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Dream Baby Dream38. My wife and costume designer Melissa Watson Ellis joins the podAfter taking a break from the pod to edit the movie, I talk with my partner Melissa about the challenges of making a movie together when you also have to go home together at the end of every day.
2025-11-1750 minDream Baby Dream37. Editing a movie with broken bones is...Challenging...Guest host Executive Producer Cris Cordero joins Roland on the podcast again to talk about everything from hanging outside courthouses all night, to the challenges of trying to edit a movie with several broken arm bones.
2025-09-2551 minDream Baby Dream36. Producer Danny Mooney co-hosts the pod and gives us a rundown on producing Dream Baby Dream, on putting out constant fires, on decision paralysis and how to deal with the post-production comedownOur second episode back after wrapping production. Guest-host and DBD producer Danny Mooney talks to Roland about the shoot and all things post-production.
2025-08-2755 minDream Baby Dream35. Guest host Executive Producer Cris Cordero to talk about post-wrap fever dreams and being in the production trenches; Props to our amazing crew; That's right, we made it through production!It's our first episode back after finishing production and boy are we tired! Roland and guest host Executive Producer Cris Cordero break down what production was like and what it's like to be wrapped now and so much more. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-08-0451 minDream Baby Dream34. At long last getting to the start, Kirby needs a hand, Kirby (and all of us) have a lot of jobs, meeting some of the crew, Go To Target You F&$%!It's been a few weeks and we're back, we've been fully in pre-production and we start shooting NEXT WEEK. Here is a dispatch from the DREAM BABY DREAM Production Offices in Bushwick, Roland and Cory talk with head of Art Dept. Kirby Brown who is also our Scripty, and talk with EP Cris Cordero, Producer Danny Mooney, UPM Tim Regan, and 2nd AD Emily Lincoff. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-07-0634 minDream Baby Dream33. GREEN BABY GREEN - we have a green light!; the anxiety and stress of film fundraising; in the thick of our casting process.WE'RE DOING IT! We have a green light and are moving to production. Cory and Roland talk about the Kickstarter wrapping up, casting, and moving toward next steps to make this a reality. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criscordero/dream-baby-dream-a-brooklyn-based-crime-drama and www.dreambabydream.net.
2025-06-1656 minDream Baby Dream32. Nailing down the shooting budget; Should Cory get his wisdom teeth out or not? ; We're a couple of used car salesmen at this point; Let the Line Producer be the voice of doom; Think laterally, stupidRoland and Cory and the DBD team continue the march, hat in hand, to raise funding for the movie. Cory ponders losing a part of his body. And we wait on updates from our beloved Line Producer. Support us on Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criscordero/dream-baby-dream-a-brooklyn-based-crime-dramawww.dreambabydream.net
2025-06-0732 minDream Baby Dream31. Need to fund your movie? Ask every Dr. you know; The agony and ecstasy of a Kickstarter campaign; Waiting on tenterhooks for Roland's CT scan resultsCory and Roland talk about the status of the Kickstarter and how the medical community is helping to fund the movie. Speaking of the medical community, they wait on word back from Roland's doctors while they sit on pins and needles (he's ok). Support the Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criscordero/dream-baby-dream-a-brooklyn-based-crime-drama?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=dream%20baby%20dream&total_hits=32 and check out the movie at www.dreambabydream.net
2025-05-2126 minDream Baby Dream30. INTERVIEW: Director Alexandra Simpson on the pod to talk about how she made her amazing new film "No Sleep Till" on a very limited budgetCory and Roland talk with Alexandra Simpson about her film No Sleep Till, which she made on a very small budget and rallied a community to help support her and got her all the way to the Venice Film Festival. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-05-1459 minDream Baby Dream29. Cocaine Cowboys: Going deep on a particular area of research for Dream Baby DreamRoland and Cory are back on the research beat and meet one of their most interesting leads yet. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-05-0735 minDream Baby Dream28. INTERVIEW - Our chat with Taylor Shaw, head of film outreach at Kickstarter, about everything KS can do for films like DBD and independent filmmakers like usCory and Roland welcome Taylor Shaw, Kickstarter's Head of Film Outreach and founder of BWA (Black Woman Animation) to talk film funding and how we're funding part of our movie, plus a spoiler free talk about Ryan Coogler's "Sinners". Look for the Dream Baby Dream Kickstarter campaign which we talk about here on www.kickstarter.com. And as always, www.dreambabydream.net.
2025-04-3057 minDream Baby Dream27. Being Softly / Gently Relentless; Securing Locations in writing; Diving back into the script and story; Not living in shadow of Anora; Kickstarter and Rap-rock riffsRoland and Cory are still at it, talking Kickstarter, Sinners, locations, and keeping the script tight as they keep gearing up to the final countdown. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-04-241h 04Dream Baby Dream26. Unintentionally starting movements; Tugging on bootstraps; Kickstarter campaigns, yay or nay; Worst case scenario budget and finding ready-made locationsCory and Roland continue the finance raising and get creative about the realties of financing, talk to Kickstarter, and touch on the Brentmeister General. www.dreambabydream.netCheck out the thread on the Thomson Viper FilmStream camera and Michael Mann and David Fincher's uses of it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/cinematography/comments/17cejrd/how_did_the_thomson_viper_create_such_a_good/?share_id=3tjtMnVy6qsDlGbWC56BX&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_source=share&utm_term=4
2025-04-1653 minDream Baby Dream25. The Michael Mannosphere; Schmoozing in LA; A big chunk of our financing (!!); Politicians or Producers; attaching more castCory is tanned and back from LA and Roland has been slogging it out in a cold NYC Spring and they reunite to talk about Michael Mann, different camera looks, budgets, cast, and pushing toward the finish line of the start. Look at film grab stills from Collateral shot on the Thomson Viper (discussed in this ep) here: https://film-grab.com/2015/02/19/collateral/www.dreambabydream.net
2025-04-0954 minDream Baby Dream24. Investor dinners that kind of go sideways, fake movies and why they're bad, Cory's big line, Malick musings, casting strategiesCory and Roland talk financing, current movie sales, Sing Sing, and movie production decisions. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-03-311h 04Dream Baby Dream23. INTERVIEW - Showtime's 'Flatbush Misdemeanors' creator Dan Perlman on navigating the industry, making your thing to get your thing made, and a day job selling mattresses, Roland and Cory talk to director, writer, and comedian Dan Perlman, creator of 'Flatbush Misdemeanors' on Showtime and the forthcoming feature 'Cramming' about what it takes to get a show made and how to work toward other projects to keep making things. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-03-2555 minDream Baby Dream22. The lost episode re-take, how we deal with a pre-production holding patternWell it was bound to happen sometime. One of our pod eps was lost so Cory and Roland sit down to try to remember and recreate what they talked about the week before and discuss what to do when you're in a production holding pattern. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-03-2040 minDream Baby Dream21. Let her rip 'tater chip: Exhaustion and reinvigoration courtesy of James Mangold's A Complete Unknown, a free-form journey through random movies, our current anxiety-inducing DBD holding patternRoland and Cory play a little jazz for em, talking about movies, tiredness, and the moves coming up to the shoot. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-03-0650 minDream Baby Dream20. Investor kicking our tires, Due Diligence, New line producer/producer joins the teamRoland and Cory record from backstage at the Soho Playhouse in NYC to talk about investors, line producers, spreadsheets (and maybe less of them in the future?), and the road to getting closer to funding. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-02-2622 minDream Baby Dream19. INTERVIEW - "Rap World", Marry Seamless, and Kill Uber Eats: Our conversation with 'Rap World' Producer Harris MayersohnRoland and Cory have an insightful and delightful conversation with Harris Mayersohn, director, producer, writer, comedian, and half of Dogma 3000, the company responsible for some of the funniest and most creative comedy specials and videos of the past year, including Rap World and Connor O'Malley's short film "Coreys". They talk about working with friends, low budgets, starting out in late night TV, and which is the most noble delivery service. Check out Harris' work at www.d3k.life and our movie at www.dreambabydream.net
2025-02-181h 01Dream Baby Dream18. The world's most awkward double-feature, finishing up the POC cut, the investor rollercoaster, in need of a more business-oriented producer.Cory and Roland recount worst movies to see with family and Cory's terrible Christmas double feature experience, catch up on progress of the film, and talk about the search for a financial producer. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-02-1135 minDream Baby Dream17. Sounds From SetIt's 2025 and after a brief hiatus (and a proof of concept shoot) we are back with a short episode. Full episodes will return soon, but in the meantime, enjoy sounds from the set of our proof of concept shoot in December 2024. www.dreambabydream.net
2025-02-0410 minDream Baby Dream16. The Debrief: breaking down our shoot for the proof of conceptRoland and Cory talk about their proof of concept shoot for Dream Baby Dream. www.dreambabydream.net
2024-12-1839 minDream Baby Dream15. INTERVIEW - Two movies in and going strong, great power and responsibility, our interview w/ producer and pal Chris DoddsCory and Roland sit down with Chris Dodds - producer, friend, and owner of production company Made By Limbo - to talk about making movies and making more movies and the unfortunate closing of Ugly Baby, the best Thai restaurant in Brooklyn.
2024-12-111h 10Dream Baby Dream14. INTERVIEW - Into the Bliss / Abyss: Our chat with producers Noah Williams and Evan Dinger about making their first movieCory and Roland sit down with Noah Williams and Evan Dinger of Out of Office Films (OOOF) about the production of their first film, shooting tons of locations in not a lot of days, and the importance of a great locations manager. www.dreambabydream.net
2024-12-0355 minDream Baby Dream13. Casting (again) for the Proof of Concept (again), Movies about movies, and Permitting updatesCory and Roland talk about locking down casting and getting casting in line for their upcoming proof of concept shoot and they make a live on air call to the Mayor's Permitting Office. www.dreambabydream.net
2024-11-2633 minDream Baby Dream12. "Bitch, you don't know shit about movies", the road to proving our concept, Coppola tangentsCory and Roland celebrate another investor coming on board, talk about what it takes to make a proof of concept for the film, and repeat some of the funniest things they've overheard strangers say to each other. www.dreambabydream.net
2024-11-1948 minDream Baby Dream11. Pros and Cons to Making A Proof Concept FilmCory and Roland talk about the will they won't they pros and cons of making the proof of concept of their upcoming movie. Pros and cons and pros. And cons. And pros! www.dreambabydream.net
2024-11-1226 minDream Baby Dream10. Capping off Halloween, the awkward journey to raising money, sizzles/teasers/schmizzles/shcmeasersCory and Roland talk about the end of the Halloween season on the day of the NYC marathon, discuss the awkward necessity of fundraising for a movie, and put some concrete plans on the board to start shooting earlier than they thought. www.dreambabydream.com.
2024-11-0556 minDream Baby Dream9. INTERVIEW - Packaging Our Movie: Interview w/ Tiffany Boyle, Pres. of Packaging & Sales at Ramo LawCory and Roland interview Tiffany Boyle, President of Sales and Packaging at Ramo Law, a firm that works with filmmakers to package their films including everything from fundraising, distribution, sales, and more. They talk with Tiffany about what she does and why it's crucial to the making of a project like theirs. www.dreambabydream.net
2024-10-2833 minDream Baby Dream8. INTERVIEW - Unintentional Halloween Special & Our Interview w/ "Sketch" Producer Dusty BrownRoland and Cory interview their first podcast guest Dusty Brown, co-producer of the upcoming movie "Sketch" which premiered at 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, to talk about the process of producing a movie from the ground up. And they unintentionally banter about seasonally appropriate Halloween films. www.dreambabydream.net
2024-10-2259 minDream Baby Dream7. MONEY BABY MONEYCory and Roland talk about one of the difficult and very real realities of an independent film, financing, aka finding the money (baby). They talk about proactive ways to approach investors without just straight up asking them for money (they talk about that that too). www.dreambabydream.net
2024-10-1530 minDream Baby Dream6. LocationsRoland and Cory head out to Bushwick to visit the legendary Dream Auto and talk to owner Tommy and his family about the possibility of using his business as a location and them playing themselves as actors in the movie. More info on the movie at www.dreambabydream.net.
2024-10-0819 minDream Baby Dream5. Vegemite, Insomnia & Early Pre-ProductionCory and Roland talk about the beginnings of pre-production and going boots on the ground to get things off the ground, the highs of a child discovering Vegemite, and the lows of insomnia. Check out www.dreambabydream.net for more info and images about the movie.
2024-09-3023 minDream Baby DreamPackaging Part 2: Casting & BudgetsRoland and Cory talk continue the talk about packaging the movie continuing with things you absolutely need for a feature film - a budget and actors. They talk with Jake Cannavale and Daniela Valdeza about the leading roles of Dream Baby Dream. www.dreambabydream.net for more.
2024-09-2345 minDream Baby Dream4. Packaging Part 1: Sales AgentsCory and Roland talk about the importance of Packaging, attaching a Sales Agent, and how it affects fundraising for an indie movie. Check out more at www.dreambabydream.net.
2024-09-1740 minDream Baby Dream3. The DeckCory and Roland talk about the process of building a Presentation Deck and how important a deck is to the creative process of filmmaking, even if seems like merely a production formality. See the deck and all other media for Dream Baby Dream at www.dreambabydream.net.
2024-09-0931 minDream Baby Dream2. Development: Hitting The StreetsRoland and Cory head into the development process and the importance of authenticity for Dream Baby Dream and pound the pavement talking to people at the setting of the film.
2024-09-0329 minDream Baby Dream1. Dream Baby Dream: The BeginningFilmmakers Roland Ellis (Writer/Director) and Cory Cavin (Producer) set out on the journey of making Dream Baby Dream, a feature film of the same name of this podcast, and talk about the elements they have and what they'll need to make this a reality.
2024-08-2440 min