Breaking Into Filmmaking & Landing on Tubi, Netflix, Hulu, & more: The Distribution Blueprint! w/ T-Dawg Da Don
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Discipline, dedication, Right, you gotta have those discipline dedication.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
You gotta be dedicated to the discipline.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
I love building something from ground up and seeing it
be successful. Start creating content yourself now, you know what
I'm saying. That's the first form.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
You know. You got people.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
You can create skits, you know what I'm saying. You
can create a short film. You know what I'm saying.
Start just actually working. You gotta be cooking up man.
I tell my artists all the time, and you gotta
stay cooking up podcasts more than.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
The part the se lifestyle like styles.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
And we had to braime major artists.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
If you got a special dres from the building, can
you introduce yourself? Let the people know what you do.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Listen, get it cracking this t do all the time.
Y'all already know what's going on with me? Yeah, the
player from the Human lal the one that take a
broad and slve. Now, but seriously, all bullshit A sided men, entrepreneur,
I would like to consider myself as a mobile. I'm
in the team in industry from from rapping to acting
(01:03):
to modeling to fashion. You know what I'm saying. To management,
you know, we I'm a big My portfolio is a
bit diversified, shall I say?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
I see it majors?
Speaker 4 (01:15):
But how do you focus on the main thing when
you do so many different you know what I'm saying?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Talents like what this? Are you the most all of it?
Because I like the hustle of it?
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Right?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Oh? So right?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
So like when you when you come from hustling, you
like to hustle. So I love buildings as well. So
I love building something from ground up and seeing it
be successful.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
So it with me.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
It's just time management. Time management. There's really time management.
I focus on that, but all of it to me
is important. All my businesses are important.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Right right? Yeah? Absolute? They make suense to do.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Man Like, what's one of the key things other than
time management to be a good entrepreneur?
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I wanted the key things other than time management to
be a good entrepreneur discipline, discipline, dedication, Right, you gotta
have those discipline, dedication.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
You gotta be dedicated to the discipline. Yeah, yeah, that's spice. Now,
how can what type of films have you been in?
You you said you was an actor.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
What type of actor are you? Any films that people
may have seen you.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
In Oh yeah, I have a show right now on
Tube that has been streamed over five many times called
The Trap House. It's on Tube right now. We also
do movie distribution as well as I have that distributed
other movies. Movies like Heller Drove available on Amazon Prime.
It's a comedy movie from a filmmaker named YC.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Bay.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Movies like Coach Boys from Omar Cook shout out to
Omar Cook. We have we have several films of like
actually we're right now. We have True Birmingham Barons that
we're working on. You know what I'm saying, I unexpected
term in the pipeline.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
And we have a.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Christmas movie that we shot in Detroit called Christmas Lick.
So we have a lot of films right now that's
in the post production.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Oh that's all I was. I've been in some films
and I always wondered about the distribution. So people got
films they can holler.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
At you for distribution. Yeah, we get a distributed you
know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
To be anywhere else other than the movie.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah, I see. Here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
I have a relationship with Hulu, to B, Amazon Prime, Netflix,
I have relationships with all those guys, right, But it
depends on what what the content is the client brains
because everybody have different mandates, you know what I'm saying.
So like Netflix ain't accepting a lot of things that.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
To be absolutely so, how did you get into this business? Like,
from from the outside looking in, it looked like something
difficult to do?
Speaker 3 (03:52):
So how do you even take those steps? To someone
out there that got aspirations to want to follows the
footsteps that you don't?
Speaker 2 (03:58):
It's for for what I spec as far.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
As getting into the filmmaking as being an actor and okay,
building old relationship with big names like who doing all those?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
So so first and foremost networking is key and always
working hard and you gotta be cooking up, man, I
tell my artists all the time. You gotta stay cooking up.
You gotta be working on the next move and always
thinking about how can you place yourself in different paces?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Right? So, really that's how I got into the act right.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
So because essentially I was doing music right and then
I said, damn, I need to get myself in front
of more people.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
I need to be in front of more people, more
in front of more people.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
And then I started dealing with my partner jt the
bigger figure, which is one of my mentors.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
And what he did was he introduced the film world
to me.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Because I was talking about writing a movie and he
was like, to you, the old by the time you
have that movie done, by the time you get through
writing a movie, I'm gonna shut I'm gonna shoot five
movies and have him edited and ready and out. I
was like, how the fuck are you gonna do that?
I falls, I cussed on.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
I was like, how the fuck are you gonna do that? Uh?
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And he was like, ship, this is what I'm doing. So,
you know, he took me under the wing and showed
me the you know more, the ropes of creating movies independently.
You know what I'm saying, And so it pushed forward
from them. But before then, before I met J. Tito,
I had already did like three movies. I had did
(05:34):
Street Life independently, and then I did I was working
on Heart of the Streets when I met him, and
I were writing a movie when I met him, So
I was already independently making my movies.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
But he just showed me a form.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Of that worked better, and he gave me the game,
not only just in movie, but in publishing. They had
to do with music and things of that nature. And uh,
and brother is very knowledgeable. And if you know anything
about figures, if you knowing my JT the bigger figure
he's he's tied to game career. He's tied to master p.
(06:08):
You know what I'm saying. He's tied to Snoop Dogg. Yeah,
you know what I mean. He's tied to a life
of so any I'm I'm I'm of that product.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
You know what I'm saying. Of school. You know what
I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
A mentorship and I'm one of the very few niggas
who will give him, you.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Know, his flowers.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Yeah, yeah, Yeah, I like to see people for him
back to double aboard.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
It for them. Yeah, for sure, that's my brother, That's
my brother. Yeah. How many people follow you and support
what you got going on? Uh?
Speaker 1 (06:36):
You reach me a T doll the don t d
A w g d A d o N everywhere on
all platforms. T do all the don t d A
w g d A d o N on all platforms everywhere.
If you want to listen to my music, my music
out there, my new single jay Z rock out right
now with Rotten Nation distribution, go check that ain't gonna
(06:59):
tap in with that as well? Yeah for sure, but
my bad broke. I kind of went off on tangent.
But to go back to what you asked earlier, A
great way for people to break into what I'm doing
with the acting and the movies and things and just
actually start creating content yourself. Now, you know what I'm saying.
That's the first form. You know, you got people. You
(07:20):
can create skits, you know what I'm saying, You can
create a short film. You know what I'm saying, start
just actually working. And if you and that's if you're
a filmmaker, if you're an actor, then you gotta start
getting started looking for extra background ship to start getting
your feet wet and getting those rooms and getting those places.
And then also that starts building up your acting portfolio.
(07:42):
So you know what I'm saying, Yeah, you know what
I mean. Well, and also just at some point, you know,
start trying to get casted for looking, you know, for
places to be like like in you know, you gotta
this shit don't come to you, man, It's like if
but if you going to it will start swaying your
(08:06):
way if that makes any sense, right, Like, so the
universe will will send things your way if you're working
towards that direction, you know what I'm saying. So, yeah,
if you're working towards that direction, things will come your way.
People will come your way to you know, to help
you get that. But for the most for for the
most of all, you know what.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I'm saying, Like this is the man that's through out
here is doing it.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
So this, this is why we created.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
This platform to pass on information. So I think that's
value indormation that you're passing on to the feefle And
we'll appreciate you lopping in with us on the eyes
of the podcast.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Shout out to.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
The highest point podcast you dig on kicking Yeah, let
me get a crack.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yes, more than the
Speaker 4 (08:49):
Part this afestyle like style style
Discipline, dedication, Right, you gotta have those discipline dedication.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
You gotta be dedicated to the discipline.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
I love building something from ground up and seeing it
be successful. Start creating content yourself now, you know what
I'm saying. That's the first form.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
You know. You got people.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
You can create skits, you know what I'm saying. You
can create a short film. You know what I'm saying.
Start just actually working. You gotta be cooking up man.
I tell my artists all the time, and you gotta
stay cooking up podcasts more than.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
The part the se lifestyle like styles.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
And we had to braime major artists.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
If you got a special dres from the building, can
you introduce yourself? Let the people know what you do.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Listen, get it cracking this t do all the time.
Y'all already know what's going on with me? Yeah, the
player from the Human lal the one that take a
broad and slve. Now, but seriously, all bullshit A sided men, entrepreneur,
I would like to consider myself as a mobile. I'm
in the team in industry from from rapping to acting
(01:03):
to modeling to fashion. You know what I'm saying. To management,
you know, we I'm a big My portfolio is a
bit diversified, shall I say?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
I see it majors?
Speaker 4 (01:15):
But how do you focus on the main thing when
you do so many different you know what I'm saying?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Talents like what this? Are you the most all of it?
Because I like the hustle of it?
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Right?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Oh? So right?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
So like when you when you come from hustling, you
like to hustle. So I love buildings as well. So
I love building something from ground up and seeing it
be successful.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
So it with me.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
It's just time management. Time management. There's really time management.
I focus on that, but all of it to me
is important. All my businesses are important.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Right right? Yeah? Absolute? They make suense to do.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Man Like, what's one of the key things other than
time management to be a good entrepreneur?
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I wanted the key things other than time management to
be a good entrepreneur discipline, discipline, dedication, Right, you gotta
have those discipline, dedication.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
You gotta be dedicated to the discipline. Yeah, yeah, that's spice. Now,
how can what type of films have you been in?
You you said you was an actor.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
What type of actor are you? Any films that people
may have seen you.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
In Oh yeah, I have a show right now on
Tube that has been streamed over five many times called
The Trap House. It's on Tube right now. We also
do movie distribution as well as I have that distributed
other movies. Movies like Heller Drove available on Amazon Prime.
It's a comedy movie from a filmmaker named YC.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Bay.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Movies like Coach Boys from Omar Cook shout out to
Omar Cook. We have we have several films of like
actually we're right now. We have True Birmingham Barons that
we're working on. You know what I'm saying, I unexpected
term in the pipeline.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
And we have a.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Christmas movie that we shot in Detroit called Christmas Lick.
So we have a lot of films right now that's
in the post production.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Oh that's all I was. I've been in some films
and I always wondered about the distribution. So people got
films they can holler.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
At you for distribution. Yeah, we get a distributed you
know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
To be anywhere else other than the movie.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah, I see. Here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
I have a relationship with Hulu, to B, Amazon Prime, Netflix,
I have relationships with all those guys, right, But it
depends on what what the content is the client brains
because everybody have different mandates, you know what I'm saying.
So like Netflix ain't accepting a lot of things that.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
To be absolutely so, how did you get into this business? Like,
from from the outside looking in, it looked like something
difficult to do?
Speaker 3 (03:52):
So how do you even take those steps? To someone
out there that got aspirations to want to follows the
footsteps that you don't?
Speaker 2 (03:58):
It's for for what I spec as far.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
As getting into the filmmaking as being an actor and okay,
building old relationship with big names like who doing all those?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
So so first and foremost networking is key and always
working hard and you gotta be cooking up, man, I
tell my artists all the time. You gotta stay cooking up.
You gotta be working on the next move and always
thinking about how can you place yourself in different paces?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Right? So, really that's how I got into the act right.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
So because essentially I was doing music right and then
I said, damn, I need to get myself in front
of more people.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
I need to be in front of more people, more
in front of more people.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
And then I started dealing with my partner jt the
bigger figure, which is one of my mentors.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
And what he did was he introduced the film world
to me.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Because I was talking about writing a movie and he
was like, to you, the old by the time you
have that movie done, by the time you get through
writing a movie, I'm gonna shut I'm gonna shoot five
movies and have him edited and ready and out. I
was like, how the fuck are you gonna do that?
I falls, I cussed on.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
I was like, how the fuck are you gonna do that? Uh?
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And he was like, ship, this is what I'm doing. So,
you know, he took me under the wing and showed
me the you know more, the ropes of creating movies independently.
You know what I'm saying, And so it pushed forward
from them. But before then, before I met J. Tito,
I had already did like three movies. I had did
(05:34):
Street Life independently, and then I did I was working
on Heart of the Streets when I met him, and
I were writing a movie when I met him, So
I was already independently making my movies.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
But he just showed me a form.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Of that worked better, and he gave me the game,
not only just in movie, but in publishing. They had
to do with music and things of that nature. And uh,
and brother is very knowledgeable. And if you know anything
about figures, if you knowing my JT the bigger figure
he's he's tied to game career. He's tied to master p.
(06:08):
You know what I'm saying. He's tied to Snoop Dogg. Yeah,
you know what I mean. He's tied to a life
of so any I'm I'm I'm of that product.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
You know what I'm saying. Of school. You know what
I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
A mentorship and I'm one of the very few niggas
who will give him, you.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Know, his flowers.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Yeah, yeah, Yeah, I like to see people for him
back to double aboard.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
It for them. Yeah, for sure, that's my brother, That's
my brother. Yeah. How many people follow you and support
what you got going on? Uh?
Speaker 1 (06:36):
You reach me a T doll the don t d
A w g d A d o N everywhere on
all platforms. T do all the don t d A
w g d A d o N on all platforms everywhere.
If you want to listen to my music, my music
out there, my new single jay Z rock out right
now with Rotten Nation distribution, go check that ain't gonna
(06:59):
tap in with that as well? Yeah for sure, but
my bad broke. I kind of went off on tangent.
But to go back to what you asked earlier, A
great way for people to break into what I'm doing
with the acting and the movies and things and just
actually start creating content yourself. Now, you know what I'm saying.
That's the first form. You know, you got people. You
(07:20):
can create skits, you know what I'm saying, You can
create a short film. You know what I'm saying, start
just actually working. And if you and that's if you're
a filmmaker, if you're an actor, then you gotta start
getting started looking for extra background ship to start getting
your feet wet and getting those rooms and getting those places.
And then also that starts building up your acting portfolio.
(07:42):
So you know what I'm saying, Yeah, you know what
I mean. Well, and also just at some point, you know,
start trying to get casted for looking, you know, for
places to be like like in you know, you gotta
this shit don't come to you, man, It's like if
but if you going to it will start swaying your
(08:06):
way if that makes any sense, right, Like, so the
universe will will send things your way if you're working
towards that direction, you know what I'm saying. So, yeah,
if you're working towards that direction, things will come your way.
People will come your way to you know, to help
you get that. But for the most for for the
most of all, you know what.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I'm saying, Like this is the man that's through out
here is doing it.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
So this, this is why we created.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
This platform to pass on information. So I think that's
value indormation that you're passing on to the feefle And
we'll appreciate you lopping in with us on the eyes
of the podcast.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Shout out to.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
The highest point podcast you dig on kicking Yeah, let
me get a crack.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yes, more than the
Speaker 4 (08:49):
Part this afestyle like style style
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