The MAKE IT Podcast

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In this episode, we have a conversation with Audiovybez Co-Founders Eddie Jordan and Jason Grant. We talk about the details of Sync Licensing, what’s changed most for musicians, how to get your song ready for sync, sync pay rates, how they maintain their integrity and persistence in a less than scrupulous industry, and much more. Enjoy!  

 

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Chris here with a short message of thanks to our esteemed listeners and supporters.

It's been a fantastic year for MAKE IT, and that's thanks to you for your engagement and support. If you have not noticed, Nick and I decided to try something new with the release schedule.

Longform podcast episodes are now published every eleven days instead of every seven days. That means episodes will populate your feed some weeks on Tuesday and other weeks on Friday. 

Our instinct behind the change is to give you more time to take in the long-form episodes, hopefully preventing bottlenecks. We'd love to hear if it's working for you. Should we keep this new format or go back to the way it was? Please let us know! 

As always, you can reach out to us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @_bonsaicreative and YouTube and Facebook by searching for "MAKE IT Bonsai Creative." 

If email is easier, hit us up at [email protected]. 

In the meantime, we hope you're enjoying the latest Indie Talk, and stay tuned for an entertaining and informative upcoming interview to wrap up the year on December 27th. Happy Holidays, and as always, Be Better, Be Creative, Be Engaged. 

And thank you for listening! 

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In this edition of Indie Talk, Chris and Nick are in the holiday spirit! They talk about their favorite holiday cocktails, their favorite holiday movies, which holiday films will become classics for future generations, the growing issue of "forced" representation in TV and Film, and Netflix’s bold move to remove ‘Glass Onion’ from theaters. Enjoy! 

 

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In this episode, we have a conversation with writer and comedian Charla Lauriston. We talk about working on the NBC series Grand Crew, writing her web series 'Clinch & Release,' her excellent new course for writers, The Werking Writer School, comedy as a defense mechanism, the importance of being seen, racism in Boston, why it's harder to get a laugh from a fellow comedian, the joke she wishes she'd written,  how she deals with writer's block, and her best advice for would-be comics and sitcom writers. Enjoy! 

 

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The MAKE IT podcast amplifies the voice of the filmmaker by exploring the filmmaking journeys of actors, writers, directors, producers, and a host of other creatives from across the film industry. We provide a platform for filmmakers to provide advice, lessons learned, personal reflections, and insights through our Filmmaker Conversations, Mistakes in the Making, Industry Insights, Indie Talks, and Film Investment Series. We are the go-to film podcast for independent creatives!

 

More on Charla 

Charla Lauriston is a Vancouver and Los Angeles-based comedian, writer, and director. Born in Haiti and raised on the East Coast, she’s currently a Supervising Writer/Producer for Grand Crew on NBC and has previously written for The Last OG, Ghosted, People of Earth, Hoops, and others. Her 2021 episodic short, Witchsters, is the official selection of the 2022 Slamdance Film Festival, New Filmmakers Los Angeles, and the 2021 Austin Film Festival and American Black Film Festival. Charla is the Lead Mentor at The Werking Writer School, a career-focused online course and community for new and aspiring screenwriters.

 

Links

charlalauriston.com

thewerkingwriter.com/school

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlalauriston/

 

**Esteemed listeners of the MAKE IT Podcast, please take 10% off Charla's top-flight writer's course, The Werking Writer, with the code MAKEIT. If you are ready to level up your writing and get that series job, finish that screenplay you've been laboring over, or create samples that get the attention of agents in 2023, do not miss out on The Werking Writer course. Remember to use the discount code MAKEIT for 10% off today, and thank you to Charla and the team at The Werking Writer for the generous offer. #MAKEIT

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In this episode, we have a conversation with Emmy-winning director and Creative Consultant, Fr3deR1ck. In this hard-hitting, no-holds-barred interview, we talk about his award-winning documentary film, 'Counter Histories: Rock Hill,' his production company Tomorrow Pictures, life-changing experiences in Kenya and Romania, the many roles race plays in film opportunities in America, the plight of the Black male intellectual, who and what Black people are afraid of, how he structures his documentaries, types of currency to be aware of when raising funding, the EMMY award process, and a one of a kind story from the set of 'Driving Miss Daisy.' Enjoy! 

 

The MAKE IT podcast is brought to you by the Voice of the Filmmaker program, which is sponsored by Women in Film and Television, Nashville (a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization).

 

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The MAKE IT podcast amplifies the voice of the filmmaker by exploring the filmmaking journeys of actors, writers, directors, producers, and a host of other creatives from across the film industry. We provide a platform for filmmakers to provide advice, lessons learned, personal reflections, and insights through our Filmmaker Conversations, Mistakes in the Making, Industry Insights, Indie Talks, and Film Investment Series. We are the go-to film podcast for independent creatives!

 

More on Fr3deR1ck

 

https://www.fr3der1ck.com

 

https://www.tomorrowpictures.com

 

IG: @fr3der1ck

TW: @Fr3deR1ck

TikTok: @Fr3deR1ck

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In this special edition of Indie Talk, Actor, Writer, and Comedian Jessica Anderson (@jesstation) stands in as co-host for Nick. We talk about the problem of social media being good for validation but bad for kids, Neal Brennan's new stand-up special, 'Blocks,' we discuss the Dave Chappelle SNL monologue and appearance criticisms, Wakanda Forever's colossal opening weekend box office, and P&A spend, the strange polar reviews of Dwayne Johnson's and DC Comics, 'Black Adam,' and we play Insane(ly bad) Movie Trivia starring Producer Papa Bear. Enjoy! 

 

The MAKE IT podcast is brought to you by the Voice of the Filmmaker program, which is sponsored by Women in Film and Television, Nashville (a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization).

 

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The MAKE IT podcast amplifies the voice of the filmmaker by exploring the filmmaking journeys of actors, writers, directors, producers, and a host of other creatives from across the film industry. We provide a platform for filmmakers to provide advice, lessons learned, personal reflections, and insights through our Filmmaker Conversations, Mistakes in the Making, Industry Insights, Indie Talks, and Film Investment Series. We are the go-to film podcast for independent creatives!

 

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Hello, Hello! In this episode, we have a conversation with the Executive Vice President of Rolling Pictures and Producer Mark Maxey. We talk about his films, ‘Space Oddity,’ ‘As They Made Us,’ and ‘Rare Objects,’ his relationship with Snuffy Walden, the subject of his documentary, ‘Up To Snuff,’ the types of films he likes to produce, how he accesses a screenplay, how to create proper financing structure, and so much more. Enjoy!

 

The MAKE IT podcast is brought to you by the Voice of the Filmmaker program, which is sponsored by Women in Film and Television, Nashville (a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization).

If you like what we're doing, please donate here: www.bonsai.film/donate.

 

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The MAKE IT podcast amplifies the voice of the filmmaker by exploring the filmmaking journeys of actors, writers, directors, producers, and a host of other creatives from across the film industry. We provide a platform for filmmakers to provide advice, lessons learned, personal reflections, and insights through our Filmmaker Conversations, Mistakes in the Making, Industry Insights, Indie Talks, and Film Investment Series. We are the go-to film podcast for independent creatives!

 

More On Mark

www.rollingpictures.com

www.imdb.me/markmaxey

www.linkedin.com/in/maxey

www.instagram.com/themarkmaxey/

Mark Maxey is an Emmy award-winning producer and Executive Vice President of Rolling Pictures - a motion picture company delivering development, packaging, production, and editorial services for film and television. Recent feature films include Space Oddity starring Kevin Bacon, Madeline Brewer, and Carrie Preston, directed by Kyra Sedgwick; the dramatic feature As They Made Us starring Dustin Hoffman, Candice Bergen, Dianna Agron, and Simon Helberg, directed by Mayim Bialik; Rare Objects directed by and starring Katie Holmes with Alan Cumming and Derek Luke; and the documentary feature Up to Snuff which Maxey wrote, directed and produced, featuring Aaron Sorkin, Martin Sheen, Tom Arnold, Timothy Busfield, Ed Asner, Lawrence O’Donnell, and W.G. Snuffy Walden. Other film credits include Beyond Sixty, Soul Prison, and Senior Entourage.

Maxey is a member of the Producers Guild of America, Television Academy, and Documentary Producers Alliance. Maxey is co-founder and chairman emeritus of the Washington West Film Festival, the only film festival to donate 100% of box office proceeds to help an area of need in the community. Maxey serves on the boards of Women in Film & Video, Artistic Fuel Foundation, and the Rock & Roll for Children Foundation, benefiting families fighting pediatric cancer at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health.

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In this episode, we have a conversation with Actress and Producer Zair Montes. We talk about growing up as a creative in Venezuela, her company Golden Ceiba Productions, how she produced a feature film without access to electricity, the secrets of shooting a film in Cuba, advice on acting school, her experience falling in love on set, her films Dopamine (post-production), Rumba Love, Havana Instant, and much more. Enjoy! 

 

The MAKE IT podcast is brought to you by the Voice of the Filmmaker program, which is sponsored by Women in Film and Television, Nashville (a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization).

 

If you like what we're doing, please donate here: www.bonsai.film/donate.

 

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The MAKE IT podcast amplifies the voice of the filmmaker by exploring the filmmaking journeys of actors, writers, directors, producers, and a host of other creatives from across the film industry. We provide a platform for filmmakers to provide advice, lessons learned, personal reflections, and insights through our Filmmaker Conversations, Mistakes in the Making, Industry Insights, Indie Talks, and Film Investment Series. We are the go-to film podcast for independent creatives!

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In this episode, Chris and Nick talk about why they aren’t watching Netflix’s ‘Dahmer,’ our take on the Ye antisemitic saga, predatory contracts in the Indie Film industry, why ‘Black Adam’ didn’t sell as expected in the box office, and we provide an update on Meg Smaker’s progress with her documentary, ‘Unredacted.’ Enjoy! 

 

The MAKE IT podcast is brought to you by the Voice of the Filmmaker program, which is sponsored by Women in Film and Television, Nashville (a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization).

 

If you like what we're doing, please donate here: www.bonsai.film/donate.

 

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The MAKE IT podcast amplifies the voice of the filmmaker by exploring the filmmaking journeys of actors, writers, directors, producers, and a host of other creatives from across the film industry. We provide a platform for filmmakers to provide advice, lessons learned, personal reflections, and insights through our Filmmaker Conversations, Mistakes in the Making, Industry Insights, Indie Talks, and Film Investment Series. We are the go-to film podcast for independent creatives!

 

 

Shownotes:

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (tv mini series)

House of the Dragon (tv series)

Steven Pinker (author)

The Purge (film)

John Wick (film)

Hellraiser (film)

Jamie Lee Curtis (actress)

Halloween Ends (film)

Dave Chappelle (writer)

Kanye dropped by Adidas

The Price of Everything (documentary)

Jeff Koons (actor)

Top Gun: Maverick

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In this Industry Insight, Nick breaks down a branding and marketing snafu that Naomi Osaka recently worked through and what we, as film creatives, can do to avoid the same obstacles. Enjoy!

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The MAKE IT podcast is the platform for the Voice of the Filmmaker (https://www.bonsai.film/voiceofthefilmmaker) program, which is brought to you in partnership with Women in Film and Television, Nashville (a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization).

 

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