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Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast, we break down the exciting new film, " Top Gun 2 - Maverick " by filmmaker Joseph Kosinski. You can watch behind the scenes footage and interviews about the making of the film here . Once a month, as part of our Movie Club series of the podcast, we share a noteworthy film and discuss it in depth. In this episode, we talk about how Top Gun 2 demo...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast, we interview award-winning commercial director and founder of Variable, Jon Bregel. This one is a treat. Jon is humble, personable, and open. I can't wait for you to hear his incredible story and learn about the wellness community he created after struggling with the pressure of explosive success and difficulty in maintaining a healthy work/life bala...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast, we interview Barrett Burgin about the recent theatrical release of his debut feature film, Cryo.  Join us as we discuss the process he went through to get this film made and sold while also finishing school, working a day job, and providing for his young family. Barrett shares his biggest takeaways from his experience making and selling this film. He is a...

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Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast we discuss some filmmakers who are exceptions to the typical success patterns or career trajectory that we teach. Make Your Feature Film (Free Step-by-Step Guide): www. InvisibleMansion.com/FreeChecklist Check Out Our Most Recent Film Free "Make Your Feature Film" Checklist

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Send us Fan Mail We always say you can make a movie in just 10-15 minutes a day . Production is usually the exception to that rule . But not for Christopher Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas. They shot their first feature film in intervals of 15 minutes every weekend for 14 weeks. In his own words: "I didn’t raise anything, I had a job and I was receiving regular pay cheques for the first time i...

Send us Fan Mail This month’s Movie Club podcast highlights the new Batman movie by Matt Reeves. If you haven’t seen the film yet, be warned that this episode is full of spoilers... We take you behind the scenes into the making of the movie, discuss the theme, emotional moments, and our biggest takeaways both personally and as artists.  The Movie Club series is designed to model for you how taking...

Send us Fan Mail Creativity is creative problem-solving. You can’t have creativity without problems to solve. Every problem or obstacle you face is keeping your creativity alive and allows you to improve. Your limitations in your career allow you to make something that nobody else can make because nobody else has your specific limitations. In the words of Hans Zimmer, the subject of our podcast th...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast, we talk about what it means to produce. A producer makes a film exist. A producer is a creator. This is power allows you to own your own work and be in control of your film career.  In this episode, Kent talks about the role he played as producer on our feature film. We have since been asked about producing several other projects. And while that isn'...

Send us Fan Mail A Behind the Scenes episode talking about the test screening phase of our feature film, The Loved and Lost .  Testing really is one of the best free ways to improve your work, whether it’s a screenplay, edit, or otherwise. I’m sure these principles apply to all sorts of areas of life too. Listening to others and asking questions can also help us improve anything, even ourselves. M...

Send us Fan Mail We've started a movie club! Every month, we'll release a podcast with ideas and questions you can use to discuss a new (or old) movie with your family or friends. February's pick is a French flick that imagines the origins of the world's first restaurant. Delicious is a treat that lives up to its name. We realized as we recorded this podcast how much more we ap...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast, we're highlighting director Jared Hess's career and success patterns. As I'm sure you know, his first feature film, Napoleon Dynamite, was a cult classic and huge box office success. It's an excellent case study worth replicating as you develop your own first feature film. Jared Hess attended the same film school as us (BYU), and as su...

Send us Fan Mail There's something a little deceiving about the subject line of this email. It insinuates that if you're a filmmaker, you're media literate. But that isn't necessarily true! Media literacy refers to the ability to understand and communicate through media, including film (our primary medium of concern at Film and Family). As obvious as it sounds, it's essent...

Send us Fan Mail This year, we've started a new series of podcast episodes highlighting successful filmmakers' beginnings. We'll show you patterns you can follow to create your own successful film career and motivate you with examples and ideas of what that path can look like. We kick off the series by featuring Chloe Zhao, who made her first feature film in 2015. Her third feature,...

Send us Fan Mail At this time of year, we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. What does Jesus Christ have to do with filmmaking? In our experience, a lot! In this episode, we share a loss we experienced 7 years ago and how in the end, the lesson we learned is worth so much more to us now than what we lost. We share how our belief in Christ helped us with our feature film. We also teach you how yo...

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Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast: How to pick good films to watch in a media-saturated world Why what we choose to we watch matters  Treating media like a mental diet How consuming garbage can kill your creativity  Too much of any one thing isn’t healthy Ideas to add variety to your watch lists Being open-minded and challenging your preferences Following an artist's line of work or i...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast, we answer questions from college students about how to prepare for a film career after school. We also share the most valuable lessons we learned in school and those that we had to discover on our own. Check it out. P.S. The Film and Family Academy doors open in just a few more days! Above all, the best way to learn to make feature films for a living is t...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been on a stressful film set? These days, who hasn't? In this podcast, we talk about the best way to make your experience on set enjoyable! In this Podcast Episode: The Latin root of the word “prepare” How use of the word has declined over time What is good preparation? Not too much or too little. The benefits of preparation outweigh those of procrastination How...

Send us Fan Mail Making a feature film is a journey. Do you ever feel lost along the way? In this Podcast Episode: Dissatisfaction is linked to an unclear vision of what you want Like a GPS, you need to know where you are now and where you are going The more specific the destination, the better (think an exact address vs. Texas) If you are upset, you are focused on what you don’t want How to pivot...

Send us Fan Mail Don't have enough time to make on a feature film? Our friend and client, Sam Featherstone didn't think so either. Listen to our interview with him, and reconsider. In this Podcast Episode: What's even better than quitting your day job An answer to prayer - Sam's experience in the Film and Family Academy  The power of an outside perspective to show you your blin...

Send us Fan Mail What kinds of films do you want to make? Will your story matter to the world?  In this Podcast Episode: "What matters most is what lasts longest" - M. Russell Ballard  Both the family and films we create live on after we die  Funerals, a gathering of posterity, are a testament to this  Why some stories and archetypes endure forever Will it pass the test of time? How craf...