Gotta Get It
Gotta Get It is part of Glow media’s first collection of shorts. This film collection follows three high school friends as they navigate the usual ups and downs of teenage life, while also dealing with significant underlying mental health difficulties. The films may be viewed in succession, or individually. In this film, Brandon struggles with the pressure to earn a college scholarship, showing how much stress today's teens feel to succeed.
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Film Writers and Producers
Trish Glowacki
Writer/Executive Producer Trish Glowacki is a thespian, writer, and songwriter. Trish has written many short stories and is working on a novel and memoir. Her first musical, WARNING: Take Only As Directed, has been adapted for the screen. As an actor, choreographer and director over the years, Trish honed her skills at Adventure Theatre, a theater for young audiences, in Glen Echo, Maryland. Her most notable acting roles include Little Red Riding Hood and Chicken Little. Trish has served on many different boards in the D.C. area and is involved with several volunteer organizations. Raising awareness about the importance of mental health education is her current major focus. Trish lives in Washington, D.C. |
Andrea Hansell, PhD
Co-Writer Andrea Hansell, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with many years’ experience working with children and adolescents and their parents. Dr. Hansell is also a published author of several short stories. Andrea received her BA in Psychology and Creative Writing from Princeton, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan. |
Justin Chiet
Director/Co-Writer Justin found his passion in visual storytelling as a child through creating comic books and 35mm B&W photography, inspired by his mother’s father who shot for LIFE magazine. His parents always supported his love for art and pushed him to pursue newfound ventures, like years of lessons behind the drumset. He realized what he wanted to do with his life at age 11 after seeing a few life-changing films and being gifted a camcorder by his father’s father. With an artist for a mother and a father in advertising, he realized he could maintain a career in his dream industry by creating custom content to help businesses and individuals succeed in their own industries.He started Chiet Productions while in college and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Media and Film in 2011 from Towson University. Staying true to his roots, he strives to evoke emotion, character, and story through innovative and compelling visuals, always utilizing sound and music to influence the edit. Chiet also freelances as a Director of Photography [DP], Camera Operator, and Drone Pilot. Most recently, Justin DP’d PBS’s music variety show Live At 9:30, DP’d a feature length American adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear and adopted a siberian husky. |
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Chiet Productions
Produced by Chiet Productions is a professional & innovative Baltimore/Washington D.C. based full-service multimedia production company offering video production, photography, and graphic/web design, as well as online media branding/content and strategy. We specialize in producing promotional content that tells our clients unique story in a compelling and cinematic style that will be successful in today’s digital advertising platform, with particular emphasis on showing their customers the people behind the product or service, and the story behind the company; thus turning customers into fans. We have all different types of clients from small companies to corporate businesses, and non-profits to music artists, trying to provide professional, effective, high quality, yet affordable work. In these modern times where businesses can be more abundant and competitive than ever, people have more and more options to choose from. Successful companies need something special to make them stand apart, and we believe that is not a gimmick or expensive advertising campaign. Its passionate individuals with their own unique stories, and a custom content media crew to bring their own “movie” to life. Visit Chiet Productions’ Website |