Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Your First Ten Pages — Or AI? — Will Determine if Someone Finishes Your Script
Getting your script into the hands of the right people is extremely difficult. What is a desperate screenwriter to do if they seek feedback on their …
2 years, 6 months ago
‘Damsel’ Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Sets Fantasy on Fire (And It Looks Awesome)
If you want to succeed with fantasy and make it a transformative experience, you have to create real characters. To convey realness, you have to go b…
2 years, 6 months ago
How We Manage Our Careers — From Annual Goals to Daily Tasks
Regardless if you are new to filmmaking or you have years of experience, you must be strategic about managing your career in film. This includes sett…
2 years, 6 months ago
How Broadcast Dramas Work, With ‘Quantum Leap’ Writer Shakina
What does it look like to advocate for yourself as a creator? Well, it starts with understanding your value and knowing where you can serve. Then, yo…
2 years, 7 months ago
Dissecting Emerging AI and Why Your Human Voice Is So Important
With the rise of AI, will Hollywood begin to neuter your voice? While AI isn’t creating anything original, the immediate convenience of this tool is …
2 years, 7 months ago
Career-Sustaining Advice for a Consolidating Film Industry
If you are at square one in your filmmaking journey, you are probably confused about where to start. You’re not sure how you are going to pay the bil…
2 years, 7 months ago
How To Ensure People Can Watch Your Movie (Hopefully) Forever
There’s a very important lesson can we learn from films like 28 Days Later, which is not available in physical format or on streamer. It’s hard to be…
2 years, 7 months ago
How First-Time Feature Director Katie Burrell Subverts Ski Comedy... Hilariously
Weak Layers is Katie Burrell’s feature film, which she not only directed but co-wrote and acted in. The film invites us to truly understand ski cultu…
2 years, 7 months ago
Are Super Bowl Ads Creative Anymore? Plus, a New Film Camera!
If you’re anything like us, we only watch the Super Bowl for the awesome commercials, but sadly this year’s ads leave much to be desired. While we ar…
2 years, 7 months ago
‘The Florida Project’ Producer Francesca Silvestri & ‘Suncoast’ Director Laura Chinn on Unlocking the Director-Producer Relationship
Every year at Sundance, we aim to speak with indie filmmaking teams who have collaborated on some of our favorite movies. Learning from these success…
2 years, 7 months ago