Making Movies is HARD!!!: The Struggles of Indie Filmmaking

On this Turkey Two-Fer we start off with L. Jeffrey Moore and Alrik talking with LA Based Actor/Writer/Producer Bruce Nachsin about his path as a filmmaker, making action shorts and his Super Hero shorts Dark Specter and Dark Specter 2! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On our second part of our Turkey Day Special co-host Winnie Wong and Alrik chat with filmmaker, musician, writer and director Dominic Mercurio! Dominic talks to us about his work in music videos and returning to filmmaking after an eight year break! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week special co-host Samiat Salami and Alrik talk to writer/director/producer Dave Bundtzen about making horror short films and his strategy to make his filmmaking profitable! This and much more on this weeks Making Movies is HARD! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Liz and Alrik talk to actor turned writer/director Alex Wolff about growing up in front of the camera and discovering himself as a writer/director as a teenager which lead him down a five year journey to get The Cat and The Moon made! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Andrew Schrader and Gavin Murray join Alrik this week to talk about the Just Shoot It Live show they all went to the night before and to grill Alrik on how he feels about the crowdfunding campaign for The Alternate which now only has 3 days left! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Matt, Oren, Alrik and new co-host Liz Manashil sit down and talk about a variety of topics including why we podcast, Liz's film Speed of Life, Alrik's film The Alternate and we even have a little talk about the first cross over episode from 3 years ago! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week co-host Andrew Schrader and Alrik talk to writer Michael Molina who is a staff writer on Nickelodeon's The Casagrandes! Michael talks to us about starting in sketch comedy in New York, making his first feature film and moving to LA to write! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Liz and Alrik talk to local independent filmmaker Eduardo Castrillo about his life of making features, from making his first feature in college to getting paid by a distributor to make a feature, we cover it all! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week special guest host Andrew Schrader joins Alrik to talk all things The Alternate on this very special episode of MMIH! Also Alrik gives his pitch for why you should join The Alternate Team and support the Seed and Spark Campaign! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week special guest host Alex Kellerman joins Alrik to talk to Davey Williams, an American actor who moved to China and spent 10 years acting in Chinese films, commercials and TV, then came back to Hollywood tackle his career in the states! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Alrik and Liz welcome writer/director Amy Taylor to talk about her time in LA, moving back home to Virginia and how she's kept her directing/writing career going in LA from afar! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Alrik and Liz welcome SF filmmaker Jason Ragosta to talk about ZTV! Jason tells us about his crowdfunding campaign for ZTV: Sympathy for the Devil, how he put it together and we debate the many different ways you can approach your crowdfunding campaign! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

After ten months of going it alone Alrik welcomes new full time co-host Liz Manashil to the show! Liz and Alrik spend the whole episode talking about crowdfunding, their experiences in the past and Alrik really grills Liz on all things Crowdfunding! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Alrik and co-host Isaac Pingree sit down with Bay Area field Sound Mixer Jeff Dragomanovich to talk about how he got into sound as a second career, why he picked sound and how he makes a living recording sound on set in the SF Bay Area. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Alrik and co-host L. Jeffrey Moore have a very special episode that started way back in November 2018. Jeff challenged Alrik to make a movie with just an iphone with zero budget. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Alrik and co-host L. Jeffrey Moore talk to Write/Director Hassan Said and stars Briana Walsh and Jordan Potch about the making of their one take feature, This Is Your Song! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Liz Manashil and Alrik welcome Florida filmmaker Kevin O'Brien to the show! Kevin's first feature film 'At The End of the Day' was just released on Amazon Video on Demand and iTunes earlier this year. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Alrik welcomes co-host Jake Richardson to the show! Jake is a freelance crew member, writer and filmmaker based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week co-host Alex Kellerman and I welcome feature film editor Lawrence Jordan to talk to us about his career in feature film editing and his process editing Fifty Shades of Black, Naked and the upcoming comedy Sextuplets! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Alrik and co-host Andrew Schrader welcome director Foster Wilson to the show! Foster is an LA based filmmaker who went from a career in acting to directing and her latest short films Made Public and Platypus have just hit online! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Alrik and co-host L. Jeffrey Moore welcome writer/director Benjamin Mullholland to the show! Ben is a resident at the San Francisco's Film Society Film House and the writer/director of the Lake Merritt Monster! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Alrik and co-host Liz Anderson sit down with writer/director Rob Smat to talk about his new film, The Last Whistle! Rob is a graduate of USC and he talks through the making of his first feature and how he made it for $100k! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Alrik and co-host Isaac Pingree sit down with writer director Andrew Stephen Lee to talk about his experience as a graduate of the Columbia Film program and the making/release of his latest short film, Manila is Full of Men Named Boy! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Alrik and co-host Colin Levy sit down with writer director Searit Huluf and Producer Tiajha Nakahara to talk about the making of their upcoming short film, Gamers! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Alrik and co-host Colin Levy sit down with animator, pre-viz artist and filmmaker, Michael Cawood! Michael breaks down how pre-viz is done on big budget features and gives us a breakdown of his work on a famous scene from FF7! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.