The Art of Film Funding
Hosted by Heather Lenz · The Art of Film Funding
4.5from 15 ratings
- 460
- Episodes
- 26
- Transcribed
- 15
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2012
- First episode
About The Art of Film Funding
Discover the secrets to funding and creating successful indie films with The Art of Film Funding Podcast. Join Carole Dean, President of From the Heart Productions and author of The Art of Film Funding, and Heather Lenz, director of the award-winning documentary Kusama-Infinity, as they chat with top film industry pros. Get practical insider tips on crowdfunding, pitching, saving on budgets, marketing, hybrid distribution, and the latest in A.I. filmmaking. Whether you’re funding your first project or navigating new trends, this podcast has everything you need to succeed. Subscribe and let’s get your film funded!
- Publisher
- The Art of Film Funding
- Category
- tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Jun 2012
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
26 of 460 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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The Magic Happens in the Editing Room: How a Great Editor Can Transform Your Film Featuring accomplished editor and award-winning filmmaker Steven Lifshey
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You were on the set. It was totally different to you. Right. That must be hard to get them to let go of something that they love. Well, I mean, this is when it when it comes to anything, when it comes to any kind of disagreement in terms of what. what I feel works as opposed to if I'm editing something that someone else directed I generally put my toe in the water very gently what I'll do is first I'll edit it to the best of my ability and usually if something's not working it will be apparent but let's say I do something to do it to the best of my ability and and I'm seeing like this really isn't working or this is really kind of like something the story doesn't need, if I see a legitimate reason that it doesn't, what I'll do is I'll bring it up once and I'll say, I think this is not helping and here's why. […]
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- Steven Lifshey
- Dana Protsyshak
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- Marc Gray
- Garrett Patten
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