Posts Tagged ‘Indieflix Play It Again Podcast’

IndieFlix Film Festival in a Box: LOVEBOX Podcast with “Signs” Filmmaker Patrick Hughes Hosted by Lois Fein

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast
“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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9/21/10 LOVEBOX Podcast:

The Patrick Hughes Interview

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A conversation with independent filmmaker
Patrick Hughes
- writer and director of Signs

Signs -- Film

(9/21/10) (Total Interview Time 7:00)

STILL FROM SIGNS
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Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (9/21/10):


Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

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Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

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6/15/09 PODCAST ANSWER:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (6/15/10) is
“Kansas”

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9/21/10 Edition -- IndieFlix LOVEBOX Podcast

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with “Ramly at War Begins” Filmmaker Juliane Block Hosted By Lois Fein

Monday, June 14th, 2010

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast
“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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6/15/10 Podcast:

The Juliane Block Interview

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A conversation with independent filmmaker
Juliane Block
-- writer,  director and producer of
Ramly at War Begins

Ramly at War Begins -- Trailer

(6/15/10)      (Total time  29:34)

What’s inside The Juliane Block Interview?

  • Listen to the Movie: Ramly at War Begins  (1:23)
  • What does Juliane Block see outside her window in Jakarta, Indonesia?  (2:20)
  • What’s new and fresh about Ramly at War Begins?  (4:18)
  • Juliane Block’s collaboration with Low Angle Productions  (5:18)
  • What are the challenges to filming martial arts scenes?  (7:16)
  • “It started off with the question: ‘What do I have?’”  (8:47)
  • Why DVD piracy makes sense for the buyer in Asia  (10:01)
  • “Copyright is pretty much non-existent.”  (11:02)
  • How different cultures and languages have informed Juliane Block’s filmmaking  (11:49)
  • “What didn’t I do yet?”  (13:11)
  • “In Asia, I’m definitely different.”  (14:36)
  • Working with actors from different cultures  (15:05)
  • “I like action and gangster movies, and Hong Kong cinema; they have
    a tension that often lacks in the western cinema and Hollywood movies.”  (17:36)
  • “My favorite movies now are Korean movies.”  (18:41)
  • “Other parts of the world also tell really good stories,
    which I think widens your horizons…”  (19:33)
  • How Juliane Block is received as a woman filmmaker in Asia  (20:15)
  • On fun, freedom, and collaboration:
    the advantages of a low-budget film  (21:23)
  • Do’s and don’ts for indie filmmakers  (23:41)
  • “Go out there, and you will find people everywhere.”  (23:55)
  • Advice on innovative marketing and distribution  (26:01)
  • “Don’t be afraid of people stealing your movie and pirating it.
    If you keep your movie in the closet because you are afraid
    of someone stealing it, that is wrong.  Just put it out there.”  (27:38)


STILL FROM RAMLY AT WAR BEGINS
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Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (6/15/10):


Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

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Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

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4/27/09 PODCAST ANSWER:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (4/27/10) is
“All of the above (and more)”

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6/15/10 Edition -- IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Indie Filmmaker Jon Reiss, Author of “Think Outside the Box Office: The Ultimate Guide in Film Distribution and Marketing for the Digital Era” Hosted by Lois Fein

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast


“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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4/27/10 Podcast:

The Jon Reiss Interview

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A conversation with award-winning independent filmmaker Jon Reiss,
author of “Think Outside the Box Office: The Ultimate Guide to
Film Distribution and Marketing for the Digital Era
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(Photo: Jon Reiss with IndieFlix CEO Scilla Andreen)

(4/27/10) (Total time, 33:17)


What’s inside The Jon Reiss Interview?

  • Why Jon Reiss wanted to kill himself every day for 6 months.  (0:32)
  • What problem do indie filmmakers face?  (2:42)
  • “There was this illusion that there was a system
    that worked for everyone.”  (3:52)
  • “The arrival of the new distribution and marketing techniques,
    technologies, and strategies is a plus for filmmakers.”  (4:53)
  • What makes Jon’s book unique?  (5:10)
  • Who has gone the farthest “outside the box” in terms of film
    distribution and marketing?  (9:06)
  • Expanding our concept of film and how to interact
    with an audience.  (10:26)
  • What are your goals?  What do you want out of your film?  (11:10)
  • “Do not wait to finish your film to do distribution and marketing.
    Embrace it from the beginning.”  (12:28)
  • Need help devising your particular distribution and marketing strategy?
    Read Think Outside the Box Office.  Join Jon Reiss at his workshops.
    Consult with Jon Reiss one-on-one.   (14:50)
  • What are Jon’s workshops like?  (16:14)
  • The website is a living resource guide for what I talk about in my book.”  (16:41)
  • Online premieres: the death knell for film festivals and theatrical releases?  (18:02)
  • “There is still this need within people to congregate as a community
    to screen and socialize around film and story.”  (20:00)
  • Every film has a different audience, a different set of resources,
    different goals and desires.”  (20:35)
  • What has Jon learned from writing Think Outside the Box Office
    that he is applying to his own film work?  (21:46)
  • What had to shift within Jon?  (28:54)
  • How to create a sustainable career as a filmmaker.
    How to create a sustainable community of film and
    distribution media content creators.  (31:04)

Click here to BUY Jon Reiss’ book:

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Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

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Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

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3/30/10 PODCAST ANSWER:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (3/30/10) is
“Angeles National Forest”

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4/27/10 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with In the Darkness Filmmaker Andrew Robinson Hosted by Lois Fein

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast


“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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3/30/10 Podcast:

The Andrew Robinson Interview

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A conversation with independent  filmmaker
Andrew Robinson
– writer and director of In the Darkness

In The Darkness – Trailer

(3/30/10) (Total time  34:55)

What’s inside The Andrew Robinson Interview?

  • Mattoid Entertainment makes filmmaking history today with its global release
    of the first feature-length narrative film to premiere exclusively on Hulu.  (0:27)
  • Listen to the Movie: In the Darkness  (1:03)
  • Why did Andrew Robinson create a film for online release?  (3:08)
  • “The theatrical world and traditional distribution angles are controlled;
    they have roots that go back 10, 20, 30 years and they are difficult to navigate…”  (4:08)
  • “What if we did it differently and tried something that no one had ever done before -
    taking the Internet seriously, not as an after thought – really looking at what drives it,
    what do people turn to the Internet to see and then crafting something tailor-made
    for that type of application and audience.”  (5:08)
  • “The biggest name going right now in that space is Hulu and we knew that IndieFlix
    had a relationship with Hulu and that through discussion we could open the door.”  (5:50)
  • “With IndieFlix’s help we were able to craft and know how we were going to be able to
    roll a movie out via the Internet in a distribution sense even before we started filming.”  (6:09)
  • Tips for making a film for Internet audiences  (8:45)
  • Writing and directing a film for an online audience  (11:37)
  • “Into the Darkness is Act I of a much larger story.”  (13:48)
  • At the heart of the storyline: “There are forces greater than ourselves
    – be it good or bad – that are among us
    that may or may not have our best intentions at heart.”  (14:37)
  • “Things may not be as they seem.”  (15:42)
  • “The audience’s eyes and ears are the detective’s.
    He figures stuff out as the audience figures it out.”  (16:15)
  • From the ashes of a blackened, fire-torn forest arises newly-gnarled trees
    and a surreal setting for In the Darkness.  (18:05)
  • How a $1,500 camera can lighten up your filmmaking world.  (24:15)
  • “Everyone said we were crazy, so we just said,
    ‘All right, we are crazy.  We’ll embrace it.’”  (27:52 & 30:23)
  • How will the online release of In the Darkness change the game
    in film distribution and marketing?  (30:30)
  • “For the independent filmmaker, places like Hulu and IndieFlix
    or itunes – it’s the new frontier.”  (31:22)
  • What do you wear for the virtual Red Carpet online premiere
    of In the Darkness?  (31:40)

STILL FROM IN THE DARKNESS
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Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

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Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

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3/16/09 PODCAST ANSWER:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (3/16/10) is
“Anthony Hopkins”

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3/30/10 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Indie Filmmaker Scott Goldstein “Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story” Hosted by Lois Fein

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

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In Association with:

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“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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3/16/10 Podcast:

The Scott Goldstein Interview

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A conversation with award-winning indie filmmaker
Scott Goldstein
-- director, writer, producer of
Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story

Where I Stand Trailer

(3/16/10) (Total time  30:15)

What’s inside The Scott Goldstein Interview?

  • Listen to the Movie, “Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story”  (0:31)
  • “Hank Greenspun didn’t like the mob…and he got after them
    pretty severely a lot of times.”  (0:39)
  • “Tell the story when the guy knocked on the door
    and he came to kill dad.”  (1:17)
  • “Las Vegas was at the crossroads and Hank Greenspun
    was concerned about the people.”  (2:01)
  • “My efforts to rid the town of the mob were finally paying off.”  (2:43)
  • “I had a newspaper to publish.”  (3:23)
  • “Hank Greenspun had his office safe broken into by the Watergate burglars.”  (4:24)
  • “One person can make a difference.”  (4:45)
  • Audience reactions to Where I Stand  (5:50)
  • Greenspun family commissioned former Today Show Producer
    Scott Greenstein to make this film  (7:39)
  • What that meant, as a seasoned journalist  (8:43)
  • Scott Goldstein: “I cut my teeth here [in Seattle].”  (9:19)
  • Scott Goldstein: “I love Jean [Enersen].  I have a huge amount of respect for her.
    She’s one of the beacons of television.”  (10:18)
  • From television to film: “This was a touchdown for me,” says Scott Goldstein.  (11:12)
  • “I shot it like a feature…it has the feel of an adventure story and a yarn.”  (11:55)
  • Filmmaking dos and don’ts: “Story, story, story…”  (12:20)
  • The time Hank Greenspun publically confronted McCarthy  (14:00)
  • What Hank Greenspun had that today’s journalists don’t have:
    “He had a vision and a point of view, and he was obsessed with justice.”
    (15:11 & 17:52)
  • Hank Greenspun was a big booster of Las Vegas.  (16:03)
  • What’s the largest paper route in the history of news?  (16:23)
  • “He lived and died for that paper, and money never mattered to him.”
    (16:41 & 17:47)
  • Scott Goldstein:  “When families ran things as opposed to corporations,
    generally their heart was in the right place.”  (18:27)
  • Where I Stand: “It’s won every festival it’s been in.”  (19:32)
  • “I want it to go to broadcast television because I want people to see this story.”
    (20:25 & 21:04)
  • Where I Stand is playing at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival
    AND “You can call it a Las Vegas film, a crime film, a civil rights film…”  (22:14)
  • “Watch it, watch, it watch it because it’s worth it, worth it, worth it.”  (23:27)
  • How did Scott Goldstein get Anthony Hopkins on board for Where I Stand?
    (20:08 & 24:10)
  • “I met with Hopkins and he loved the script and he loved the story,
    and I will never forget this…”  (26:06 & 26:39)
  • Will Scott Goldstein work with Anthony Hopkins again?  (27:30)
  • “Hank Greenspun always responded to that sense of justice.”  (27:57)

STILL FROM “WHERE I STAND:
THE HANK GREENSPUN STORY”

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Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (3/16/10):


Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

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Podcast Music Credits:
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

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1/26/10 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (1/26/10) is
“Yes”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (1/26/10) is
“Casey Puckett -- 5-Time Olympian”

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3/16/10 Edition -- IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast and 2010 Olympics: A Conversation with “Appointment in Vancouver” Producer Seth Caplan and Director Anna Christopher with Special Guest Olympic Skier Casey Puckett Hosted by Lois Fein

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast


“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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  • Play Podcast Puzzle
  • Name That Voice
  • Meet Host, Lois Fein

1/26/10 Podcast:

The Seth Caplan and Anna Christopher Interview

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with Special Guest:

2010 Olympic Skier Casey Puckett
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Appointment In Vancouver -- Trailer

(1/26/10) (Total time -- 43:40)

What’s inside The Seth Caplan and Anna Christopher Interview

with Special Guest 2010 Olympic Skier Casey Puckett?

  • Listen to the Movie: Appointment in Vancouver (0:59)
  • “The only thing that would keep Casey Puckett from doing the Olympics
    is flat out getting injured.”  (2:12)
  • How the heck do you get front row seats to watch Casey Puckett race Skier Cross
    in the 2010 Olympics?  (3:41, 5:30, 6:08)
  • Anna and Seth: The Katherine Hepburn-Spencer Tracey team of filmmakers?  (4:32)
  • “What’s important to me in producing projects is always finding a good story,
    a good narrative…excellent characters who face big challenges.”  (6:41)
  • Casey Puckett’s journey to his record-breaking 5th Olympics  (8:09)
  • What makes Skier Cross so dangerous?  (9:02)
  • “What defines ‘greatness’ is how you deal with things beyond your control.”  (9:27)
  • Does Casey Puckett have to win the gold on February 21st?  (10:55)
  • “I saw in Casey what I feel about filmmaking – just a complete dedication
    to doing something that so many people would give up on.”   (12:08)
  • Is Casey Puckett ready for “Dancing with the Stars”?
    (12:47, 32:30, 34:35, 35:07)
  • How to find and tell the most compelling story in a documentary  (13:59)
  • It’s all about the journey to the Olympics  (15:42)
  • The most challenging aspect of making Appointment in Vancouver  (16:32)
  • “The finished film looks outstanding.”  (17:56)
  • How to see Appointment in Vancouver  (18:55)
  • Casey Puckett’s first interview after his January 10th World Cup injury (19:35)
  • Can Casey recover?  (20:38)
  • “He did the surgery that was necessary to get me back on the snow.”  (21:42)
  • “How much pain are you in?”  (21:53)
  • “Even without my ligaments I might still be able to perform,
    but it’s going to be a challenge.”  (22:27)
  • What will it take for Casey to “go for the gold” and make it?  (23:38)
  • Casey’s reaction to Appointment in Vancouver  (24:40, 34:05)
  • “If you didn’t feel pain, you wouldn’t be alive.”  (25:05)
  • What goes through Casey’s mind before the start of a race?  (25:20)
  • “In the first few seconds, either you’re looking at someone’s butt in front of you
    or an open course.”  (26:15)
  • “All of a sudden you’re going 50 mph…you have to trust
    that your body is going to do what you visualized.”  (27:20)
  • “I’m gonna state a goal: I’m gonna win that medal.”   (28:05)
  • “I go to win, and hopefully this course might work out for me, especially,
    if I can get my shoulder back.  I mean I was a wreck.  I was in the operating room
    two days ago….I just came up against a whole other challenge,
    but the good thing, the good news is that when I went down, I was on top.”  (29:22)
  • “A week ago, I was pretty sure my year was over – that I wasn’t going to be able to ski in the Olympics… I still have hope.”  (30:32)
  • Does ANYONE have extra tickets to the Olympics for Seth and Anna?  (31:15, 38:06)
  • “Casey, you ski on February 21st.  What happens February 22nd?”  (31:42)
  • Post-injury interview: a discussion about Casey with Producer Seth Caplan
    and Director Anna Christopher  (36:06)
  • Seth Caplan’s “Gold Medal”  (38:36, 40:07)
  • Anna Christopher’s  “Gold Medal”  (40:53, 41:43)
  • “We’ve been editing Appointment in Vancouver at breakneck speed
    to make the film available to the public before the Olympics.”  (41:25)

STILL FROM
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Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (1/26/10):


Play “IndieFlix Name That Voice” (1/26/10):


Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

_________________________________________________________

Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

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1/26/10 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (1/5/10) is
“All of the Above”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (1/5/10) is
“Paul Fitzgerald -- Director, Actor, Writer of Forgiven”

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1/26/10 Edition -- IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Forgiven Filmmaker Paul Fitzgerald Hosted By Lois Fein

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast


“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

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1/5/10 Podcast:

The Paul Fitzgerald Interview

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A conversation with award-winning indie filmmaker
Paul Fitzgerald
– writer, actor, and director of Forgiven

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(1/5/10) (Total time – 40:05)

What’s inside The Paul Fitzgerald Interview?

  • Listen to the Movie: Forgiven (0:52)
  • “The governor just pardoned Ronald Bradler”  (1:52)
  • “Are you accusing me of something?”  (2:35)
  • “What’s dignity?”  (3:11)
  • Paul Fitzgerald on a reconnaissance mission in hometown,
    Lynchburg, Virginia  (3:33)
  • Upcoming projects and voting controversy  (4:05)
  • “People’s responses to Forgiven can be passionate, and,
    equally, violent negative reactions”  (7:12)
  • “[There’s an] edgy reticence in people to embrace or contend with
    some of the things that happen in the movie”  (8:00)
  • “When there are no heroes”  (9:16)
  • “Forgiven really defied marketing”  (10:05)
  • Innocent man wrongly convicted is exonerated
    six minutes before his execution  (11:06)
  • Peter Miles: privileged, white-male politician who finds religion  (12:12)
  • “He’s sympathetic to himself”  (13:07)
  • In favor of or against capital punishment?  (14:32)
  • For mature audiences  (16:45)
  • Forgiven: a starting point for conversation  (18-31)
  • What are the ramifications of our actions?  (20:22)
  • What is it about ‘the other’ that hits our blind spot
    when we make decisions?”  (21:45)
  • The influences that shaped Paul Fitzgerald to be an “artist activist”  (22:13)
  • “Politics, and the good that can come from public service,
    was always a part of my consciousness”  (23:30)
  • Acting, directing, writing: what does Paul Fitzgerald love the most?  (24:11)
  • How Paul Fitzgerald prepared for the role of Peter Miles  (25:46)
  • Casting fine “stage actors” for Forgiven  (27:09)
  • Finding Ronald Bradler  (28:44)
  • Achieving high-quality production  (29:36)
  • “I was a first-time filmmaker, so I didn’t realize the insanity
    of what I was asking them to do”  (31:13)
  • “There seemed be a lot of delicious restraint”  (32:40)
  • “It just feels better with less”  (33:50)
  • “Bravo, for keeping it complex”  (35:05)
  • “Seeing what’s not there”  (35:24)
  • Distribution: finding the film’s home; finding a receptive audience”  (35:52)
  • “We needed a company like IndieFlix”  (37:04)
  • “Keeping it real” with Paul Fitzgerald’s 2010 New Year’s resolution (38:06)

STILL FROM FORGIVEN
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Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

_________________________________________________________

Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

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12/22/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (12/22/09) is
“Bill Moyers”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (12/22/09) is
“Lois Fein – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast Host”

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1/5/10 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

Meet IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast Host Lois Fein on Interviewing Independent Filmmakers in 2009 and Making her CD – STEP INTO THE WATER

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

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“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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  • Play Podcast Puzzle
  • Name That Voice
  • Meet Host, Lois Fein


12/22/09 Podcast:

The Lois Fein Interview

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A conversation with Indieflix Play It Again
Podcast Host Lois Fein -
interviewer, podcaster,
and songwriter of the CD – STEP INTO THE WATER

(Photo credit:  Sheila Addleman)

(12/22/09)   (Total time – 31:12)

What’s inside The Lois Fein Interview?

  • What sparked Lois Fein’s interest in interviewing indie filmmakers?  (1:20)
  • Working with Scilla Andreen, CEO and Founder of IndieFlix  (1:38)
  • What makes for a good podcast?  (2:42)
  • “I’ve always admired Bill Moyers”  (3:09)
  • Learning as you listen  (3:50)
  • The birth of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast  (4:04)
  • Why Lois Fein is on this planet  (5:16)
  • “The perseverance and love of bringing one’s art into the world”  (6:32)
  • Lois Fein’s Meow TV film “When Are Those Humans Gonna Go to Bed?”  (7:35)
  • How Lois Fein got the idea for her CD – STEP INTO THE WATER (10:33)
  • “Sweet Baby James” – Love at first listening (11:18)
  • Lois Fein’s personal writing on what she learned from David Wilcox  (13:07)
  • How to live in the moment  (13:31)
  • “We looked up, and there was barbed wire”  (15:14)
  • Lois Fein’s songwriting teachers: David Wilcox (singer/songwriter)
    and John Stewart (former member of The Kingston Trio)  (15:51)
  • “John could see through to the essence of a person”   (16:03)
  • The “melting away” of the judgmental Self  (18:32)
  • The final spark in the making of  STEP INTO THE WATER (18:50)
  • “I thought I was making a CD, and the music was making me.”  (20:08)
  • Meet the producers (20:54 & 22:27)
  • “My parents’ love of music definitely influenced my love for music”  (21:18 & 22:17)
  • Lois Fein’s largest hope for her CD – STEP INTO THE WATER (23:15)
  • LISTEN to Lois Fein’s song: “Something Out of This Time”  (24:04)
  • “I felt a huge sense of calm in bringing my music into the world”  (27:40)


Lois Fein‘s CD Cover – STEP INTO THE WATER
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(Photo credit: Arden Ash)

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Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

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Podcast Photo Credits:
Black and white photos of Lois Fein: Arden Ash
Color photo of Lois Fein: Sheila Addleman

Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

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12/08/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (12/08/09) is
“Paul Gleason”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (12/08/09) is
“Matthew Von Manahan – director and writer of The Book of Caleb”

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12/22/09 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with The Book of Caleb Indie Filmmaker Matthew Von Manahan Hosted By Lois Fein

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast


“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers
– producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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  • Play Podcast Puzzle
  • Name That Voice
  • Meet Host, Lois Fein

12/08/09 Podcast:

The Matthew Von Manahan Interview

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A conversation with filmmaker Matthew Von Manahan
- director and writer of The Book of Caleb

The Book of Caleb - Trailer

(12/08/09)   (Total time: 24:15)

What’s inside The Matthew Von Manahan Interview?

  • Listen to the Movie: “The Book of Caleb” (0:53)
  • The mythic quality of “The Book of Caleb” soundtrack  (2:55)
  • The Hero’s Journey & Joseph Campbell’s influence  (4:40)
  • The Call to Adventure  (5:37)
  • “The flaw of the unselfish character”  (6:10)
  • The essence of men & friendship  (7:05)
  • Without the common goal, guys start to deteriorate  (8:10)
  • The Perfect “10″  (8:35)
  • “It’s surreal to watch something that came out of your head”  (9:28)
  • How to make an incredible cast  (10:21)
  • Paul Gleason, the principal from “The Breakfast Club”  (12:12)
  • “The Book of Caleb” -- Paul Gleason’s last film  (13:35)
  • Working with Paul Gleason  (14:24)
  • “There are parts that surprised me”  (15:28)
  • For the Holidays: Who would most enjoy receiving “The Book of Caleb”  (16:30)
  • What’s next for Matthew Von Manahan?  (18:19)
  • The first (alcohol-infused) road trip (19:29)
  • Ford, Edison & Firestone: “They invented the modern vacation”  (20:05)
  • “I’d like to see The Millionaires’ Club made into a film…Everyone seems
    to love the concept.”  (21:20)
  • Matthew Von Manahan’s wish for the New Year 2010  (21:58)

STILL FROM THE BOOK OF CALEB

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Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (12/08/09):


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Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

_________________________________________________________

Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

__________________________________________________________

11/17/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (11/17/09) is
“Open Hand Reel”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (11/17/09) is
“Scott Macklin -- co-director and co-writer of Masizakhe”

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12/08/09 Edition -- IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Masizakhe Filmmaker Scott Macklin Hosted By Lois Fein

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers
– producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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  • Play Podcast Puzzle
  • Name That Voice
  • Meet Host, Lois Fein

11/17/09 Podcast:

The Scott Macklin Interview

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A conversation with independent filmmaker Scott Macklin
- co-director and co-writer of Masizakhe: Building Each Other

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Angelica Macklin – co-director, co-writer, and
producer of Masizakhe: Building Each Other

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(11/17/09)    (Total time – 41:05)

What’s inside The Scott Macklin Interview?

  • Listen to the Movie: “Masizakhe: Building Each Other” (0:53)
  • “The stinking smell of the corpse of apartheid”  (1:15)
  • “In the vision of Nelson Mandela”  (2:35)
  • Scott and Angelica Macklin’s recent trip to South Africa  (3:24)
  • “Masizakhe” as catalyst  (5:18)
  • Nelson Mandela University Vice Chancellor Derrick Swartz’s
    reaction to “Masizakhe”  (6:32)
  • Audience reaction from Motherwell screening  (7:47)
  • Conversations with community activists  (8:19)
  • How do you overcome apartheid?  (9:20)
  • Towards cultural and economic freedom  (10:16)
  • Listen to the Movie: Sindewe Magona’s spoken word  (10:29)
  • On Bantu Education (12:25 & 13:44)
  • “The best and the brightest ended up being teachers
    and principals.”  (14:11)
  • What is the vision of these “Masizakhe” artists?  (14:41)
  • Listen to the Movie: “These are the Times”  (15:26)
  • How is apartheid’s economic and cultural impact
    felt in South Africa today?  (16:45)
  • How do the voices of these “Masizakhe” artists find a stage?  (19:06)
  • Seattle and South Africa artists cooperate  (20:04)
  • “Working with the learners; healing the teachers.”  (20:50)
  • Opposition and obstacles?  (22:39)
  • How was the film “Masizakhe” conceived?  (23:54)
  • “What right do you have to make a film about a culture
    that isn’t your culture?”  (24:33)
  • Listen to the Movie: Kipchoge Kirkland’s spoken word  (26:12)
  • What real-world results are happening because of this film?  (29:31)
  • Seattle’s Cleveland High School students connect with
    South African students  (31:28)
  • A Vision: Seattle and South African artists perform together -
    how YOU can make that happen.  (33:09)
  • Here’s what you can do to help Scott and Angelica Macklin
    in their “Masizakhe” efforts  (34:05)
  • “The eyes of the world will be on South Africa in 2010.”  (35:16)
  • “We are each other’s best and most powerful resource.”  (36:28)
  • “We are.  Therefore, I am.”  (38:45)

MASIZAKHE audience at Motherwell screening
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Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein
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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster,and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is arecording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water
at: www.LoisFein.com

_________________________________________________________

Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)
_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded
with audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner;and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This e
dition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix – “Connecting people through movies.”

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10/27/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (10/27/09) is
“Friction”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (10/27/09) is
“Cullen Hoback – director and writer of Freedom State”

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11/17/09 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Freedom State Filmmaker Cullen Hoback Hosted By Lois Fein

Monday, October 26th, 2009

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast
“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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  • Play Podcast Puzzle
  • Name That Voice
  • Meet Host, Lois Fein

10/27/09 Podcast:

The Cullen Hoback Interview

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A conversation with independent filmmaker Cullen Hoback -
director and writer of Freedom State

Freedom State - Trailer

(10/27/09) (Total time – (25:37)

What’s inside The Cullen Hoback Interview?

  • Listen to the Movie: “Freedom State”  (0:52)
  • Cullen’s “eye for the (ab)normal”  (1:46)
  • Committing yourself to a “mental-rest home
    for the eccentric”  (2:26)
  • Finding the edge/end of the world  (3:48)
  • Making a film you want to watch over and over  (4:57)
  • What does “Freedom State” mean to Cullen?  (5:24)
  • “Sometimes you need to stir your life up”  (6:19)
  • “I need space”  (6:45)
  • The tragedy and beauty of “the human condition”  (8:55)
  • Who is crowding Cullen’s personal space?  (9:43)
  • “Freedom State” is one of the top sellers
    of Amazon VOD – why?  (10:50)
  • The False Apocalypse  (11:48)
  • “I blend improv into well-rehearsed scenes”
    and “happy accidents” occur  (14:38)
  • Cullen’s next film explores “What is real?  What is not?”  (17:04)
  • Audience reaction to “Freedom State”:
    “This is my new, favorite film!”  (19:23)
  • Cullen’s influences – directors and films (20:40)
  • “Finding a sense of purpose through imagination”  (22:52)
  • STILL FROM FREEDOM STATE

    STILL Freedom State

    Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (10/27/09):


    Play “IndieFlix Name That Voice” (10/27/09):


    Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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    Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
    Podcaster, and Host for
    IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
    Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
    Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
    are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
    Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
    Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

    _________________________________________________________

    Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
    It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
    )

    _________________________________________________________

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    Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
    audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
    Skype™
    and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
    Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
    .

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    This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
    IndieFlix Name That Voice
    is sponsored by IndieFlix -
    “Connecting people through movies.”

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    10/13/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

    THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (10/13/09) is
    “Singing karaoke at Passim”

    THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (10/13/09) is
    “All of the Above”

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    10/27/09 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast
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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Scott Kirsner, Author of “Fans, Friends & Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age” Hosted By Lois Fein

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast
“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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  • Play Podcast Puzzle
  • Name That Voice
  • Meet Host, Lois Fein

10/13/09 Podcast:

The Scott Kirsner Interview

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A conversation with Scott Kirsner - author of
“Fans, Friends & Followers:
Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age”

(10/13/09) (Total time – 47:12)

What’s inside The Scott Kirsner Interview?

  • How to make $1,000,000 in this new digital age  (2:25)
  • Stop thinking about the old model of “being discovered”  (3:01)
  • What are the new rules?  What’s the new paradigm?  (4:01)
  • Inviting the audience “in”  (5:08)
  • What mindset is required to reap the benefits of this new model?  (6:08)
  • The Internet is a great platform for getting help  (6:57)
  • Thomas Edison and collaboration  (8:50)
  • People you have never met can help you  (9:45)
  • Managing your collaborators  (10:25)
  • Getting your audience to spend money  (13:11)
  • Experimenting with “what is free” versus
    “what you pay for (and how much)”  (15:10)
  • “Live” events  (16:45)
  • Blending cinema, theater and interactivity  (17:34)
  • The future of film distribution –
    immediate and long-range  (18:54 & 22:10)
  • Paying attention to people’s desire
    for “immediate gratification”   (21:07)
  • Paying attention to behavioral shifts in how people
    communicate and consume  (23:38)
  • Core principles of distribution regardless of the
    technological landscape  (26:26)
  • How to get Scott’s book “Fans Friends & Followers:
    Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age”  (28:13)
  • How well is Scott  implementing the practical advice in his own book?  (30:45)
  • How to “move the needle” on sales  (32:32)
  • What creative endeavor is Scott flirting with?  (33:37)
  • Scott on “performing as a stand-up comedian”  (35:50)
  • “The Conversation: The Convergence of New Technologies and Film”  (36:13)
  • “The issue right now is about: building an audience and making money”  (37:30)
  • Getting people’s attention  (39:01)
  • Creative entrepreneurs – what should we be paying attention to next?  (40:00)
  • What’s in “Fans, Friends & Followers” for indie filmmakers?  (42:37)
  • What to do if you are intimidated by technology  (43:58)
  • Scott on “the good life” (45:29)



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Book Cover: FANS, FRIENDS & FOLLOWERS:
Building an Audience and a Creative Career
in the Digital Age
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Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (10/13/09):


Play “IndieFlix Name That Voice” (10/13/09):


Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

_________________________________________________________

Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

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9/29/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (9/29/09) is
“$60”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (9/29/09) is
“Sandor Lau – director,
writer and co-producer of Squeegee Bandit
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10/13/09 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Squeegee Bandit Filmmaker Sandor Lau Hosted By Lois Fein

Monday, September 28th, 2009

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast


“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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  • Play Podcast Puzzle
  • Name That Voice
  • Meet Host, Lois Fein

9/29/09 Podcast:

The Sandor Lau Interview

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A conversation with independent filmmaker Sandor Lau
- director, writer, and co-producer of Squeegee Bandit

Squeegee Bandit – Trailer

(9/29/09)  (Total time – 29:15)

What’s inside The Sandor Lau Interview?

  • Listen to the Movie: “Squeegee Bandit”  (0:53)
  • “New Zealand’s only Chinese Hungarian-American”  (1:30)
  • How Sandor got to New Zealand  (4:02)
  • “Behaviors of a Backpacker”  (4:50)
  • Long-distance adventure trips  (5:21)
  • “You spend your entire life walking backwards”  (6:24)
  • “Your ancestors are your guides in your life”  (7:22)
  • What prepared Sandor for the making of  “Squeegee Bandit”  (8:07)
  • Street-corner window washers  (9:05)
  • “I remember the moment I met Starfish”  (11:06)
  • His outlandish stories  (11:52)
  • “This is a guy who gets into adventures all the time”  (13:27)
  • Documentary: “It’s like the ‘found poetry’ of the film world”  (14:27)
  • What surprised Sandor  (15:10)
  • “The beauty of human beings is not in their perfection,
    but in their flaws – their contradictions”  (15:43)
  • Starfish’s reaction to “Squeegee Bandit”  (17:02)
  • On the margins of western society  (18:27)
  • Maori 101: A short history of the Maori people  (20:02)
  • What makes Maori language, culture, and storytelling so special?  (23:05)
  • Sandor’s favorite scene in “Squeegee Bandit”  (25:26)
  • “My Oregon Trail”  (26:26)


STILL FROM SQUEEGEE BANDIT
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Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (9/29/09):


Play “IndieFlix Name That Voice” (9/29/09):


Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

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Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

__________________________________________________________

9/15/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (9/15/09) is
“Brooklyn”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (9/15/09) is
“All of the Above”

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9/29/09 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

“We All Find Ourselves In Awkward Social Situations.” – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Fritz Donnelly

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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  • Play Podcast Puzzle
  • Name That Voice
  • Meet Host, Lois Fein

9/15/09 Podcast:

The Fritz Donnelly Interview

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A conversation with independent filmmaker Fritz Donnelly
- writer, director, producer, actor, editor of tothehills 2

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(9/15/09) (Total time – 37:38)

What’s inside The Fritz Donnelly Interview?

  • Listen to the Movie: “tothehills 2″ (0:52)
  • What is “Hi Christina”?  (1:45)
  • The imaginative work of Fritz Donnelly  (2:37)
  • “You give me the power to feel like I can create”  (3:03)
  • Inspiring, collaborative, non-fussy  (3:35)
  • “It’s the urge to escape from the every day”  (5:13)
  • A place for self-expression and performance  (5:51)
  • What Fritz does at “Hi Christina”  (6:20)
  • Listen to examples of strange characters we meet in
    “tothehills 2” (7:27)
  • Where do Fritz’s characters come from?  (8:15)
  • “A voice that might be in your head”  (8:54)
  • Scripted or total improv?  (10:05)
  • Getting audience feedback: Fritz’s public-access
    T.V. show (11:14)
  • The Staring Contest  (12:50)
  • The “Indie” Astronaut’s Diary  (14:07)
  • Fritz gets a kiss  (15:20)
  • Live, on-the-spot improv with Fritz  (16:58)
  • What is a sud?  (19:12)
  • When working solo, how Fritz prepares for his
    character sketches  (21:00)
  • Sanitary Man and the Public Pole  (22:33)
  • Send “the critic” on vacation  (23:11)
  • Sports Blaster  (23:49)
  • “We spend most of our time looking at human faces”  (24:42)
  • Listen to: Learning How to Drive a Car  (26:38)
  • Listen to: “Mr.” Financial Advice  (27:48)
  • “We often hide the more eccentric sides of ourselves”  (30:07)
  • “Hi Christina’s” interactive performances  (30:48)
  • The “Michael Jackson Dance Party”  (31:31)
  • “Expressing yourself as fully as you can”  (32:30)

STILL FROM tothehills  2
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Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (9/15/09):


Play “IndieFlix Name That Voice” (9/15/09):


Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

_________________________________________________________

Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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_________________________________________________________

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

__________________________________________________________

9/1/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (9/1/09) is
“The Chicken”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (9/1/09) is
“David Rowe – writer, director and producer of Fast Friday”

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09/15/09 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Fast Friday Filmmaker David Rowe Hosted by Lois Fein

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast


“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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  • Play Podcast Puzzle
  • Name That Voice
  • Meet Host, Lois Fein

9/01/09 Podcast:

The David Rowe Interview

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A conversation with independent filmmaker David Rowe
- writer, director, and producer of Fast Friday

Fast Friday – Trailer

(9/01/09) (Total time – 25:18)

What’s inside The David Rowe Interview?

  • Listen to the Movie: “Fast Friday”  (0:53)
  • What is Fast Friday?  (2:33 & 4:32)
  • “Alley Cat” racing  (3:18)
  • How David Rowe got “hooked”  (6:32)
  • “How bicycles can bring a community together”  (8:05)
  • Track bike: 1 gear, no brakes – is it hard to learn?  (9:47)
  • It’s more than a race – tricks and competitions  (10:43)
  • “One big circle that gets smaller and smaller”  (12:08)
  • “Quick Stop” (13:21)
  • How non-cyclists can get a piece of the action  (14:18)
  • Figuring out “the story” in editing  (15:56)
  • Dos and Don’ts for filmmakers  (16:38)
  • How to get a “story arc”  (18:01)
  • Fast Friday put an “eye on Seattle”  (19:08)
  • “Indieflix was able to promote the film to other avenues
    I haven’t been able to”  (19:29)
  • David Rowe’s influences:  Music video directors  (20:45)
  • “As long as people see it and enjoy it,
    I am completely happy.”  (21:21)
  • “You watch Fast Friday, and it’s a cookbook
    on how to do an event like this.”  (23:20)


STILL FROM FAST FRIDAY

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Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (9/01/09):

Play “IndieFlix Name That Voice” (9/01/09):


Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

_________________________________________________________

Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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_________________________________________________________

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

__________________________________________________________

8/18/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (8/18/09) is
“All of the above”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (8/18/09) is
“Rune Christensen - writer and director of  Down The Road”

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9/01/09 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Down the Road Filmmaker Rune Christensen Hosted By Lois Fein

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

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IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast

“Here’s looking at you – the independent filmmaker”

Every Tuesday. A conversation with IndieFlix independent filmmakers –
producers, writers, actors, directors.

  • Listen NOW by clicking PLAY below

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  • Play Podcast Puzzle
  • Name That Voice
  • Meet Host, Lois Fein

8/18/09 Podcast:

The Rune Christensen Interview

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A conversation with award-winning independent filmmaker Rune Christensen
- writer and director of Down The Road

Down The Road – Trailer


(08/18/09)    (Total time – 28:12)

What’s inside The Rune Christensen Interview?

  • Listen to the Movie: “Down The Road”  (0:53)
  • “No one has ever done anything scary in Flash”  (2:19)
  • Is it even possible to make an animated psychological thriller?  (3:00)
  • Alone, on a winter night, in a beach house  (3:17)
  • Frankenstein, step aside  (4:25)
  • “This is the road from ‘Down the Road’!”  (5:15)
  • What creates suspense?  (6:36)
  • What about the music?  (7:23)
  • “Amazing stroke of luck in casting”  (8:40)
  • “If you want some really good ‘voice acting’, use musicians”  (12:45)
  • Short Animation: Dos and Don’ts  (13:12)
  • What’s next?  (14:20)
  • Soccer and gangsters  (14:59)
  • A trilogy centered around “revenge and murder”  (15:45)
  • How to persuade a “hit man” not to kill you  (16:00)
  • Power of collaboration  (17:57)
  • Meeting your best friend  (19:15)
  • “There can only be one director”  (20:07)
  • Things to avoid  (21:50)
  • Show, not tell  (23:58)
  • “Some of the best stories leave a lot to imagination”  (25:28)
  • “Make the story bigger than what you’re showing”  (26:15)

STILL FROM DOWN THE ROAD
STILL TWO

Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (8/18/09):


Play “IndieFlix Name That Voice(8/18/09):


Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

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L
ois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for
IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.

Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

_________________________________________________________

Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein
)

_________________________________________________________

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™
and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6
.

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_______________________________________________________

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice
is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

__________________________________________________________

7/21/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (7/21/09) is
“David Carradine”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (7/21/09) is
“Anurag Mehta – director and writer of The Trident”

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8/18/09 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast