Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Mike Pecci joins us in the studio today to answer the internet's most burning questions about the film industry and gives us his advice on becoming an indie filmmaker. Can you make a living off of directing movies along? Do you spend most of your movie funds on the camera? Watch and find out.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - #1 Director Should Know Everybody’s Job
1:30 - #2 Most Budget Goes to Camera/Lighting
3:04 - #3 Indie Films Have to Go to Sundance
5:14 - #4 Start as a PA
6:39 - #5 Cinematographers Make Bad Directors
8:15 - #6 Directors Change Framing
9:28 - #7 Making a Living on Directing
10:58 - #8 Never Talk to Actors
12:26 - #9 Only One Rehearsal
14:18 - #10 Assistant Directors Unnecessary
16:05 - Bonus Myth
17:00 - Outro

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