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Gentle Embers

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  1. 12-12-2023

    Making Movies in New Zealand | Kat Amiet

    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

    44 min.

  2. 11-12-2023

    Why Rotten Tomatoes Stopped Making Sense | Isaac Ward

    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

    32 min.

  3. 07-12-2023

    How YouTube Shorts Broke the Platform | Zach Service

    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

    34 min.

  4. 10-11-2023

    Why Our Movie Almost Didn't Happen... | Zach Service

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

    42 min.

  5. 06-11-2023

    The Actor's Lifestyle: Balancing Passion and Practicality | Ryan Luther

    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?

    57 min.

  6. 04-11-2023

    How Homemade Movies Actually Happened | Dustin McLean

    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

    54 min.

  7. 01-11-2023

    Unlocking You Creative Process | Will Cooley

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

    57 min.

  8. 30-10-2023

    How to Break into Acting | Adi Maitra

    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.

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