Cory Cavin and Roland Ellis

Dream Baby Dream

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Dream Baby Dream is a podcast about everything that goes into making a feature film of the same name from scratch. Hosted by the film’s writer/director Roland Ellis and producer Cory Cavin. www.dreambabydream.net

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Cory Cavin and Roland Ellis

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44. A chat with DBD cinematographer Evan Jake Cohen about the Director / DoP relationship 17.04.2026 1:01:47

Cinematographer Evan Jake Cohen and Roland have been working together for a decade. In this episode they break down the why and how of that longstanding relationship, as well as breaking down their approach to the look and feel of Dream Baby Dream

43. Debrief on the DBD test screenings over a few (too many?) beers 19.03.2026 59:48

Amid digressions into movies from the 1990s, Cory and Roland review the feedback from the recent test screenings.

42. The Director / 1st Assistant Director relationship 23.02.2026 36:32

What does a 1st AD actually do? Are they just an assistant who's there on set to get the director coffee etc.? Short answer: no, absolutely not. One of our favorite people and DBD 1st AD Nicole Carne joins the pod to break down the job for us and delve into how the AD / Director relationship should and shouldn't work

41. The DBD pod can be helpful and inspiring to other filmmakers. Who knew? But wow does this make us feel great 13.02.2026 1:30:15

Our interview with Belfast native and filmmaker Paul Kennedy on his own filmmaking journey and what he's taken away from listening to the DBD pod; also producer Cory Cavin is back co-hosting the pod after returning from his gallivanting around the world; and the quasi-spiritual zeal it takes to get an indie movie off the ground

40. Getting close to the final stages of post and starting to think about next steps; Having a plan and not just hoping for the best; Test screenings upcoming 02.02.2026 20:47

DBD executive producer Cris Cordero co-hosts because Roland is nowhere near good enough at this to host on his own.

39. Go full-blown method, or just show up and deliver the lines? 10.12.2025 46:51

DBD star Spiro Dellas joins the pod to talk about acting, the voiceover recording sessions, the perils of self-tape auditions etcetera etcetera

38. My wife and costume designer Melissa Watson Ellis joins the pod 17.11.2025 50:11

After taking a break from the pod to edit the movie, I talk with my partner Melissa about the challenges of making a movie together when you also have to go home together at the end of every day.

37. Editing a movie with broken bones is...Challenging... 25.09.2025 51:02

Guest host Executive Producer Cris Cordero joins Roland on the podcast again to talk about everything from hanging outside courthouses all night, to the challenges of trying to edit a movie with several broken arm bones.

36. Producer Danny Mooney co-hosts the pod and gives us a rundown on producing Dream Baby Dream, on putting out constant fires, on decision paralysis and how to deal with the post-production comedown 26.08.2025 55:36

Our second episode back after wrapping production. Guest-host and DBD producer Danny Mooney talks to Roland about the shoot and all things post-production.

35. Guest host Executive Producer Cris Cordero to talk about post-wrap fever dreams and being in the production trenches; Props to our amazing crew; That's right, we made it through production! 04.08.2025 51:00

It's our first episode back after finishing production and boy are we tired! Roland and guest host Executive Producer Cris Cordero break down what production was like and what it's like to be wrapped now and so much more. www.dreambabydream.net

34. At long last getting to the start, Kirby needs a hand, Kirby (and all of us) have a lot of jobs, meeting some of the crew, Go To Target You F&$%! 06.07.2025 34:05

It's been a few weeks and we're back, we've been fully in pre-production and we start shooting NEXT WEEK. Here is a dispatch from the DREAM BABY DREAM Production Offices in Bushwick, Roland and Cory talk with head of Art Dept. Kirby Brown who is also our Scripty, and talk with EP Cris Cordero, Producer Danny Mooney, UPM Tim Regan, and 2nd AD Emily Lincoff. www.dreambabydream.net

33. GREEN BABY GREEN - we have a green light!; the anxiety and stress of film fundraising; in the thick of our casting process. 16.06.2025 56:46

WE'RE DOING IT! We have a green light and are moving to production. Cory and Roland talk about the Kickstarter wrapping up, casting, and moving toward next steps to make this a reality. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criscordero/dream-baby-dream-a-brooklyn-based-crime-drama and www.dreambabydream.net.

32. Nailing down the shooting budget; Should Cory get his wisdom teeth out or not? ; We're a couple of used car salesmen at this point; Let the Line Producer be the voice of doom; Think laterally, stupid 07.06.2025 32:10

Roland and Cory and the DBD team continue the march, hat in hand, to raise funding for the movie. Cory ponders losing a part of his body. And we wait on updates from our beloved Line Producer. Support us on Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criscordero/dream-baby-dream-a-brooklyn-based-crime-drama www.dreambabydream.net

31. Need to fund your movie? Ask every Dr. you know; The agony and ecstasy of a Kickstarter campaign; Waiting on tenterhooks for Roland's CT scan results 21.05.2025 26:06

Cory and Roland talk about the status of the Kickstarter and how the medical community is helping to fund the movie. Speaking of the medical community, they wait on word back from Roland's doctors while they sit on pins and needles (he's ok). Support the Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criscordero/dream-baby-dream-a-brooklyn-based-crime-drama?ref=nav_search&result=project&a...

30. INTERVIEW: Director Alexandra Simpson on the pod to talk about how she made her amazing new film "No Sleep Till" on a very limited budget 14.05.2025 59:49

Cory and Roland talk with Alexandra Simpson about her film No Sleep Till , which she made on a very small budget and rallied a community to help support her and got her all the way to the Venice Film Festival. www.dreambabydream.net

29. Cocaine Cowboys: Going deep on a particular area of research for Dream Baby Dream 07.05.2025 35:27

Roland and Cory are back on the research beat and meet one of their most interesting leads yet. www.dreambabydream.net

28. INTERVIEW - Our chat with Taylor Shaw, head of film outreach at Kickstarter, about everything KS can do for films like DBD and independent filmmakers like us 30.04.2025 57:15

Cory and Roland welcome Taylor Shaw, Kickstarter's Head of Film Outreach and founder of BWA (Black Woman Animation) to talk film funding and how we're funding part of our movie, plus a spoiler free talk about Ryan Coogler's "Sinners". Look for the Dream Baby Dream Kickstarter campaign which we talk about here on www.kickstarter.com. And as always, www.dreambabydream.net.

27. Being Softly / Gently Relentless; Securing Locations in writing; Diving back into the script and story; Not living in shadow of Anora; Kickstarter and Rap-rock riffs 24.04.2025 1:04:45

Roland and Cory are still at it, talking Kickstarter, Sinners , locations, and keeping the script tight as they keep gearing up to the final countdown. www.dreambabydream.net

26. Unintentionally starting movements; Tugging on bootstraps; Kickstarter campaigns, yay or nay; Worst case scenario budget and finding ready-made locations 16.04.2025 53:58

Cory and Roland continue the finance raising and get creative about the realties of financing, talk to Kickstarter, and touch on the Brentmeister General. www.dreambabydream.net Check out the thread on the Thomson Viper FilmStream camera and Michael Mann and David Fincher's uses of it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/cinematography/comments/17cejrd/how_did_the_thomson_viper_create_such_a_good/?share...

25. The Michael Mannosphere; Schmoozing in LA; A big chunk of our financing (!!); Politicians or Producers; attaching more cast 09.04.2025 54:04

Cory is tanned and back from LA and Roland has been slogging it out in a cold NYC Spring and they reunite to talk about Michael Mann, different camera looks, budgets, cast, and pushing toward the finish line of the start. Look at film grab stills from Collateral shot on the Thomson Viper (discussed in this ep) here: https://film-grab.com/2015/02/19/collateral/ www.dreambabydream.net

24. Investor dinners that kind of go sideways, fake movies and why they're bad, Cory's big line, Malick musings, casting strategies 31.03.2025 1:04:33

Cory and Roland talk financing, current movie sales, Sing Sing, and movie production decisions. www.dreambabydream.net

23. INTERVIEW - Showtime's 'Flatbush Misdemeanors' creator Dan Perlman on navigating the industry, making your thing to get your thing made, and a day job selling mattresses, 25.03.2025 55:47

Roland and Cory talk to director, writer, and comedian Dan Perlman, creator of 'Flatbush Misdemeanors' on Showtime and the forthcoming feature 'Cramming' about what it takes to get a show made and how to work toward other projects to keep making things. www.dreambabydream.net

22. The lost episode re-take, how we deal with a pre-production holding pattern 20.03.2025 40:19

Well it was bound to happen sometime. One of our pod eps was lost so Cory and Roland sit down to try to remember and recreate what they talked about the week before and discuss what to do when you're in a production holding pattern. www.dreambabydream.net

21. Let her rip 'tater chip: Exhaustion and reinvigoration courtesy of James Mangold's A Complete Unknown, a free-form journey through random movies, our current anxiety-inducing DBD holding pattern 06.03.2025 50:13

Roland and Cory play a little jazz for em, talking about movies, tiredness, and the moves coming up to the shoot. www.dreambabydream.net

20. Investor kicking our tires, Due Diligence, New line producer/producer joins the team 26.02.2025 22:58

Roland and Cory record from backstage at the Soho Playhouse in NYC to talk about investors, line producers, spreadsheets (and maybe less of them in the future?), and the road to getting closer to funding. www.dreambabydream.net