It's Ladies Night Tonight!

Wednesday, May 11th @ 9pm EST
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On the next episode of the Double Down Film Show it’s “Ladies Night”. In our FINAL episode of this season, we’ll be recalling the best practical advice and tips from the many women of the film and TV industry we’ve had on the show over the years. Listen to the best practical wisdom from…

· Ava DuVernay – Writer/Director “I Will Follow”
· Zoe Saldana – Actress
· Tracey Moore – Acting Coach
· Sandi Sissel, A.S.C. – Cinematograher
· Robert Munroe – Festival Programmer/Consultant
· Bridget Bedard – Writer “Mad Men”
· Darnell Martin – Writer/Director “Cadillac Records”, etc.
· Meena Payne – Dir. Of Development Rainforest Films
· …plus more!

We’ll also be ending the season with a bang by giving away another FREE 6-month subscription to FilmSkills.com (a $240 value) featuring more than 80 comprehensive instructional videos. ***You must “Like” the Double Down Film Show page on Facebook in order to enter the trivia contest to win.

Thanks for listening. Don’t forget you can download or stream all 72 archived episodes of the Double Down Film Show anytime from iTunes. Drop us a review while you’re there and we’ll see you in the start of a new school year in the Fall.

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Episode #71: The Film and TV State of the Union Address

Tonight Weds. - May 4th @ 9pm EST

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On the next episode of the Double Down Film Show,we’ll be giving our first ever Film and TV State of the Union Address discussing the major developments that have affected our industry in the past year from technical developments, to shifts in distribution models to production workflow... we’re gonna touch on them all and how they directly affect us as independent filmmakers.

• How have sites like KICKSTARTER changed the game?
• What does the proliferation of 3D mean for indies?
• What is the future (and present) of “TV ANYWHERE”?
• Should we close or hold tight to the THEATRICAL WINDOW?
• How has the landscape shifted for FREELANCE video producers?

We’ll discuss the changes, challenges and many ripe opportunities in the current state of the film

and tv union and what they mean for informed and motivated indie filmmakers. Don’t let a single new challenge catch you off guard or a golden opportunity pass you by. Listen and learn about the business, craft and hustle of filmmaking every Wednesday night… by film hustlers for film hustlers. Straight up. Practical. No B.S.

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"Brick City" Co-Exec. Producer/Co-Director - Mark Benjamin This Weds. at 9pm

Wednesday, April 13th @ 9pm EST
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On the next Double Down Film Show, we’ll be talking to Mark Benjamin the co-executive producer and co-director of the riveting and popular Sundance Channel documentary series, Brick City, which has been described by TV Guide as “A real-life version of The Wire”…

This gritty documentary series follows the inner workings of the city of Newark, NJ alternating between the storylines of Mayor Cory Booker, the police department, local Blood and Crip gangs, the city council and the school system. Mark is partners with documentary filmmaker Marc Levin (Slam, White Boyz, etc.) , Apart from Brick City, Mark is also the director of Gang War-Banging in Little Rock and Jails, Hospitals and Hip-Hop.

• What attracts him to such GRITTY subject matter?


• What’s his secret to gaining unfettered ACCESS to subjects?


• Why does Mark also SHOOT the projects he directs?


• What’s the SHOOTING RATIO for this documentary series?


• Why did they shoot everything CINEMA VERITE w/ no interviews?

Get the answers to these questions and more when we talk to veteran documentary director/cameraman Mark Benjamin on the next episode of The Double Down Film Show.

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Award-Winning Veteran D.P., Sandi Sissel A.S.C. TONIGHT at 9pm!

On the next Double Down Film Show we'll have a special extended interview with Award-winning veteran Director of Photography, Sandi Sissel, A.S.C. With four decades (and counting) in the film and tv game, Sandi has D.P.'ed such notable feature films as Mira Nair's Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay, The People Under the Stairs, and Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns.

She has also worked in the camera department on more than 50 feature films including Fame, Blow, Rock Star and as a 2^nd Unit D.P. on Master and Commander, which won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

• How did she manage to break into a MALE-DOMINATED union?
• What should a young D.P. know BEYOND the camera?
• How is the career path to D.P. vastly DIFFERENT now?
• What does she tell other WOMEN that want to be D.P.'s?
• How do you become a PARENT and still have a film career?

Sandi Sissel will share her insight into all of the above, plus a whole lot more candid wisdom from her decades as a veteran image-maker. Find out how sisters can do it for themselves and craft long-term careers in the male-dominated film industry, only on the next Double Down Film Show.

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Don't Miss Oscar-Winning Writer/Director Luke Matheny This Weds. Night at 9pm!

On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll be talking to writer/director, Luke Matheny who just won an Academy Award for his short film, God of Love.

Luke is a grad student at NYU’s fabled Tisch School of the Arts Dept. of Film and TV. Apart from God of Love, Luke also helmed the short, Earano.

• How have things CHANGED since winning an Oscar?
• What members of his CREW were most instrumental?
• What role does he think FILM SCHOOL played in his success?
• What’s NEXT in the production pipeline?
• How did his team approach the CINEMATOGRAPHY for the film?

We’ll give the answers to all these questions, plus more insight and inspiration when we rap to 2011 Oscar-winning director and up and coming filmmaking talent, Luke Matheny.

Straight up tips and real-world filmmaking advice from a diverse selection of the best in the business – past, present and future every – Wednesday night at 9pm, only on The Double Down Film Show.

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The Freelance Video Show - Special Keynote Episode

On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll be serving up another one of our special keynote addresses. This episode is entitled The Freelance Video Show. We’re all filmmakers, but let’s be real - narrative and documentary filmmaking rarely pays the bills - shooting videos for hire DOES.

Co-hosts and award-winning filmmakers, Anthony Q. Artis (author of “The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide”) and Pete Chatmon (Director of “Premium”) will break down a laundry list of best practices, do’s and don’ts and insights into all the inside knowledge they’ve only learned the hard way - through years of successfully producing marketing videos, promos, commercials, concert shoots, music videos and many other video projects for hire.

· Where and how can you best land NEW clients?

· How can freelance production further your FILMMAKING career?

· How is freelance video very DIFFERENT than personal filmmaking?

· When and how should you collect the MONEY?

· What should you ‘TRAIN” your clients to do?

We’ll answer all these questions and more on the next Double Down Film Show. Real issues. Real knowledge. Real Practical. By filmmakers for filmmakers. Every Wednesday at 9pm the back door to film school is open once again.

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Filmmaker and Film Marketer Ava DuVernay TONIGHT on The Double Down Film Show

On the next Double Down Film Show we'll have a conversation with filmmaker and film marketer, Ava DuVernay, whose new feature film, I Will Follow is being released this Friday and was just dubbed by Roger Ebert, "The best film I've ever seen that deals with the loss of a loved one."

Ava formed her award-winning publicity firm currently known as DVA Media + Marketing, in 1999. In addition to directing, she has provided marketing strategy and execution for more than 100 mainstream Hollywood film and television campaigns including Hairspray, I - Robot, Spider-Man 2, and Collateral, just to name some.

Before her most recent release, Ms. DuVernay directed the documentary projects This is the Life and My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip-Hop.Her latest venture is founding the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM), which organizes limited engagement theatrical releases for Black independent films and was recently profiled in a feature article in the New York Times.

· How did she TRANSITION from marketing to directing?

· What does a modern indie film CAMPAIGN consist of?

· When should you seek and when should you avoid press?

· When should you seek and when should you avoid press?

· What MISCONCEPTIONS do many filmmakers share?

· At what POINT does an indie film need a publicist?

We’ll answer all these questions and more in another insightful episode of The Double Down Film Show. More practical filmmaking wisdom than you can shake a stick at…every Wednesday night at 9pm E.S.T.

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Writer/Director Julius Onah TONIGHT on The Double Down Film Show

On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll delve deep into the practical realities of making your first feature with writer/director, Julius Onah. Julius was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. His debut feature, The Girl Is In Trouble, is executive produced by Spike Lee, stars Columbus Short and Wilmer Valderrama, and is poised to launch him firmly onto the independent film scene.

A graduate of Wesleyan University’s theater program, Julius transitioned from being in front of the camera to writing and directing. He’s currently a Thesis student at NYU’s grad film program where he’s shot a slew of notable short narratives and documentaries with diverse casts and subject matter that have gained him international festival attention including Szmolinsky, Linus, and The Boundary. (*Get the special password to view these films TONIGHT on the show.)

· How did SPIKE LEE come on board as Executive Producer?
· What was the HARDEST part of directing his first feature?
· Why does he use so many INTERNATIONAL characters and settings?
· Why did he love making two films entirely on CELLPHONES?
· How can budget and time limitations HELP you as a filmmaker?

We’ll answer all these questions and more in an insightful and wisdom-packed interview with writer/director, Julius Onah. Why learn it the hard way on your set, when you can learn it right here on the Double Down Film Show first? We aren’t film fans, we’re filmmakers helping other filmmakers every Wednesday night at 9pm E.S.T.

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Josh Fox, Director of the Oscar-Nominated Doc "Gasland" - This Weds. at 9pm!

On the next Special Oscar Edition of The Double Down Film Show we’ll feature an exclusive interview with Josh Fox, the director of the Oscar-nominated documentary, Gasland which explores the controversial and little-known practice of hydraulic gas fracturing or “fracking” and how it’s threatening America's water supply.

Shot in just over a year, Gasland began as a personal documentary about an issue affecting the Fox family’s Pennsylvania home. In the year’s time since it’s initial release the film has won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance, been picked up by HBO, sparked a recent hearing in congress and is now a hot contender for the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

• What was the RESEARCH PROCESS behind the documentary?
  
• Why did they shoot on SEVEN different cameras?
• What’s been the FALLOUT of the film?
• How did Josh find his interview subjects ORGANICALLY?
• What was his APPROACH to post-production?

Tune in to find out the answers to all these questions and more as we explore the down and dirty making of this activist documentary from concept to the Academy Awards and the whole journey in between with our exclusive guest, Gasland director, Josh Fox.

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"House Party", "Boomerang" Producer - Warrington Hudlin - Tonight at 9pm EST

On the next episode of The Double Down Film Show we'll converse with Producer / Director - Warrington Hudlin of the notable Hudlin Brothers producing/directing team. With his brother Reginald Hudlin in the director's chair, Warrington helped to fuel the Black film renaissance of the early 90's by producing such hit films as House Party and Boomerang starring Eddie Murphy. He also produced the animated hit Bebe Kids starring the late Robin Harris as well as the provocative sci-fi feature, Cosmic Slop.

Warrington currently serves as the President of the Black Filmmaker Foundation (BFF) and is the Founder & Chief of the DVRepublic.org and the CastAndCrewOfColor.org online communities.

• What does the act of PRODUCING entail?
• What's the FUTURE of indie distribution?
• How can the filmmakers HARNESS the power of the web?
• What is the state of filmmaking for people of COLOR?
• What HAPPENED to the Black film renaissance?

We'll get to the bottom of all these questions and more in our exclusive interview with producer, director and media community organizer, Warrington Hudlin, this week on The Double Down Film Show.

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Season 5 Kickoff - Show #60 - Rashaad Ernesto Green

This Wednesday, February 2^nd at 9pm we'll be kicking off Season #5 of The Double Down Film Show with a return visit by director, Rashaad Ernesto Green. Rashaad was a previous guest on the show in season 1 to discuss his shorts. Now he's back to share the lessons he learned while making his new feature drama, Gun Hill Road, which just premiered and SOLD at the Sundance Film Festival.

Rashaad, who was also recently named as one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces, began his career as an actor and soon turned his attention to the other side of the lens by enrolling in NYU's grad film program where he made several award-winning shorts including Cuts and Premature, which also aired on HBO. Gun Hill Road is his first feature film and stars, Esai Morales, Judy Reyes, and Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

· How did he successfully cast a young NON-ACTOR for a lead role?

· Why did they shoot on the RED ONE camera instead of 35mm?

· What was so DIFFERENT about making his feature vs. his shorts?

· Which crew positions did he come to rely on the MOST?

· What do you need A LOT more time for than you think?

We'll get the low down, inside skinny and straight dope on everything it took for Rashaad to go from concept to production to Sundance premiere...and survive with a smile. We dive straight into everything they don't teach you in film school, every Wednesday night at 9pm E.S.T. only on The Double Down Film Show.

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Top 10 Filmmaking Words of Wisdom - TONITE at 9pm

TONIGHT, Wednesday, Dec. 8th - 9pm (E.S.T.) on the final episode of Season #4 of the Double Down Film Show, we'll be sharing our Top 10 Words of Filmmaking Wisdom from our guests over the past 2 years on everything from making the most of festivals to dealing with difficult actors.

We'll be reprising clips from 10 of our most insightful and inspiring guests:

Sam Pollard - Producer/Editor
4 Little Girls, Mo' Better Blues, Clockers
- "The Evolution of Becoming an Editor"

Zoe Saldana - Actress
Avatar, The Losers, Drumline
- "What NOT to Say to an Actor"

Chris Gore - Author/Filmmaker
The Ultimate Film Festival Survivor's Guide
- "The Zen of Networking"

Sheril Antonio - Vice Dean
N.Y.U. Tisch School of The Arts - Film/TV
- "The Necessity of Passion"

Sig De Miguel - Casting Director
Premium, The Good Shepherd, United 93
- "Getting Name Talent for First Time Directors"

Cliff Charles - D.P.
When the Levees Broke, Nike Commercial
- "The First Thing to Do w/ a Script"

Roberta Munroe - Festival Programmer, Author
Sundance, "How Not To Make a Short Film"
- "Story vs. Style"

Darnell Martin - Director
Cadillac Records, I Like It Like That
- "Handling On-set Freak Outs"

Lloyd Kaufman - Director
Toxic Waste Avenger, Class of Nuke 'Em High
- "What Propels a Movie"

Hill Harper - Actor / Author
CSI, Lackawanna Blues, Premium
- "Show Art vs. Show Business"

This final installment of 2010 will be another one of our special wisdom-packed no-B.S. "keynote" episodes and a guaranteed instant classic. Listen in or download the show after it airs and go to film school through the back door courtesy of some of the best in the business.

Thanks for listening and supporting the show. We'll be back in the new year with more filmmaking inspiration, wisdom and advice. Have a happy holiday!

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