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🎥 - Co-Founder @mediaboltproductions
📝 - This Is My Creative Journal
💁‍♂️ - Find Me On Set Pulling Focus
🌩 - Creating To Educate And Inspire

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Still buzzing from last week’s @soulfighterfilm trailer premiere! 🧡🎬 Seeing our community, friends, and family come together to celebrate this film meant so much to us at Media Bolt.

Bringing this sci-fi western to life took countless hours, heart, and sacrifice from our cast and crew. We’re grateful for everyone who gave their time, talent, and trust to help build this world.

To everyone behind the scenes and everyone who came out to cheer us on—thank you for being part of the Soul Fighter journey. ⚔️🔥⚔️

📸: @mikaylaasulli

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Last night, it came to life 🔥

A room full of people who came to stand inside the world before the world was ready to show itself.

We premiered the trailer. We opened up the build; the costumes, the props, the panel, the footage no one had seen.

Thank you to everyone who showed up and made the first look feel like a first step. This is the beginning of something bigger.

Trailer’s live now at soulfighterfilm.com. Link in bio.

#SoulFighterFilm #milwaukeefilm #chicagofilm @directorslibrary @directorsnotes @shepherdexpress @mkefilm @milwaukee_cm @mkescreenwritersroom @unitedadworkers @livedandy @filmmakerfridaychicago @midwestfilm @urbanmke @milwaukeebusinessjournal

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Milwaukee is creative 🎬

Talent throughout the Milwaukee and Chicago area came together to produce a sci-fi western film like no other.

Proud to be part of this production alongside all these phenomenal talents.

Watch the original trailer here:
https://youtu.be/NAPnEuYsny4?si=wvBn1yecTH0QK-vW

Logline: when a warden carries out his duty against his closest friend, he discovers that on this planet, the ground doesn’t always keep what you give it.

Follow @soulfighterfilm
Immanuel Baldwin, Writer / Director
Media Bolt Productions

This is only the beginning of a much larger story and world ⚔️

#soulfighterfilm #scifimovies #milwaukee #filmmaking #wisconsin

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⚔️ 🔥 The Soul Fighter trailer is officially out! 🔥 ⚔️

I couldn’t be more proud of our production teams, cast and crew. I feel incredibly blessed to have been asked to be part of this project—not only as an actor, but also to write and compose music for it.

There’s something about working with this team that always feels larger than life, and I truly believe we’re headed toward even grander things.

It feels like a beautiful twist of fate to have two of my worlds music & film collide in this way. I’m humbled, grateful, and just taking in this moment.

Had an absolute blast on set 🎬 and I hope you enjoy the trailer as much as we enjoyed bringing this story to life.

Soul Fighter — watch it, share it, repost it & stay tuned. 🎥 🎶

@soulfighterfilm #SoulFighter #SciFiWestern #MilwaukeeFilm #FilmFestival #Film

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@soulfighterfilm trailer reveal party ⚔️🔥

Super proud of @mediaboltproductions for this amazing short film coming soon ❕Can’t wait to share more about my small role on screen + set the tone for the soundtrack 🎥

STAY TUNED ❕

#film #filmmakers #milwaukee
Independent Film Makers

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⚔️🔥THE SOUL FIGHTER OFFICIAL TRAILER IS HERE. ⚔️🔥

Somewhere beyond the edge of the known frontier, a new story is waiting.

After months of building worlds, braving the elements, and putting everything we had into this film, we’re proud to finally unveil the official trailer for SOUL FIGHTER.

A sci-fi western forged through dust, steel, strange worlds, and the incredible work of a cast and crew who believed in the vision from the very beginning.

Produced by @mediaboltproductions in conjunction with @theparablestudio, Soul Fighter is the result of a group of filmmakers coming together to create something ambitious, original, and completely our own.

To every artist, performer, technician, and collaborator who stepped onto this frontier with us —this one belongs to you.

The trail has been long.

Now it’s time to see where it leads.

⚔️ SOUL FIGHTER — OFFICIAL TRAILER⚔️

Turn it up.

Watch it.

Share it.

And welcome to the frontier.

**Full cast & crew credits below.**

#SoulFighter #SciFiWestern #IndependentFilm #IndieFilm #MilwaukeeFilm WisconsinFilm ScienceFiction Western Filmmaking Cinematography

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The Soul Fighter Trailer drops tomorrow night! Big shout to our community as the trailer reveal event is at full capacity! We can’t wait to celebrate Soul Fighter tomorrow! ⚔️🔥⚔️🔥

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Media Bolt Productions is coming up on 6 years in business 🎥

Six years later, our goal and our mission are still the same: tell high-quality stories that help brands connect with their audience.

We’re incredibly thankful for every client who has trusted us with their story, every collaborator who has helped us bring those stories to life, and every friend who has supported us along the way.

It’s been one hell of a ride, and we’re just getting started. 🥂

Let Us Tell Your Story

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I felt voiceless. I was differently-abled.

Fighting for every breath to make it into this world as a 1.5 pound miracle baby that wasn’t supposed to live.

@viacom_intl Viacom interviewed me at @vidcon VidCon, the largest video conference in the world, for their #generationchange campaign and they asked me what advice I would want everyone to hear.

Diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome as a child, I was the “weird kid”, twitching and ticking my way through life.

And all I wanted to do was blend in.

I dealt with a lot of adversity and bullying growing up.

And it hurt.

Physically.
Emotionally.
Psychologically.

Not knowing why it was all happening.
Not knowing how to make it stop.

You can’t.
It’s incontrollable.
And you don’t know you’re doing it.

I wanted to give out the opposite of the negativity I had received by others around me; to be a giver of good and love.

No matter how bad my day, I made the decision to give good out, 365 days a year, with the hopes to achieve my ‘WHY’.

To inspire one person each day to chase their dreams.

To get up one more time after they’ve fallen 50, and know that they ARE succeeding EVERY time they do.

And to inspire that person to inspire someone ELSE.

Life will continue to throw us all curve balls.

And I know I’ll keep getting up to the plate and swinging.

Life will continue to knock us down.

And I’ll keep getting back up every time.

Because as I was told when I asked “why did you put me in a Lion as my first costume as a baby?”

“Because you’re a fighter...You fought for every breath to make it into this world.”

It's my wish that you'll fight too.

Because we all have a voice and a story waiting to unfold.

Because we all matter. ❤️

Because we are all more than enough. ❤️

📸 Eric Didier 🎥 'Dids'
🖤 Quentin Michael Allums Q, my #LinkedIn son in support 📸 2018

#disabilitypridemonth #tourettes #tourettesyndrome #mytourette #tics #differentlyabled #werisetogether
Tourette Association of America

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Derek Pfister of Chair on Stair Films sat down with Media Bolt Productions on their podcast series and discussed one of the most important topics of filmmaking: storytelling.

While great cinematography, stunning visuals, detailed costumes, and impressive production design can elevate a project, they should never overshadow the story itself. At the heart of every memorable film is a compelling narrative that connects with an audience on an emotional level.

What are your thoughts? Is story king, or do visuals have an equal role in creating a great film?

Media Bolt Podcast:
https://youtube.com/@mediaboltpodcast?si=ai4X9q9UHqxgwJAV

#Storytelling #Filmmaking #MediaBoltProductions #DirectorLife #IndependentFilm

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Award season continues!

Proud to announce that The Next Frame has received a Bronze award at the 47th Annual Telly Awards in the Craft – Directing category.

Honored to be recognized for visionary leadership and storytelling through direction alongside an incredible team at Chair on Stair Films.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our productions and believed in what we’re building.

A huge thank you to the incredible talent who trusted the vision and brought these stories to life: Eric Didier, Justin Jackson, Daniel J. Pico, Maureen Janson, Michael Keeney & Katherine Thompson, Michael Viers and Maddie Dooher.

This award is dedicated to all those involved in The Next Frame 🎬

Watch Season 3 here:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVVPW1PpJXWrcTI0dURsD7Y_Xyb9J-Nrx

#TellyAwards #TheNextFrame #Filmmaking #Director #wisconsinfilm

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