Film Director Shares How Economy Helps Independents Get Big Stars

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 8, 2009 -- Robert Picardo who has had parts in “Star Trek Voyager”, “Stargate Atlantis”, “China Beach”, “Chasing the Green”, and the movie “PJ”, took time out of his busy schedule to help promote the works of independent director Russ Emanuel of RUSSEM, a independent film company.

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Film Director Shares How Economy Helps Independents Get Big Stars

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Russ Emanuel appeared on “Instructions To Money Radio” hosted by Daniel Merrick last week and shortly after hired Merrick’s PR firm VIPPR.Org to help promote his projects. Also on the show was Craig Frankel whose life story is now a feature film that RUSSEM filmed and Frankel produced. The show highlighted an interview with the famous actor Robert Picardo who had a role in the film.

Russ Emanuel says that this is the time for small independent film makers to find their place in the sun! Russ is the director of "Chasing the Green" and "PJ" just to name a few of the works he has directed. Working with such well known actors as Jeremy London, Ryan Hurst, Heather McComb, Dan Grimaldi, William Devane, Robert Picardo, and John Heard is how this young Director is making a name for himself in Hollywood. “Big studios are feeling the budget crunch which opens doors for independent film makers”. Russ says the down economy can mean opportunity for those who have a dream to be in the film industry.

Big Stars have become more open to appearing in roles that the independents have as some of the big studios cut back on doing smaller films. The opportunity for even unknown film producers and directors to get big name stars has increased over the last few years as the fame of film festivals and productions with small budgets has become the in thing to do for many Hollywood stars. Many actors are even starting their own companies and hiring out work to small independents to finish pet projects that the studios have cut due to costs.

Russ says the key is to have a good distribution network in place to market the film. With the internet becoming the fastest publishing tool in the media industry places like Amazon become a press on demand DVD, Book, and CD arm of every creative person with Createspace™. “I am truly grateful for the opportunity to work with great stars like these” Russ said. According to Russ, small companies only need to network and they can have stars like Picardo in their films. Being an independent dose not mean you are unknown or that the actors in your films are unknown either.

Publicist Daniel Merrick announced that he had begun his PR firm, Daniel Merrick PR, and had taken on clients from the Film and Music industry as well as a popular Chicago area comedian, Darren Marlar. Daniel Merrick PR now represents Russ Emanuel, Craig Frankel, Elizabeth Salvatico (CCM), and Sean O’Donoghue, a Folk singer along with Sean’s charity for sustainable ecological education. Daniel is a distant cousin of the famous David and Daniel Merrick film family and his PR firm is located in Pennsylvania. Merrick’s company RDJCatalog.Com is a retail distributor of Amazon products where DVD’s and CD’s are for sale from his clients.

It seems like in the down economy stars are more likely to take parts in these films as long as the quality and production values are comparable to the larger studios. Getting on the fast track to fame, Russ and Craig are just a few of the up and coming names that you will no doubt see on the red carpet at Hollywood award shows in the near future.

One of Russ’s recent films, “Chasing the Green”, is the true life story of Craig Frankel how the FTC forced the sale of his company and fined him 24 million dollars over 29 complaint letters. The story is a saga of how the little guy goes from rags to riches and takes on the government and wins his day in court. The DVD is available on Netflix and at Amazon.com (4 ½ stars Amazon Rated).

More information can be found online at http://www.chasingthegreen.com

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