Dare to Suck: Lessons from a Filmmaker You've Never Heard Of

Jason discusses lessons learned from making his first feature film as a freshman in college. An hour long western called, “The Money Maker.” Watch the film here: https://youtu.be/1U0Pln1SqNE

In this episode Jason talks about a subject that he discusses with his students a lot. Your reputation starts when you make your first production and builds with every project.

In this episode Jason discusses what motivates us as artists. He tells stories about his early inspirations in John Carpenter and Sam Raimi to being influenced by Werner Herzog, Ken Burns and yes Pro-Wrestling.

This episode Jason discusses how sometimes we let things told to us by other creatives hold us back and how we can move forward.

Jason discusses his first serious attempt at making a film.

Jason discusses the grind that comes with indie filmmaking and what you need to do to stay motivated.

Jason discusses concepts and ideas that are a little outside the box when it comes to filmmaking and distribution.

Jason discusses the thing that many indie filmmakers don’t think about. 50% of your project is making the film. The other half is business and getting it out there for people to see. Filmmaking is a business and You have to correlate that with the creative process.

In the first episode Jason tells about his first encounters with critics on his first film. “I was almost ran out of town with pitchforks,” he says.