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055 • Broke Indie Filmmakers Winning Oscars? Mar 18, 2025

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In this episode Blake talks about indie filmmakers Sean Baker and Brady Corbet and the Oscar wins for their films Anora and The Brutalist. Oh, and are they really both broke?

Learn more about my indie film:

http://www.caseymakesamixtape.com

Watch Variety's Directors on Directors:

https://youtu.be/3e5BQ1cFXzg?si=hsjElpmhYT7LE3KM

Watch "Why to NOT make a film with an iPhone" series:

https://youtu.be/VzHTiU8afyg

Thanks for listening!

054 • Learn Smartphone Cinema with Bart Weiss Dec 17, 2024

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In this episode Blake interviews filmmaker & educator Bart Weiss about his new book, "Smartphone Cinema - Making Great Films with Your Mobile Phone".

Buy the book here:

https://geni.us/F3UtDSd (Amazon)

https://geni.us/G1NO (from publisher)

https://videofest.org/services/newsletter (Bart's newsletter)

053 • Making MONEY with LOW-BUDGET Indie Films Dec 17, 2024

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In this episode Blake does a general overview of various distribution options to consider for low & micro-budget indie films.

▶︎ Check out my film: http://www.caseymakesamixtape.com

▶︎ My past work on Tubi, etc:

CONTINUUM (sci-fi) https://tubitv.com/movies/100003266/continuum

KILLING DOWN (action) https://tubitv.com/movies/100000518/killing-down?start=true

PINK (dark comedy) https://www.pinktheseries.com/

▶︎ Other mentioned sites:

http://www.filmhub.com

http//www.bitmax.net

http://www.premieredigital.com/

http://www.filmfreeway.com

Disappearing Boy (micro-budget indie film)

https://youtu.be/Bz2Zxo0MS_A?si=UIcLtId1JA9D4O34

052 • Indie Film Production and iPhone Apple Log Aug 06, 2024

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The podcast is back after a hiatus! In this episode Blake gives an update on his feature film "Casey Makes A Mixtape" and also discusses how he used an iPhone and Apple log in the film's production.

Learn more about the film:

https://www.loudpictures.com/casey-makes-a-mixtape

051 • How To Use AI for Everyday Filmmaking Apr 04, 2023

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In this episode Blake covers how he uses various AI technology to help create and enhance his everyday filmmaking work. CASEY'S FAVORITE SONG (new movie): https://www.loudpictures.com/caseys-favorite-song Shooting a movie with RED Komodo: https://youtu.be/YsCxnWdz2Lo Adobe Podcast: https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance Runway ML: http://www.runwayml.com Topaz Labs Video AI: https://www.topazlabs.com/topaz-video-ai/ref/1707/ Main YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/iPhoneographers Thanks for listening! © 2023 ImageWorks Inc.

050 • Do You Care About New Gimbals? Jan 17, 2023

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In this episode Blake tries to figure out why smartphone gimbals don't seem to be as popular as they used to be.
NEW Short Film Course:
https://geni.us/DIYShortFilmSave10 (SAVE 10%)
Music video shot on RED and iPhone:
https://youtu.be/gPO0UVCTys8
Main YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/iPhoneographers
Thanks for listening!
© 2023 ImageWorks Inc.

049 • FiLMiC Pro V7 Release (What I REALLY Think) Dec 06, 2022

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In this episode Blake talks about the release of the $50/year V7 subscription version of FiLMiC Pro and how it might affect the mobile filmmaking community.
Mobile filmmaking courses:
https://academy.iphoneographers.tv
FiLMiC Pro LUT Packs:
https://www.iphoneographers.tv/shop
Main YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/iPhoneographers
Thanks for listening!
© 2022 ImageWorks Inc.

048 • iPads Are Great... So Why Do I NEVER Use Mine? Nov 09, 2022

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In this episode Blake talks about why he loves his iPad Pro, but almost never uses it and tries to figure out why that is the case.
Mobile filmmaking courses:
https://academy.iphoneographers.tv
FiLMiC Pro LUT Packs:
https://www.iphoneographers.tv/shop
Main YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/iPhoneographers
Thanks for listening!
© 2022 ImageWorks Inc.

047 • Breaking Down the FiLMiC PRO Subscription Controversy Sep 27, 2022

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In this episode Blake breaks down the latest info surrounding the FiLMiC Pro subscription model controversy, which if you haven't been paying attention has really stirred up quite the storm in the mobile filmmaking community.
Mobile filmmaking courses:
https://academy.iphoneographers.tv
FiLMiC Pro LUT Packs:
https://www.iphoneographers.tv/shop
Main YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/iPhoneographers
Thanks for listening!
© 2022 ImageWorks Inc.

046 • I'm Not Excited About the iPhone 14 (Yet) Aug 30, 2022

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In this episode Blake looks at why he's not (yet) excited about the iPhone release.
Mobile filmmaking courses:
https://academy.iphoneographers.tv
FiLMiC Pro LUT Packs:
https://www.iphoneographers.tv/shop
Main YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/iPhoneographers
Thanks for listening!
© 2022 ImageWorks Inc.

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