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

Liz Manashil & Alrik Bursell

Liz Manashil and Alrik Bursell discuss independent filmmaking, everything from writing, producing and directing to working as crew. But this is not just a podcast about "making it," it"s also about struggling with rejection, self-doubt and everything else that comes with pursuing a career in film. Follow along as we forge our own way through the industry and talk to guests who are also making it happen. Episodes 238-299 are available at our patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast

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00:55:04

Episode 50 - Discipline and Shane Carruth

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2016/05/30

What's the relationship between discipline and art? And what's the deal with Shane Carruth?

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01:02:36

Episode 49 - Good Deals, Bad Deals, Contracts and...

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2016/05/23

Timothy is back on Making Movies is Hard! Alrik and Timothy catch up on the last few weeks and talk a deal Timothy was offered from Crypt TV and how that all went down.

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01:03:37

Episode 48 - Colin Levy on Outlines, Pitching and...

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2016/05/16

This week Colin Levy is back to co-host a second episode while Timothy is in Japan. This week Alrik and Colin talk about a smattering of filmmaking topics including, outlines, pitching and storytelling.

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01:04:30

Episode 47 - Talking Features with Colin Levy

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2016/05/09

Colin Levy is back! Timothy is on vacation, so Colin takes his place and talks with Alrik about his 3-year project codenamed "Shipnet" and the different ways a filmmaker can approach his or her first feature film project.

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00:50:19

Episode 46 - Being a Filmmaker in Los Angeles with...

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2016/05/02

After his films played at 50 film festivals and won a handful of awards, Hassan made the move to Los Angeles to pursue a directing career.

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01:02:46

Episode 45 - Making a $3,000 Feature with Evan Kidd

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2016/04/25

This week Timothy and Alrik welcome North Carolina Filmmaker Evan Kidd to the show to talk about his independent filmmaking experience and how he made his first feature narrative, 'Son of Clowns'.

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01:02:35

Episode 44 - Never Give Up

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2016/04/18

You might not always (or ever) get the results you want with your film. How do you survive?

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00:53:38

Episode 43 - The Brother Premiere!

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2016/04/11

What's it feel like to premiere your film on-line and at a film festival? Find out with the premiere of Alrik's short film "Brother"

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01:02:36

Episode 42 - Winning the Filmmaking Lottery

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2016/04/04

Many filmmakers think there's an easy path to making it big. This week, we discuss winning the filmmaking lottery. Is it really as simple as entering contests and festivals, getting noticed, and starting your career?

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01:00:24

Episode 41 - Filmmaker = Artist + Businessperson

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2016/04/02

This week Timothy and Alrik talk about the balance between the artistic and business side of being a filmmaker.

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01:04:53

Episode 40 - Lisa Donato

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2016/03/21

We talk with special guest Lisa Donato about starting her career in LA and why she decided to move to Austin, TX. Plus lots of talk about diversity and patriarchal society.

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01:02:43

Episode 39 - Ghostbusters, Friedkin & Playback

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2016/03/14

This week we discuss the new Ghostbusters remake and what we think, we get some directing advice from William Friedkin from Marc Maron's WTF podcast and give our thoughts, and we discuss how we use playback and why we think it's important.

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01:02:03

Episode 38 - What Makes A Good Kickstarter Campaign?

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2016/03/07

This week we talk about what makes a good Kickstarter campaign

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01:05:30

Episode 37 - "Audrey" Short Film

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2016/02/29

This week we talk about Timothy's latest commercial, comparing yourself to your peers, and we give our thoughts on a listener's short film

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00:56:49

Episode 36 - Where to Put the Camera? Which lenses to...

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2016/02/22

We're breaking format this week to talk about a few smaller topics. First is where to put the camera. Then we have a clip from Roger Deakins about lenses. And finally, we theorize on how Quentin Tarantino gets such great performances from his actors.

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01:00:53

Episode 35 - What's the Price of Pursuing Narrative...

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2016/02/15

When you start out as a filmmaker you don't instantly have the opportunity to get paid for the films you make. What sacrifices must you make (if any) to pursue a life of creativity? Timothy and Alrik give you their answers on this weeks episode of MMIH!

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01:10:08

Episode 34 - Advertising

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2016/02/08

Ridley Scott, Spike Jonze, David Fincher all have commercial directing backgrounds. So does that mean we should all start with commercials?

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01:05:32

Episode 33 Dealing With The Internal Critic

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2016/02/01

This week Timothy talks about a tough experience dealing with his internal critic and talks to Alrik about how he's dealing with it. Alrik talks about his internal critic and how he works through it.

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01:02:06

Episode 32 - Do It All Yourself? Or Find the Money...

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2016/01/25

Filmmaking has become increasingly accessible and you can make a movie with very little equipment/crew. What is the best way to approach your first feature? DIY or raising money to hire a crew?

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01:18:48

Episode 31 - What Makes a Great Story? with Marc...

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2016/01/18

Marc Madrigal, the host of Story Punch Podcast, joins us to talk about what makes a great story

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