Dream Baby Dream

Cinematographer Evan Jake Cohen and Roland have been working together for a decade. In this episode they break down the why and how of that longstanding relationship, as well as breaking down their approach to the look and feel of Dream Baby Dream

Amid digressions into movies from the 1990s, Cory and Roland review the feedback from the recent test screenings.

What does a 1st AD actually do? Are they just an assistant who's there on set to get the director coffee etc.? Short answer: no, absolutely not. One of our favorite people and DBD 1st AD Nicole Carne joins the pod to break down the job for us and delve into how the AD / Director relationship should and shouldn't work

Our interview with Belfast native and filmmaker Paul Kennedy on his own filmmaking journey and what he's taken away from listening to the DBD pod; also producer Cory Cavin is back co-hosting the pod after returning from his gallivanting around the world; and the quasi-spiritual zeal it takes to get an indie movie off the ground

DBD executive producer Cris Cordero co-hosts because Roland is nowhere near good enough at this to host on his own.

DBD star Spiro Dellas joins the pod to talk about acting, the voiceover recording sessions, the perils of self-tape auditions etcetera etcetera

After taking a break from the pod to edit the movie, I talk with my partner Melissa about the challenges of making a movie together when you also have to go home together at the end of every day.

Guest host Executive Producer Cris Cordero joins Roland on the podcast again to talk about everything from hanging outside courthouses all night, to the challenges of trying to edit a movie with several broken arm bones.

Our second episode back after wrapping production. Guest-host and DBD producer Danny Mooney talks to Roland about the shoot and all things post-production.

It's our first episode back after finishing production and boy are we tired! Roland and guest host Executive Producer Cris Cordero break down what production was like and what it's like to be wrapped now and so much more. www.dreambabydream.net

It's been a few weeks and we're back, we've been fully in pre-production and we start shooting NEXT WEEK. Here is a dispatch from the DREAM BABY DREAM Production Offices in Bushwick, Roland and Cory talk with head of Art Dept. Kirby Brown who is also our Scripty, and talk with EP Cris Cordero, Producer Danny Mooney, UPM Tim Regan, and 2nd AD Emily Lincoff. www.dreambabydream.net

WE'RE DOING IT! We have a green light and are moving to production. Cory and Roland talk about the Kickstarter wrapping up, casting, and moving toward next steps to make this a reality. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criscordero/dream-baby-dream-a-brooklyn-based-crime-drama and www.dreambabydream.net.

Roland and Cory and the DBD team continue the march, hat in hand, to raise funding for the movie. Cory ponders losing a part of his body. And we wait on updates from our beloved Line Producer. Support us on Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criscordero/dream-baby-dream-a-brooklyn-based-crime-dramawww.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland talk about the status of the Kickstarter and how the medical community is helping to fund the movie. Speaking of the medical community, they wait on word back from Roland's doctors while they sit on pins and needles (he's ok). Support the Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criscordero/dream-baby-dream-a-brooklyn-based-crime-drama?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=dream%20baby%20dream&total_hits=32 and check out the movie at www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland talk with Alexandra Simpson about her film No Sleep Till, which she made on a very small budget and rallied a community to help support her and got her all the way to the Venice Film Festival. www.dreambabydream.net

Roland and Cory are back on the research beat and meet one of their most interesting leads yet. www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland welcome Taylor Shaw, Kickstarter's Head of Film Outreach and founder of BWA (Black Woman Animation) to talk film funding and how we're funding part of our movie, plus a spoiler free talk about Ryan Coogler's "Sinners". Look for the Dream Baby Dream Kickstarter campaign which we talk about here on www.kickstarter.com. And as always, www.dreambabydream.net.

Roland and Cory are still at it, talking Kickstarter, Sinners, locations, and keeping the script tight as they keep gearing up to the final countdown. www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland continue the finance raising and get creative about the realties of financing, talk to Kickstarter, and touch on the Brentmeister General. www.dreambabydream.netCheck out the thread on the Thomson Viper FilmStream camera and Michael Mann and David Fincher's uses of it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/cinematography/comments/17cejrd/how_did_the_thomson_viper_create_such_a_good/?share_id=3tjtMnVy6qsDlGbWC56BX&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_source=share&utm_term=4

Cory is tanned and back from LA and Roland has been slogging it out in a cold NYC Spring and they reunite to talk about Michael Mann, different camera looks, budgets, cast, and pushing toward the finish line of the start. Look at film grab stills from Collateral shot on the Thomson Viper (discussed in this ep) here: https://film-grab.com/2015/02/19/collateral/www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland talk financing, current movie sales, Sing Sing, and movie production decisions. www.dreambabydream.net

Roland and Cory talk to director, writer, and comedian Dan Perlman, creator of 'Flatbush Misdemeanors' on Showtime and the forthcoming feature 'Cramming' about what it takes to get a show made and how to work toward other projects to keep making things. www.dreambabydream.net

Well it was bound to happen sometime. One of our pod eps was lost so Cory and Roland sit down to try to remember and recreate what they talked about the week before and discuss what to do when you're in a production holding pattern. www.dreambabydream.net

Roland and Cory play a little jazz for em, talking about movies, tiredness, and the moves coming up to the shoot. www.dreambabydream.net

Roland and Cory record from backstage at the Soho Playhouse in NYC to talk about investors, line producers, spreadsheets (and maybe less of them in the future?), and the road to getting closer to funding. www.dreambabydream.net

Roland and Cory have an insightful and delightful conversation with Harris Mayersohn, director, producer, writer, comedian, and half of Dogma 3000, the company responsible for some of the funniest and most creative comedy specials and videos of the past year, including Rap World and Connor O'Malley's short film "Coreys". They talk about working with friends, low budgets, starting out in late night TV, and which is the most noble delivery service. Check out Harris' work at www.d3k.life and our movie at www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland recount worst movies to see with family and Cory's terrible Christmas double feature experience, catch up on progress of the film, and talk about the search for a financial producer. www.dreambabydream.net

It's 2025 and after a brief hiatus (and a proof of concept shoot) we are back with a short episode. Full episodes will return soon, but in the meantime, enjoy sounds from the set of our proof of concept shoot in December 2024. www.dreambabydream.net

Roland and Cory talk about their proof of concept shoot for Dream Baby Dream. www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland sit down with Chris Dodds - producer, friend, and owner of production company Made By Limbo - to talk about making movies and making more movies and the unfortunate closing of Ugly Baby, the best Thai restaurant in Brooklyn.

Cory and Roland sit down with Noah Williams and Evan Dinger of Out of Office Films (OOOF) about the production of their first film, shooting tons of locations in not a lot of days, and the importance of a great locations manager. www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland talk about locking down casting and getting casting in line for their upcoming proof of concept shoot and they make a live on air call to the Mayor's Permitting Office. www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland celebrate another investor coming on board, talk about what it takes to make a proof of concept for the film, and repeat some of the funniest things they've overheard strangers say to each other. www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland talk about the will they won't they pros and cons of making the proof of concept of their upcoming movie. Pros and cons and pros. And cons. And pros! www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland talk about the end of the Halloween season on the day of the NYC marathon, discuss the awkward necessity of fundraising for a movie, and put some concrete plans on the board to start shooting earlier than they thought. www.dreambabydream.com.

Cory and Roland interview Tiffany Boyle, President of Sales and Packaging at Ramo Law, a firm that works with filmmakers to package their films including everything from fundraising, distribution, sales, and more. They talk with Tiffany about what she does and why it's crucial to the making of a project like theirs. www.dreambabydream.net

Roland and Cory interview their first podcast guest Dusty Brown, co-producer of the upcoming movie "Sketch" which premiered at 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, to talk about the process of producing a movie from the ground up. And they unintentionally banter about seasonally appropriate Halloween films. www.dreambabydream.net

Cory and Roland talk about one of the difficult and very real realities of an independent film, financing, aka finding the money (baby). They talk about proactive ways to approach investors without just straight up asking them for money (they talk about that that too). www.dreambabydream.net

Roland and Cory head out to Bushwick to visit the legendary Dream Auto and talk to owner Tommy and his family about the possibility of using his business as a location and them playing themselves as actors in the movie. More info on the movie at www.dreambabydream.net.

Cory and Roland talk about the beginnings of pre-production and going boots on the ground to get things off the ground, the highs of a child discovering Vegemite, and the lows of insomnia. Check out www.dreambabydream.net for more info and images about the movie.

Roland and Cory talk continue the talk about packaging the movie continuing with things you absolutely need for a feature film - a budget and actors. They talk with Jake Cannavale and Daniela Valdeza about the leading roles of Dream Baby Dream. www.dreambabydream.net for more.

Cory and Roland talk about the importance of Packaging, attaching a Sales Agent, and how it affects fundraising for an indie movie. Check out more at www.dreambabydream.net.

Cory and Roland talk about the process of building a Presentation Deck and how important a deck is to the creative process of filmmaking, even if seems like merely a production formality. See the deck and all other media for Dream Baby Dream at www.dreambabydream.net.

Roland and Cory head into the development process and the importance of authenticity for Dream Baby Dream and pound the pavement talking to people at the setting of the film.

Filmmakers Roland Ellis (Writer/Director) and Cory Cavin (Producer) set out on the journey of making Dream Baby Dream, a feature film of the same name of this podcast, and talk about the elements they have and what they'll need to make this a reality.