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

This week Alrik is joined by new co-host/friend of the show, Liz Manashil to talk about her second feature, The Speed of Life, filmmaking as a new mother and most importantly about the struggles of indie film distribution!

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This week Kellerman and Alrik do their second solo episode together, talking about all kinds of filmmaking related nonsense. This is not the traditional episode of MMIH, so get ready for a fun conversation!

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This week Kellerman and Alrik welcome Alex Ferrari from Indie Film Hustle to the show! Alex is a filmmaker, editor, colorist and podcast guru, known for the podcasts Indie Film Hustle, Bulletproof Screenplay Podcast and two time feature filmmaker!

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This week Alrik welcomes filmmakers and co-hosts Liz Manashil, L. Jeffrey Moore, Isaac Pingree, Samiat Salami, Andrew Schrader and Colin Levy to this very special 200th episode of Making Movies is Hard! We talk about why we make the films we make, what keeps us going through the dark moments and what we hope to achieve through our filmmaking.

Meet Our Round Table Guests!

There's too many of us to deal with a bio pic for each, so here is the link to the intro episode to each of our guests.

Liz Manashil's Intro Ep

Making Movies is HARD!!!

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Timothy Plain and Alrik Bursell discuss independent filmmaking, everything from writing, producing and directing to working as crew. But this is not just a podcast about "making it," it's also about struggling with rejection, self-doubt and everything else that comes with pursuing a career in film. Follow along as we forge our own way through the industry and talk to guests who are also making it happen.

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Making Movies is HARD!!!

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Timothy Plain and Alrik Bursell discuss independent filmmaking, everything from writing, producing and directing to working as crew. But this is not just a podcast about "making it," it's also about struggling with rejection, self-doubt and everything else that comes with pursuing a career in film. Follow along as we forge our own way through the industry and talk to guests who are also making it happen.

a Podcast for Independent Filmmakers | Producing | Screenwriting | Directing

Filmmakers Timothy Plain & Alrik Bursell

Filmmakers Timothy Plain & Alrik Bursell

[email protected]

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Episode 201 - Alex Ferrari - Talking the Indie Film Hustle

This week Kellerman and Alrik welcome Alex Ferrari from Indie Film Hustle to the show! Alex is a filmmaker, editor, colorist and podcast guru, known for the podcasts Indie Film Hustle, Bulletproof Screenplay Podcast and two time feature filmmaker!

Alex Ferrari (born June 28, 1974) is an American film writer, producer and director. He is notable for his online independent film education website Indie Film Hustle and has a background in post-production. His 2005 film Broken received a favorable review from Roger Ebert: "the film is effective and professional and the ominous sound track works with the images to create the desired effect.

Life Before Indie Film Hustle

Alex gives us his background before he started Indie Film Hustle.

Landing in LA

Alex talks about when he moved to LA and how he got started out there.

The Path to Indie Film Hustle

Alex talks to about his work in LA that lead to him starting Indie Film Hustle.

Turning it into a Business

Alex talks about how he treated the podcast like a full business from day one and how he built it into what it is today.

Writing Shooting for the Mob

Alex talks to us about writing his first book, what it's about and why he wrote it and didn't make it into a movie (yet).

Alex Ferrari's Work

Want to see Alex's next feature, "On the Corner of Ego Desire" live in person?  Click the link below if you want to see the premier at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Friday April 25th!

www.indiefilmhustle.com/screening

Check out all of Alex's work at www.indiefilmhustle.com 

Check out Alex on Twitter

We Have A Patreon Page!

That's right, Making Movies is HARD is now on Patreon! Check out our page and if you dig the show support us to keep this thing alive!

https://www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast

Contact Kellerman & Alrik

Send us an email

You can find Kellerman @ kellermanwritesalot on instagram!

You can find Alrik @ alrikbursell on instagram!

You can now find MMIH @ mmihpodcast on instagram!

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This week Alrik welcomes filmmakers and co-hosts Liz Manashil, L. Jeffrey Moore, Isaac Pingree, Samiat Salami, Andrew Schrader and Colin Levy to this very special 200th episode of Making Movies is Hard! We talk about why we make the films we make, what keeps us going through the dark moments and what we hope to achieve through our filmmaking.

Meet Our Round Table Guests!

There's too many of us to deal with a bio pic for each, so here is the link to the intro episode to each of our guests.

Liz Manashil's Intro Ep

Making Movies is HARD!!!

http://spindryproductions.com/podcastgenerator/

Timothy Plain and Alrik Bursell discuss independent filmmaking, everything from writing, producing and directing to working as crew. But this is not just a podcast about "making it," it's also about struggling with rejection, self-doubt and everything else that comes with pursuing a career in film. Follow along as we forge our own way through the industry and talk to guests who are also making it happen.

Podcast Generator 2.5 - http://podcastgen.sourceforge.net

Sun, 21 Apr 2019 03:40:20 -0500

en

©2015, ©2016, ©2017, ©2018

http://spindryproductions.com/podcastgenerator/images/itunes_image.jpg

Making Movies is HARD!!!

http://spindryproductions.com/podcastgenerator/

Timothy Plain and Alrik Bursell discuss independent filmmaking, everything from writing, producing and directing to working as crew. But this is not just a podcast about "making it," it's also about struggling with rejection, self-doubt and everything else that comes with pursuing a career in film. Follow along as we forge our own way through the industry and talk to guests who are also making it happen.

a Podcast for Independent Filmmakers | Producing | Screenwriting | Directing

Filmmakers Timothy Plain & Alrik Bursell

Filmmakers Timothy Plain & Alrik Bursell

[email protected]

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Episode 201 - Alex Ferrari - Talking the Indie Film Hustle

This week Kellerman and Alrik welcome Alex Ferrari from Indie Film Hustle to the show! Alex is a filmmaker, editor, colorist and podcast guru, known for the podcasts Indie Film Hustle, Bulletproof Screenplay Podcast and two time feature filmmaker!

Alex Ferrari (born June 28, 1974) is an American film writer, producer and director. He is notable for his online independent film education website Indie Film Hustle and has a background in post-production. His 2005 film Broken received a favorable review from Roger Ebert: "the film is effective and professional and the ominous sound track works with the images to create the desired effect.

Life Before Indie Film Hustle

Alex gives us his background before he started Indie Film Hustle.

Landing in LA

Alex talks about when he moved to LA and how he got started out there.

The Path to Indie Film Hustle

Alex talks to about his work in LA that lead to him starting Indie Film Hustle.

Turning it into a Business

Alex talks about how he treated the podcast like a full business from day one and how he built it into what it is today.

Writing Shooting for the Mob

Alex talks to us about writing his first book, what it's about and why he wrote it and didn't make it into a movie (yet).

Alex Ferrari's Work

Want to see Alex's next feature, "On the Corner of Ego Desire" live in person?  Click the link below if you want to see the premier at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Friday April 25th!

www.indiefilmhustle.com/screening

Check out all of Alex's work at www.indiefilmhustle.com 

Check out Alex on Twitter

We Have A Patreon Page!

That's right, Making Movies is HARD is now on Patreon! Check out our page and if you dig the show support us to keep this thing alive!

https://www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast

Contact Kellerman & Alrik

Send us an email

You can find Kellerman @ kellermanwritesalot on instagram!

You can find Alrik @ alrikbursell on instagram!

You can now find MMIH @ mmihpodcast on instagram!

Leave a comment on our website

Find us on our Facebook Community Page

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This week Kellerman and Alrik welcome Alex Ferrari from Indie Film Hustle to the show! Alex is a filmmaker, editor, colorist and podcast guru, known for the podcasts Indie Film Hustle, Bulletproof Screenplay Podcast, two time feature filmmaker and now author of the book Shooting for the Mob. We talk about how Alex got into filmmaking, his path to starting Indie Film Hustle and how he turned it into a bonafide business.

Meet Alex Ferrari

If you don't already listen to his podcast, here is what wikipedia has

This week Alrik welcomes filmmakers and co-hosts Liz Manashil, L. Jeffrey Moore, Isaac Pingree, Samiat Salami, Andrew Schrader and Colin Levy to this very special 200th episode of Making Movies is Hard!

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This week Alrik welcomes filmmakers and co-hosts Liz Manashil, L. Jeffrey Moore, Isaac Pingree, Samiat Salami, Andrew Schrader and Colin Levy to this very special 200th episode of Making Movies is Hard! We talk about why we make the films we make, what keeps us going through the dark moments and what we hope to achieve through our filmmaking.

Meet Our Round Table Guests!

There's too many of us to deal with a bio pic for each, so here is the link to the intro episode to each of our guests.

Liz Manashil's Int

This week Alrik and Jeff welcome filmmaker and CEO/Founder of Kweli TV, DeShuna Spencer to the show! DeShuna talks to us about her streaming platform Kweli TV and the struggles she faces in running her own independent streaming service!

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This week Alrik and co-host Alex Kellerman talk to Script Supervis an interactive video streaming network for the global black consumer. KweliTV is dedicated to the stories, issues and culture of the global black community. The platform offers a vast selection of on-demand independent films, web shows, news and historical programming, and documentaries specifically of the black experience from the US and across the globe. It will be accessible on smartTVs, internet TV devices (such as Apple TV and Roku), smartphones, game consoles, computers and tablets through a video app. KWELI (KWEH lee) means “TRUTH” IN SWAHILI. 

DeShuna's bio is extremely extensive (she's accomplished a lot in her career!) check out her whole history on her website.

How it All Got Started

DeShuna talks about how she got into filmmaking and how she approached making her first documentary.

You Made a Film, What's Next?

DeShuna talks about her experience getting her film out into the world and how that lead to her starting Kweli TV. 

DeShuna talks about why starting Kweli TV was so important and how she came up with the mission statement for the company.

Starting Kweli TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeaR_KIx4ZY

DeShuna talks about how she went about creating KweliTV and the challenges she faced getting the company off the ground. 

The Future of Kweli TV

DeShuna talks to us about where she hopes KweliTV will be in the future and how this company has become her full time job. Here are a couple trailers of films available on Kweli TV!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeCvU96yxgo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3GE2KCDumU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS56t7-4fKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAyZWx3lNyM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiyvFHqyixo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FV3TA5Ki84

DeShuna's Work

Kweli TV: https://www.kweli.tv/

DeShuna's Website: http://deshuna.com/

Kweli TV on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kwelitv

Kweli TV on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kwelitv/

Contact Jeff & Alrik

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You can find Jeff @ https://www.ljeffreymoore.com

You can find Alrik @ alrikbursell on instagram!

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