The MAKE IT Podcast

Hello, Indie Creatives!

In this episode, Executive Producers Chris Barkley and Nick Buggs talk about what the theater business will be like after COVID-19, what else could change forever, and why the Indie Film community shouldn't fall for the Shang-Chi "We are not experiments" issue. Enjoy!

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Links:

Defy Film Festival

Studio 615

Nashville Film Festival

Film Com

Indie Memphis Film Festival

Why Hybrid Film Releasing Won’t Disappear Anytime Soon (article)

Snakes on a Plane (film)

Disney CEO Calling ‘Shang-Chi’ an ‘Interesting Experiment’ (news)

Did Kevin Hart Piss off Don Cheadle? (article)

 

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Hello, Indie Investors and Producers! 

In this episode, Chris and Jason discuss why investments in Film continue to get made despite the high risk and time commitment. Enjoy!

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Hello, Indie Creatives! 

In this episode, we have a conversation with Documentarian Keith McDaniel. We talk about his nationally distributed documentary 'The Clinton 12', working with James Earl Jones, how he got his start as a founder of the Secret City and Knoxville Film Festivals, his commitment to Indie Creatives, and how he lost 130 pounds, and much, much more. Enjoy!

More About Keith McDaniel

Keith McDaniel is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and oral historian. For more than 20 years, Keith has been engaging audiences with the stories of the people, places and events that have shaped East Tennessee. His films have been screened for audiences around the world and have garnered numerous favorable reviews and recognition. His film SECRET CITY: THE OAK RIDGE STORY shared what it was like to be a part of creating the world’s first atomic bombs during the Manhattan Project and the scientific advancements that were made in the years following World War II. The 2-part film series VALLEY OF INDEPENDENCE tells about the early settlers of Grainger County, Tennessee and the significant events that shaped the region’s history. And in his film THE CLINTON 12, which most people consider his greatest achievement, Keith recounts the turbulent events of the 1956 integration of Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee.

In addition to the 12 documentary films he has written and directed during his career, Keith has also conducted more than 500 on-camera, long-form oral history and documentary interviews. Keith is also a professor of film and special projects manager for the marketing department of his alma mater - Carson-Newman University.

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Links:

Knoxville Film Festival

LinkedIn

IMDb

 

Secret City: The Oakridge Story (documentary)

The Clinton 12 (documentary)

Nashville Film Festival

James Earl Jones (actor)

Discovery Channel

Regal Cinemas

Dogwood Arts

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

It’s a Southern Thing

Mitch Rouse (actor)

Dylan Baker (actor)

 

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Hello, Indie Investors and Producers! 

In this episode, Chris and Jason discuss why some investors won't engage with filmmakers and why investors need to be married to the investment.

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Hello, Indie Creatives!

In this episode, we have a conversation with Filmmaker and Biologist Alexis Gambis (@agambis on IG, @alexisgambis on Twitter). We talk about his films 'Son of Monarchs,' 'The Color of Time,' 'The Fly Room,' and 'The Next Jaguar.' His "Netflix of Science" platform, Labocine, how Spike Lee became a mentor and investor, CRISPR, how winning at Sundance changed his life, and his annual film festival, Imagine Science (and so much more). Enjoy!

 

More About Alexis Gambis (www.alexisgambis.com)

Alexis Gambis is a French-Venezuelan filmmaker and biologist. His films combine documentary and fiction, often embracing animal perspectives and experimenting with new forms of scientific storytelling.

His second feature “Son of Monarchs” delves into issues of identity, (im)migration, and evolution. The Mexican-American narrative premiered at Sundance in 2021 in the NEXT category and was awarded the Sloan Feature Film Prize. It received the Grand Jury Prize of the New American Competition at the 2021 Seattle International Film Festival. Screen Daily called the film “a visually flamboyant film...a daring mosaic which floats like a butterfly.”

Alexis founded the Imagine Science Film Festival that is celebrating its 14th year of showcasing the latest science filmmaking from around the world. Five years ago, he launched the sister platform Labocine, a virtual ecosystem showing curated science cinema online and sparking collaborations between scientists, artists, and educators.

Alexis’ TED Talk proposes a new manifesto around science and cinema, referred to as the Science New Wave, that celebrates diversity, hybridity, and collaboration in scientific storytelling. He is currently working on his next feature “The Next Jaguar” that merges pressing issues about animal endangerment, climate change, and indigenous rights.

 

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Links:

Darren Aronofsky (producer)

Pi (film)

The Color of Time (film)

James Franco (actor)

C.K. Williams (poet)

Four Rooms (film)

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Spike Lee (director)

NYU Film School

The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson (book)

Ted Fellows Program

My American Uncle (film)

Gattaca (film)

All Light, Everywhere (documentary)

Theo Anthony (director)

All Light Will End (film)

 

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Hello, Indie Investors and Producers!

In this installment of the Film Investment Series, Chris and Jason discuss what measures you can take to expose or discover potential points of conflict within your film crew and filmmaking team. Enjoy!

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Hello, Indie Creatives!

In this episode, Chris and Nick talk about why film creatives tend to fight Imposter Syndrome, why the major players in the movie business are snapping up Intellectual Property at an alarming rate, and what you can do to play the IP game, too. Enjoy!

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Links:

Kevin Christopher (lawyer)

Brandon Hirsch (actor)

Chris Conner (actor)

Ryan Hartsock (producer)

The Ring (film)

One Night in Miami… (film)

Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (film)

‘Wonder Years’ Reboot with Black Family in the Works (news)

Jennica Schwartzman (actress)

Mr. Misery by Julius Ritter (graphic novel)

The Creative Coping Toolkit by Scilla Andreen (book)

A Quiet Place Part 2 (film)

Emil Gallardo (writer)

 

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Hello, Indie Investors and Producers!

In this episode, Chris and Jason talk about the little things every investor and producer should be aware of on the set and within your film team to ensure that the film's final cut is the best it can be and your investment is better protected. Enjoy!

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Hello, Indie Creatives! 

In this edition of Industry Insights, we spotlight the wisdom and advice of Actor, Writer, Producer Brandon Hirsch. Nick explores Brandon's feelings on what his biggest challenges are as a filmmaker and what we can all learn to help us along in our own Indie Filmmaking journeys. Enjoy! 

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More on Brandon Hirsch and the "Struggle Mindset"

Industry Insights Blog - Brandon Hirsch

Brandon's MAKE IT Interview

Adult Interference - film

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Hello, Indie Creatives!

In this episode, we have a conversation with TV & Film Producer Chris Conner. We talk about his anonymity on social media, why Steve Guttenberg was the first Tom Hanks, how to find a mentor, his most challenging time on set, the story of when and why he robbed a Barbecue restaurant, his upcoming stop-motion animation film, and upcoming projects with Hideout Pictures, and how the CMT show 'Still The King' was pitched and sold. Enjoy!

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More on Chris Conner

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1384513/

Instagram: @chris_conner

Chris Conner has been active in the film & television industry for 20 years, working as Producer and Director on projects ranging from feature films, television series, and documentaries to music videos, commercials, concerts, and Pollie Award-winning political campaigns. This body of work has provided him opportunities to work with Grammy, Emmy, and Oscar winners along with senators, congressmen, and a presidential candidate. Chris has produced national television commercials for global brands such as Ford and Merck. And for many years, he’s worked with comedy musical act The Cleverlys as a producer and director. With Hideout Pictures, he was a producer on 2 seasons of CMT’s “Still the King”, on the film “Howard’s Mill,” and worked with them on the Western feature titled “Old Henry”.

 

Links:

The Terminator (film)

The Thing (film)

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (film)

Cocoon (film)

Steve Gutenberg (actor)

Kentucky Fried Movie (film)

Diane Ladd (actress)

Olympia Dukakis (actress)

Susan McGuire (assistant director)

Christopher Stringfield (assistant director)

Pulp Fiction (film)

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger (book)

Jim Henson (actor)

The Dark Crystal (film)

Labyrinth (film)

Tom Bancroft (animator)

Still the King (tv series)

 

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