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The No Film School Podcast

A podcast about how to build a career in filmmaking. No Film School shares the latest opportunities and trends for anyone working in film and TV. We break news on cameras, lighting, and apps. We inter... Read more

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Does Making Midnight Movies Sharpen Your Style?

Does Making Midnight Movies Sharpen Your Style?

What makes something a 'midnight' film anyway? Is there a relationship between pushing boundaries in subject matter and ... Read more

6 Apr 2020

1hr 8mins

Ranked #2

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How Do You Know Which Idea to Pursue? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 1]

How Do You Know Which Idea to Pursue? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 1]

Here's Episode One of our new podcast series The First Feature. This is a step-by-step guide on how to get your first fe... Read more

28 Mar 2018

49mins

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How Do You Pitch Your Film and Find Financing? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 4]

How Do You Pitch Your Film and Find Financing? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 4]

In this episode of our step-by-step podcast on how to get your first feature made, we dive into the pitching and financi... Read more

18 Apr 2018

1hr 7mins

Ranked #4

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'Don't be Afraid if You Didn't Go To Film School': The Method to Success Behind 'Greener Grass'

'Don't be Afraid if You Didn't Go To Film School': The Method to Success Behind 'Greener Grass'

Greener Grass is a project that has been on a whirlwind path to success since the very beginning. Directors Jocelyn DeBo... Read more

11 Mar 2019

30mins

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Alice Rohrwacher on Why You Have to Go into the Void to Make Good Movies

Alice Rohrwacher on Why You Have to Go into the Void to Make Good Movies

Cannes-Winning director Alice Rohrwacher was selected to be this year's prestigious Film Society of Lincoln Center Filmm... Read more

5 Dec 2016

44mins

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5.26.20: Will 'Tenet' bring movie goers back to theaters?

5.26.20: Will 'Tenet' bring movie goers back to theaters?

This week brings a lot of questions. Will Christopher Nolan’s 'Tenet' be movie theater's savior? Will we adopt 8K into... Read more

29 May 2020

47mins

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How to Make a Movie Entirely on Your Own

How to Make a Movie Entirely on Your Own

Before "Ramblin Freak'," Tacodeli employee Parker Smith had made only one movie featuring sound. The three three-time fi... Read more

27 Mar 2017

34mins

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Indie Film Weekly 10.20.16: Filmmakers Tackle the US Political Circus

Indie Film Weekly 10.20.16: Filmmakers Tackle the US Political Circus

With less than three weeks left until Americans vote for their next president, Indie Film Weekly discusses the film worl... Read more

20 Oct 2016

32mins

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How Do You Attach Cast and Prep a Film? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 5]

How Do You Attach Cast and Prep a Film? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 5]

In this episode of our step-by-step podcast on how to get your first feature made, using No Film School founder Ryan Koo... Read more

25 Apr 2018

1hr 15mins

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10.17.19: What Would the Perfect Film School Curriculum Look Like?

10.17.19: What Would the Perfect Film School Curriculum Look Like?

This week we also discuss the Sigma fp, Deakins using all ARRI on '1917', and writing lessons from Phoebe Waller-Bridge.... Read more

16 Oct 2019

57mins

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12.13.19: Can You Distribute Your Short Film and is The Mandalorian Lying to Us?!

12.13.19: Can You Distribute Your Short Film and is The Mandalorian Lying to Us?!

There is talk that Disney's The Mandalorian is not truly HDR, which we're not even sure should matter, but we get into t... Read more

13 Dec 2019

53mins

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How to Start a Production Company: From Film School to Raising Money Out of Your Bedroom Office

How to Start a Production Company: From Film School to Raising Money Out of Your Bedroom Office

In this episode of the No Film School podcast, Emily Buder sits down with David Ethan Shapiro, CEO of Starlight Studios,... Read more

6 Mar 2017

43mins

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The Ultimate Screenwriting Masterclass with John Fusco and Jon Fusco

The Ultimate Screenwriting Masterclass with John Fusco and Jon Fusco

Today is a very special episode of The No Film School Podcast and perhaps a momentous occasion in the history of the uni... Read more

3 Jun 2019

34mins

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How to Become a Sundance Worthy Documentary Cinematographer

How to Become a Sundance Worthy Documentary Cinematographer

The documentary cinematographer is a special kind of cinematographer. Whereas in narrative, the role is more defined, DP... Read more

4 Feb 2019

36mins

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Indie Film Weekly 11.11.16: What a Trump Presidency Means for Filmmakers

Indie Film Weekly 11.11.16: What a Trump Presidency Means for Filmmakers

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, we break down the potential impact of America’s new government on artists and the ... Read more

11 Nov 2016

32mins

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IFW 2.15.18: The Worst Job On Set Gets Better & What Camera Should You Shoot Your Short On?

IFW 2.15.18: The Worst Job On Set Gets Better & What Camera Should You Shoot Your Short On?

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School co-hosts Liz Nord, Jon Fusco, and Erik Luers discuss ‘Black Panther... Read more

15 Feb 2018

48mins

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IFW 2.8.18: ARRI Finally Goes 4K & Tarantino's Big On-Set Boner

IFW 2.8.18: ARRI Finally Goes 4K & Tarantino's Big On-Set Boner

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School co-hosts Liz Nord, Jon Fusco, and Erik Luers discuss why the ‘Kill ... Read more

8 Feb 2018

54mins

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How Starting a Production Company Can Help You Make Your First Film

How Starting a Production Company Can Help You Make Your First Film

Ashley McKenzie is the type of director that does it all. The Canadian multi-hyphenate runs her own production company, ... Read more

26 Jun 2017

25mins

Ranked #19

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How to Take Advantage of Your Low Budget (and Get Into Sundance… Twice)

How to Take Advantage of Your Low Budget (and Get Into Sundance… Twice)

In this episode of the No Film School Podcast, we sit down with writer-director-actor Justin Chon, whose latest film Ms.... Read more

3 Sep 2019

1hr 14mins

Ranked #20

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Write Characters With Room For Actors: Wayne Roberts and Christopher Abbott on 'Katie Says Goodbye'

Write Characters With Room For Actors: Wayne Roberts and Christopher Abbott on 'Katie Says Goodbye'

Katie Says Goodbye is screenwriter/director Wayne Roberts' first feature. Unlike most first features, however, it had it... Read more

21 Nov 2016

18mins

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