We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Franco Galvan . We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Franco below.
Franco , appreciate you joining us today. Let’s jump back to the first dollar you earned as a creative? What can you share with us about how it happened?
Yes! Great story. The first dollar I earned as a creative. This was when I was 18 or 19. I was interning at PBS. I was called on by a great producer named Ron Kabele who became a life long friend and mentor. Anyway I heard he had a gig at NASA. This was so long ago but it was literally the first time NASA did a broadcast for the internet. It was this big thing with kids and astronauts. I agreed to go and intern for free.
Ron actually produced for an independent production out of austin so when I got there and we had worked a half day already that morning I sat next to him and his executive producer for lunch, at NASA with the astronauts too. The executive producer turns to me and says “great job today. And you’re going to get paid for this.” His name is Richard Roberts he’s retired now but great guy! He started my professional career that day in production. This was 1999. I’m a seasoned vet now at 43.
Franco , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
Well I’m a filmmaker. First off. I’m making an independent film (years now) and that will be my debut feature. It’s a film noir.
I’m also an animation producer now and my first animation project will drop this summer. I also lead live productions and work on them in many capacities.
My film / multimedia company is different because it really focuses on networking and combining medium, and concepts.
I just want every time you hear my name you think of hand crafted top of the line work, philosophical, challenging, sincere.
Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?
Yeah, the sheer resilience it takes to not fall in line. To just believe. To know that no matter what this life of chaos & creativity is, it’s so much better than sitting behind some desk somewhere with this burning desire to create and not doing it. Working a regular job is not going to do it for you. Some people are just wired differently. These people do not give a f*** they are going to express at their highest form until they die. Because to not to that is death already.
Can you share your view on NFTs? (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)
NFTs and Web 3 are the future of artistic ownership. I worked on producing a multimedia conference at UCLA recently where some great Industry minds from media, film, and tech came together to talk web 3. It was great. Web 3 is about ownership vs handing over your art so a corporation can monetize it. Web 3 and NFTs and blockchain can be utilized many ways. Web 3 is about community vs audience. Love the things NFTs are putting in motion and monetary value wise they’ll be back.
Contact Info:
- Website: Mosaicmultimedia.net
- Instagram: @francogalvanfilm
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franco-galvan-6a7b18188
- Twitter: @FrancoGalvanLA
- Youtube: @franco2021
- Other: Stationhead.live/galvatronicsonic
Image Credits
Me. Franco Galvan.