In Part B of our conversation with the creative team behind BLEEDERVILLE, hosts Geraldine and Kelli continue their lively discussion with writer and director Jason Robert Lester, producer Stephanie Davis, and cinematographer and editor Hugh James about the extraordinary journey of bringing an ambitious horror anthology to life. What began as a collection of short films gradually evolved into a feature-length anthology spanning several years of creative development. Along the way came unexpected challenges, ingenious problem-solving, countless volunteer hours, and the shared belief that independent storytelling matters. Together we explore the creative decisions behind weaving nine interconnected stories into one cinematic experience, the rhythm of editing, visual storytelling through storyboards, and why sometimes a quiet black-and-white sequence can become one of a film’s most memorable moments. The conversation also opens into a broader reflection on Perth’s independent film community its generosity, resilience, and the friendships that continue to sustain artists working outside mainstream systems. Ideas emerge for transforming future screenings into immersive Halloween events complete with costumes, practical effects makeup, audience participation, and a celebration of local creativity. Naturally, no Beyond Survival conversation would be complete without wandering into unexpected territory. From casting Santa Claus as a serial killer to favourite practical effects, gallons of stage blood, road rage confessions, and heartfelt reflections on what “Beyond Survival” means in everyday creative life, this episode reminds us that art is as much about community as it is about craft. For us, Beyond Survival has always been about creating spaces where artists can speak honestly about their practice the victories, the failures, the laughter, and the persistence required to keep making meaningful work. BLEEDERVILLE is a wonderful example of that spirit. Whether you’re a filmmaker, artist, horror enthusiast, or simply someone fascinated by how creative projects come into existence, we hope this conversation leaves you inspired to keep making, collaborating, and imagining what comes next. In this episode * Bringing nine stories together into one feature film * Storyboarding and visual storytelling * Editing, pacing and creative rhythm * Film festivals, funding and crowdfunding realities * Perth’s evolving independent film community * Imagining immersive Halloween screenings * Practical effects, makeup and everyone’s favourite fake blood * What “Beyond Survival” means to each guest * Laughter, honesty and a few memorable road rage stories Featured Guests Jason Robert Lester — Writer & Director Stephanie Davis — Producer, Somedae Pictures Hugh James — Director of Photography & Editor Hosts: Geraldine & Kelli Special Guest Host: Gizmo 🐾 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌐 STUDIOZER0 LINKS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/StudioZer0ArtsInc YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@studiozeroart7590 Threads: https://www.threads.com/@studiozer0.art Substack: https://substack.com/@artsmartstudiozer0 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/studiozer0.art Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelli.sharp.studiozero.art TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@studiozer0.arts LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-sharp-83ab54a ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍰 SUBSTACK RECIPES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬🍜 Lights, Camera… Dinner with Bleederville Indie Film Peeps 🎬 When filmmaking meets food… Behind every independent film are the people, the stories, the late nights and the shared moments. Celebrating BLEEDERVILLE Part A & Part B with a Beyond Survival recipe collection: 🥟 Thai Chicken Sausage Rolls 🍜 Prawn & Chicken Laksa 🍩 Cinnamon Doughnuts 🍩 Brioche Doughnuts Because creativity belongs everywhere—from the screen to the kitchen. ✨ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎨 ARTIST WATCH ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ BLEEDERVILLE Indie film OUR GUEST PART A & B Jason Robert Lester - Writer & Director https://www.facebook.com/jason.robert.lester Somedae Pictures - Producer Stephanie Davis Production Design - Special Effects, Costume and Make-Up https://www.facebook.com/somedaepics Hugh James - Director of Photography & Editor https://www.facebook.com/hugh.james.353083 SOUNDTRACK Company of Wolves write and perform a song for our opening credits. Everyone at Wedge Tales, Somedae Pictures and Stellar Visions Photo & Video and our director Jason Robert Lester - Film & Theatre are excited to share this music video. SOMEDAE PICTURES IN ASSOCIATION WITH WEDGE TALES AND STELLAR VISIONS PRESENTS “BLEEDERVILLE” ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚SUBSTACK ARTICLE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Behind the Scenes of BLEEDERVILLE: A Seven-Year Journey of Independent Filmmaking, Collaboration and Creative Vision Discover the people, passion and perseverance behind BLEEDERVILLE an extraordinary seven-year independent filmmaking journey. ✨BEYOND SURVIVAL: 🎥 Follow the Beyond Survival Table for more long-form conversations, cultural reflection, and creative activation. ☕ Support Independent Arts If you enjoy these conversations and would like to help us continue producing independent podcasts, artist interviews and creative storytelling, consider supporting StudioZer0 with a coffee. Every contribution helps us amplify artists, filmmakers and creative voices that deserve to be heard. Thank you for being part of the Beyond Survival community. Art. Spirit. Culture. Storytelling. Together, we’re imagining new ways to survive—and thrive. 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