{"podcast":{"title":"Making Movies is HARD!!!: The Struggles of Indie Filmmaking","slug":"making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking-1342","podcast_index_feed_id":1342,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/2oTJk36x","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/making-movies-is-hard/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/9ac24d5b-fd2a-4077-830f-57c8111889ef/f32fec27-a3ba-455a-b1cc-98c712cab250/3000x3000/square-logo-image-fixed.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Liz Manashil & Alrik Bursell, Bleav","episode_count":600,"summary":"Liz Manashil and Alrik Bursell discuss independent filmmaking, everything from writing, producing and directing to working as crew. But this is not just a podcast about \"making it,\" it's also about struggling with rejection, self-doubt and everything else that comes with pursuing a career in film. Follow along as we forge our own way through the industry and talk to guests who are also making it happen. Episodes 238-299 are available at our patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T04:20:09.395671+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking-1342"},"episode":{"title":"Alice Brooks - BONUS Throwback Interview!","slug":"alice-brooks-bonus-throwback-interview","published_at":"2026-06-25T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking-1342/alice-brooks-bonus-throwback-interview","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking-1342","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/making-movies-is-hard/?post_type=gp_podcast_episode&p=824","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/e94cc34e-1a48-4003-a42a-a4f71c242fae/episodes/3fed1661-92b0-4ba6-8fa2-024cbda9b191/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=e94cc34e-1a48-4003-a42a-a4f71c242fae&awEpisodeId=3fed1661-92b0-4ba6-8fa2-024cbda9b191&feed=2oTJk36x","summary":"On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 350 from December 2021 featuring Cinematographer Alice Brooks who talks about lensing the studio feature In the Heights among other films and how she got to where she was as a cinematographer Alrik thought this was a good match for our episode with Julia Swain from Monday because it feels like they are both on the same trajectory, just Julia is a little earlier on her journey then Alice. After that we play another round of You’re the Expert, enjoy! Don’t forget to support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast Leave us a Review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking/id1006416952 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.","meta_description":"On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 350 from December 2021 featuring Cinematographer Alice Brooks who talks abo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2614,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking-1342/episodes/alice-brooks-bonus-throwback-interview/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking-1342/alice-brooks-bonus-throwback-interview.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}