Katy Bentz shares her successes as a voice actor, full body motion capture artist, and Twitch streamer as she pursues to become an award winning actress. Katy is greatly known in her role as Steph in the award winning video game, Life is Strange: True Colors. As Steph, she does both voice acting and full body motion capture. From doing video game voice acting, she has grown her fan base through twitch live streaming along with her work as an actress. We should honestly have voice actors on this podcast more often cuz Katy's voice sure is worth hearing. Enjoy!

For More Katy Bentz, follow her on:

Instagram: @katybentzofficial

Twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/katybentz

Our guest today has made great waves through the world of reality television. He's worked as a Senior Producer for Fox's Season 1 of Farmer Wants a Wife as well as helped create shows such as Holely Moley and The Real Love Boat. Jannik had the pleasure to work side by side with Nick on Farmer Wants a Wife and found out just how much creativity pours out of this man. We knew that we needed to get Nick on the podcast to share his origin and his progress as he gets himself closer in making an Emmy Award Winning tv show. Even though Nick technically is Jannik and Hayden's boss's boss, he is a great friend to have a chat with and is full of mentor worthy words of wisdom. Enjoy!

Makhas dives into her South African upbringing, reconnecting with her Zulu roots and how she found acting, which she describes as a "refuge for misfits". After being a casting assitant in NYC and an LA actor with some close calls (Star Trek missed out) Makha shares what she learned auditions are really all about. Now, she spends her professional life performing on stage and on the screen as well as coaching acting. Listen in to find out how the law of large numbers is working in your favor and why Makha is banned from certain IHOPs.

Makha's IMDB:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8743713/?ref_=hm_rvi_nm_i_1

Makha's website & coaching info:

https://makhamthembu.wixsite.com/my-site-1

Robert Mai creates musical scores for films, video games and commercials. Having experience in a variety of creative positions on and off set has allowed Robert to look at the role of music in visual media holistically. Afterall, the music should accentuate something this is already present not tell the audience how to feel. At least Robert and I think so. He describes taking on the role of an actor when he communicates with the directors he is composing for. An approach that I certainly appriciated when Robert scored one of my short films. During the interview we talk about nebulous and mysterious nature of music and how Robert has learned to wield it's power through trial and error.

Robert's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/robertmai107/

Most filmmakers who Havn't Made It Yet are NOT naturally good at marketing themselves. Sam, a long time friend of mine, has always been good at the social (or networking) side of film. During this episode we break down what it really means to network before getting into Sam's pesonal journey of finding his creative confidence.

Sam's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samgostnell/

They say working in management is one of the best ways to start a career in film because of all the exposure you get to the inner workings of the industry. On this episode, Sam Hong enlightens us about the mysterious and unseen processes that decide which movies get made and which don't. For someone who has one of the most stressful jobs imaginable, Sam holds a surprisingly calm outlook about a positive future. Take it from her, because it seems like the managemnt / agency world is clued in on what tomorrow looks like. At least for us film folk. Listen in to see which NDA breaking dirty little hollywood secrets I forgot to cut out.

I met Joe on a commercial shoot after overhearing him talk about his D&D based passion project. He showed me the trailer for "The Dice Decide" and I instantly knew I wanted to interview him. Joe is one of those people that just seem to have the freelancer-in-hollywood thing all figured out. He would probably humbly disagree, but the guy gets free camera gear from name brands. For free! For free is having it figured out. His bread and butter is BTS videography but he also works in the camera department in other capacities. Listen in to hear how Joe leveraged his social media and networking skills to get where he is today.

The Decide Decide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeoSFx38DnA

Joe's social media: https://www.instagram.com/adamsjoe330/

If you think filmmaking is hard, try doing it well dangling off a cliff. Our guest today does just that and more. As an adventure photographer, Max goes above and beyond to get the beauty shot. On this episode, hear the ins and outs of Max's life as a camera operator as he shares what it's like to live life on the edge. The. Mountain's Edge. Because he climbs. He's a climbing filmmaker, I don't know if I made myself clear on that.

Here's a link to Max's latest film, Legacy of the Muir:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP8GMVoEpsA&t=6s

Max's website:

https://www.maxbuschinimedia.com/

Instagram:

@maxbuschini

In this addendum to the Francisco Lederman episode we talk about different fundraising strategies for independent short and feature length projects.

A woman so multitalented we hardly had enough time to cover it all. Lauren is a playwright, director, graphic designer, author and filmmaker. During our remote conversation Lauren flipped the script on us in a question free-for-all using her self help book Heart Gym as a guide. We also covered her road show play, a bi-coast movie project and the real reason for her recent relocation to London. Traveling is as much a theme in Lauren's creations a Gonzoesque infusion of her personal life. Listen to our conversation about the dangers of commercializing personal experiences, industry frustrations and other well articulated thoughts from someone who clearly spends a lot of time thinking about words.