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FIVE-HUNDREDish Filmmaking Tips & Tricks w/Matt & Oren - Just Shoot It 500

from Just Shoot It: A Podcast about Filmmaking, Screenwriting and Directing

Matt and Oren celebrate 500 episodes! That's basically one episode per week without dropping a beat, not even on Thanksgivings, since 2015.And while it's true "Just Shoot It" has changed a lot over the years. So too has the film & TV industry. It all started with a focus on auteur filmmaking. But the podcast took a definite shift towards commercial directing over the years.And while both Matt and Oren have successful careers and get paid to actually do what they love doing, neither broke out in a way that made them lose touch with what it really means to make it in the film and TV industry. Through the ups and the downs, both for the industry as a whole and for their individual careers, they've ridden the same rollercoaster as you.Matt talks about some dark times and how he made it through. And Oren and Matt both exchange techniques and ways of thinking that they picked up over the years to help them succeed faster. In the end, they wrote their own rules instead of waiting to "suddenly be discovered". Sure, luck was involved, but in a lot of ways, they learned to help luck take root. It's a real up-close look at where Matt and Oren are today in their careers, a look back at how they got there, and some introspection about what they might have done different.You can't miss this episode if you're looking to find tips and tricks to make it in film or TV in 2025 and beyond.---Help our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/JustShootItPodMatt's Endorsement: Molegirl aka "Tunnel Girl" on TikTokhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91299852/tiktoks-tunnel-girl-is-digging-again-much-to-the-internets-delighthttps://www.tiktok.com/@engineer.everything?lang=enOren's Endorsement: Adobe's Firefly Boards https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly/features/moodboard.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt and Oren celebrate 500 episodes! That's basically one episode per week without dropping a beat, not even on Thanksgivings, since 2015.And while it's true "Just Shoot It" has changed a lot over the years. So too has the film & TV industry. It all started with a focus on auteur filmmaking. But the podcast took a definite shift towards commercial directing over the years.And while both Matt and Oren have successful careers and get paid to actually do what they love doing, neither broke out in a way that made them lose touch with what it really means to make it in the film and TV industry. Through the ups and the downs, both for the industry as a whole and for their individual careers, they've ridden the same rollercoaster as you.Matt talks about some dark times and how he made it through. And Oren and Matt both exchange techniques and ways of thinking that they picked up over the years to help them succeed faster. In the end, they wrote their own rules instead of waiting to "suddenly be discovered". Sure, luck was involved, but in a lot of ways, they learned to help luck take root. It's a real up-close look at where Matt and Oren are today in their careers, a look back at how they got there, and some introspection about what they might have done different.You can't miss this episode if you're looking to find tips and tricks to make it in film or TV in 2025 and beyond.---Help our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/JustShootItPodMatt's Endorsement: Molegirl aka "Tunnel Girl" on TikTokhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91299852/tiktoks-tunnel-girl-is-digging-again-much-to-the-internets-delighthttps://www.tiktok.com/@engineer.everything?lang=enOren's Endorsement: Adobe's Firefly Boards https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly/features/moodboard.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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