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Episode 90 - Prepping a Production Feb 27, 2017

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How do you prep a production? Where do you start? This week, Alrik and Timothy describe the process of prepping a music video that Timothy is directing and Alrik is producing.

Episode 89 - Starting a Career in Commercial Directing with Plummer/Strauss Feb 20, 2017

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Justin Plummer III and Martin Strauss are two San Francisco Bay Area directors who get paid to direct full time. They talk with us about how they got started and what it's like to sign with a big time LA commercial production company.

Episode 88 - Microbudget Filmmaking with Liz Manashil Feb 13, 2017

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This week we hear how Liz Manashil is making her movies on a microbudget, finding name actors, getting distribution and sustaining her career as a filmmaker.

Episode 87 - A Tweet from Jay Duplass! Feb 06, 2017

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We shoot the breeze this week with a few topics including La La Land, tax season, getting rejected from film festivals and a Tweet from Jay Duplass!

Episode 86 - Lighting TV & Movies with Ryan Thomas Jan 30, 2017

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Ryan Thomas started his career as a grip and gaffer in San Francisco, but when the non-union reality show he was working on turned union, Ryan was able to join the local 728 and make the move to LA to level up his career as a Director of Photography.

Episode 85 - Getting a Name Actor for Your Micro-Budget Film Jan 23, 2017

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What makes for a satisfying ending to a movie? And how the hell do you get a name actor attached to your movie when you don't have an agent or a manager?

Episode 84 - Alternative Distribution with Isaac Pingree Jan 16, 2017

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We explore two distribution models in this episode. Filmmaker Isaac Pingree released his first feature "Day of Vengeance" through a traditional distributor but with his latest film "The Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Steam Show" he's going direct to the fans

Episode 83 - A Self-Distribution Success Story with Griffin Hammond Jan 09, 2017

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Griffin Hammond made a 33-minute documentary about Sriracha that he self-distributed and made money. That's right. Real money. We follow his journey to success from Facebook and Kickstarter all the way to Amazon Prime.

Episode 82 - Happy New Year! Jan 01, 2017

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Happy New Year everyone! We distill our entire year of experience into one awesome episode, including our first listener call in from Alex Kellerman who challenges us on the idea of "breaking in."

Episode 81 - Paid Pitches Dec 25, 2016

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Over the last two weeks, Alrik pitched his feature script "The Alternate" to producers and managers. We share his results with a discussoin around the experience, the feedback, and we even listen to one of the actual pitches

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