2025 Year-End Director Panel - Just Shoot It 508

The 2025 year-end Director's Panel is here! Each year, Matt and Oren have a little cocktail party with some of the past year's guests. It's a chance to reconnect and chat about what went well, what didn't, and what they're hopeful for in the coming year. Carlyn Hudson, Jamaal Parham, and Mercedes Bryce Morgan participate in this first-ever, on-camera, live-to-tape panel. And if you've got questions about the impact of AI on Hollywood and the impact of how movies are getting funded on A-list talent, then this is an episode you won't want to miss! Bringing together directors who have attended TIFF, worked with Jake Gyllenhaal, have films on Hulu, travel the globe, and know how to utilize the JOBS Act to fund films yields a diverse range of topics. And this crew talks about the need to do more with less, finding time to be creative, and further pushing the boundary of what's possible in an 8-hour shoot day. And yeah, AI is a big subject on everyone's minds. But is it really a threat? Or are we all whale hunters nearing extinction? There's a lot of hope and ideas in this episode. Happy New Year, everyone! Find Mercedes on IG @mercedesbrycemorgan or Find Carlyn on IG @carlynhudson Find Jamaal on IG @jamaalparham and @jamsandbash --- Help our Patreon! Matt's Endorsement: Fire extinguishers. AND, the fire department. Oren's Endorsement: Download everything from your phone related to your work projects, weekly () or on some fixed schedule) so you can find it later. Also, James Cameron's interview on "The Town" podcast Mercedes's Endorsement: Photoshop's Remove Tool (currently in Photoshop Beta version) Kind of like Harmonize.ai (which adds shadows and reflections when you add objects to photos) Carlyn's Endorsement; Send words of affirmation to people you appreciate. Jamaal's Endorsement: Akari Sauna with 2 locations in Brooklyn, NY, Greenpoint and Williamsburg /. And use saunas as your time to develop creative ideas. Also the book "The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era" by Thomas Schatz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2025 Year-End Director Panel - Just Shoot It 508 is an episode from Just Shoot It: A Podcast about Filmmaking, Screenwriting and Directing by Filmmakers Matt Enlow & Oren Kaplan.

This episode is 1:49:20 long.

This episode was published on Jan 1, 2026.

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