Making Movies is HARD!!!: The Struggles of Indie Filmmaking

For this bonus episode, Alrik and Liz moderate a live Q&A for the film What We Found. They are joined by the writer and director Ben Hickernell, featuring a large amount of the cast of the film, including stars Jordan Hall, Julian Shatkin, Oona Laurence, Yetide Badaki and Brandon Laaracuente. We hear about how the film came about, what the casting process was like and we get a ton of on set stories from the group.

If you ever wanted to hear about the making of an ensemble film from the actors perspective this is a great look into that side of filmmaking!

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On episode 273, Liz and Alrik welcome Christian Sesma! Christian is a former restaurateur turned producer...and writer....and director! Christian speaks about his feature, Pay Dirt, starring Val Kilmer, a thriller/mystery that was shot in 12 days in the Coachella Valley. They also touch on making movies in the time of COVID, which includes testing every 3 days, creating a quarantine pod on set, wearing masks on set at all times and how these precautions affect a film's budget! We also have a short film by Hannah Marie Hines called Celie. Additionally, the Players of the Week Alex Burunova and Sudeshna Sen, talk about their favorite film festival experiences!

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Where to Find Christian, Hannah, Alex and Sudeshna!

Watch PayDirt Now!

Christian Sesma on IMDB

Hannah Marie Hines on IMDB

Alex Burunova on IMDB

Sudeshna Sen's Website!

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On this special episode Alrik and Liz welcome Patrick James Lynch, director of Bombardier Blood! Bombardier Blood is a documentary that captured Chris Bombardier on his historic quest to conquer the seven summits, including Mt. Everest, as the first person with severe Hemophilia. Patrick, who has Severe Hemophilia as well, speaks on directing a documentary without being on location, how he got investors in this niche field, and getting Alex Borstein of Mad TV and The Marvelous Ms. Maisel fame to sign on as Executive Producer! (Spoiler Alert: She has a special interest in the bleeding disorders community!)

Listen Now to hear all about what went into making this epic adventure about blood brotherhood, love and mountain climbing!

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This week Liz and Alrik welcome back returning guest, professional script reader Reed Shusterman to talk about making his first feature film Blood Born which he shot back in November of 2019, before the world ended. Reed talks about how he came up with the story for the film and how he ‘wrote what he knew’ and his process of getting the film shot day to day. We also have a special interview with Jon Synder who talks to us about all things COVID-19 safety on set. Jon just finished working as a lead COVID-19 Monitor on a big budget Netflix film and he gave us the low down on how COVID is monitored on a large scale.

Lastly we have a segment with filmmaker, mentor and actor Cady McClain who is our player of the week about mentoring and what that actually means.

Where to Find Reed, Cady and Jon!

Reed Shusterman on IMDB

Cady McClain's Website

Jon Synder on IMDB

Health Education Services Website

John Hopkins Contact Tracing Course

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On this episode, Liz and Alrik are joined by co-directors Lee Cummings and Mitch Altieri to talk about how they collaborated together and were able to take Star Light from script to getting in the can in about three months. We also hear about the duo’s process as co-directors and they both talk about what they took away from making this film.   We also have a short film by writer/director and friend of the show, Lisa Donato, called Foxy Trot, about a married lesbian couple who take a ballroom dancing class together. Liz and Alrik also talk about the current state of movies coming to theaters, which has even changed since this was recorded!

Where to Find Mitch, Lee and The Players of the Week!

Star Light is Out Now!

Mitch Altieri on IMDB!

Lee Cummings Website!

Nicole De Menses on IMDB!

Emily Hagins Website

Lisa Donato's Website

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WE HAVE A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

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We also welcome Terilyn Shropshire to the show! Teri is a superstar editor who recently worked on the Charlize Theron Netflix film, The Old Guard. She speaks about how she approached editing an action film, how she got her start, and her path as an editor. She also breaks down one of the best scenes in the film and how she approached it from an editorial standpoint.

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Additionally, we welcome our Players of the Week, Yoko Okumora, Azadeh Nikzadeh, and Mary McGloin to speak about how they are coping and staying creative during the pandemic.

Where to Find Terilyn and The Players of the Week!

The Old Guard is on Netflix, watch it now!

Terilyn Shropshire on IMDB

Mary McGloin's Website

Yoko Okumura's Website

Azadeh Nikzadeh's Website

Lisa Donato's Website

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On episode 269, Alrik and Liz are joined by Julia Swain who speaks about her prolific career as a director of cinematography. Julia shares her thoughts on budgeting, shot lists, and her personal heroes. Additionally, in this week's "Get Shorty" segment, Nate Ruegger joins to talk about the making of his short film Trust Me: A Witness Account of the Goat Man, and taking the short on the festival circuit (including Nightmares Film Festival, which he HIGHLY recommends you check out!) and his plans for making it into a feature.  Trust Me is available now on Alter, one of YouTube's top horror channels. 

This week Players of the Week Amy Adrion and Rhodes Phire speak on imposter syndrome and the feeling of faking it till you're making it. 

Where to Find Julia and The Players of the Week!

Julia Swain's Website

Amy Adrion's Website

Rodes Phire's Website

Nate Ruegger's Website

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 On episode 268, Liz and Alrik welcome Robin Kincade to the show! Robin is a producer, among many other titles, and is a part of the Bay Area film production community. She talks about her unorthodox career path, her passion for supporting people on set, and how she strives to help others climb the ladder to success. In fact, she is currently offering a course on how to move up as a production assistant! 

Additionally, on this week's Get Shorty segment, we meet Brittany Noel! A writer, producer, and actress, Brittany wrote and starred in the very personal short film, "The Other."  

Where to Find Robin and The Players of the Week!

Here's Kincaid Productions and her PA Training Program!

Here's Robin's Producer Website

Diane Bell's Website

Brittani Noel on IMDB

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This week we speak with Australian writer and filmmaker Natalie Erika James about the making of her horror film, Relic, that had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival. Natalie also talks about the adventure of making a horror film as a woman, from proof of concept to getting Jake Gyllenhal on board as a producer and the Russo brothers as executive producers and if she suffered from any sort of imposter syndrome directing Emily Mortimer as a first time director.

Additionally our Players of the week, Independent Female Storytellers Cassandra Chowdhury and Amy Oden also talk about if they've ever felt like an imposter on set.

Where to Find Natalie and The Players of the Week!

Natalie Erika James Website

Cassandra Chowdhury on Vimeo

Amy Oden's Website

Nate Ruegger's Website

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This week On episode #266, Liz and Alrik have writer, director and actor J. Lee on the show to talk about working with Seth McFarland, making a feature film in 12 days, and working his way from PA to writer, to actor, to director!

We also have segments from our Players of the week, female filmmakers Felicity Tillack and Erika Longo, as well as our first ever edition of the new segment Get Shorty, featuring a short film from Television writer, Felicia Pride!

Where to Find J and The Players of the Week!

Watch Atypical Wednesday on Amazon Now!

J Lee on IMDB

J Lee on Twitter

Felicia Pride's Website

Felicia Pride on Twitter

Erika Longo's Website

Felicity Tillack on LinkedIn

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