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

By Liz Manashil & Alrik BursellTV & Film Arts Film Interviews Visual Arts

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

January 01, 2017 Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone! We distill our entire year of experience into one awesome episode, including our first listener call in from Alex Kellerman who challenges us on the idea of "breaking in."

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1 hr 31 min
December 25, 2016 Paid Pitches!
Over the last two weeks, Alrik pitched his feature script "The Alternate" to producers and managers. We share his results with a discussoin around the experience, the feedback, and we even listen to one of the actual pitches

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1 hr 1 min
December 20, 2016 Self Distribution with Lucas Kitchen!
Everyone can make a movie but when it's done, what's the best way to get it out into the world? This week we have filmmaker Lucas Kitchen on the show to talk about his experience working with the aggregator Distribber.

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1 hr 11 min
December 12, 2016 Feature Films: Funding and Pitching!
We focus on feature films this week with several discussions including "what does a $100k feature really look like?" "How do you ask investors for money?" and "what does a good pitch sound like?"

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1 hr 20 min
December 05, 2016 Unions!
We answer a listener question and discuss what we know (and don't know) about unions. Should you be in a union? Why aren't we?

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1 hr 5 min
November 28, 2016 The Break-In with Robin Schmidt!
We're joined by guest host "Robin Schmidt" who has a filmmaking podcast called "The Break-In". We talk to Robin about his filmmaking career in Europe and his plans to break into Hollywood in 12 months.

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1 hr 15 min
November 21, 2016 Catching Up!
Alrik is back from Costa Rica and it's time for the guys to catch up. We talk over what it's like coming back from vacation, Timothy's commerical directing, Alrik's writing while he was gone and much more!

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1 hr 2 min
November 14, 2016 When Do You Say No?
When it comes to paid work, you don’t always get the projects you want. Should you say yes to every project you're offered or say no to ones that don't fit your goals?

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1 hr 9 min
November 07, 2016 Selling Your Short Film with Ronnie Allman!
We're joined by Bay Area Filmmaker Ronnie Allman to talk about filmmaking contests and his new website JustADollarShort.com

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1 hr 3 min
October 31, 2016 Fundraising and Filmmaker Bios!
This week we give pointers on writing a filmmaker bio and Alrik downloads us on everything he's learned about fundraising

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1 hr 9 min

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

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Liz Manashil 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.