Stay ConnectedJust Shoot It is a podcast about directing hosted by directors. Each week we interview filmmakers on writing, cinematography, development and acting to learn how to build a successful career as a filmmaker in the Hollywood industry.
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This week we are joined by accomplished producer Carolina Groppa, who is most known for Autism in Love, Miss Virginia, and The Female Brain. Carolina shares what it’s like working as a freelance producer, and lists the kind of qualities a director should have to get a producer's attention.
Check out Carolina’s podcast, Angle on Producers, anywhere you find podcasts.
Unpaid Endorsements:
Oren: Wag Flag to get a studio look for your on a budget shoots
Matt: The second half of the movie Black Bear
Carolina: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar on Amazon Prime
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Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.
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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod
Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.
Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.
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Today on the pod we offer our advice on acting while chatting with actors from the Lee Strasberg Institute. We talk about prep, reels, and give first hand accounts of what the director is actually thinking after your audition.
Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.
Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.
Follow Matt on twitter and instagram.
Follow Oren on twitter and instagram.
Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.
Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy
See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod
Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.
Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.
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Today on the pod we chat with partner and executive producer Sam Penfield of 1stAveMachiene. Sam helps steer the careers of emerging directors, and she shares advice on what you could do to kickstart yours.
Check out 1stAveMachiene and all the awesome work they do at https://www.1stavemachine.com/
Unpaid Endorsements:
Oren: If you like someones art online try to work with them
Matt: Instagram feed called ‘shitty rigs’
Sam: A company called This is Arc if you’re in need of a head hunter
Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.
Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.
Follow Matt on twitter and instagram.
Follow Oren on twitter and instagram.
Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.
Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy
See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod
Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.
Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.
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Friend of the show Roxy Shih joins us on the pod today! We chat about how to navigate directing other people’s scripts, and how to go about making changes if necessary.
Unpaid Endorsements:
Oren: If you rent Airbnb or go to a place with a pool, bring a pump to inflate pool toys and a set of tools. Also, if you’re on a zoom call use names with addressing people so everyone knows they’re important to you in that meeting
Matt: Utilize startup communities to learn more on how to get a film off the ground, and start thinking of your film like a startup
Roxy: Directing tip: using the way you say action to set up the mood of a scene
Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.
Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.
Follow Matt on twitter and instagram.
Follow Oren on twitter and instagram.
Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.
Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy
See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod
Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.
Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.
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Accomplished director and fellow podcaster Mike Pecci joins us on the pod this week. He shares his insights about becoming a working director, and answers the question of when should you move to Hollywood?
Unpaid Endorsements:
Oren: Matt Ridder Twitter thread about his first open writing assignment
Matt: Episode 132 of the podcast Show Don’t Tell
Mike: The book ‘Talking to Strangers’ by Malcolm Gladwell
Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.
Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.
Follow Matt on twitter and instagram.
Follow Oren on twitter and instagram.
Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.
Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy
See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod
Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.
Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.
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Today we sit down with comedy director, LP, who is most known for directing sketch comedy on Funny or Die, T.V shows like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and her latest feature Desperados on Netflix. We chat about how she took her experience making short 3 min sketches, and turned it into a film and television directing career.
Unpaid Endorsements:
Oren: Using Youtube for things like how to tile a backsplash, a short film from Lulu Wang on Youtube called ‘Nian’ shot on the iPhone 12 pro.
Matt: ‘Freaks and Geeks’ is on Hulu
LP: The reality show ‘Ink Master’
Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.
Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.
Follow Matt on twitter and instagram.
Follow Oren on twitter and instagram.
Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.
Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy
See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod
Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.
Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.
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Filmmaker Daniel Scarpati sits down with us to chat about his recent book, Gofers: On The Front Lines of Film and Television, and all the valuable lessons it contains. We outline the life of a production assistant, how to start in this business with zero connections, and explain why success is about who you don’t know.
Unpaid Endorsements:
Oren: The ticktok-er Mad Matthies has a Youtube channel about her crazy video transitions
Matt: A Fast Company article called ‘How Bill Hater Went from Production Assistant to SNL Hero to Leading Man’ and a film called ‘The Donut King’
Daniel: A 3 part book series called ‘Keeper of the Clown’
Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.
Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.
Follow Matt on twitter and instagram.
Follow Oren on twitter and instagram.
Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.
Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy
See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod
Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.
Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.
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Director Fisher Stevens sits down with us today to talk about his recently released film ‘Palmer’. He gets into how he got Justin Timberlake to star in his film, what it’s like working with a minor, and his decision to make the movie he wanted for a smaller budget.
Unpaid Endorsements:
Oren: A Youtube channel called Wandering DP
Matt: The film ‘Sound of Metal’
Fisher: Drink green juice
Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.
Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.
Follow Matt on twitter and instagram.
Follow Oren on twitter and instagram.
Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.
Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy
See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod
Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.
Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stunt performer Stephen Koepfer can’t wait to get hit by a car (safely), but has been shoved around a bit on projects like John Wick: Chapter 3, The Blacklist, and Devs. Stephen talks with us about the technical side of stunt work, and how achievable stunts are even for the low budget films.
Unpaid Endorsements:
Oren: The essential sounds tab in premiere pro now lets you license music directly from premiere
Matt: A video essay called Howard Hawks and the Art of the Screwball Comedy on Film Struck
Steve: Open Broadcast Studio to find footage for your reel
Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.
Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.
Follow Matt on twitter and instagram.
Follow Oren on twitter and instagram.
Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.
Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy
See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod
Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.
Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Accomplished director Justin Polk wasn’t sure where to start his filmmaking career, but he worked hard, made the move to LA, and is now a working director with his own production company Invisible Collective. Justin shares his story and gives insights along the way on what worked for him, and how it could work for you.
Unpaid Endorsements:
Oren: Watch the film Nomadland
Matt: A directing book called Master Shots
Justin: The saying ‘all they can say is no’, and general advice that in order to survive as a working director you have to be willing to collaborate
Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.
Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.
Follow Matt on twitter and instagram.
Follow Oren on twitter and instagram.
Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.
Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy
See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod
Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.
Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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