Life is so fast paced, so crazy spinning all the time. We have commitments, deadlines, and lovers to take care. We forget to stop and take care of ourselves. I recently bought a workbook entitled "Boundaries" which I am so thrilled to begin. I never really learned how to set good boundaries with people. Therefore I take on other people's emotions, and feel guilty all the time.
It boggles me down, and most of the time I don't even realize why I feel the way I do. The only true way to heal and correct these behaviors is to take the time you need with yourself, to ask some tough question's and meditate on changing them.
If you feel the way I do, I recommend taking a nice long walk, and just be present in the moment, buy a good workbook, that asked the questions you need to answer. Another recommended book, I did last year was "12 Steps to Spiritual Healing" This workbook was life changing for me. It really de-clutter my thinking, and helped me deal with life on more smoother surface.
Enjoy your day!!!!

Tis the Season To Eat, Drink, and be Merry

Hello All,

Sorry I have been silent for so long, life is crazy busy, and I haven't had a moment to write.

As the holidays are among us, with Christmas fast approaching, this is the time of year most woman dread. For their bodies at least, food is everywhere, and its delicious.
I recently discovered The Tracy Anderson Method. She is Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna's personal trainer. I started doing her 30 day workout and starting seeing amazing results. I ate her clean diet, and did her workouts religiosity. Now I am I using her method as maintenance, to keep my body in shape and firm.
Right now she is blogging constantly on her website about how to avoid those extra pounds we tend to put on during the holiday season.
www.tracyandersonmethod.com is where I go to read all of her current blogs, and if you search her on YouTube.com you will find most of her video's for FREE!!!! Her new book entitled "The Tracy Anderson 30 day Method" Is available in numerous books stores, including Borders, and Barnes and Noble's. I bought mine for 16.99 and it was far worth the price!!!!!
She is now my workout guru, as I am convinced she knows how to take any woman's body and give her the lean petite figure she has always wanted.

I hope you find this as exciting as I do.

Merry Christmas

Sending Love and Blessings
Alexandra :)

when I find something great I love to share it!!!

So I just heard about Gwyneth Paltrow's website, www.goop.com. I just spent a few hours surfing this fun, informative, website filled with secrets only celebrities get. One thing I was excited to find on this web page, was free video's from her personal trainer!
My girlfriend and I were just talking recently about how all the actress's in Hollywood have the same body, a long lean perfectly fit figure. So obviously they know a secret we do not. And for most of us who cant afford a personal trainer, its very kind of Gwyneth to upload free video's for us regular folks. :)
I also recently bought a workout video put out by Marissa Tomei, done with her personal trainer, and after spending the last week doing this challenge everyday, I feel sore in area's I didn't even know existed!! I HIGHLY recommend it, and its only 20 minutes of your day. As my other girlfriend who recently did it with me, pointed out "Just when its getting really hard its over." Which means its a doable workout, that will really tone and define your figure. Cause seriously who doesn't want that? :)

Enjoy,
sending love and blessings,
Alexandra :)

Fasting and the amazing healing that comes from it

Fasting has so many health benefits, when done correctly.

Our body was created perfectly, and with that creation, it knows how to heal itself.
My amazing Doctor Miller, has always testified to fasting (with just water) as an amazing way to keep the body healthy. Recently i have been reading allot about how people have cured themselves of Cancer by using a Macrobiotic diet. Well this makes sense, since the food is light and easy to digest the body has time and ability to heal the area's that need healing.
In the Bible God uses fasting as his surgical knife, it is not just a religious reason, it is because it has healing power.
When you think about, your body is constantly working to digest the food we put down the hatch, and since most people overeat on a regular basis, our body is ofter working overtime to break down all that food. But if you take a day to fast (not starve) you give your body a break, and it can focus on dealing with other area's of your body.
Dr. Miller says everyone should fast- 1 day a week, 3 days every 3 months, and 7 days once a year.
I use to fast every Sunday a few years ago, and always felt so amazing the next day. I am planning on returning to this way of life.
There are plenty of fasts on the market these days, lots of Juice fasts, and Toxic cleanses. But some of them have serious side effects, and aren't good for every body type (my friend did that Master cleanse, also known as the Cayenne Pepper Cleanse, and wound up in the hospital, with a hole in his heart) that is some scary stuff!! Recently I bought into a juice fast, and tried it, and was dizzy, lightheaded and nausea on day two, not good!!!
WATER is simply the best way to cleanse our body, because even juice has to be broken down in our digestive system.
I encourage you to try it (one day without food won't kill you, trust me all the food in the world will still be available the next day :)

love and blessings,
Alexandra

TV: America's favorite past time

Since January I have been living happy without owning a television. Recently due to my new roommate, I now have a TV in my home, but NO cable, and I plan to keep it that way. I personally do not enjoy watching TV, for the most part because I find myself wasting about an hour just flipping through channels to find something to watch.
When my now fiancee and I first started dating he would come over to cook me dinner, and since I had no filler background IE: radio or TV, we would have to find our own things to do to entertain ourselves. One day we pulled out my French book, and practiced speaking this beautiful language. Its one of my favorite memories, and I have to say I don't think it would have happened if I had a TV to watch.
I noticed how much I would get done at my house when I had no television to distract me. I read and wrote more, I do yoga and meditate more, I run out to the park for longer walks, sometimes I take two to three walks a day. My mind feels clearer and fresher without the infiltrating of mass programming into my brain.
Recently I was in a families home, where there was no Television in the living room. I was so impressed I began to probe the mother about her reasoning behind this. She went on to tell me that her children get along better when they do not watch TV. In fact their kids are aware of it, and agree not to watch TV. She told me that when they are allowed to entertain themselves with the Tube, somehow it brings out the worst in them, and they bicker and fight. Other families have confessed the same thing to her, and find life to be more peaceful without it. This conversation grabbed my attention, and brought into focus how I have been feeling without television in my life. Peaceful- would be the key word. When I spend too much of my precious time surfing channels I feel drained, tired, and unmotivated.
When I was kid we had one of those ancient television's with three channels to watch, and I remember getting to pick one program a week to view. Looking back I am so thankful for this, because most of my time was spent in my parents back yard building tree houses and forts with my brothers. I think about kids today, who have TV, computers, phones, and the list goes on and on, and wonder how can their imagination's grow and flourish, with all these modern day technologies feeding it to them.

So I am encouraging anyone to spend a few days TV free, and see how you feel.
I bet you will get so much done and feel so much healthier without it.

Alexandra :)

I just have to share these two true stories!!!!

I just got back from working with a couple and have to share what I heard. Everything they said coincides with my past blogs. I worked with a married couple today, the man was 92 and the woman 79. I took the gentleman out on errands today, and we got to chatting away. He was vivacious, funny, witty, and a true pleasure to be around. He told me stories from when he was in World War 2!! At the end of our drive together, I asked him my favorite question, I ask all my clients who are in great condition, "what is your secret"? He laughed and said "well I'm not old, at least I don't think I'm old, and its what you think that matters." I LOVE IT!!!!!!! More confirmation that we can control our mind, and maybe even our future.
The latter part of this story is not as exciting, unfortunately but I must share it, because it backs up my belief and fear that medicine and drugs can be deadly!!!
My woman client has had allergies for 25 years, and for those 25 years she was taking a prescribed over the counter allergy medicine, and in the past ten years she developed breast cancer, where she lost both her breast, and had stokes. Well now they have discovered that the allergy medicine she was taking causes, cancer, and stokes, and has now been recalled ( wow, now they recall it,after this poor woman has suffered all of these side effects of this medicine). The Doctors have concluded that she suffered these two things, due to taking the allergy medicine. WOW this is so scary to me, sure the FDA says its fine right now, but then years down the line we find out the side effects, long after people have already had to go through it. Now she visits a holistic Doctor to deal with her allergies, and both her and her husband live completely drug free lives's. That is awesome for people of their age!!!
I just had to share these stories, and with that will continue to beg, plead, and even steal (:) people to stop using medicine, or at least look into the alternative before doing so.

Alexandra :)

Acid Reflux disease-AKA- the horrible, embarrassing, painful burb disease, and how I cured myself DRUG free

For anyone who knows me, knows I'm obsessed with holistic ways of healing. The only Doctor I visit is my Osteopath, Dr. Miller, who never prescribes drugs. He works out of Boston=and BIG shocker= health insurance company's do not cover his visits. Well of course not, because insurance companies don't actually want you to be healed!!!! So unfortunately I only get to see him once in a awhile.

About five years ago I developed acid reflux disease, it was painful, embarrassing, and annoying!! At a loss for what to do, and unable to fly home to see my Dr. Miller, I spent my hard earned money to visit a regular Doctor. Upon my visit he did not even examine my body, and prescribed me with the Purple pill. Which I know only mask's the problem, but does not heal it. I walked out of that room furious, a couple hundred dollars poorer, with no solution.

So I started doing research, and began a slow, patient process of healing myself-drug free.
I talked to Dr. Miller, and a few other holistic healers, and learned that acid reflux disease is when your stomach moves up into your ribs. So you literally have to push your stomach down and retrain it to stay there. This is how you can do that-which I started calling "treatments".
I would lye on the floor with my knee's up, taking three deep breathes into my stomach, on the fourth breath (holding it) I would place my thumb in between my ribs and push my stomach down as I exhaled. I could feel and hear my stomach releasing back to where it belonged. Repeating this procedure a few more time's until I felt complete relief. I started frequently giving myself these "treatments" whenever I had an attack of the burbs or heart burn. In addition to "treatments" I became very aware of what I was eating, to figure out what was causing the problem. I had to change my diet, and weed out the things that gave me attacks. I stopped drinking coffee, alcohol, and eating fried food, temporarily, until my body was healed, and able to handle them again. Overtime I began to have less and less acid reflux attacks, and eventually I had none. :)

Of course this took time, it didn't happen overnight, but it was worth it. Drugs are just a quick fix, that can have serious long term negative affects on your body. It is very unsettling to me, how much medicine is being shoveled down people's throats. There is an alternative way to healing, if were willing to take the time and be patient to do it. I know so many people are struggling with acid reflux, and if there is anyone out there who wants to discuss this further, please leave a comment, I would love to help in anyway. (The "treatments are hard to explain through words, but I can go into greater detail) And if anyone is using Nexium, or the purple pill, I strongly encourage you to STOP. It will never cure you, only continue to mask the symptoms.
Our bodies are so precious, and we only get one, and it needs to last a long time, so please be kind to it.

Alexandra :)