How can you give your film a big budget look, on a tiny budget?

Matt and Oren chat with G. G. Hawkins about her latest feature, "I Really Love My Husband" and all the ways she gave it a premium look without spending a lot of money. G. G. started her career on the corporate side of monetizing podcasts. And she shares what she learned about pitching and how that helped fund her films. You can find her on Instagram at @lostingraceland [https://www.instagram.com/lostingraceland/](https://www.instagram.com/lostingraceland/)

G.G.'s Endorsements: Notion calendar and project management app [https://www.notion.com/](https://www.notion.com/)

Matt's Endorsement: Afterplug 2-Pocket Adhesive Pouch for Laptop

Oren's Endorsements: Ways to be helpful, when acquaintances ask you to introduce them to people you work with.

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Being flown around the world as a commercial director, or working daily with celebrity artists sounds amazing. But how about over Thanksgiving and the holidays? Is there a way to work big directing jobs and still have the time to find the next one? And what happens when your day job as a showrunner or director hinders you ability to keep your chops up as a screenwriter?

Matt and Oren are freaking out. And they chat about balancing family with the demands of successful directing careers. The good news is, there ways to stay creative and do all the things that first got you into filmmaking.

Matt's Endorsement: Colin and Samir on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ColinandSamir

Oren's Endorsements: All The Hacks podcast, Holiday Gift Guide https://www.chrishutchins.com/blog/2024-gift-guide/

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What's the secret to getting accepted into director development programs? Are you making these common mistakes when pitching by email? How can you standout and launch your movie directing career?

Matt and Oren chat with Ruth Du about how she broke into Hollywood as a film director. And she talks about what makes her latest film, available on Apple TV, "Samson" something you have to see.

You can find Ruth Du on Instagram @ruthie06

Follow Samson (Nov 29, 2024 release) on Instagram @samsonmovie23 and see the trailer at http://www.watchsamson.com

And if you want to know how to film people trapped in the trunk of a car 😲, check out Ruth Du's article on No Film School. https://nofilmschool.com/shoot-inside-a-trunk#

Ruth's Endorsements:

1. ESTLA Ensemble Studio LA offers a development program for playwrights https://www.estlosangeles.org/ Find them at Atwater Village Theatre https://www.atwatervillagetheatre.org/#/estla/

2. Castle Green https://castlegreen.com/

Matt's Endorsement: Paramount+

Oren's Endorsements:

1. "300 Jokes for Kids" the book by Tanya Tucker https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17163108-300-jokes-for-kids

2. "DiDi" a movie by Sean Wang, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30319503

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