Episode Notes"A recovering alcoholic wants to get clean but has to become a bartender to in order to support his sick dying mother"Like the above example, give the protagonist a task they must do to attain their goal that GOES AGAINST THEIR NAT

How to create a logline that hooks people's emotions

Aug 12th, 2020 16m 37s

"A recovering alcoholic wants to get clean but has to become a bartender to in order to support his sick dying mother"Like the above example, give the protagonist a task they must do to attain their goal that GOES AGAINST THEIR NATURE. This is

How The Lego Movie Handled Shooting On Multiple Formats

Aug 4th, 2020 16m 52s

How ACES, Academy Color Encoding Specification is changing the color management game. Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

The Potential Post-Singularity Nightmare Hellscape and Freeing Ourselves From the Biology That Created Us

Jul 28th, 2020 32m 38s

This is about filmmaking I swear lol. Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

Working With Actors II: The Attack Of The Clones

Jul 21st, 2020 15m 49s

Working with actors as a director, THE SEQUEL! This is a follow up to the last episode. Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

Working With Actors

Jul 14th, 2020 42m 24s

Working with actors as a director. Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

The "Really Big Budget Movie Where They Almost Blew Up A Real Dog" Story

Jun 30th, 2020 52m 56s

Also Dumbo and powdered greens...

Советская теория сборки

Jun 23rd, 2020 10m 46s

In Soviet Russia, film directs you. Got to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

If You're on Time You're 15 Min Late (Originally EP #5)

Jun 16th, 2020 20m 17s

This is the 5th episode we ever recorded but it never got uploaded. Since the trailer is labeled as ep5 under the hood we accidentally moved on to episode 6 and are just now realizing this one never went up so here ya go. Story.makingafilmmaker

The Secret Way to Avoid Wasting Hours of Your Day

Jun 9th, 2020 12m 1s

Chaz also goes into unnecessary detail into what the shogunate was.. For more go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com

Science Explians Why Your Movie Sucks

Jun 2nd, 2020 15m 56s

Also Chaz thinks some of the moon landing is fake even though his grandpa designed the lunar module and we basically only talk about that so you should probably go to story.makingafilmmaker.com instead

Do You Make This Mistake When Writing Obstacles?

May 19th, 2020 15m 3s

Why learning to write complications will change your life. For more go to story.makingafilmmaker.com!

Why Indiana Jones is a masterpiece and why Anime matters

May 12th, 2020 28m 6s

Today we break down the genius of various masters! Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more!

Covid-19 Goats and the Netflix Film Extraction

May 5th, 2020 34m 34s

Since we can't go to Coachella, or really do anything.. we now spend even more time talking about film structure and fight choreography for you! :) Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more!

Micheal Bay The Greatest Filmmaker Ever

Apr 28th, 2020 21m 12s

Are you triggered yet? Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more!

Start Late & End Early

Apr 21st, 2020 8m 30s

Simple but crucial overlooked scene writing tips. Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more.

The Best Filter

Apr 16th, 2020 12m 50s

The messiah filter revealed! Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more.

Avoid This Mistake That's Causing You To Write Cliches

Apr 8th, 2020 23m 35s

After you listen to this you will be a god at writing characters and situations that are not cliches. This will change your life. You're welcome ;) Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more.

Corona, Steve-O, and Netflix I Guess

Apr 1st, 2020 26m 25s

Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more. Chaz and Dan tie together multiple topics but the point these crazy guys make that you want to understand and apply to your work is that perspective matters. You need to have a point of view as a filmm

Surround Yourself With People Who Make You Feel Like an Idiot

Mar 11th, 2020 19m 23s

Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more. Chaz and Dan recall a time where they used first principles thinking to save an "impossible shot" when they were on set and their other mindsets around building a team.

CPR is No Match for Punches to the Face and Words of Encouragement

Mar 4th, 2020 14m 6s

Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com In movies if you punch a dead person they are revived. I'm not a medical professional but I can still tell you that if you have an emergency call 911.

Adobe, FCPX, Resolve. You're Not Gonna Like It

Feb 26th, 2020 11m 51s

Story.makingafilmmaker.com Adobe sucks. There I said it. This is Dan btw. Chaz doesn't agree. But I write these bad summaries so I can say whatever I want!