Bad Habtiz Organization, LLC

 

Bad Habitz Organization, LLC is the creation of DeAnna Charett. She is the founder and executive director of Bad Habitz Organization, a 501(c)3 a non-profit organization that trains veterans in the local entertainment industry.  She has taken her 20 years of military service and her 15 years of film industry experience and merged them together to help her fellow brother and sister veterans.

 

DeAnna Charett is an actress, director, locations scout, locations manager and a producer.  Her actress credits include Home (2022), Voices (2022), Lunch Movie, the Movie (2014), The Dojo (2013), Disorientation (2012), Up to Date (2012) Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008).  Her producer credits include Sugar Free Death (2022), We Must Save Our Schools (2022), Home (2022) and Flora's Spell (2021).  Her director credits include Sugar Free Death (2022), Lunch Money, the Movie (2014), Disorientation (2012) and Up to Date (2012).  Her location credits include Sugar Free Death (locations scout & manager - 2022), Master Gardner (assistant locations manager - 2022), We Must Save Our Schools (locations scout & manager - 2022), Home, Daisy and Smiling Jack (locations scout & manager - 2021) and Flora's Spell (locations scout & manager - 2021).

 

Bad Habitz mission is to train veterans in the entertainment industry, whether it be in front of the camera as cast, behind the camera as crew or in the music industry.  The goal is for veterans to be able to work on documentaries, commercials, television shows, music videos, feature films or anything to do with entertainment, working and networking with others in both the entertainment industry and in the community.  

 

 

Our ideal student is a male or female veteran, age 25 to 80 with possibly some combat experience, junior to senior enlisted and junior to senior officer with or without command experience. Who has an interest in the entertainment industry where it be in front of or behind the camera, we are also interested in training other onsite services and would like to target veterans that had specialty career and would like to directly apply that skill to the entertainment industry (crafty/cooks etc).

 

While there are countless schools across the country that train people in the industry as well as numerous organizations that specifically network veterans within the industry, there currently is no program to help transition veterans over to the industry by providing training at no cost. Therefore, we have no direct competitors. 

 

 

While Bad Habitz is still in the startup stage of development, interest by local veterans and local entertainment professionals has been exceptional.  The Louisiana State Veterans Affairs office has expressed interest in the use of this program to help veterans with PTSD and veterans that are withdrawn from their family and their community.

 

 

Bad Habitz is requesting, a one-time startup cost of $66,180 for purchasing the proper equipment and software to train our veterans, a yearly operational funding of $132,000 and a yearly cost of $50,000 for local entertainment professionals teach our veterans.  The total a startup funding request by Bad Habitz Organization is $259,590.  After the equipment is purchased, the yearly cost to train the veterans and have an operational budget is estimated at $507,770.

 

 

Bad Habitz Organization has already caught the attention of other veterans that are in the entertainment industry and of many veteran support organizations.  With that in mind, once an established training curriculum has been produced, Bad Habitz would like to introduce the program to other state VA departments.

Bad Habitz Organization Board of Directors

 

            Collette Mathis is the Internal Audit Director for the Louisiana Housing Corporation. The mission of the Louisiana Housing Corporation is to ensure that every Louisiana resident is granted an opportunity to obtain safe, affordable, energy-efficient housing.

 

            Henry Turner, Jr is a musician, vocalist, guitar player, composer, producer and promoter.  Henry is involved in the annual Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Festival, the Baton Rouge Soul Food Festival and Henry Turner, Jr. Day.  Henry Turner Jr’s. Listening Room and Heritage Museum opened Baton Rouge in 2014. The purpose of the venue is to introduce, encourage and support local and regional talent, as well as provide national touring acts an intimate and inviting place to perform.

 

            Lori Jackson is the director of the Women’s Business Resource Center at the Urban League of Louisiana.  The New Orleans native graduated from the University of New Orleans with a bachelor’s in business management and master’s in business administration. She has worked in the financial and logistics industry for the last 10 years in various roles, including running her company MSC Financial Services for the last five years. She also runs a nonprofit, Empower Your Cents, that teaches financial literacy.

 

            Bad Habitz Organization, LLC is the creation of DeAnna Charett. She is the founder and executive director of Bad Habitz Organization, a 501(c)3 a non-profit organization that trains veterans in the local entertainment industry.  She has taken her 20 years of military service and her 15 years of film industry experience and merged them together to help her fellow brother and sister veterans.

 

DeAnna Charett is an actress, director, locations scout, locations manager and a producer.  Her actress credits include Home (2022), Voices (2022), Lunch Movie, the Movie (2014), The Dojo (2013), Disorientation (2012), Up to Date (2012) Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008).  Her producer credits include Sugar Free Death (2022), We Must Save Our Schools (2022), Home (2022) and Flora's Spell (2021).  Her director credits include Sugar Free Death (2022), Lunch Money, the Movie (2014), Disorientation (2012) and Up to Date (2012).  Her location credits include Sugar Free Death (locations scout & manager - 2022), Master Gardner (assistant locations manager - 2022), We Must Save Our Schools (locations scout & manager - 2022), Home, Daisy and Smiling Jack (locations scout & manager - 2021) and Flora's Spell (locations scout & manager - 2021).