Kat Amiet joins us on The Media Makers to talk about moving half-way around the world and the differences in being out of film school.

0:00 Intro

0:34 What is New Zealand like

3:19 Indie Film in New Zealand

8:42 SAG Strikes and Streaming

15:16 Is Filmmaking shifting?

18:10 The Power of TikTok

19:15 Missed Films

21:15 Post Film Student Life

25:35 How Film Criticism is Changing

29:37 Fan Service

33:05 How to Get Good Feedback

36:11 Running a Film Set

39:29 Are You Making Films

41:14 Outro

Isaac Ward joins the Media Maker's Podcast to talk about why is exciting him in film today.

0:00 Intro

3:26 I'll See You on Thanksgiving

8:36 Putting Movies on Streaming

12:14 New Movies

17:47 Marvel Movies

19:17 IP Diven Content

22:14 Why Critics Are Wrong

Zach Service joins Meshach Malley on the Media Maker's Podcast to talk about learnings of emotional intelligence and how the YouTube platform is shifting

0:00 Intro

0:26 The Impact of Meditation

8:05 Confronting Discomfort

10:31 The Sin of Never Starting

14:51 YouTube Learnings

31:02 How to Live a Good Life

Zach Service sits down to talk about I'll See You on Thanksgiving and the other upcoming projects from Gentle Embers Media.

Ryan Luther explains his acting journey and becoming the role of Derrick on the upcoming film, I'll See You on Thanksgiving. 00:00 Intro 00:31 Making his own movie 6:13 Start of his acting journey 11:00 Auditioning for the movie 15:10 Filmmaking is changing 20:35 The problem with streaming 24:46 Modern movies, Youtube, and Reality TV 28:21 Ryan's experience on set 35:31 Casting and becoming Derrick 43:41 It was written for the space 46:16 What is the best audience? 48:01 The passion of this project 49:16 What's next 53:15 Our friendship 53:56 Sequel?

In this episode, I sit down with Dustin McLean. He is the creator of Homemade Movies, a former executive director at Mashable, and pioneered the world of DIY filmmaking. 0:00 Intro 1:00 Thank you 2:10 Behind the scenes Homemade Movies 3:38 How Homemade Movies happened 14:06 How you picked the clips 16:30 The rules of Homemade Movies 17:45 The Family Guy Episode 23:00 DIY filmmaking 28:43 Executive Producer Mashable 36:45 What makes a show work 42:00 Obsession with retention 48:20 Not successful, but awesome

Will Cooley is a writer, director, and creator. He recently worked as the sound recorder for I'll See You on Thanksgiving.

Adi Maitra sits down and talks about his journey of becoming an actor and how he got the lead role of Noah in I'll See You on Thanksgiving.