Just Shoot It: A Podcast about Filmmaking, Screenwriting and Directing

This week we chat with creative executive Matt Milam from Amazon Studios. He gives a different perspective on studio executives intentions, and shares insight on the process of developing a script. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: The show Dave, a website for story boarding called boords.com

Matt: a documentary on Hulu called Everything is Copy

Matt Milam: Hard Core History podcast, docu-series on Netflix called Formula 1: Drive to Survive, David Sandberg’s youtube channel

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Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today on the pod we answer some listener questions! Emilio asks us for advice on how to stand out in the never ending sea of filmmakers, and George asks us what our domino project was that launched our careers. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: There are wire strippers built into outlets, wifi tethering on an A7S 3

Matt: esty.com/shop/castinglifeaway 

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Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.

Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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How it Ends co-directors Zoe Lister-Jones & Daryl Wein join us on the pod today. They talk about the making of their recent film, filming in a pandemic, and returning to the just-out-of-film-school gorilla style filmmaking even after they’ve made it big. 

Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.

Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.

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Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.

Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Accomplished director Maureen Bharoocha checks in with us on the pod today! Her hustle work ethic has gotten her jobs like Golden Arm, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Hairpin Bender, and much much more. Maureen talks with us about her career, staying on the radar, and investing in yourself as a director. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: http://www.pandemoniuminc.com/

Matt: the instagram account ‘siblings or dating?’

Maureen: Watch ‘Good On Paper” on Netflix

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Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.

Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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This week on the pod it’s a Matt and Oren episode! We talk about stepping up as a director when things get a little crazy, hiring celebrities, and, of course, just shooting it.

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Cutting your bagel into thirds and throwing out the middle

Matt: Bo Burnham episode on the podcast Good One 

Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.

Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.

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Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.

Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Producer Stu Pollard joins us on the pod today. Stu is full of great advice for filmmakers working on getting their first feature off the ground. We talk finances, getting people to truly believe in you and trust you with their money, and how to catch a producers attention to help produce your film.

Lunacy Productions Website: https://lunacyproductions.com/

Jen McGowan JSI episode: https://justshootitpodcast.com/2021/01/07/what-kind-of-director-do-you-want-to-be-w-jen-mcgowan-just-shoot-it-249/

Plus One: Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer JSI episode: https://justshootitpodcast.com/2019/07/26/how-one-shot-turned-into-plus-one-with-jeff-chan-andrew-rhymer-just-shoot-it-173/

Short History of a Long Road JSI episode: https://justshootitpodcast.com/2020/07/02/the-short-history-of-making-a-tribeca-film-just-shoot-it-222/

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Premiere Pro’s new caption track

Matt: Filmmakers and Financing Business Plans for Independents by Louise Levinson 

Stu: moo.com for on demand business cards, and wintersmiths.com

Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.

Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.

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Wanna be on the show? Call us with a question at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show.

Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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You may have booked tickets to see In the Heights, Myron Kerstein’s latest editorial project, and have seen some of his other films like Crazy Rich Asians, Garden State, and the TV show Girls. Myron chats with us about editing In the Heights, his techniques, and the overall craft of editing.

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Carry around a 5tb hard-drive with all your stuff you’ve made

Matt: Vanishing Angle SXSW virtual panel about the nature of making indie films

Myron: Tony Peralta who designed his shirt, peraltaproject.com/

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Editor turned director DW Thomas chats with us today. We talk about her upcoming film Too Late, she shares insight on valuing your time as a director, and has an interesting spin on where to spend your distribution money for an indie film. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Glide gear butterfly scrim photography kit 

Matt: A podcast called Make Cool Shit

DW: Self hypnosis with hypnosisdownloads.com

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Director Danielle Lessovitz joins us on the pod today! She talks about her recent directorial debut Port Authority, indie films, and how Martin Scorsese came to produce her feature. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: The website Artstation.com

Matt: The podcast called Light the Fuse

Danielle: The Ezra Klein Show. Specifically the episode How to Have Better Conversations About Hard Things

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today on the pod we are chatting with A&E ‘Hoarders’ producer Courtney LeMarco. Courtney shares the crazy story on how he came to produce the iconic show, the ins and outs of unscripted TV, and he gives tips on how to stand out in your pitches.      

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: The HBO show Hacks 

Matt: Breaking Bad, now that we’re at the end of the pandemic watch all the TV you can before becoming busy again

Courtney: The show Snowfall

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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This week on the pod we are talking with director Tim Nackashi! We talk passion projects, budgets, and, most importantly, collaboration. 

Check out Tim’s website: http://www.timnackashi.com/        

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Kelly Erdmann on insta @kelladactyl

Matt: Sandbox.LA is an online workshop for directors where you can test out scenes with actors 

Tim: The graphic novel called Short Comings 

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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This week it’s another classic M&O episode! We talk ripomatics, what non-directing jobs could help you get directing jobs, and the state of the film industry as the world reopens and what that means for you.

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Youtube video called ‘My Two Year Blender Progression’ by Willy

Matt: The Circle season 2 on Netflix 

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today on the pod we are joined by writer/director Danny Madden. Dannys talks us through the making of his Sundance feature Beast Beast, how he used his hometown connections to make the film, and how Alec Baldwin came to produce the feature. 

Beast Beast IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8785030/ 

Ornana Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ornana

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Leasehackr if you’re trying to lease a car, parent hack: if your kid wants something really expensive just tell them they have to sell something of theirs to get the new thing and they will change their mind most likely 

Matt: A film called Blow the Man Down

Danny: The book Deliverance 

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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This week on the pod we are joined by ‘For Heaven’s Sake’ filmmakers Tim Johnson and Mike Mildon. Tim and Mike break down the process of filming a true crime documentary, and how they went about adding comedic relief to such a serious topic. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Ponysmasher, Hayden Hillier Smith on Youtube, All Gas No Breaks 

Matt: 4k video downloader

Mike: Charity called Please Bring Me Home, and the Sasquatch movie trailer

Tim: ‘In & Of Itself’ on Hulu

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today on the pod we talk with AFI grad and accomplished director Yoko Okumura. She gives tips on writing/directing compelling stories, and shares her experience during and after attending one of the most prestigious film schools, American Film Institute.  

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Jackie Chan: My Stunts doc

Matt: Fortune Feimster Sweet and Salty Netflix Special

Yoko: A grant resource called Squid Tropica, and Mickey Hargitay Plants in LA

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today on the pod we chat with Director Craig Zobel whose credits include HBO show Mare of Easttown, Z for Zachariah, and Compliance. He shares details on how he came to direct for HBO, chats philosophy of lenses, and gives a different perspective on how being an AD has helped his career as a director.

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Everything but the bagel seasoning, also you can mail Jeni’s Ice Cream to people kind of like a thank you card but better

Matt: The Box, basically you fill a box with all the different movies (written down) that would have been released theatrically in 2020. Then when you want to watch a movie, pick one out of the box to kind of replicate going to the actual movie theater 

Craig: The movie The Silent Partner

Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today we briefly catch up with friend of the show Jumai! She fills us in on her experience in the final semesters of film school, and learning while in a pandemic. Matt and Oren continue on to talk development, actors, and they share some tips on hitting those early call times when in a different time zone.  

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Writer Dan Hernandez's twitter thread about the kind of variety a writer should have under their belt

Matt: Bad Trip on Netflix

Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today we talk with Pastor Alvarado and Jeff Molyneaux, two of the founders of Riverside Entertainment, a production company with offices in LA and Nashville.

Riverside's website: https://www.riverside-ent.com/ 

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today we talk with DP Andy Strahorn who is most known for his work on 9-1-1: Lone Star, Lethal Weapon, and Good Girls Revolt. Andy gets down to the nitty gritty explaining the specifics of being a cinematographer for TV, the importance of collaborating with the director, and how he exposes for explosions. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Judith and the Black Messiah on HBO Max, if you or someone you know is having trouble finding a way to get the vaccine use vaccinespotter.org

Matt: The movie The King of Staten Island on HBO Max

Andy: The Trial of the Chicago Seven

Andy’s website: https://www.andystrahorn.com/ 

Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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This week we are joined by accomplished producer Carolina Groppa, who is most known for Autism in Love, Miss Virginia, and The Female Brain. Carolina shares what it’s like working as a freelance producer, and lists the kind of qualities a director should have to get a producer's attention.

Check out Carolina’s podcast, Angle on Producers, anywhere you find podcasts. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Wag Flag to get a studio look for your on a budget shoots 

Matt: The second half of the movie Black Bear

Carolina: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar on Amazon Prime

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today on the pod we offer our advice on acting while chatting with actors from the Lee Strasberg Institute. We talk about prep, reels, and give first hand accounts of what the director is actually thinking after your audition. 

Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show.

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today on the pod we chat with partner and executive producer Sam Penfield of 1stAveMachiene. Sam helps steer the careers of emerging directors, and she shares advice on what you could do to kickstart yours.  

Check out 1stAveMachiene and all the awesome work they do at https://www.1stavemachine.com/

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: If you like someones art online try to work with them  

Matt: Instagram feed called ‘shitty rigs’

Sam: A company called This is Arc if you’re in need of a head hunter

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Friend of the show Roxy Shih joins us on the pod today! We chat about how to navigate directing other people’s scripts, and how to go about making changes if necessary. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: If you rent Airbnb or go to a place with a pool, bring a pump to inflate pool toys and a set of tools. Also, if you’re on a zoom call use names with addressing people so everyone knows they’re important to you in that meeting

Matt: Utilize startup communities to learn more on how to get a film off the ground, and start thinking of your film like a startup 

Roxy: Directing tip: using the way you say action to set up the mood of a scene

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Accomplished director and fellow podcaster Mike Pecci joins us on the pod this week. He shares his insights about becoming a working director, and answers the question of when should you move to Hollywood? 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Matt Ridder Twitter thread about his first open writing assignment 

Matt: Episode 132 of the podcast Show Don’t Tell

Mike: The book ‘Talking to Strangers’ by Malcolm Gladwell

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today we sit down with comedy director, LP, who is most known for directing sketch comedy on Funny or Die, T.V shows like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and her latest feature Desperados on Netflix. We chat about how she took her experience making short 3 min sketches, and turned it into a film and television directing career. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Using Youtube for things like how to tile a backsplash, a short film from Lulu Wang on Youtube called ‘Nian’ shot on the iPhone 12 pro. 

Matt: ‘Freaks and Geeks’ is on Hulu

LP: The reality show ‘Ink Master’

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Filmmaker Daniel Scarpati sits down with us to chat about his recent book, Gofers: On The Front Lines of Film and Television, and all the valuable lessons it contains. We outline the life of a production assistant, how to start in this business with zero connections, and explain why success is about who you don’t know. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: The ticktok-er Mad Matthies has a Youtube channel about her crazy video transitions

Matt: A Fast Company article called ‘How Bill Hater Went from Production Assistant to SNL Hero to Leading Man’ and a film called ‘The Donut King’

Daniel: A 3 part book series called ‘Keeper of the Clown’

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Director Fisher Stevens sits down with us today to talk about his recently released film ‘Palmer’. He gets into how he got Justin Timberlake to star in his film, what it’s like working with a minor, and his decision to make the movie he wanted for a smaller budget. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: A Youtube channel called Wandering DP

Matt: The film ‘Sound of Metal’

Fisher: Drink green juice

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Stunt performer Stephen Koepfer can’t wait to get hit by a car (safely), but has been shoved around a bit on projects like John Wick: Chapter 3, The Blacklist, and Devs. Stephen talks with us about the technical side of stunt work, and how achievable stunts are even for the low budget films. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: The essential sounds tab in premiere pro now lets you license music directly from premiere 

Matt: A video essay called Howard Hawks and the Art of the Screwball Comedy on Film Struck 

Steve: Open Broadcast Studio to find footage for your reel 

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Accomplished director Justin Polk wasn’t sure where to start his filmmaking career, but he worked hard, made the move to LA, and is now a working director with his own production company Invisible Collective. Justin shares his story and gives insights along the way on what worked for him, and how it could work for you. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Watch the film Nomadland

Matt: A directing book called Master Shots

Justin: The saying ‘all they can say is no’, and general advice that in order to survive as a working director you have to be willing to collaborate 

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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‘Rust Creek’ director Jen McGowan sits down with us today to talk festivals, picking the kind of director you want to be, and the art of being prepared and ready to go when an unexpected opportunity comes along. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Apple original movie called Wolf Walkers, and Handstand Kitchen 

Matt: If you have the means, just get the better version of whatever you’re investing in instead of the cheap version 

Jen: An animated series called Undone on Amazon

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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On this last day of 2020 we are rounding off the year chatting with Roxy Shih and Carlyn Hudson! We get into what this year has done for us, our hopes for 2021, and if this past year has changed the central question of this show: whether or not you should move to LA?

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Melissa Hunter’s Twitter feed, and John Zaozirny’s Twitter feed

Matt: Laura Jacqmin’s twitter thread on breaking television 

Carlyn: Dionne Warwicks Twitter account

Roxy: The book Ikigai

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today we sit down with accomplished Sundance director Qasim Basir and chat about the efforts it took for him to get where he is now. We talk about all the highs, the lows, and everything in between about becoming a working director and what it takes to get there. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Tip: when sending people projects, give a small description of what you are sending and why

Matt: Nick Lutsko twitter account 

Qasim: The first episode of the show Small Axe

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Being a mother doesn’t slow Zeina Durra down from filmmaking, and it certainly didn’t stop her from getting her film Luxor into Sundance. We chat with her about what it was like shooting in Egypt, adapting to the parent life while also being a Director, and Matt & Oren go into detail about what they prefer in a location. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: A Youtube video commentary by Hayden Hillier Smith called How to Make a David Dobrik Vlog 

Matt: The Great British Bake Off reality show 

Zeina: Steve McQueen’s film Mangrove on BBC

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today on the pod we’re talking with Carlyn Hudson about what to do now that you have your script written. We chat about getting your script out there and seen, the importance of look books, knowing where your movie is in the marketplace, and more! 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Check out Helier Smith’s Youtube channel about his theory’s on editing 

Matt: Nandi Bushell on Youtube 

Carlyn: Using the Homeless to Guard Empty Houses article in the New Yorker

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Accomplished DP Carissa Dorson sits down with us today to talk about being a cinematographer with a publicist, and getting your name out there. We chat about what a social media presence can do for your career, and Carissa shares her insights on what kind of director is best to work with. 

Check out Carissa’s latest film Darkness in Tenement 45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wWDzbrYijE

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Sony A7S 3

Matt: The Netflix special coming out called Nate

Carissa: Taking classes to better your skills, stay creative, and keep you accountable 

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today Matt and Oren sit down to talk about the art department, production designers, and the nature of collaborating. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Translights, pacificstudios.net

Matt: The Hitchcock film Rope, the show How To with John Wilson, and a short on Short of the Week called Emergency Action Plan 

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Director Natasha Kermani joins us on the pod today to talk about her most recent SXSW film Lucky. This episode is a treat for all of the horror genre lovers out there as Natasha is a big part of the horror scene. We get into what it’s like directing indie features, and the importance of building a foundation of trust and loyalty with your crew. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: When you are making your reel, just put next years year on it, for example we’re still in 2020 but just put 2021 on it

Matt: A podcast called Dead Eyes

Natasha: Check out votesaveamerica.com/getmitch 

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Palm Springs is the movie to watch during quarantine, and Just Shoot It is the podcast to listen to so you can learn about the making of the film and the people behind it. Writer Andy Siara and director Max Barbakow share the inside scoop on what it took to get their film made, and how important it is to care about your film when no one else does. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: When you’re having a hard time finding something for a shoot, see if a different industry has figured it out

Matt: Watch The Presidents Men, and Dick

Max: In Sheeps Clothing Vinyl shop

Andy: Gardening

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Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Today we’re following up last weeks Matt and Oren episode with another Matt and Oren Episode! We talk in detail about pre-production meetings, what they are, what they cover, and our tips on navigating through them. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: The best chance someone has to be a successful actor/actress is to be a second generation person in the Hollywood business. 

Matt: Impressions of Donald Trump that James Austin Johnson does on Instagram.

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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This week on the pod Liz Manashil visits with us to help answer some listener questions about distribution. After that it’s a classic Matt and Oren episode! We catch up, Oren shares his theory on treatments, we chat about working with different crews, I told you so’s, and much more!

Liz Manashil contact info: lizmanashil@gmail.com

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: shopminorthread.com to buy masks for kids, New Bliss Youtube channel, the artist Alfie Dwyer

Matt: Watch E.T, the movie Ed Wood, and use JustWatch to find out on what platform something is or is not streaming

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Genre director Amanda Row started out embracing her limitations by making fifty dollar shorts, and now she directs for TV shows like The 100, Nancy Drew, and Helstrom. She shares some unique tips about directing, and what her experience is like as a woman in film. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: CeraVe moisture cream for dry faces 

Matt: The Instagram of a producer, Nicole Kassell

Amanda: If you have trouble sleeping listen to: Jeff Bridges sleep tapes on Youtube, 24 hour loop of the engine hum from Star Trek

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Co-directors Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer join us on the podcast to chat about the making of their latest film Save Yourselves!, and what it’s like co-directing with your significant other. 

Save Yoursleves! trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIsIjcNdsXc

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Team Deakins podcast, Freestyle Photo in Hollywood 

Matt: A Youtube essay from the Royal Ocean Film Society called How Peter Jackson Made a Splatter Masterpiece 

Eleanor: Composting

Alex: The show Joe Pera Talks With You 

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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When Jim Cummings isn’t making a studio feature like his upcoming film The Wolf of Snow Hollow, he is self distributing his indie films and advocating for other filmmakers to do the same. We talk through his career as a successful filmmaker and how shooting in your backyard really pays off. 

The Wolf of Snow Hollow trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCGVDOOgFkE

Linkin Park music video: https://www.google.com/search?q=linkin+park.romanek&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

JSI Jonny Price episode talking about crowd equity: https://justshootitpodcast.com/2020/01/22/whats-the-deal-with-crowd-equity-w-wefunders-jonny-price-just-shoot-it-198/

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: You should be wary of overly agreeable crew members

Matt: Kerrygold Butter

Jim: Melville House Publishing

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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This week we talk with Chris Monlux from Videomaker about all things gear related and what kind of camera he recommends for your projects. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: How to shoot at film at three different budget levels from youtube channel In Depth Cine

Matt: Apple Plus show Ted Lasso

Chris: Crip Camp doc on Netflix

Here is a link to the Videomaker podcast where they interview the co-directors of Crip Camp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4wB91Qmb_k

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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The End of the F***ing World's DP Benedict Spence joins us this week on the show. We get technical as he shares some of the guidelines used as they were shooting the Netflix original, and what goes into a good DP/director relationship. 

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: The Speed Cubers documentary on Netflix, El Capitan Campground in Santa Barbara

Matt: A short film called A Voice In Your Head, and the Micheal Jordan documentary The Last Dance

Benedict: I Know This Much Is True on HBO, and any science fiction book my Iain M. Banks

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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This week we talk with Ryan Connolly about his Youtube channel Film Riot, DIY filmmaking, and what it's like transitioning from a do-it-yourself mindset to a let-someone-else-handle-it mindset when working on bigger projects.

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Boys State documentary, you get Apple TV Plus for free if you’ve bought an apple product within the last year

Matt: The film The Daytrippers on Criterion

Ryan: My Brother Jordan documentary on YouTube

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

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Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos

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Today we talk with Clay Epstein, the president and founder of Film Mode Entertainment, to talk all things distribution, but not after catching up with our friend Jumai Yusuf to see what she’s been up to and how she’s navigating film school during the pandemic.

Check out the trailer for Stage Mother: http://www.filmmodeentertainment.com/film/6ba9924a-cd48-e811-948d-0e563b5fb261

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Blender, and Maury's Bagels

Matt: The Imagineering Docuseries on Disney+

Clay: Microsoft Surface phone, an attachable monitor for your laptop, exploring the world of vinyls

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Bill and Ted Face the Music is Dean Parisot’s most recent film, but not the only notable project in his filmmaking career. He started off his career with an Academy Award for his short film The Appointments of Dennis Jennings. We talk about what it was like winning an award right out of film school, and how he came to direct for films and TV shows like Monk, Good Girls, and Galaxy Quest.

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: Captain Disillusion Color on Youtube

Matt: Trekkies 1&2 and Never Surrender a Galaxy Quest fan documentary on Amazon Prime

Dean: His friend Chesney’s tuna melt made with real tuna. 

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See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

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Numa Perrier shares her life story in her film Jezebel that featured at SXSW and is now on Netflix. We talk about the work that goes into making a feature that you may not have expected from the start, and the craft of taking limitations and turning them into advantages. We also dig into the perseverance it takes to become a working director, and how persevering turned her youtube channel Black&Sexy TV into network TV.

Unpaid Endorsements:

Oren: 

1. Use a program called Sharp Keys when switching from Apple to PC 

2. Homemade buffalo sauce

Matt: A youtube video called, “The Secrets to Creating An Indie Game Franchise” 

Numa: Watch Gone Girl with the commentary to get all the drama about the tense relationship between David Fincher and Ben Afleck 

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Show your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojy

See who our guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod

Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar.

Each week on Just Shoot It we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.