Hello, my name is Travis Myers and welcome to the Hometown Hollywood podcast where you can find advice, inspiration, and Strategies for Success from talented people that are making a name for themselves inside the film industry, but outside the major film cities. Like I already said, my name is Travis Myers, and this is the first episode of the podcast. I'm an aspiring DP, I've shot a couple of short films that are currently in the festival circuit, and by day I make local commercials at an ad agency for a living. I am the first to say that I am not the best host. I don't like my own voice. I've obviously got some breathing problem that I have to edit out to make me sound even competent but I'm very passionate about the subject and I hope that some of that comes through in the interviews that we do.
I tell bad jokes and I'm easily amused by those bad jokes. So be on the lookout for that. And I'll probably just have way too much fun with the editing of the audio as well. So a purpose of the show, is for a long time, I thought you had to move to LA to make it in the film industry and the more time that I spent online, I realized that some of these people that are doing great work, live in places other than LA or New York or Atlanta, or wherever big films are made. And some people are doing it in, let's say, Beaumont, Texas, which is where I am based out of and it's pretty much the middle of nowhere, but there's a growing community of film people. And then I heard on other podcasts that people were doing it out of Provo, Utah or Abbyville, Louisiana.
This isn't a show to shame people who have moved to LA. Because if that is what's right for you, that's what's right for you. This is more of a show to inspire people wherever they are, if they have a camera and they're willing to work, you can create your own hometown Hollywood, and I'm excited for what the podcast will bring and I hope that you will enjoy it as well.
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It's gonna be a journey for me and hopefully, it will inspire journeys for others. Thanks