The No Film School Podcast

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, we compare the releases of the new Macbook Pro and Microsoft Surface Studio to a high school popularity contest. Outside of the hardware battle for filmmaker allegiance, co-hosts Jon Fusco, Emily Buder and Liz Nord go to the front lines of the Dakota Access oil pipeline protests to find out why police are targeting journalists and shooting down drones. We also discuss the death of Vine, the birth of Kickstarter Live, and, in our Ask No Film School segment, what you should expect to pay for a short film screenplay. Tech writer Charles Haine joins us to bring the latest gear news, and as always, we update you on upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Post: http://nofilmschool.com/2016/11/indie-film-weekly-110316-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Halloween episode of Indie Film Weekly, we attack a scary question for many directors: how do I ask my cast to show some skin? No Film School co-hosts Liz Nord, Jon Fusco, and Emily Buder bring you an episode full of spooky surprises, like a visit from everyone’s favorite creepy documentarian, Werner Herzog. We also discuss our favorite horror flicks, a new direction for the series ‘Jessica Jones,’ and how Netflix is taking over Hollywood. Tech writer Charles Haine joins us to bring the latest gear news, and as always, we update you on upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. You can see all the links from this show in this week’s podcast post at nofilmschool.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With an imagination like Charlie Brooker's at your disposal, translating language into imagery is "like butter." If you aren’t familiar with the anthology show, Black Mirror got its start on Great Britain’s Channel 4 way back in 2011. It may best be labeled as “dystopian tech-fi,” in that it deals with technology that exists in our modern world, but could slide into some dark purpose. It's easy to see how society could slip into anyone of the nightmarish scenarios which Brooker creates, and that's what makes the series so effective. After two seasons with Channel 4, Black Mirror would go on to become a sensation in the United States thanks to millions of binge watches on Netflix. So when Channel 4 announced they would no longer be produce the show, it only made sense for Netflix to pick it up and fund a new season themselves. The season premiered on October 21. This episode of the No Film School Podcast is broken up into two parts. The first is an interview with Joe Wright who directed the episode “Nosedive.” Mr. Wright has directed some high budget adaptations including Atonement, Pride & Prejudice, Anna Karenina, and most recently Pan. Among other things, we discussed his transition from big budget picture to streaming TV and actors are the most important tool at your disposal as a filmmaker. Next, Producer Jon Fusco talked with Owen Harris, director of the “San Junipero” episode. No stranger to the series, Mr. Harris also directed the classic Be Right Back episode back in Season 2 about a grieving widow who uses computer software that allows you to "talk" to the deceased. We discussed the differences between directing for anthology and episodic TV and his open collaboration with writer/creator Charlie Brooker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With less than three weeks left until Americans vote for their next president, Indie Film Weekly discusses the film world’s take on the craziest election cycle on record. No Film School co-hosts Emily Buder, Charles Haine and Liz Nord investigate how the far left, the far right, and several creators in between are using film to respond to both the candidates and the issues. We also cover the recent arrest of filmmakers and journalists attempting to film oil pipeline protests in North Dakota, the passing of Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, and how Razer's purchase of THX gets us one step closer to standardized calibration. Our Ask No Film School question is twofold: we talk about the difference in ISO for still photography and video, and about making creative choices in your documentary. As always, the show also brings news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. You can see all the links from this show in this week’s podcast post at nofilmschool.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three cheers for RED! It seems the company has finally conquered its longstanding PR issues by managing to ship something—the new 8K Helium brains—when it said it would. But why is the highest resolution option called "full frame"? We discuss that, introduce your new favorite streaming service, and tell you how to get the film look digitally in this episode of Indie Film Weekly, co-hosted by Jon Fusco, Emily Buder, and Charles Haine. As always, the show also brings news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, our Ask No Film School segment, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Read more at: http://nofilmschool.com/2017/10/indie-film-weekly-podcast-red-helium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Antonio Campos and his collective, Borderline Films, have released some of the most exciting independent films of the past ten years. The group, which also includes filmmakers Josh Mond and Sean Durkin, famously take turns in the roles of producer, writer, or director of each other's films. So far, the products of their efforts have included the equally dark and twisted 'Martha Marcy May Marlene,' 'James White' and 'Simon Killer.' 'Christine' is Campos' first film outside of the Borderline Films model. No Film School's Jon Fusco talked with Campos and screenwriter Craig Shilowich at TIFF 2016 on how their collaboration for 'Christine' demonstrates what a filmmaker and writer can accomplish if they do away with pleasantries and just get real. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School co-hosts Liz Nord, Jon Fusco, and Charles Haine reveal how virtual reality is being used to take down the last living Nazi war criminals, and give practical tips on starting your freelance production business. We also get into New York City’s groundbreaking film fund, the most exhaustive lens test we’ve ever seen, an update from Austin's Fantastic Fest, and the controversy around Nate Parker’s historical slavery drama ‘The Birth of a Nation.’ As always, the show brings more news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, our Ask No Film School segment, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. You can see all the links from this show in this week’s podcast post at nofilmschool.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School co-hosts Liz Nord, Jon Fusco, and Emily Buder reveal companies, gear, and filmmakers that are changing the game for indie directors. You’ll learn about a new film incubation model from Pretty Ideas, a new level of financial transparency from distributors The Orchard, and a badass new drone from DJI. We also talk about Peacock Productions’ move to unionize, and chat with composer Jeremy Flower about how to go about creating an original score for your film. As always, the show also brings news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, our Ask No Film School segment, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. You can see all the links from the show in this week’s podcast post at nofilmschool.com Post: http://nofilmschool.com/2016/09/indie-film-weekly-podcast-092916 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nanette Burstein is well known for films like On the Ropes, American Teen, and The Kid Stays in the Picture. Part of her success likely comes from her insatiable curiosity and persistence in getting to the bottom of a story. But these same qualities can put her own life—and the lives of her subjects—at risk. In fact, the premiere screening of her latest film, Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee, required the presence of police and bodyguards at the theater because of threats against her by the film’s antagonist. In an interview from the Toronto International Film Festival, Liz Nord and Nanette discuss being responsible for your subjects' safety, how to approach the challenges that each new film presents, and sustaining your career with commercial directing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, co-hosts Liz Nord, Jon Fusco, and Emily Buder answer one of our most pressing Ask No Film School questions: what the hell is the difference between an agent and a manager? We also discuss Emmy and TIFF wins (and subsequent toppling of patriarchies), give an overview of last week’s incredible Camden International Film Festival, reveal a new indie filmmaker initiative that may change commercial directing forever, and say goodbye to director Curtis Hanson. Charles Haine joins us to reveal new gear, including Panasonic’s mirrorless GH5 and GoPro’s first drone. As always, the show brings more news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. You can see all the links from this episode in this week’s podcast post at nofilmschool.com. Post: http://nofilmschool.com/2016/09/indie-film-weekly-092116-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School co-hosts Liz Nord, Jon Fusco, and Emily Buder come to you from North America’s largest film festival, where we interviewed Werner Herzog, Morgan Spurlock, Ana Lily Amirpour, and 30 other indie luminaries. We bring you news from the combined 60-plus films, filmmaker interviews, panels, and masterclasses that we covered at the influential festival. We discuss the significance of the festival for filmmakers and cinephiles, the cinematic themes that emerged out of this year’s fare, and set the scene to prepare you for when your film gets accepted next time around. You can see our growing list of interviews and masterclass coverage from TIFF 2016 here. You can see all the links from this show in this week’s podcast post at www.nofilmschool.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, we kick off fall film fest season with the latest from Telluride and the Venice Biennale, and preview new gear from Amsterdam’s IBC Expo. No Film School co-hosts Liz Nord, Jon Fusco, and Emily Buder also discuss Canon’s highly anticipated release of the C700 cinema camera, and talk about what the iPhone 7’s updated camera features—including a 12 megapixel sensor and 4K shooting capabilities—might mean for filmmakers. As always, the show includes our Ask No Film School segment (this week: how to plan your film’s festival rollout), plus grant and festival deadlines, gear news, upcoming indie film releases, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Post: http://nofilmschool.com/2016/08/indie-film-weekly-090816-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School’s Liz Nord, Jon Fusco, and Charles Haine get into how the FAA’s new unmanned aircraft regulations will change everything, while Canon’s long-anticipated 5D Mark IV release changed...not much. The FAA's new rules—which went into effect this week—will mean a lot not only for those doing aerial cinematography professionally or as hobbyists, but they affect everybody else, too. We discuss these implications, say goodbye to the beloved comedic actor Gene Wilder, and give advice on solutions for getting steady shots without carrying a lot of extra weight. We also hear from filmmaker and DP Erik Shirai, whose documentary ‘The Birth of Sake’ will have its broadcast premiere on PBS' POV on September 5. As always, the show brings more news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. http://nofilmschool.com/2016/09/drone-laws-take-flight-canons-5d-mark-iv-disappoints-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, we take a deep dive into the BBC's new list of the 21st century's greatest films, as chosen by 177 film critics. Our discussion includes the all-important question: Why the f*ck isn't ‘Lord of the Rings’ on there? We also address another ever-popular query: What camera should I buy? This time, we're talking about whether to go DSLR or not. In addition, we say a filmmaker farewell to Gawker.com, which shut its doors this week after 14 years in operation. As always, the show brings more news about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, our Ask No Film School segment, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. This week's show once again brings nearly our entire Brooklyn-based crew to the mics; Liz Nord, Charles Haine, Jon Fusco and Emily Buder co-host. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of Indie Film Weekly brings surprising DIY stories, from Hollywood to Nollywood and the filmmaker-fashioned gear in between. This week, nearly our entire Brooklyn crew joins in on the show: Charles Haine, Jon Fusco, Emily Buder, and yours truly, Liz Nord co-host. We cover David Lowery's rise from backseat-living to Disney-directing, the documentary film community's new petition in support of the #RighttoRecord movement, the burgeoning Nigerian indie scene, and three new DIY gear hacks that repurpose existing tools (like LEGOs!) into useful filmmaking gear. As always, the show also brings news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, our Ask No Film School segment, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School co-hosts Liz Nord, Emily Buder, and Jon Fusco reveal a new app that helps you channel your inner Terrence Malick and shoot magic hour like a boss. We also get a jump on the onslaught of upcoming film festivals and pick some films to keep an eye out for at TIFF and NYFF. We chat about Ava DuVernay’s upcoming adaptation of sci-fi classic ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ (and her general awesomeness) and Sony’s attempt to catch up to RED with a new RAW file format, and hear a clip from our interview with DANIELS about their newly released interactive short, ‘Possibilia.’ As always, the show brings more news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, our Ask No Film School segment, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School co-hosts Liz Nord and Jon Fusco discuss a Japanese company that has begun broadcast tests with 8K footage, and a Chinese one that is looking to assume GoPro’s throne with a new action camera. We also get into Vice’s upcoming nightly news show, Academy-Award-winning screenwriter Mark Boal’s First Amendment battles, and what Netflix and Amazon's increased spending on programming means for indie filmmakers. As always, the show also brings news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, our Ask No Film School segment, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School Editor-in-Chief Liz Nord and Producer Jon Fusco are joined by Tech Writer Charles Haine to finally settle one of our most FAQs: which camera should I buy? We also get into the DNC's film connections, the new slate of super-trailers released at last week's Comic-Con, indies nominated for this year's News & Documentary Emmys, memorials to both director Garry Marshall (‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Beaches’) and the VCR, and some skyward drama around California's first drone-related arrest. As always, the show also brings news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, our Ask No Film School segment, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School’s co-hosts Liz Nord, Jon Fusco and Emily Buder imagine the impact of AMC’s Odeon purchase, which creates the world’s largest cinema chain and might completely screw theatrical for indies. We also discuss the 2016 Emmy nominees, how Hollywood’s notorious casting scams affect indie actors, and Blackmagic’s forward-thinking new Arduino shield for DIY remote lens control. The episode includes exclusive clips from interviews with filmmakers Roar Uthaug, whose film 'The Wave’ is out on Netflix this week, and Brady Corbet, whose film ‘Childhood of a Leader’ is hitting VOD & limited theatrical. As always, the show brings more news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, our Ask No Film School segment, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film Schoolers Liz Nord, Emily Buder and Jon Fusco delve into the augmented reality craze that’s spreading faster than Tinder, and ‘Helium,’ RED’s new 8K sensor. At the top of the show, we cover some ways in which the indie film world is tackling the serious recent news headlines around race and violence in America. We also hear from director Jeff Nichols about his preference for shooting anamorphic, debate Michael Shannon’s recent complaints about underpaid indie actors, and discuss New York times coverage of documentary film funding. As always, the show also covers news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, Ask No Film School and and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special Friday episode of Indie Film Weekly, we mourn the loss of both celebrated Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and the world's first crowdsourced camera, the Digital Bolex. We also get into how Brexit, the Academy’s diversity invitations, and new drone laws could change the face of indie film, and we mull over the state of the commercial industry according to AdAge's most recent compilation of A-List production companies. It is hosted by No Film School's Editor-in-Chief Liz Nord, Producer Jon Fusco and Managing Editor Emily Buder. As always, the episode also includes our Ask No Film School segment, plus grant and festival deadlines, gear news, upcoming indie film releases, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever heard of the tickling fetish? Neither had we—until the very angry subjects of the documentary Tickled stormed a recent screening. We discuss that, Skywalker Sound's new multi-directional audio tech, the tragic loss of Anton Yelchin (who was a big proponent of indie film), what net neutrality means for filmmakers, and more. The episode is hosted by No Film School Editor-in-Chief Liz Nord, Producer Jon Fusco, and yours truly, Managing Editor Emily Buder. As always, it includes our Ask No Film School segment, plus grant and festival deadlines, gear news, upcoming indie film releases, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guests on this episode of the No Film School podcast have two of the coolest jobs in film. Dan Nuxoll is Programming Director of Rooftop Films, a screening series that showcases indie films in unique outdoor locations around New York, and Cristina Cacioppo is a New York programmer for Alamo Drafthouse, an incredible independent theatre chain started in Austin, Texas. We talk about what they look for in films to screen, how filmmakers can get our work out to appreciative audiences, and what it takes to create successful film events in Brooklyn—an area with an oversaturated but discriminating audience that has the potential to worldwide moviegoing trends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, No Film School’s Liz Nord, Emily Buder and Jon Fusco weigh in on our controversial interview with the president of Kodak, and reflect on how filmmakers can respond to Orlando's tragedy. We approach the big issues of the day with...what else? Movies! We come up with quite a list of summer recommendations, from our favorite LGBTQ works (to express solidarity with Orlando's gun violence victims), to standouts from the Brooklyn Film Festival, to this week's Sheffield Doc/Fest winners and more. As always, the episode includes our Ask No Film School segment, plus grant and festival deadlines, gear news, upcoming indie film releases, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices