How to Make an Award-Winning Film with a Two Person Crew: The Planters
11/13/19 • 30 min
Hannah Leder has a variety of acting credits including Deep Impact, Pay it Forward, and Judd Apatow’s Love series. She also has a recurring role on Apple TV+'s The Morning Show.
On this podcast episode I interview Hannah about her work on The Planters, a quirky, character-driven comedy that won Best of the Fest, Best Cinematography, and Best Song at Nashville Film Festival. Along with Alexandra Kotcheff, Hannah co-wrote, co-directed, co-starred, and co-shot the film. The Planters ended up taking 127 days to shoot, and Hannah and Alexandra were the only crew members on set.
Some of the things we discuss include
- How to shoot a high-quality film with a two-person crew
- The camera and lighting setups they used for the film
- How the stop-motion sequences in the film came together
At the end of the episode you can hear a preview of “You and Me Together,” the film's award-winning song from Phil Danyew.
Sponsor for this Episodensavides productions – I make friendly, engaging videos for earnest people.
Up to Date is a short comedy about a blind date gone wrong. It's the first live-action short I directed a few years ago, and it was written by Stephen Hoover. His script Damage Control was a finalist in the Nashville Film Festival's screenwriting competition, and he helped to make possible my festival podcast coverage.
More of my videos are here.
Say hello: [email protected]
Related EpisodeIf you'd like to learn more about how comedy works, then check out this interview I did with Steve Kaplan. He teaches comedy workshops around the world. Companies like Dreamworks, Disney, HBO, Paramount, and Touchstone regularly hire him as a consultant and script doctor.
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Related Things- Nashville Film Festival
- The Planters
- More of my podcast coverage of Nashville Film Festival
- Shortcut for the podcast: nicksav.show
Additional music for the show provided by Rob Costlow.
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Hannah Leder has a variety of acting credits including Deep Impact, Pay it Forward, and Judd Apatow’s Love series. She also has a recurring role on Apple TV+'s The Morning Show.
On this podcast episode I interview Hannah about her work on The Planters, a quirky, character-driven comedy that won Best of the Fest, Best Cinematography, and Best Song at Nashville Film Festival. Along with Alexandra Kotcheff, Hannah co-wrote, co-directed, co-starred, and co-shot the film. The Planters ended up taking 127 days to shoot, and Hannah and Alexandra were the only crew members on set.
Some of the things we discuss include
- How to shoot a high-quality film with a two-person crew
- The camera and lighting setups they used for the film
- How the stop-motion sequences in the film came together
At the end of the episode you can hear a preview of “You and Me Together,” the film's award-winning song from Phil Danyew.
Sponsor for this Episodensavides productions – I make friendly, engaging videos for earnest people.
Up to Date is a short comedy about a blind date gone wrong. It's the first live-action short I directed a few years ago, and it was written by Stephen Hoover. His script Damage Control was a finalist in the Nashville Film Festival's screenwriting competition, and he helped to make possible my festival podcast coverage.
More of my videos are here.
Say hello: [email protected]
Related EpisodeIf you'd like to learn more about how comedy works, then check out this interview I did with Steve Kaplan. He teaches comedy workshops around the world. Companies like Dreamworks, Disney, HBO, Paramount, and Touchstone regularly hire him as a consultant and script doctor.
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Related Things- Nashville Film Festival
- The Planters
- More of my podcast coverage of Nashville Film Festival
- Shortcut for the podcast: nicksav.show
Additional music for the show provided by Rob Costlow.
If You Liked the Show- Donate $1 to help keep the show going.
- Sign up for The nsavides Newsletter.
- Subscribe or leave an honest review:
- Say hello on Twitter: @nsavidesPRO
Thank you for visiting!
Previous Episode
Nashville Film Festival 2019 Recap: Part III - My Top 5 Picks
This is Part III of my podcast recap of Nashville Film Festival 2019. In it, I share my top five films from Nashville Film Festival and why I picked them. It's a more personal take, so I also share some related things that came up when trying to put together the list.
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Mystery Loves Company music videoWe got to explore all kinds of places in Houston while making this music video I directed for the chamber-rock band Mystery Loves Company. Not long after the video was released, the band got an opportunity to perform at a few venues in France.
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Related EpisodesA number of the films that screened at Nashville Film Festival this year also screened at SXSW 2019. Episodes from my SXSW 2019 podcast coverage are here.
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Related Things- Nashville Film Festival
- Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- Collegiate film T-shirts from Chad McClarnon
- SNL's 1950s music sketch featuring Will Ferrell
- Tunefind, useful for finding music featured on films, TV shows, and games
- Bureau of Justice Statistics 2018 report on police encounters with the public
- The court battle in Dallas for the gender identity of a seven year
- Dr. Anne Georgulas's Google reviews
- Unplanned, the documentary about Abby Johnson, a Planned Parenthood employee of the year who became a pro-life activist, is now streaming online
- Shortcut for the podcast: nicksav.show
Additional music for the show provided by Rob Costlow.
Films Discussed- III
- Alice
- America, America
- Appalachian Holler
- Bluebird
- Berry Hill: From Creative Workshop and Beyond
- Chuck Berry
- Cool Daddio: The Second Youth of R. Stevie Moore
- Country Music (the docuseries from Ken Burns)
- Eternal Winter
- Five Women in the End
- The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
- A Hidden Life
- Jojo Rabbit
- The Kill Team
- Lost Bayou
- Manuel
- Marriage Story
- Mickey and the Bear
- The Planters
- Reckoning
- Red Dog
- The Sheriff of Mars
- The Short History of a Long Road
- Stuffed
- The Thin Red Line
- Tuscaloosa
- Unplanned
- The Way you Look Tonight
- What's Eating Ralphie May
- VR films
- Accused #2: Walter Sisulu
- Ambrosia
- Agreda’s Dungeon
- Only at the Air, Only at Each Other
- Bob Dylan
- Bruce Springsteen
- Chuck Berry
- Corey Hart
- Dave Bartholomew
- Garth Brooks
- Hank Williams
- Haroula Rose
- Jimmy Buffett
- Johnny Cash
- John Carter Cash
- June Carter Cash
- Kanye West
- Lauren Daigle
- The Lumineers
- The National
- Taylor Swift
- Vince Gill
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Two Notable Shorts from Nashville Film Festival
My podcast coverage of Nashville Film Festival continues in this short-films episode where I interview the directors for two different short films that got my attention at the festival. One has more of a documentary feel while the other one is a more stylized film with elaborate production design, so I paired the two interviews to explore how shorts can come together and the creative possibilities they can offer.
The first interview is with Amanda Young, one of the directors behind Every Two Minutes, a compilation of stories relating to human trafficking. The short was done through StoryGive, which partners filmmakers in Nashville with non-profits that tackle various social issues. For Every Two Minutes, StoryGive connected local filmmakers with End Slavery Tennessee, a non-profit dedicated to caring for survivors of human trafficking and tactically addressing the issue.
The second interview is with Chilean director Vicente Manzano. His experimental short Bubble uses bubble framing in a novel, story-driven way. Virtually everything in the film was custom-designed for the film, which involved careful planning to pull off.
Some of the things we discuss include
- Using film to address a social issue in an impactful way
- How to collaborate with accomplished filmmakers and crew members on limited budget
- How to make a short film that is driven by stylized production design
I make friendly, engaging videos for earnest people.
I shot this New Orleans wedding video for Cece & Andy last year. Even one year later, I'm still getting positive feedback about the video from the couple's friends and family.
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Related EpisodeEmmy-winning filmmaker and co-founder of Stillmotion, Patrick Moreau, talks about the challenges of putting together a high-quality, issues-driven documentary in this episode.
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Related Things- Nashville Film Festival
- Amanda Young
- StoryGive
- End Slavery Tennessee
- Vicente Manzano
- More of my podcast coverage of Nashville Film Festival
- Shortcut for the podcast: nicksav.show
Additional music for the show provided by Rob Costlow.
If You Liked the Show- Donate $1 to help keep the show going.
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