Just Shoot It

How do you go from fluke viral video to running your own animation studio? Mark and Carlo, founders of Extra Credit Studios created the hit stop-motion series "The Most Popular Girls in School", and turned their knack for self teaching and determination into a small empire. Check out their new series on Fullscreen, and the trailer right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKgkFfrWEwI Our conversation with Carlo and Mark was so insightful and inspiring, we decided to make this one a two parter. Tune in next week for part 2. -- Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Sam Reich, Head of Video at College Humor/Big Breakfast talks about what he looks for when hiring directors, how he came to run the video department, and the early days of sketch comedy online. -- Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Learn the tips and tricks on Kickstarter from Mary Kate Wiles, who with her troupe Shipwrecked, raised over 70k for their new series Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner. Then join Ben Caro, as he kickstarts his own short, Cathedrals. Learn more about Ben's Kickstarter, Cathedrals here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bencaro/cathedrals-a-short-film-to-benefit-the-blind And watch Mary Kate Wiles' Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1029702011/poeparty -- Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

What do you do between projects? Oren and Matt run down a list of strategies and activities to keep you on track, creative, and happy when no one is telling you what to work on. -- Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

In this episode we take a field trip to hang out with fellow podcasters, Chicks Who Script! Matt and Oren join Maggie, Lauren and Emily in a free form conversation about Screenwriting books, and self teaching, what drew us to podcasting and how it affects us career-wise. You can listen to more Chicks Who Script right here: http://www.chickswhoscript.com/ -- Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Matt and Oren discuss what it means to "double dip" - to work two jobs simultaneously, and what to do when two collaborators don't see eye to eye on the artistic vision of a project. Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Anna Akana, star and creator of Miss 2059 (previously Miss Earth) joins Matt and Oren on Just Shoot It to talk about running her own empire, and navigating the worlds of mainstream celebrity and social media influence. Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Jarrett Lee Conway's new movie Mono is out on VOD and streaming on Netflix. We sat down to talk about making his first studio feature film and casting social media influencers. Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Luke Kelly-Clyne is constantly pitching ideas to brands and executives, but how do people come up with great, on-demand ideas? We dive in with some practical advice on how to generate new material. Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show! indy moguljust shoot itJustin JohnsonMatt EnlowOren Kaplan

Back in 2007 Justin Johnson and Erik Beck launched Indy Mogul, a youtube show for aspiring filmmakers to make Hollywood-style effects on a shoestring budget. Now they're relaunching their home-brew filmmaking channel again for a new audience. Justin joined us to talk about filmmaking, relaunching Indy Mogul and his new career as a documentarian. Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Filmmaker Jody McVeigh-Schultz had a great career editing reality and documentary TV, and decided to take those skills to his first, micro-budget feature. Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Documentarian Abby Fuller joins the Just Shoot It conversation to reveal how she got started in documentary, how she finds story in unlikely places, and how she got her dream job directing for the hit Netflix series, Chef's Table. Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Tim Nackashi joins Just Shoot It to talk about the mysterious art of treatment writing. Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Butcher Brother Phil Flores talks about entering the world of prestige television, pitching to networks and production companies, and what it takes to sell a TV show idea. Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-…id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!

Filmmaker Justin Lerner sits down with Just Shoot It hosts Matt and Oren to share insight on having two festival hits, and how Justin charts his career trajectory with an independent auteur driven vision in mind. Just Shoot It is a podcast on directing, filmmaking and how to build a career in entertainment. Join hosts Matt Enlow and Oren Kaplan as they interview filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, development executives and actors about the act of creating your favorite movies, tv, sketch comedy and digital series. Visit www.JustShootItPodcast.com to learn more about the show, to check out our show notes, and to find links to the things we talked about. To show your support, rate and review us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-shoot-it-podcast/id995859414?mt=2 Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show!