Here is where you RAMP UP to become an independent producer (and specifically access the resources we are or will be using), but in the meantime to stimulate knowledge…
What city in the world is called Hollywood North? (Answer below)

ATTRACTING CAST & CREW
– Internet Movie Database (IMDb) (set-up an account)
– Slated.com (set-up an account)
– Stage 32 (set-up an account)

BRANDING IN THE STORYTELLING REALM
– Creativity & Storytelling ‘Zine (newsletter model for Thorn Trees original content and updates, and related curated content for crowdsourcing campaigns) | ENDED PUBLICATION SEPT. 2022

FUNDING/INVESTING & SCRIPT ANALYSIS/DEVELOPMENT
– Creative Capital
– Industrial Scripts (subscribe to newsletter)
– Seed&Spark
– Slated.com
– Sundance Institute Lab (Episodic Program)

GLOBAL INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION
– Independent Film & Television Alliance (subscribe to newsletter)
– Industry Professionals Roundtable Discussion – The Current State of the
Television Industry During COVID-19 (Stage32)

IMPACT PRODUCING & CREATIVE DISTRIBUTION
– Creative Distribution 101
– Maria Judice (Indigo Impact) (Thumbs Up!)
– Liz Manashil (Thumbs Up!)
– Naomi McDougall Jones (Thumbs Up!)
– What Is An Impact Producer?

LEGAL SERVICES
– Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

MEDIA | ARTICLES, BOOKS, PODCASTS & WEBINARS
– Bernadette Montana Interviews Janet Farrar (Author & Wiccan)
– Carole Dean on “What You Need to Win the Roy W. Dean Grant”
(Relates to all grants! So, scroll down to the audio mp3 file to listen)

– Crowdsourcing For Filmmakers by Richard Botto [REQUIRED}
– David Lindelof Explains How He Defied the “Write What You Know Myth” on Watchmen” (This is the Thorn Trees development team model)
– RB’s Crowdsourcing Book Heads Up Curriculum at a Major US University
– Introduction to Creating a Professional Film Budget (Stage32 Webinar)
– Introduction to Film & Television Accounting (Stage32 Webinar)
– The Role of Producers In Film Business (Stage32 Blog)
– The Wrong Kind of Women by Naomi McDougall Jones
– You Wouldn’t Know It From the Oscars, But 2019 Was Big Diversity Year

DISTRIBUTION, NETWORKING & PITCHING
– FilmarketHub (subscribe to newsletter)
– International Screenwriter’s Association (ISA) (subscribe to newsletter)
– Stage 32
– The Film Catalogue (a subscription based service that contains thousands of projects and films that are available from producers, distributors and sales companies)

Answer: Vancouver, B.C.