Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer

This is the one with Jessica Redish

Jessica is an award-winning director, writer & choreographer currently in USC’s School of Cinematic Arts MFA Program. She’s worked with The Smashing Pumpkins' choreographing for their International Tour. Her short films “The Last Croissant” and “AIRWAY” (both Hilarious!) have won  Best Director and Best Comedy awards. 

She is almost compulsively working so it’s no surprise that she’s in post on another comedy called “CAT” that we’ll definitely talk about and she just finished the Oscar Qualifying short “Exit, Pursued by a Bear,” a short movie musical which she wrote, directed, choreographed, and co-wrote lyrics with composer Michael Mahler. Her work has been described as "hilariously twisted” and I definitely agree! 

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry.

Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride! A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App!  And special thanks to FILMCRAFT LA for sponsoring our show!

While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if you would open (or download the ⁠⁠⁠⁠WhoHaHa App HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠ if you don't already have it) and listen there this month!  While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones! 

SHOW LINKS:

SHOUT OUTS:

Mentor: Ann Reinking (Annie, Mickie & Maude, All That Jazz)

⁠Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" ⁠

⁠Twyla Tharp "The Creative Habit" ⁠

Austin Kleon's newsletter : ⁠https://austinkleon.com/newsletter/⁠

10 things I think are worth sharing — new art, writing, and interesting links Air Hollywood

Located in Chicago, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins Fame, opened a Tea Shop called Madame ZuZu’s

⁠⁠https://madamezuzus.com/⁠⁠

Raindance Film Festival

Ojia Film Festival

AARI Camera / ZEISS Lenses / Roscoe Lights / CineLease

CONTACT INFO: Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer

Produced by Bex Francis & Erin Neumeyer,

Edited by Dylan Neumeyer Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer Email us at [email protected] or Follow us on Instagram @ThunderTally @BreakingBigWithErinNeumeyer

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry.  Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!

A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App!  While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if you would open (or download the app HERE if you don't already have it) and listen there this month!  While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones!

This is the one with Cristina Nava!  Cristina Nava began her career as a screenwriter and produces movies with her husband. Their first production company (Migrant Filmsworks)  seeks to create stories with universal themes that elevate Latinx in front of and behind the camera. Her award-winning Romantic Comedy, "In Other Words", starring Chris Kattan, Edy Ganem and Bryan McClure, released in February of 2021 on HBOMax. “Divorce Bait”, Her most recent Rom-Com which she co-wrote and produced stars Vannessa Vazquez and Justin Berti has screened in Los Angeles which will be released soon AND… She has also directed the feature film “Free Lunch”, which is in post-production. She’s worked as a songwriter, playwright, teacher, actor and a children's musical theatre director.  Cristina is a member of the Writers Guild, Women In Media and SAG-AFTRA.

SHOW LINKS / MENTIONS

Divorce Bait is now streaming on Amazon Prime

SHOUT OUT:

Monica Palacios https://www.monicapalacios.com/

Save The Cat by Blake Snyder

HANDLES

IG @iamcristinanava

FB https://www.facebook.com/divorcebait

and https://www.facebook.com/iamcristinanava

TW: @writenow

WEB: www.migrantfilmworks.com

IMDB:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1860477/

CONTACT INFO

Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer  is produced by Bex Francis & Erin Neumeyer,  Edited by Dylan Neumeyer

Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer

Email us at [email protected] or Follow us on Instagram @ThunderTally

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry.  Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!

A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App!  While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if you would open (or download the app HERE if you don't already have it) and listen there this month!  While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones!

This is the one with Cristina Nava!  Cristina Nava began her career as a screenwriter and produces movies with her husband. Their first production company (Migrant Filmsworks)  seeks to create stories with universal themes that elevate Latinx in front of and behind the camera. Her award-winning Romantic Comedy, "In Other Words", starring Chris Kattan, Edy Ganem and Bryan McClure, released in February of 2021 on HBOMax. “Divorce Bait”, Her most recent Rom-Com which she co-wrote and produced stars Vannessa Vazquez and Justin Berti has screened in Los Angeles which will be released soon AND… She has also directed the feature film “Free Lunch”, which is in post-production. She’s worked as a songwriter, playwright, teacher, actor and a children's musical theatre director.  Cristina is a member of the Writers Guild, Women In Media and SAG-AFTRA.

SHOW LINKS / MENTIONS

Divorce Bait is now streaming on Amazon Prime

SHOUT OUT: 

Monica Palacios https://www.monicapalacios.com/

Save The Cat by Blake Snyder

HANDLES

IG @iamcristinanava

FB https://www.facebook.com/divorcebait

and https://www.facebook.com/iamcristinanava

TW: @writenow

WEB: www.migrantfilmworks.com

IMDB:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1860477/

CONTACT INFO

Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer  is produced by Bex Francis & Erin Neumeyer,  Edited by Dylan Neumeyer

Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer

Email us at [email protected] or Follow us on Instagram @ThunderTally

This is the one with Leanna Primiani

Leanna Primiani is an award-winning composer and a California native with a Doctorate in music composition from USC. Nicely done, Dr. Primiani!  Well, the Doctor also wrote the score for the remake of cult classic “The Bad Seed”, directed by and starring Rob Lowe and she just wrapped The Bad Seed Returns, written by and starring Mckenna Grace for Lifetime/A&E which is airing now so definitely go check that out!  She has worked on tons of interesting projects like Ivory Wave (an experimental Horror film) that screened at this year's Fantasia film festival and WIF/Fox Searchlight production of Signal.  Leanna is unique in that she is both very adept at creating large-scale orchestral scores coupled and designing music using electronic synthesis which gives her an advantage when scoring film.

 Her concert catalog has been performed all over the US and as far away as Taiwan and featured on NPR. She is a member of BMI, the largest music rights organization, a voting member of the Recording Arts Academy and Television Academy, New York Women Composers, The Alliance of Women Film Composers, and The Society of Composers and Lyricists.

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry.

Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride! A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App!  And special thanks to FILMCRAFT LA for sponsoring our show!

While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed... we would be honored if you would open the WhoHAHA APP (or download the app HERE if you don't already have it) and listen there this month!  While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones!

SHOW LINKS:

The Goldsmith Odyssey podcast: YAVAR AND DAVID / MIKE MATESSINO AND CHRIS MALONE https://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/ Podcasts that discusses all things Jerry Goldsmith (1950’s TV: Twilight Zone and the Man from U.N.C.L.E. and then a huge career right up until the 2000’s when he worked on the last Star Trek film.

Cinematic sound radio podcast: https://www.cinematicsound.net/ with Jason Drury.

LINKS: Keep in touch with the very talented Leanna

Interviewed on Cinematic Sound https://www.cinematicsound.net/talking-soundtracks-interview-leanna-primiani/

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@composerleanna

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/leannacomposer

Website: https://www.leannaprimiani.com

CONTACT INFO Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer

Produced by Bex Francis & Erin Neumeyer, Edited by Dylan Neumeyer Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer Email us at [email protected] or Follow us on Instagram @ThunderTally

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry.  Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!

A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App!  While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if you would open (or download the app HERE if you don't already have it) and listen there this month!  While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones!

This is the one with Indy Saini!  Indy Saini is a filmmaker and motorcycle rider passionate about adventure and travel, driven to increase the complex stories of women in mass media. Her short film directorial debut "The Lesson,” garnered international awards including Best US Narrative at the Women’s International Film Festival in Miami. Indy’s technical skill behind the camera has landed her work with master storytellers including Ang Lee and David Lynch on major Hollywood movies such as “Harriet,” “Gemini Man,” and “A Wrinkle In Time.” Her documentary work as cinematographer includes: “Soma Girls,” about education the children of sex workers in India that aired on PBS; "Women in the Front Seat,” about female motorcycle gearheads (winner Best Feature Doc in the Nevada Women's  Film Festival) and “Ice Bear,” a National Geographic Wild film for which she received an Emmy Nomination.

SHOW LINKS / MENTIONS

SHOUT OUT: Indy mentioned her friend, Sharon Sullivan, who she created a final college project with -  a performance art piece targeting violence against women and ending in a interactive ritual that allowed anyone to write on a piece of paper something in their life they want to release and burn in a ceremonial process.  Sharon went on to devote her life to improving the lives of women - working to stop sex trafficking.  Helping trafficked survivors after they’ve been rescued. Creating a program to educate women at the local women’s prison so when they are released they have better chance at a new life.  Going to the UN to advocate for women’s rights.  Don't miss the link to her TED TALK below.  Indy stopped at her farm in Topeka, Kansas during her motorcycle road trip, exhausted and questioning whether or not to keep going.  Was there a point to what she was doing?  She encouraged Indy, reminding her that we all do our little piece to make a difference.  Using her rain gauge as an example, that each drop of water is necessary to fill up the gauge.  Each act we do to change / help / improve the life’s of women is our drop of water.

https://www.washburn.edu/our-faculty/sharon-sullivan

TED TALK LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJHLxRK4ck

Indi is also a huge fan of Emily Best, the founder of Seed and Spark!  https://seedandspark.com/ founded by Emily Best

HANDLES

IG @indyksaini

FB https://www.facebook.com/IndyKSaini

TW: @indysaini

WEB: https://www.indyksaini.com/

IMDB: imdb.me/indysaini

CONTACT INFO

Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer  is produced by Erin Neumeyer and Edited by Dylan Neumeyer

Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer

Email us at [email protected] or Follow us on Instagram @ThunderTally

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry.  Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!

A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App!  While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if you would open (or download the app HERE if you don't already have it) and listen there this month!  While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones!

This is the one withTara Tovarek!  She founded and ran a successful theater production company before moving from Atlanta to Los Angeles. Then she was the assistant to A-listers, such as Harrison Ford and Sugar Ray Leonard. Then she went on to work in Budapest on "A Good Day to Die Hard’" then to Montreal for "X-Men: Days of Future Past." She has worked with some of the industry’s top directors and producers including Spike Lee, Walter Hill, and Robert Lorenz. Recently, Tara’s been the UPM on films like "Running with the Devil", 'Deadly Illusions" with Kristin Davis and Dermott Mulrooney which debuted on Netflix at #3 then rose to #1 unseating one of the longest running #1 films at that time, Jennifer Garner's, "Yes Day." Tara also worked on "Dead For A Dollar" starring Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe and Rachel Brosnahan which will premiere Summer 2022.

SHOW LINKS / MENTIONS

Erin Mentioned "Up Fronts" Which are previews of upcoming TV shows presented to advertisers before the season starts so they can decide where they want to advertise, which can effect which shows get to stay on the air. Wikipedia Explanation Here. AV Club Explanation Here.

The Producers Guild Conference was held for the first time since the pandemic in June of 2022 in Century City, CA.   To learn about the benefits, and requirements of joining the PGA you can click HERE.  And to learn about joining the Directors Guild of America you can click HERE. 

Tara talked about her work with Film Prize JR New Mexico which is a student short film competition for middle and high school students across the state of New Mexico. 

Me Too Founder Tarana Burke https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-53269751

Follow Tara on Instagram @msjetsondolma or reach her on Linked IN www.linkedin.com/in/taratovarek

GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MONTH

June is recognized for several holidays and national observances like Pride, Juneteenth, Summer Solstice and Donut Day - but it’s also Gun Violence Prevention month and Everytown for Gun Safety is encouraging you to Wear Orange. For more info or to find out how you can get involved go to Everytown.org or  WearOrange.org

CONTACT INFO

Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer  is produced by Erin Neumeyer and Edited by Dylan Neumeyer

Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer

Email us at [email protected] or Follow us on Instagram @ThunderTally

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry.  Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!

A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App!  While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if you would open (or download the app HERE if you don't already have it) and listen there this month!  While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones!

Krista is a writer, actress, filmmaker, and mom originally from Buffalo, NY. She danced and choreographed professionally in New York City before graduating from the William Esper Studio’s two-year Meisner Program.  Her script The Dancer was chosen by Apple for their first Short Film Challenge, and is now available on YouTube. Recent career highlights include her short script The Instinct being one of six winners in the Women In Media CAMERAderie competition. You can watch her most recent acting performance in David Beatty’s The Wasteland’s The Silence of Memory on You Tube, for which she received a Best Actress nomination in the We Make Movies International Film Festival. Her most recent directorial work, Here & There, written by Bill Ferris, is currently in the festival circuit.

SHOW LINKS / MENTIONS

The William Espers Studio https://esperstudio.com/

THE DANCER - Short film on YouTube  ​​https://youtu.be/9_Gs18NLFPY

Krista recommends checking out We Make Movies - https://www.wemakemovies.org/

Erin announced the Women's Weekend Film Challenge Registration has started for the New York area:

Writers Groups were highly recommended by both and Erin mentioned some website groups like The Screenwriting Life's Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/TheScreenwritingLife/

Opportunities for mentoring: Boys and Girls Club of America, Girls In Focus, Girls Write Now and there was this article written for the LA Time with lots of great links: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-06-28/entertainment-career-advice-networking-mentoring-jobs

Krista has a show on WhoHaHa! 

GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MONTH

June is recognized for several holidays and national observances like Pride, Juneteenth, Summer Solstice and Donut Day - but it’s also Gun Violence Prevention month and Everytown for Gun Safety is encouraging you to Wear Orange (the color hunters wear in the woods to avoid being accidentally shot) on any or all days June 3-6th. Post your support on social media with #WearOrange and #EndGunViolence For more info or to find out how you can get involved go to Everytown.org or  WearOrange.org

CONTACT INFO

Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer  is produced by Erin Neumeyer and Edited by Dylan Neumeyer

Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer

Email us at [email protected] or Follow us on Instagram @ThunderTally

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry.  Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!

A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App!  While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if you would open (or download the app HERE if you don't already have it) and listen there this month!  While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones!

This week are talking with Jennifer Smith, a Music Supervisor and Southern California Native who is also the owner of Rat Dance Party, she has worked on American Idol and the show she recently worked on "Why Women Kill" has been renewed for season 3.

SHOW LINKS / MENTIONS

Old Town School of Folk Music, is a Chicago based songwriting and music school.

Claremont Highschool is ranked in the top 1% of theatre departments in California, and we are among the top public high school theatre departments in the nation. CHS puts on 6-8 shows a year, including plays, musicals, showcases, one-acts, and ComedySportz High School League matches.

Splice is the company Jennifer mentioned that is great for creating music, but can be tricky to license because it uses samples so if you're making a movie that you want to sell she advises against using this in your project. https://splice.com/

Erin mentioned one her favorite podcasts, "Scriptnotes" and how they fought for better pay for writing assistants. 

Jennifer serves on the Board of the Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS), is a member of the Television Academy, Women In Film, Women In Media, Women In Music, and the Recording Academy.

CONTACT INFO

You can reach Jennifer on her Instagram @RatDanceParty

Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer  is produced by Erin Neumeyer and Edited by Dylan Neumeyer

Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer

Email us at [email protected] or Follow us on Instagram @ThunderTally

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry.  Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!

A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App!  While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if you would open (or download the app HERE if you don't already have it) and listen there this month!  While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones!

This week are talking with Mary Simmons, an actress, singer / songwriter for herself and other artists, and a vocal coach and she’s worked with Zak Lloyd. She was born in La Jolla, but grew up in North Carolina and has a BFA in theatre from East Carolina University.  

SHOW LINKS / MENTIONS

The Demi Lovato video that Mary worked in was called "I Love Me"

The music video Justin Berti worked in was called "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish and he's the man in the suit getting milk dumped in his mouth at around 1.5 minute mark. 

Mary studies with Joshua LeBar Studios.

Erin mentioned a local LA non-profit called She Is Hope.  Here is the link in case you are interested in learning more about them or making a donation to help single mothers and their children move out of poverty through their support programs.

The longer YouTube videos that Erin talked about were made by a company called Generation Hope. They are very sensational and not in any way a reenactment of real events - it's like a soap or after school special on steroids. 

Erin recommended following Heidi Dean on Instagram @Markeing4Actors

Mary recommended reading books and always learning in general with a shout out to www.MasterClass.com for having some great lessons.

CONTACT INFO

You can reach Mary on her Instagram @marysimmonsofficial or Twitter@marysimmons_

Or send her an email at [email protected]

Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer  is produced by Erin Neumeyer and Edited by Dylan Neumeyer

Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer

Email us at [email protected] or Follow us on Instagram @ThunderTally

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry.  Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!

A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App!  While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if you would open (or download the app HERE if you don't already have it) and listen there this month!  While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones!

This week are talking with Caryn Ruby. She is a writer, actress, script supervisor who almost ended up as a chiropractor! She hosts her own podcast called "Script Supervisors:Unsung Heroes of Film & TV".  *This week the episode was taped on camera, so please forgive visual references. Some clips from this show will be posted on Instagram @ThunderTally

SHOW LINKS / MENTIONS

Caryns favorite live-your-best-life book is called, "The Renaissance Soul" by Margaret Lobenstine is about making your passions your work.

Her podcast will be available in the spring of 2022 but you can check it out its IG page here: The Script Supervisor Podcast

If you're curious about becoming a script supervisor this is a good resource: Studio Binder / Script Supervisor Guide

Caryn's previous works include "Poverty Tourism" and "Baked Goodes".

The podcast Erin mentions where she voiced a character and they read the entire script, slug lines, actions lines too is "The Call" this might be an option for scriptwriters who are excited to share their story but don't have the finances yet to make the film.

Caryn and Erin have worked on two projects together, "Ultraviolet Rain" a film created for the Easter Seals Disability Film Challenge and "SMASHED" a film made as a finalist in the CAMERAderie Act 1 competition put on by Women In Media - this film isn't available online yet while it is being submitted to festivals.

CONTACT INFO

You can follow Caryn Ruby on Instagram @caryn_ruby. and @The.Script.Supervisor.Podcast

Twitter @carynruby

Her website is www.carynruby.com

Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer  is produced by Erin Neumeyer and Edited by Dylan Neumeyer 

Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer

Email us at [email protected]