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Step by Step: The Micro-Budget Filmmaker Each season we take you behind the scenes of how we make our micro budget feature films from inception all the way through distribution.
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Focusing on one film each season with special guests.

This week our co-host Naim David talks about his upcoming short film, Lonely Matrimony.
27/12/2021

This week our co-host Naim David talks about his upcoming short film, Lonely Matrimony.

This week we dive a little into the current post-production process on Guilt. Also as a bit of an update on our podcast,...
13/12/2021

This week we dive a little into the current post-production process on Guilt. Also as a bit of an update on our podcast, going forward we'll be releasing episodes every other Monday as opposed to each week. So look out for more content from us in the near future.

This week we dive a little into the post-production of William Chaffin's upcoming film Guilt.

Hello everyone. Our next episode is out. We continue our series on how we made Guilt going further into our production p...
06/12/2021

Hello everyone.

Our next episode is out. We continue our series on how we made Guilt going further into our production process on a micro budget film! We also give a couple of fun BTS stories. Hope you enjoy and we continue to help you on your micro budget journey.

https://anchor.fm/stepbysteppodcast/episodes/How-We-Made-Guilt-A-William-Chaffin-Thriller-More-stories-from-Principal-Photography-e1b95tq

For our first new series of episodes, we go behind the scenes into the making of director William Chaffin's new supernatural thriller Guilt. This week we dive a little bit into the principal photography on Guilt this past summer.

Tune in this week to hear some fun stories we had while making Guilt.
06/12/2021

Tune in this week to hear some fun stories we had while making Guilt.

For our first new series of episodes, we go behind the scenes into the making of director William Chaffin's new supernatural thriller Guilt. This week we dive a little bit into the principal photography on Guilt this past summer.

Continuing our series where we go behind the scenes into the making of director William Chaffin's new supernatural thril...
29/11/2021

Continuing our series where we go behind the scenes into the making of director William Chaffin's new supernatural thriller Guilt. This week we dive a little bit into the principal photography on the film this past summer (Part 1).

For our first new series of episodes, we go behind the scenes into the making of director William Chaffin's new supernatural thriller Guilt. This week we dive a little bit into the principal photography on Guilt this past summer.

We're rebooting the Step by Step: The Micro Budget Filmmaker podcast to focus more about changing your mentality about m...
22/11/2021

We're rebooting the Step by Step: The Micro Budget Filmmaker podcast to focus more about changing your mentality about making movies. For our first new series of episodes, we go behind the scenes into the making of director William Chaffin's new supernatural thriller Guilt. Check out the first part in this series where we talk about the premise and a bit about pre-production.

We're rebooting the Step by Step: The Micro Budget Filmmaker podcast to focus more about changing your mentality about making movies. For our first new series of episodes, we go behind the scenes into the making of director William Chaffin's new supernatural thriller Guilt.

New episodes coming soon!
21/11/2021

New episodes coming soon!

This week we wanted to talk about some of the misconceptions about what you need to make a movie. Bit of a motivational episode for people who dream of being filmmakers and think that you need millions of dollars and an endless amount of resources.

This week we wanted to pay tribute to a great filmmaker who passed away recently, the great Richard Donner director of T...
17/07/2021

This week we wanted to pay tribute to a great filmmaker who passed away recently, the great Richard Donner director of The Goonies, Superman, The Omen among others.

This week we wanted to talk about some of the misconceptions about what you need to make a movie. Bit of a motivational ...
28/05/2021

This week we wanted to talk about some of the misconceptions about what you need to make a movie. Bit of a motivational episode for people who dream of being filmmakers and think that you need millions of dollars and an endless amount of resources.

17/05/2021

This week on Step by Step: The Micro Budget Filmmaker, we wanted to do an inspirational type pf episode where we interview filmmakers who make movies for no other reason than just the love of doing it. That filmmaker is New York based Shaun Rose, director of such films as Upstate Story and Making an...

This week on Step by Step: The Micro Budget Filmmaker, we wanted to do an inspirational type pf episode where we intervi...
17/05/2021

This week on Step by Step: The Micro Budget Filmmaker, we wanted to do an inspirational type pf episode where we interview filmmakers who make movies for no other reason than just the love of doing it. That filmmaker is New York based Shaun Rose, director of such films as Upstate Story and Making and Unmaking.

This week on Step by Step: The Micro Budget Filmmaker, we wanted to do an inspirational type pf episode where we interview filmmakers who make movies for no other reason than just the love of doing it. That filmmaker is New York based Shaun Rose, director of such films as Upstate Story and Making an...

New logo!
30/04/2021

New logo!

Same episode, different title. This fits the description more accurately. Enjoy!
21/04/2021

Same episode, different title. This fits the description more accurately. Enjoy!

This week, we talk about some of the upcoming projects we're working on this year. Billy Chaffin joins us again to talk about his latest project Guilt which is just about to film in June. Naim also talks about his upcoming project, The Devout

This week, we discuss the pre-production process from some of the upcoming projects that we've been working on. William ...
21/04/2021

This week, we discuss the pre-production process from some of the upcoming projects that we've been working on. William Chaffin joins us again to talk about his upcoming film Guilt which will be filming in the summer. Naim David also discusses his upcoming project called The Devout. Just a little teaser of what's in store for 2021.

This week, we talk about some of the upcoming projects we're working on this year. Billy Chaffin joins us again to talk about his latest project Guilt which is just about to film in June. Naim also talks about his upcoming project, The Devout

24/03/2021

Every once in a while we kind of like to do a random episode where we talk about whatever's on our mind in the world of film. This is one of those. We talk about comedy sequels that come out decades after the original as well as Adam Sandler movies. We're also joined this week by special guest Alex....

Every once in a while we kind of like to do a random episode where we talk about whatever's on our mind in the world of ...
24/03/2021

Every once in a while we kind of like to do a random episode where we talk about whatever's on our mind in the world of film. This is one of those. We talk about comedy sequels that come out decades after the original as well as Adam Sandler movies. We're also joined this week by special guest Alex David, host of the Centerpiece podcast.

Every once in a while we kind of like to do a random episode where we talk about whatever's on our mind in the world of film. This is one of those. We talk about comedy sequels that come out decades after the original as well as Adam Sandler movies. We're also joined this week by special guest Alex....

This week, we talk with the creative minds behind Entropy. Director, producer & editor Kam Hale, writer and actor Scott ...
15/02/2021

This week, we talk with the creative minds behind Entropy. Director, producer & editor Kam Hale, writer and actor Scott Hale & cinematographer Ben Rigney.

02/02/2021

After a bit of a break, we're back with our first episode of the year. We kind of wanted to do a bit of a motivational episode for those out there who are trying to stay creative in the midst of the pandemic. We also sidetrack a little bit to talk about some of the films we loved in 2020.

After a bit of a break, we're back with our first episode of the year. We kind of wanted to do a bit of a motivational e...
02/02/2021

After a bit of a break, we're back with our first episode of the year. We kind of wanted to do a bit of a motivational episode for those out there who are trying to stay creative in the midst of the pandemic. We also sidetrack a little bit to talk about some of the films we loved in 2020.

Watch for free on the ROKU Channel!
11/12/2020

Watch for free on the ROKU Channel!

During a do-or-die assignment, a down-in-the-dumps TV reporter is led to a life-altering truth guarded by the walls of an ill-famed mental asylum where everything seems shady.

This week, Naim and Billy interview Nick about the process of making his debut short film, Within. This episode was made...
07/12/2020

This week, Naim and Billy interview Nick about the process of making his debut short film, Within. This episode was made to help those young filmmakers who are about to film their first project. To help them with whatever obstacles they have along the way and give them some helpful tips.

This episode also marks the final appearance of our co-host Billy Chaffin. Don't worry, he will back in the near future.

This week, Naim and Billy interview Nick about the process of making his debut short film, Within. This episode was made to help those young filmmakers who are about to film their first project. To help them with whatever obstacles they have along the way and give them some helpful tips. This episod...

Join us this week as we interview filmmaker and founder of CinemaSlice, Nic White
01/12/2020

Join us this week as we interview filmmaker and founder of CinemaSlice, Nic White

Join us this week as we interview filmmaker and founder of CinemaSlice, Nic White.

If you're interested in horror true crime podcasts, definitely give The Monster with 21 Faces podcast a listen. Interest...
01/12/2020

If you're interested in horror true crime podcasts, definitely give The Monster with 21 Faces podcast a listen. Interesting stuff.

https://www.themonsterwith21faces.com/

Experience the terrifying crimes of Japan’s most notorious criminal gang: The Monster With 21 Faces. With a podcast and photo/video archive you will relive the terror that haunted Japan from 1984-1985.

Continuing our series on our favorite filmmakers, check out our latest episode where Nick talks about the work of Spike ...
24/11/2020

Continuing our series on our favorite filmmakers, check out our latest episode where Nick talks about the work of Spike Jonze.

Welcome back to our continuing series where we talk about the filmmakers whose work inspired us and shaped the way we approach filmmaking. This week, Nick discusses the work of Spike Jonze and how it shaped him as a filmmaker.

Continuing our series where we talk about the filmmakers whose work inspired us and shaped the way we approach filmmakin...
18/11/2020

Continuing our series where we talk about the filmmakers whose work inspired us and shaped the way we approach filmmaking. This week, Naim David discusses the work of Kevin Smith and how it shaped him as a filmmaker.

Welcome back to our continuing series where we talk about the filmmakers whose work inspired us and shaped the way we approach filmmaking. This week, Naim discusses the work of Kevin Smith and how it shaped him as a filmmaker.

Darkest Edge is streaming now and listen to the episodes where we discuss the flick from writing to distribution.
17/11/2020

Darkest Edge is streaming now and listen to the episodes where we discuss the flick from writing to distribution.

High demand for new content made distribution easy.

Check out our latest interview with local filmmaker Christopher Ott, whose latest film No Return is available now on Ama...
13/11/2020

Check out our latest interview with local filmmaker Christopher Ott, whose latest film No Return is available now on Amazon Prime.

This week we interview local filmmaker Christopher Ott, whose film No Return is available now on Amazon Prime.

Welcome back to our continuing series where we talk about the filmmakers whose work inspired us and shaped the way we ap...
09/11/2020

Welcome back to our continuing series where we talk about the filmmakers whose work inspired us and shaped the way we approach filmmaking. This week, Billy discusses the work of James Wan and how it shaped him as a filmmaker.

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Nick, Billy, and myself created this podcast to help indie filmmakers like us with the knowledge we have acquired making films. Whether you have started or not, made short films or not, or made feature films or not; we are here to help our indie filmmaking brothers and sisters; and together we can rise to the top.