Ever wonder what a film producer really does? (Hint: It's not just hanging out on red carpets all day ).

Ever wonder what a film producer really does? (Hint: It's not just hanging out on red carpets all day).

In this episode, host Donald Dunn sits down with award-winning writer, director, and producer Jayson Johnson of Strike Five Films. Jayson pulls back the curtain on the film industry, revealing the reality of his job is more like being a "general manager" and "herding cats" than most people think.

Jayson shares his incredible journey, from a mentorship with the legendary Francis Ford Coppola to getting repeatedly rejected as an actor. He and Don discuss why breaking into the film industry is just as brutal as the music business, detailing the "Hollywood dance" and how many talented people get left "dying on the vine" because they won't "sell their soul".

This episode is packed with real-world advice for any aspiring indie filmmaker. You'll learn:

• Why submitting to film festivals is "like gambling" (and why getting into 90 of them doesn't guarantee a Netflix deal).
• The key differences that make screenwriting much harder than writing a book.
• How Jayson uses AI as a tool to summarize scripts.
• Jayson's hilarious story about faking it on his first Bollywood set... and using YouTube to figure out his job