HeyJaredThe Working Director
Helping emerging filmmakers become working directors faster. This weekly podcast will ask filmmakers the tough questions and offer guidance every step of the way with one goal in mind: help you make a living doing what you love, directing.For even more help expanding your…
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075: Distribution & Finance - A Q&A with a Sales Agent & Producer (opens the original)
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Join us for an open, candid conversation about the realities of selling your film. Learn how sales agents evaluate projects, what makes a film marketable, how to understand the true value and marketability of your cast, how deals and territories work, what filmmakers should have prepared before approaching an agent, and the mistakes that can make a project harder to sell. This is your chance to ask the questions you have always wanted to ask and get real-world insight directly from someone worki
073: What To Expect on your First TV Job (As A TV Writer) (opens the original)
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Do you have your eyes set on working on a TV series? If yes, you must join us for this talk with Cindy Chu, who recently became a staff writer on Sony's SWAT Exiles (SWAT Spinoff). She'll share what it's like to navigate your first season as a staff writer. And this talk isn't just for writers — Cindy co-wrote and produced an episode with her supervising producer, and she'll be sharing what it's like to be on set and how to prepare. It's a rare opportunity for a staff writer, and she's going to
072: Making Indie Films Against All Odds (Meet the BMC Film Fest Finalists!) (opens the original)
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You Don't Need Perfect Circumstances to Get Your Film MadeHave the script and the vision, but keep hitting roadblocks getting your short film into production?Join us for an online Q&A with this year's BMC Film Festival finalists and hear what it really took to get their films made!Get answers on how you can navigate limited budgets, deal with unexpected challenges, handle difficult decisions, and everything else that comes with indie filmmaking.These filmmakers didn’t wait for perfect circumstan
071: ART OF THE SIZZLE REEL (SELLING YOUR SHOW OR MOVIE) (opens the original)
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A great film or television concept means nothing if you can’t get people excited enough to say yes. Whether you’re pitching a series, raising financing, attracting talent, or trying to sell your project, a strong sizzle reel can often do more than a pitch deck ever could. In this class, we’ll break down the art of building a reel that grabs attention fast, communicates the vision of your project, and makes buyers, investors, and collaborators want to see more. If you’re serious about selling you
070: The Technical Parts of Vertical Filmmaking! (opens the original)
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So you have your vertical script ready, you’ve booked your crew, now what? If you have questions about what cameras are being used, how many will be needed, what lenses are being used, how to frame, how to schedule, and everything else around shooting, you’ll want to be here for this talk!Join producer Cate Fogarty , who-over the last two years-has been falling in love with the mini-drama model and has worked on over two dozen vertical series in L.A., Vancouver, and Zhengzhou, China for companie
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