indie spunk: UNFILTERED

I sat down with indie filmmakers Jillian Smith and Reagan Yorke — two total forces who are making films their own way and bringing a community along with them.

We talk about the messy magic of indie film, why authenticity matters more than polish, and how they’re building something bigger than just movies. If you’re into unfiltered stories about carving your own path, this one’s for you.

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On today’s episode we catch up in the middle of a whirlwind week—prep for another film Beck is producing, investor reach outs, and money mindset deep dives. Between juggling schedules, wine recs, and building the community in Watch Me Make a Movie, this episode captures the real texture of being in the trenches of indie filmmaking.&& we even get into AI.

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The #1 Q we get: how do you pay for a film?Day 5 of "5 Days of Bringing our Feature Film to Life", and we’re going out with a BANG—and by bang...we mean money talk.We promised to keep it real, so here's the truth: we’re not nepo babies. We don’t come from money. We don’t have a major studio pulling strings behind the curtain. And yet, we’re still raising the capital to get our indie feature made, creatively and strate...

If you think your film is “for everyone,” it’s probably for no one. DAY 4 of "5 Days of Building our Feature Film" is all about the brutal truth about how creative vision can MEET marketability, instead of pitting those two things against one another.Every filmmaker hits the tension between creative vision and marketability. Do you make the thing in your heart, or the thing that sells? The answer, of course, is messy—and ...

Welcome to Day 3 of our five-day drop: BRINGING OUR INDIE FILM TO LIFE

Here’s the truth: filmmaking in a silo will burn you out. The second we stopped trying to “do it all ourselves” and leaned into collaboration, everything shifted. Our careers started to take off when we decided that two is better than one—and that community isn’t optional, it’s the whole engine.

In this episode, we talk about:

🪩 Why making films in isolation slows...

Welcome to this very special series: 5 DAYS OF BRINGING OUR FEATURE FILM TO LIFE 🎥🪩🎬

This is DAY 1 of our five-day podcast drop, a.k.a. a true behind-the-scenes ride through the making of our feature film. Fresh off a Boston investor trip, we sat down to pull back the curtain on what it actually looks like to build an indie feature from scratch (without family money or nepo baby status!!).

In this episode, you’ll hear us t...

We’re not here to play it safe.

In Episode 2 of 5 DAYS OF BRINGING OUR FEATURE FILM TO LIFE, we spill why we scrapped the whole “proof of concept” route and dove headfirst into making a full feature.

It’s risky, it’s bold, and if we're being totally real, it's the only move that made sense for us.We also pull back the curtain on our Sundance experience—the panels, the energy, the behind-the-scenes buzz that reminded ...