Cheat the Camera

Apol Vick is a rising animated film artist with credits on Netflix, Disney, and Dreamworks films. In this episode, she talks about how her short Monsters in the Dark brought us to those amazing storyteling companies and about the process of hybrid 3D / traditional animation!

https://www.apolloniavick.com/

https://www.instagram.com/apolloniavick/

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 https://youtu.be/9rynbkPOIjY

Welcome to a wide ranging conversation about the making of BAFTA nominated short film She Talks in Her Sleep with the creative minds behind this spooky horror short! We talking inspiration, craft, and upcoming projects on another great episode of Cheat The Camera!

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A refreshing conversation with first time filmmaker Regan Del Mundo, who brings us inside the creative partnership that brought forth his excellent first short film, The Guy.

Regan Del Mundo is a Bay area filmmaker whose shared passion for filmmaking has led him to create his fun first film, The Guy. Produced on a small budget, the filmmakers made the tough decision to completely reshoot the project when they realized the technical standards they hold for themselves had not been met. We talk about that decision and much more on todays podcast!

Tallis Moore, a prose and screen writer, joins us for a far ranging conversation about Flannery O'Connor's advice to short story authors, and whether that advice extends to creators of short films as well.

The article discussed can be purchased in O’Connor’s Mystery And Manners: Occasional Prose. (link)

The Current edition of Mystery and Manners, an excellent read!

Leo Meza, a L.A. screenwriter and comedian, brings us inside his development from stand up to short films!

Leo Meza talks us through the development of not only his short film Therapissed and his recent screenplay Five Days to Live, but also about his life and journey in storytelling, from stand up comedy to screenwriting and more. We talk about the distinctions between the various forms of storytelling, and how he knows when a story is better told in one medium versus another.

Leo's other shorts: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOZLGo5loHwi5apENvq9rJjb1xK8MaqKG

Five days to live: read here.

Lindy Boustedt talks through her fascinating screenwriting program for incarcerated individuals, as well as the first film to be shot from that, In Between! Premiering March 5th.

Lindy Boustedt, an established Seattle filmmaker, explains SHARE, a program to promote healing for women at the Washington State Women's Correctional Facility. She takes us inside the therepeutic nature of screenwriting, an oft overlooked feature of storytelling that I have certainly found to powerful in my own life.

Lindy also talks through IN BETWEEN, a short film birthed from this therepeutic storytelling process. Premiering March 5th at Destiny City Film Festival!

Sign up to watch the premiere! https://www.ticketweb.com/event/ignite-in-between-alma-tickets/11754535

Lindy Boustedt: http://www.firstsightproductions.com/pages/principals.php

In this change of pace for the podcast, we talk with the director of Portal Runner, a film I primarily wrote.  We talk about how we managed to get a small indie sci fi film onto the New York Times recommended film list for 2021!

I chat with Corrie  Duryee, the director of Portal Runner, about our surprise and elation at being selected by the New York Times alongside such films as The Quiet Place Two for films to stream in 2021.  

We go into the creation of our small budget indie scifi film, the process of preproduction, production, and post, and talk about the lessons we learned along the way!

movie website: http://kairos-productions.com/portal-runner/

I am joined by fellow writer Tallis Moore to talk about Two Distant Strangers, the 2021 Oscar winner. We go over what makes the project work, and what we as filmmakers can learn about it!

Watch now! https://www.netflix.com/title/81447229

In this solo episode, I prove to the world that I can talk for longer than you would imagine based on three paragraphs of notes (hah!). I'll give you a journeyman's perspective on what to do and what traps to avoid when you begin to assemble your story, either as a script or in some other form.

Links:

Ask the internet you story questions! Bad idea? Find out!: https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/

The single best resource for screenwriting help: https://johnaugust.com/scriptnotes

A repository for screenplays: https://imsdb.com/

Welcome to a frank and revealing conversation with Ike Mauga about his short film, Ghosted. We also chat about why he filmed Ghosted, where his life is at right now, and why it can be OK to close a personal chapter on filmmaking.

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