Film Reverie Indie Film Podcast

This week we had the pleasure of talking to the Writer/Director and cast of the indie film Mother's Little Helpers, which was a SXSW selection for 2019. Mother's Little Helpers was written and directed by Kestrin Pantera, stars Breeda Wool (GLOW, UnReal, Mr. Mercedes), Milana Vayntrub (Marvel's Squirrel Girl, This is Us, Silicon Valley), Melanie Hutsell (Bridesmaids, SNL, Transparent), David Giuntoli (NBC's Grimm, ABC's A Million Little Things) and Sam Littlefield (The Leftovers), with cinematography by Meena Singh (Netflix's The Confession Tapes, Warner Bros' Daphne and Velma). Produced by Eva Kim (Adult Swim) and Tammy Sanchez.

This week we talk about pushing through all the doubt and fear and quest for artistic perfection to just go get the thing made. It will be worth it!

This week Brad and Bekemeyer continue their mini-series on Pre-production on a zero budget and discuss running a casting and rehearsals with no money!

This week we got to talk with filmmaker and educator Marty Lang (for the third time). He is teaching the first college level class in the world, on crowdfunding and he's using his own film as a case study on the process. He's got a lot of information to share and this episode is chock full of great information and advice because of it!

This week we had the absolute pleasure of speaking with screenwriters Anna and Mark Casadei about breaking into the business and all their advice on confidence, professionalism, and their bold approach to putting themselves out there was inspiring and illuminating.

This week we had the pleasure of speaking with filmmaker Anthony Aguiar about his wonderful film How To Grow A Tiger Lily and the unconventional way he got the film made.

This week we had the pleasure of speaking with Actor, Producer, Writer, Director John Tague about his start and longevity as an actor in the business. We also got to pick his brain on the development, production, and success of his award winning web series The Rolling Soldier.

We talk with Bob Saenz about his new screenwriting book That's Not The Way It Works as well as his time in the business from. He started as an actor to becoming a working screenwriter and the 18 years it took to get a script Extracurricular Activities into production.

This week we had filmmaker Marcus Mizelle on the show to talk about his filmmaking and his exciting new micro film competition called The Micro Film Tournament.

We had our long time friend and actor Elaitheia Quinn on to talk about living the live of an artist and actor and how to stay present in the moment.

This episode we were excited to talk with Antonio Pantoja, whose award winning horror film One Must Fall had an incredible festival run and is available for rent or purchase on all the major streaming platforms now.

In this episode we talk about the pitfalls of trying to pre-produce a film on a zero budget.

This episode we cover four different thinking styles that can really help you diversify and manage your team. How to identify and use these different thinking styles to build a well rounded team for your film.

This is the first episode in a series of episodes on how we produced our film Really Pathetic & Totally Awkward on a zero budget. In this episode we discuss pre-production.

After 81 episodes of Film Reverie, we decided to start shooting video for them as well. This is our most recent episode where we give all kinds of updates on the podcast, our filmmaking, and the future of Film Reverie.

We're back with a bonus episode with Alex Ferrari from Indie Film Hustle Podcast. He talks about his new book RISE OF THE FILMTREPRENEUR and how to turn your filmmaking into a business and fund you filmmaking addiction.

This week we had the pleasure of talking to Diane Drake, the screenwriter of Hollywood produced classics such as What Men Want and Only You. We loved getting her insight and input on the status of screenwriting in Hollywood as well as hearing some personal war stories from her very own experience.

This week we talked to award winning filmmaker and Transmedia storyteller Zeke Zelker about his newest film Billboard and his tactics for marketing and screenings to make money on his films. Zeke is a bottomless pit of energy and we had an absolute blast talking with him and we learned a lot. Hopefully you will too!

This week we spoke with Sean Mannion, a Brooklyn based filmmaker, about his award winning indie film MEME and his process for getting it shot, in the can, into festivals, and distributing the film himself. Great conversation, great insight from an interesting filmmaker.

This week we talked to Julian Baner, Rachel Comeau, and Bry Reid, the trio behind Some Southern Waters. They came by to talk about blurring genres, artistic integrity, making an entertaining film and everything else in between.