Podcasts by Barely Living The Dream
Filmmakers Mel House, Chris Warren, and Brittany Miles share their unfiltered, true stories about making their way through the independent film landscape.
Further podcasts by Mel House
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Ep: 43 - Ritual Zombie Werewolf Mystery! from 2021-07-28T04:05:16
Back from extended hibernation, to the delight of a couple people and the chagrin of many more! You'd think we'd have spent the lockdown cranking out content...alas, that was not to be. But that ...
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Ep. 42 - Workshopping the Workshop from 2020-02-29T03:26:59
Our first foray into live-streaming wherein we ask the question: what would YOU think would be most valuable to focus on in a "filmmaking workshop" session? We have a couple that we've been asked ...
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Ep. 41: MYSTERY Machines (MYSTERY SPOT Chronicles, Part 3) from 2019-12-08T15:36:06
Once again, Mel House, Chris Warren, and Brittany Miles all find themselves in the same room to do a podcast. This time, we have a feature in the rearview to discuss: Mel's fifth feature film, MYS...
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MYSTERY SPOT Chronicles, Part 2: "The Other Side" from 2019-10-22T19:38:21
That's a wrap on MYSTERY SPOT! (Actually, we wrapped over a month ago, but I've been busy editing, handling wrap up stuff, and celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary). At any rate, I recorded s...
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MYSTERY SPOT Chronicles, Part 1: "Curious Goods" from 2019-09-18T16:27:02
We recently wrapped principal photography on my fifth feature, MYSTERY SPOT. It was a wonderfully harrowing experience - "wonderful" because of the amazing team of people I surrounded myself with,...
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Ep. 38 - Now You See Me from 2019-05-13T00:14:17
Another Barely Living The Dream podcast - now with video (which you can see at the Upstart Filmworks YouTube channel)! Bear with us as we expand/tweak this new component of our online presence. O...
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Ep. 37 - Back Again, Again. Again. from 2019-04-29T01:01:45
Back after another semi-unintentional hiatus. Upstart Filmworks has a new office, a new lease on life, AND a new employee! Consider it a recharge / renewal / refocus / whatever "re" word you pref...
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Ep. 36 - Am I Black Enough To Say The "N-Word?" from 2018-12-19T03:49:08
Complicated question, right? I figure if I've been called it more than 5 times in my life (I have, and with the hard "R" to boot) I can say it. Obama can say it, and we're both half Black, right?...
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Ep. 35 - SCARELY Living The SCREAM from 2018-10-31T03:10:26
For this episode, we take a slight diversion in the spirit of the season (and our 13th wedding anniversary). Melanie joins Mel for a round of personal ghost stories - ones we've each told quite a ...
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Ep. 34 - You're Gonna Have To Cut That Out from 2018-10-11T14:09:34
This one's kinda late and off of our normal upload time, but we've been busy working on stuff. Most of which we discuss on here. Chris has been working on a bunch of movies, Mel has been re-tooli...
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Ep. 33 - On The Road: Kentucky FIRED Movie from 2018-09-25T03:57:06
We do a little time travel on this one, as the bulk of it was recorded back in February while Chris and Mel were driving through Kentucky and Tennessee. There's some complaining, some catching up,...
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Ep. 32 - DRo and MHo Talk S#%t (w/ Debbie Rochon) from 2018-09-04T00:35:57
At long last, we have the lovely, wonderful, legendary Debbie Rochon on the podcast! Debbie and Mel have collaborated many times (with many more on the horizon). Deb takes the time to catch us up...
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Ep. 31 - Lazarus! (w/Yousef Abu-Taleb from WEST OF HELL) from 2018-08-27T02:32:05
The BLTD podcast returns with our friend Yousef Abu-Taleb in the passenger car! We worked with Yousef on WEST OF HELL (formerly COLD DESCENT, and before that, LAZARUS), which is currently available...
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Ep. 30 - Reset The Fun (w/ Jeff Caudill) from 2017-05-04T00:00
Jeff Caudill (frontman for prominent Southern California rock band Gameface) joins us to discuss his latest solo EP, "Reset The Sun" and the five (!) videos that Mel/Upstart Filmworks produced to a...
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Ep. 29 - A Lynx To The Past from 2017-03-20T00:00
Quick update from Mel on what he's got going on (videos for Jeff Caudill's RESET THE SUN & the SEQUENCE BREAK World Premiere at the Chattanooga Film Festival on 4/6)and then we catch up with Britta...
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Ep. 28 - What Doesn't Kill You... from 2017-03-02T00:00
Remember that promo we cut where we (mostly me) read hatemail? Here's the uncut recording session, which makes a pretty compelling listen on its own. Beyond "bad reviews"...these selections are m...
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BLTD Promo from 2016-11-16T05:11:38
Promo for the podcast. It will run on other B&E Network podcasts.
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Ep. 27 - The Grounds Curse Too! from 2016-11-13T02:38:28
This time, Chris and Brittany do an "on the road episode" while en route to Dallas to work on another production. Brittany gets to tell her side of the GROUNDS story, embellishing and filling in s...
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Ep. 26 - On The Road, Again: The Curse of THE GROUNDS? from 2016-10-28T00:00
Mel and Chris return to their roots and record another in-car installment which features: an invitation to those who didn't much care for our last podcast, a rundown of Death's latest attempt to cl...
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Ep. 25 - Menagerie Of Bullshit from 2016-10-18T00:00
In this feature-length episode, Mel is the sin-eater (for once) as Brittany, Chris, and guest Justin Powers spend an hour and a half going off about about their last "shitshow" experience. If you'...
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Ep. 24 - Fade To Black(ish) from 2016-09-27T00:00
Nickie Morgan, Mandi LeBlanc, and William Basinger join Mel as they reminisce about his first movie, FADE TO BLACK (which they are all in). Well, as much as can be remembered, anyway. The discussio...
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Ep. 23 - Lance Myers Fever from 2016-09-12T00:00
Lance "Fever" Myers has been a professional animator for over twenty years. His work can be seen in the feature films SPACE JAM, ANASTASIA, and Richard Linklater's A SCANNER DARKLY; as well as in o...
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Ep. 22 - M-O-O-N...That Spells "Name Dropping" from 2016-08-31T00:00
In which Mel discusses how Las Vegas, one of its most prominent magicians, rock supergroups, a Wayans brother, and horror genre illuminati have all recently been a huge part of his filmmaking lands...
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Ep. 20 - ReGrahaminator from 2016-07-26T00:00
Mel welcomes guest (and recent on-set collaborator) Graham Skipper to the podcast. Graham is probably best known for essaying the role of Herbert West in REANIMATOR: THE MUSICAL…however, he's stea...
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Ep. 19 - Full(ish) Disclosure from 2016-07-16T00:00
Mel rolls solo on this one again, pulling back the curtain even further on how he's managed to "barely live the dream" for the last couple years. Lots of candid talk regarding movie gigs, pre-prod...
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Ep. 18 - Every Movie Like This Is Minus One Movie Of Mine from 2016-06-20T00:00
Mel, Chris, and Brittany are all in the same room once again, and this episode basically is a "debriefing" of the past couple months of production work in California. Which essentially means that ...
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Ep. 17 - Production Diaries: California In This Big Gray Sky from 2016-06-20T00:00
This summer (technically spring/summer), Mel landed to back-to-back gigs on California-lensed genre features. Both were in the A.D. department…and if you're a fan of the podcast you might know tha...
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Ep. 16 - The Script Supervising Warlock from 2016-05-26T00:00
Tim Wrobel, script supervisor and one-time star of the longest running direct-to-video horror franchise ever, drops by and gives us some sage advice from the scripty side of the monitor. What does...
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Ep. 15 - Spider Mel(anie) No More from 2016-05-16T00:00
Things get serious as we speak with our guest, actress Melanie Donihoo (Mel's wife) about performance anxiety, stage fright, and what to do when you hate doing something that you're really good at....
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Ep. 14 - Barely Living The Dream Child from 2016-05-11T00:00
Lisa Wilcox returns in this installment (much like she did in the Nightmare series) to discuss the impact and usage of social media in today's independent filmmaking landscape. We also get to do a...
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Ep. 13 - Barely Living The Dream Master from 2016-05-01T00:00
Lisa Wilcox from A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4 & 5 joins us on this episode to talk about her particular journey in the industry...from General Hospital to Springwood to the Enterprise to raising a f...
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BLTD Ep. 12 - Back In The (Hunter Pack)Saddle, Again from 2016-03-05T00:00
This episode is more or less the Chris Warren show, as Chris relates his most recent on-set experiences. Basically , Chris turned a whole production around and got them back on track...again. Asp...
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BLTD Ep. 11 - Porno Banking, Racial Ostentation, & The Big Call Out from 2016-02-27T00:00
Brittany and Mel discuss distribution issues, crowdfunding complaints, what happens when people who theoretically should support you don't....and the difficulties faced when attempting to deposit t...
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BLTD Ep. 10 - Living Outside from 2016-02-23T00:00
This week, Mel takes the podcast in a different direction, talking "film fallout" with his oldest friend Domingo, and his wife Melanie. And his daughter, Regan, of course. (Also: I promise I only...
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BLTD Ep. 9 - Third Time Is Enemy Action from 2016-02-06T00:00
Brittany gets ripped off! (probably)
Mel gets ripped off! (two possibles, one definite)
Chris says something about a time machine!
We also talk about approaching investors and what...
BLTD Ep. 8 - Contemplate This On The Tree Of Woe/G.F.Y. from 2016-01-31T00:00
Our final entry (for now) from "On The Road Filmmaking Diaries". Mel and Chris categorically go through most of the figurative ass-whippings they've taken in the name of cinema. Yes, Mel tells th...
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BLTD Ep. 7 - "The Experience…of A Lifetime…?" from 2016-01-23T00:00
We bring Brittany Miles (producer of the film 869) into the fold, and get her origin story, some on-set Charlie Foxtrot anecdotes, and discuss her writing and directing a Placeholders episode. The...
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BLTD Ep. 6 - Tapping The Vein/Axel Foley Overdrive from 2016-01-16T00:00
Jumping backwards in time with this super-sized (feature length!) episode: during the first, pre-Xmas return trip from the WICKED TRICKS shoot, Mel and Chris discussed their approaches to scriptwri...
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BLTD Ep. 5 - Placeholders and Glossary Terms from 2016-01-09T00:00
Our comedy series PLACEHOLDERS has begun its multi-platform rollout! In honor of that milestone, we talk about the series' humble beginnings, the road to the syndication deal, the stuff we had to ...
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BLTD Ep. 4 - Smooth Sailing (or: "We Saw A Unicorn") from 2016-01-01T00:00
Recorded the week of Christmas, 2015, as Mel and Chris were returning back to Texas after the first leg of production for WICKED TRICKS. Things went really well...for once. We discuss our success...
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BLTD Ep. 3 - Nothing Feels Good from 2015-12-27T00:00
In our continuing efforts to "keep it real", Mel goes off on his own and gives an inside look into his situation, his current mental state, and other related items. No, it's not a cry for help.
BLTD Ep. 2 - The A.D. Is Your Powerhouse Drummer from 2015-12-27T00:00
Filmmakers Mel House and Chris Warren welcome you to their inaugural podcast, recorded straight from the trenches as they trek cross country to work on an independent feature.
In this epis...
BLTD Ep. 1 - Mission Statement/Walkies Are The Canary In Your Mineshaft from 2015-12-24T00:00
Filmmakers Mel House and Chris Warren welcome you to their inaugural podcast, recorded straight from the trenches as they trek cross country to work on an independent feature.
In this epis...