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Almost Professional

Blake Calhoun
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    055 • Broke Indie Filmmakers Winning Oscars?

    2025/3/18 | 26 mins.
    In this episode Blake talks about indie filmmakers Sean Baker and Brady Corbet and the Oscar wins for their films Anora and The Brutalist. Oh, and are they really both broke?

    Learn more about my indie film:
    http://www.caseymakesamixtape.com

    Watch Variety's Directors on Directors:
    https://youtu.be/3e5BQ1cFXzg?si=hsjElpmhYT7LE3KM

    Watch "Why to NOT make a film with an iPhone" series:
    https://youtu.be/VzHTiU8afyg

    Thanks for listening!
    ©2025 ImageWorks Inc.
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    054 • Learn Smartphone Cinema with Bart Weiss

    2024/12/17 | 49 mins.
    In this episode Blake interviews filmmaker & educator Bart Weiss about his new book, "Smartphone Cinema - Making Great Films with Your Mobile Phone".

    Buy the book here:
    https://geni.us/F3UtDSd (Amazon)
    https://geni.us/G1NO (from publisher)

    https://videofest.org/services/newsletter (Bart's newsletter)
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    053 • Making MONEY with LOW-BUDGET Indie Films

    2024/12/17 | 25 mins.
    In this episode Blake does a general overview of various distribution options to consider for low & micro-budget indie films.

    ▶︎ Check out my film: http://www.caseymakesamixtape.com

    ▶︎ My past work on Tubi, etc:
    CONTINUUM (sci-fi) https://tubitv.com/movies/100003266/continuum
    KILLING DOWN (action) https://tubitv.com/movies/100000518/killing-down?start=true
    PINK (dark comedy) https://www.pinktheseries.com/

    ▶︎ Other mentioned sites:
    http://www.filmhub.com
    http//www.bitmax.net
    http://www.premieredigital.com/
    http://www.filmfreeway.com

    Disappearing Boy (micro-budget indie film)
    https://youtu.be/Bz2Zxo0MS_A?si=UIcLtId1JA9D4O34

    © 2024 ImageWorks Inc.
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    052 • Indie Film Production and iPhone Apple Log

    2024/8/06 | 16 mins.
    The podcast is back after a hiatus! In this episode Blake gives an update on his feature film "Casey Makes A Mixtape" and also discusses how he used an iPhone and Apple log in the film's production.

    Learn more about the film:

    https://www.loudpictures.com/casey-makes-a-mixtape

    ©2024 ImageWorks Inc.
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    051 • How To Use AI for Everyday Filmmaking

    2023/4/04 | 19 mins.
    In this episode Blake covers how he uses various AI technology to help create and enhance his everyday filmmaking work.

    CASEY'S FAVORITE SONG (new movie): https://www.loudpictures.com/caseys-favorite-song

    Shooting a movie with RED Komodo: https://youtu.be/YsCxnWdz2Lo

    Adobe Podcast: https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance

    Runway ML: http://www.runwayml.com

    Topaz Labs Video AI: https://www.topazlabs.com/topaz-video-ai/ref/1707/

    Main YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/iPhoneographers

    Thanks for listening!
    © 2023 ImageWorks Inc.

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