The Ground Floor podcast

The Ground Floor

Little Ark Films

A fledgling production studio founded by Sean Lewis and Matt Dellapina, Little Ark Films hopes to move from a ripple to making industry waves. These chats offer an inside look at the realities of micro budget filmmaking, the brainstorming sessions between projects, and the struggles behind the dream of a new final cut.

17 Episodes

16. How To Take (Or Leave) Criticism
7/1/2020
48:40
Sean and Matt walk through their bouts with artistic critique, performance notes, and public reviews. After decades of it, Matt hopes to finally stop talking so fast. And Sean will try to balance 1 bad review with 5 good ones.
15. What Is StoryBrink?
5/27/2020
29:38
Sean & Matt share the launch of Storybrink - a new lit & media journal featuring a great array of superlative talents across the arts. Issue One’s contributors incl. Alix Lambert, Campbell Scott, and more. How did we get here? And what’s to come? Listen here to find out, then check out Storybrink.com
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14. Inside The Arts Post-COVID: Comics
5/7/2020
46:10
Sean Lewis (author of Image’s SAINTS, THE FEW, and COYOTES) gives Matt the rundown of his personal journey to professional comic book success, plus the ways the IP industry is having to reinvent itself in this brave new world.
13. Inside The Arts Post-COVID: TV & Film
5/1/2020
39:42
Matt & Sean try to surround the new challenges facing large-scale onscreen production. And at the veritable “halftime” in their lives, stripping down and prioritizing helps show some artistic light at the end of the tunnel.
12. Inside The Arts Post-COVID: Theater
4/23/2020
36:30
Matt & Sean wonder why the theater seems to be running from its strengths amidst a pandemic. They also ask if only the young and hungry can make street theater.
11. For The Love
4/16/2020
38:25
Matt asks Sean how to get creativity back to basics and divorced from commerce. Topics addressed include the Rough Theatre, playing with Magna-Tiles, and whether Matt is a conservative.
10. Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste
4/6/2020
45:08
Sean & Matt catch you up on the major upheavals facing the artistic industries (comics, theatre) they’ve long loved and whether it’s possible to pivot Little Ark’s trajectory during shelter-in-place.
9. How To Make Money
3/9/2020
48:58
Sean & Matt ponder this title, realize there is no hope, proceed nonetheless. Quick rundowns of the money made (and lost) on our indie film ventures and how getting paid in exposure can sometimes be true.
8. Make A Web Series For Nothing
2/28/2020
54:26
Matt & Sean discuss the sadness of March, take you through the process of getting ADULT ED. together, and advocate for specificity of voice over trying to feel “professional”.
7. How To Find Time
2/20/2020
47:10
Literally hiding from their sons, Sean and Matt discuss the imperative of carving out time for creative work and how tricky that can be in an industry increasingly favoring “content” over art.

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