Strike Updates & Questions Directors Need To Answer in Prep
Where are things at with the current WGA and SAG strikes? How do these strikes affect the way we think about work-life balance? How can you make sure all your ducks are in a row, when preparing to shoot a low-budget, indie film?
![Fran Drescher, left, president of SAG-AFTRA, and Meredith Stiehm, president of Writers Guild of America West, during a rally by striking writers on May 8, 2023](https://nofilmschool.com/media-library/fran-drescher-left-president-of-sag-aftra-and-meredith-stiehm-president-of-writers-guild-of-america-west-during-a-rally-by.jpg?id=36537257&width=1245&height=700&quality=90&coordinates=0%2C0%2C0%2C130)
Fran Drescher, left, president of SAG-AFTRA, and Meredith Stiehm, president of Writers Guild of America West, during a rally by striking writers on May 8, 2023
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In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins and Jason Hellerman discuss:
- What took place between the WGA and AMPTP in a recent meeting
- The incredibly difficult role of being a showrunner
- Paying feature writers on a weekly basis
- Shooting an ultra, low budget, indie film on a small island in Panama
- The No Film School production checklist for directors
- Why chemistry is so underrated when it comes to casting
- Storyboarding more transitions between different scenes
- Benefits to filming rehearsals on an iPhone
- Being nickel and dimed on the software you need as a filmmaker
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This episode of The No Film School Podcast was produced by GG Hawkins.