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We rarely think of as great movies as breezy ones: Breeziness is supposedly only for disposable entertainment, though achieving filmmaking greatness in the way we normally think of it — with impressive sets, heavy-duty acting and ultra-polished cinematography

Part 2 of the Filmmakers Notebook Q&A with the talented and insightful filmmaker, Angelo Bell. As I mentioned before, it is not only Angelo's creativity and abilities that made me want to find out more about him and his work, but his willingness to share his knowledge with others, so here he is once again offering valuable information I think you'll enjoy reading.

The first time I heard of Angelo Bell was on Twitter. I read a couple of his tweets about writing screenplays and wanted to know more. Here was a filmmaker with wit and wisdom who was willing to share both with friends and strangers alike via social media. Very quickly, I realized how much this man understands the delicate balance between business and artistry when it comes to making movies. So, it is with great pleasure that I bring you Part 1 of this Filmmakers Q&A with Angelo.

As I mentioned earlier, last June I had the pleasure of meeting Canadian Filmmaker Heath Tait at the Las Vegas Film Festival, when he came to accept an award for his autobiographical documentary "Vancouver Vagabond". He impressed me then as a passionate, opinionated individual, who like many had struggled a great deal while trying to become recognized as an indendent artist while producing this project and an earlier one called "Pictorial Forest" that took years to finish. Hope you enjoyed the first part of this Filmmakers Notebook Q&A with Heath and now on to Part 2.

Last June I had the pleasure of meeting Canadian Filmmaker Heath Tait at the Las Vegas Film Festival when he came to accept an award for his autobiographical documentary "Vancouver Vagabond". He impressed me then as a passionate, opinionated individual, who like many had struggled a great deal while trying to become recognized as an indendent artist while producing this project and an earlier one called "Pictorial Forest" that took years to finish. Because of this I thought he'd be an interesting person to interview I believe you will find that to be the case when you read Part 1 of his Filmmakers Notebook Q&A.

Now that you've had the chance to meet 10 year-old award winning Film Critic Perry Chen, it's time to meet the woman who has helped promote him and build his website, his mother Dr. Zhu Shen. A Biotech Consultant and Marketing Specialist with her own firm BioForesight, Zhu has put some of her own career aspirations on hold in order to guide her talented son's development. I'm sure you'll find what she has to say in this Filmmakers Notebook Q&A very interesting.

Hollywood based independent film producer, Jason Brubaker is perhaps best known to many for his successful website Filmmaking Stuff, which was named last January as one of the Top 50 Blogs for MovieMakers by MovieMaker Magazine. An expert on Video On Demand Distribution, Jason has been offering a number resources to independent filmmakers from his site and is also available for speaking engagements. In this two part Q&A interview you can find out more about how Brubaker's journey and his fascination with filmmaking stuff!

The 2010 Digital Video Expo takes place from September 28th through the 30th at the Pasadena Auditorium in Pasadena, CA.

Q&A with "My Run " Producer Mark Castaldo, who talks about the documentary, his work and the Nicholl Fellowship.

The next member of the "My Run " team for you to get to know better is Co-Producer Christine Redlin, who is an experienced marketer in both the film and music industries.