Follow a ragtag group of independent filmmakers making stories on screen and over the podcast airways. Get to know the Connecticut Filmmakers Workshop through interviews with cast and crew members and the creative adventure we are on that is filmmaking.

In this pilot episode we meet the CFW, our founder, Dave Distinti, and our 'resident actor', Billy Brannigan

Credits: 

Host--> Tess Pellicano
Producer/Editor--> Tess Pellicano
Sound Engineer--> Brendan Linehan
Music --> "Feelin Good" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Follow a ragtag group of independent filmmakers making stories on screen and over the podcast airways. Get to know the Connecticut Filmmakers Workshop and their projects through interviews with cast and crew.

In part one of my interview, we get to know one of our new members, actor/writer/director, Danny Aguilar. And I talk to Danny and Roger about the process of writing for film, when we knew we wanted to be writers, why Danny likes to write about criminals, and that Roger once wrote a film about seductresses.

Credits:

Host--> Tess Pellicano
Producer/Editor--> Tess Pellicano
Sound Engineer--> Brendan Linehan
Studio --> Baobab Tree Studios
Music --> "Feelin Good" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/independent

FADE IN: Episode 5 "Writing" - PART 1

Follow a ragtag group of independent filmmakers making stories on screen and over the podcast airways. Get to know the Connecticut Filmmakers Workshop and their projects through interviews with cast and crew.

In part two of my interview with Danny and Roger, we talk about the relationship between writers and directors, Tess's 'first time directing' horror story, Danny's struggle to keep only his 'writer's hat' on while writing, and two scripts we're currently working on: "The Hit" and "The Bond."

Credits:

Host--> Tess Pellicano
Producer/Editor--> Tess Pellicano
Sound Engineer--> Brendan Linehan
Studio --> Baobab Tree Studios
Music --> "Feelin Good" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/independent

FADE IN: Episode 6 "Writing" - PART 2

Follow a ragtag group of independent filmmakers making stories on screen and over the podcast airways. Get to know the Connecticut Filmmakers Workshop and their projects through interviews with cast and crew.

In this episode we finally have our sound engineer, Brendan Linehan, at the table. Our guest is Super Woman, Trish Clark. We talk to her about how she got her 2 Emmys, Brendan's love of Kung Fu, the new class Tess is taking at CPTV, and the wide world of independent filmmaking.

Credits:

Host--> Tess Pellicano
Producer/Editor--> Tess Pellicano and Brendan Linehan
Sound Engineer--> Brendan Linehan
Studio --> Baobab Tree Studios
Music --> "Feelin Good" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/independent

FADE IN: Episode 7 "Trish Clark and Independent Filmmaking"

Follow a ragtag group of independent filmmakers making stories on screen and over the podcast airways. Get to know the Connecticut Filmmakers Workshop and their projects through interviews with cast and crew.

In this episode, Dave, Babs, Christian and I talk the crazy adventure that was our 48 Hour Film Project New Haven weekend: amazing actors, more crew bonding in a bathroom, and major behind-the-scenes insights that will help anyone looking to do a 48 weekend.

You can watch the Director's cut of "House Guest" on our youtube page:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpyTFfQpybFOt_wgFkUkkkw 
And see all our BEHIND THE SCENES PICS on Twitter @ctfilmworks and on Facebook www.facebook.com/connecticutfilmworks/

Credits:

Host--> Tess Pellicano
Producer/Editor--> Tess Pellicano
Sound Engineer--> David Distinti
Studio --> Distinti Home Studios
Music --> "Feelin Good" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/independent

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