My First Indie Film

By Jason Baumgardner

Follow along the journey as director, Jason Baumgardner, takes his maiden voyage into no-budget feature filmmaking. Hear recaps of each day as the filmmaker goes from finding an idea, writing the scre... more

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My First Indie Film episodes:

January 02, 2020 Editing 9: Computer Crash!
Editing 9: The Hackintosh crashes Jason’s progress and emotions. He shares how "Rebel without a Crew" TV show encourages him. Then Jason reflects on some scenes he was surprised by in the editing and the attitude of gratitude losing his editing computer brings.

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December 30, 2019 Editing 8: Looking at a Mountain
Editing 8: Jason misses self-imposed deadlines for completing the film and discusses his honest feelings of the post-production slog. He shares his new deadlines. He shares great insight from Robert Cargill about writing that relates to editing. A relatable episode for anyone finding themselves displeased with their own creative progress.

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11min
December 26, 2019 Editing 7: When is a Scene Done?
Editing 7: What is most important in making a cut in the footage?Jason revisits Walter Murch’s book, “In the Blink of an Eye”. Jason tells how he implemented it to make a scene better. Hear Soderbergh insights about film being the only medium where you can truly see characters transition thoughts in the same shot. Jason shares a quote he now has taped up next to his monitor for knowing when a scene is complete.

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14min
December 23, 2019 Editing 6: Establish Point-Of-View
Editing 6: Jason gleans from the movie Traffic on editing point-of-view and how to get into a scene. He shares how he’s choosing the take he likes as he edits a scene.

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18min
December 19, 2019 Editing 5: First Scene
Editing 5: Actual cutting of the footage is underway and Jason shares reactions of a first viewing. He shares some encouragement from Jeremy and how taking longer is actually what it takes to get where you want to be.

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December 16, 2019 Editing 4: Emotional Ping Pong
Editing 4: Honest fellowship with other filmmakers gives Jason perspective on life and career. He finds creative inspiration from a twitter thread of successful directors, James Mangold, Craig Mazin, and Chris McQuarrie, and shares what they talked about and how it relates to editing a scene.

Subscribe to the filmmaking journey as each day Jason chronicles his first micro-budget, indie film. Follow along for all the up-and-downs of the filmmaking process and be inspired to make an INDIE FILM!

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14min
December 12, 2019 Editing 3: Resistance is Back
Editing 3: Raw honesty from Jason as he shares his struggle with working on the film in editing. He shares what helped break the resistance and what may help you as well wherever you are in your creative process.

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8min
December 09, 2019 Editing 2: Composing the Future
Editing 2: Jason meets with a possible composer. A post-mortem call with producers goes very well and Jason shares the excitement that comes out of that meeting.

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9min
December 05, 2019 Editing 1: Syncing Back To Reality
Editing Update 1: The realities of post-production set in quickly with syncing sound to the footage. Jason discusses how the 90-day timeline is going. He shares how much footage they shot and tells how he passed the monotonous time of footage organization while simultaneously learning character development from Breaking Bad. A possible composer reaches out to Jason and a meeting is set.

Subscribe to the filmmaking journey as each day Jason chronicles his first micro-budget, indie film. Follow along for all the up-and-downs of the filmmaking process and be inspired to make an INDIE FILM!

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12min
December 02, 2019 Day 67: Exhausted on Cloud Nine
Day 67: Jason reflects on becoming a feature film director and reentering family life. He discusses what the day after production entailed with returning equipment and taking a few days off.

Subscribe to the filmmaking journey as each day Jason chronicles his first micro-budget, indie film. Follow along for all the up-and-downs of the filmmaking process and be inspired to make an INDIE FILM!

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12min

FAQs about My First Indie Film:

How many episodes does My First Indie Film have?

The podcast currently has 65 episodes available.