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

This week Alrik welcomes our seventh guest co-host Isaac Pingree to the show! Isaac has been making movies since he was a teenager, even directing his first feature film at the age of 20. Now with three features under his belt, Isaac talks to us about finding film, transition from fiction features to non-fiction and how he keeps moving forward with his art.

 

Isaac Pingree is a freelance Producer/Director and the founder of Lagoonside Pictures. He has produced, directed, and edited three feature films, and made numerous videos for businesses, bands and other organizations. His first feature, Day of Vengeance, is a fictional modern Western which has been distributed worldwide. His two completed feature-length documentaries include one for famed venture capitalist Tim Draper, and another, more recently produced, about country music cult icon Fred Eaglesmith. Currently, he is in post-production on a documentary about singer/songwriter Bob Frank, while continuing to serve clients on a wide array of video projects.

Finding Films

Isaac talks about how he first discovered filmmaking in the first place.

Day of Vengeance

Isaac talks about the amount of shorts he made before he shot his first feature, Day of Vengeance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaKGMIzldK0

 

Making his Draper University of Heroes Documentary Feature

Isaac talks about making his first documentary feature called Draper University  of Heroes: The Startup! How he was approached to direct the project and how he approached the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOaBO5itHVw

 

Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Steam Show

Isaac talks about approaching Fred Eaglesmith to be in his first musical documentary feature. For more on that project listen to Isaac's first podcast appearance!

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

You can watch the full feature now, streaming on Amazon Prime, check it out!

https://www.amazon.com/Fred-Eaglesmith-Traveling-Steam-Show/dp/B07M7BBG5X

Bob Frank

Isaac talks about his current documentary project about local singer/song writer Bob Frank!

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Special Thanks to Jonathan Kittrell for Editing this Episode!

This is Jonathan's second episode, you can check him out at @jkittrell94

Jonathan is also an author, check out his books on amazon!

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This week Alrik and co-host Liz Anderson sit down with writer/director Rob Smat to talk about his new film, The Last Whistle! Rob is a graduate of USC and he talks through the making of his first feature, why he made a football movie and how he made it for $100k!

et Rob Smat!

Born in Texas and resident to Los Angeles, Rob is director of more than fifty shorts, music videos, and commercials. His feature film debut, The Last Whistle, will debut mid-2019, after a successful festival run. He shot the film with college collaborators in his hometown, and the film is targeted to Friday Night Lights fans.He is a graduate of the directing and screenwriting programs at the University of Southern California.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNL0r3mT7i0

Meet Co-Host Liz Anderson

If you don't know co-host Liz Anderson, check out her solo episode at the link below!

www.makingmoviesishard.com/ep198

Making The Last Whistle

Rob talks Liz and Alrik through the making of The Last Whistle and how getting rejected from Robert Rodriquez' Rebel Without a Crew was his motivation to get his film made.

Actually Making a Movie for 100k!

Rob talks us through the decision he made so he could actually make the film for his budget of $100k!

 

What Does the Future Hold?

Rob talks about his future plans and where he see's his career going in the next few years.

Where to Find Rob's Work

http://www.thelastwhistlemovie.com

https://www.instagram.com/lastwhistle_movie/

https://www.facebook.com/TheLastWhistle/

Special Thanks to Jonathan Kittrell for Editing this Episode!

This is Jonathan’s second episode, you can check him out at @jkittrell94

Jonathan is also an author, check out his books on amazon!

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 Liz Anderson & Alrik

Send us an email

You can find Liz Anderson @ https://twitter.com/shangraliz

You can find Alrik @ alrikbursell on instagram!

You can now find MMIH @ mmihpodcast on instagram!

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