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Meet Trae Austin of WINspired Media in Decatur

Today we’d like to introduce you to Trae Austin.

Trae, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
In 2011 one year after graduating from South West Dekalb high school in Decatur, I was introduced to a cousin at a family reunion that was/is an Assistant Director based in LA with 25+ years of film and television experience. He suggested I try to get into the TV/Film industry and connected me with some of his people based here in Atlanta. His efforts, along with my persistence, led to my first job as a Production Assistant on a feature Film called “The Watch” starring Ben Stiller. After working on a few projects and falling in love with the process, I craved even more knowledge. I wanted to learn the Art of Filmmaking from a creative perspective, so I enrolled in the film/TV production program at The Art Institute of Atlanta. It was there that I learned the foundation of every area of production from pre-production all the way through post-production. I learned how to write, light, shoot and edit content. After completely finding a passion for screenwriting, directing, and cinematography, I decided that I didn’t want to JUST work on big-budget film sets, I began creating, writing, shooting, editing and producing content for myself and in collaboration with others. It soon became a source of income and for me it gave me versatility, I could get jobs from my industry experience on major TV/Film projects Such as Fast and the furious 7, The Bobby Brown Story for BET, producing Content for Ice Cubes BIG 3 league in a partnership with Fox Sports and much more but also have the capability to work with local artist, brands, businesses and organizations to create original content. WINspired Media was Born December of 2017 with the idea of one half on the focus to be placed on collaboration and working with artists, brands, businesses and organizations to create content to help them elevate and grow. The other half of the focus is dedicated to creating original content for the Art. A happy marriage where business and art coincide and for what is today a Media company that has traveled nationwide to work with clients, but also developing original content right here at home.

Has it been a smooth road?
Absolutely not haha, everyone has their obstacles and moments where “life” just gets in the way. I took my heavy share of losses throughout the process ones wherein the moment I didn’t think I’d overcome but I never quit. I lost family, took breaks, at one point, I had a hard drive stolen with EVERYTHING stored on it along with 10,000 dollars’ worth of equipment including Cameras, Lenses, Mac Book everything. It knocked me down. I wasn’t myself for about a year. It almost broke me but I didn’t fold. I didn’t quit, blurred was the vision but it was still the vision. I eventually locked back in mentally realizing that losses are a part of the process and God sometimes removes things to create space for new ones and new opportunities. I’ve been building brick by brick daily, knowing what I have already overcome and knowing that there will come another moment where I’ll be tested and have to remain resilient and keep pushing forward, ‘there is no manifestation without preparation.’ I’m better prepared mentally because of my struggles. Thankful.

So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the WINspired Media story. Tell us more about the business.
WINspired media can help your brand grow from a marketing standpoint. Let’s work together to create visual content that will help elevate your brand, business, or artistry. Contact us through email or by phone, let’s discuss the goals of what we want to achieve with a project figure out what budget we need and let’s execute with efficiency for the best possible results. Currently putting together short and feature film projects for festivals WINspired media is always accepting talent submissions. Actors/Actresses can submit headshots, reel, resume to winspiredmedia@gmail.com. Heading into a new Decade in 2020, we plan to approach it with aggression. Our goal is to have five projects festival-ready by the top of the year. Connect with us on Social media @WINspiredMedia or contact me directly @TraexAustin. Winspiredmedia@gmail.com, 404.580.5320.

How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
The goal is to focus more on creating original content. Getting back into why I wanted to become a filmmaker and less of using WINspired media just for a business creating content for brands, and artist development and shift more so into the Art and inspiring the masses through it. In the next five years, I should have my studio built and running on the east side of Atlanta in Decatur, where I’m from to inspire and influence the kids and adults, whomever really that draws WINspiration from my moves to let them see it’s all indeed possible.

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