More Weight – Red Cow Entertainment

Thank you for listening to More Weight: The Making of Having Fun Up There and Other Filmmaking Tales! Special thanks to Emily Brinkmeyer for editing and laying out the piece, Sam Brinkmeyer for the book’s cover art, and

Cyle details his camera set up, lens choices, and DIY techniques in shooting Having Fun Up There.

Geoff describes the music that motivates Having Fun Up There and the character of Mark Kessel.

In its final hurrah, Having Fun Up There screens at the prestigious Austin Film Festival.

In one of the most memorable moments of making Having Fun Up There, the crew puts on a concert and private screening for the Boston public.

In this additional second edition chapter, Frankie details the screening at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival and the awards that followed.

Frankie reflects on the development of the book and its first edition.

Frankie, Hana, and Geoff make their way out to Seattle to screen the film…and find an empty movie theater.

Frankie researches opportunities to promote the film, which leads to taking a ridiculous social media course and attending an empty film festival.

Frankie goes into detail about his past three (bad) film distribution experiences.

As Frankie and the crew rest up, they plan for the editorial and the one day of pickups.

The last day of shooting introduced rain to a major outdoor set piece, and the crew has to do some last minute scrambling and rewriting to solve it.

The crew dodges another disaster and gets one of Frankie’s most sought after shots in the film.

Tension simmers as the crew shoots in New Bedford, MA and one of the funniest scenes in the film.

What should have been an easy day of shooting turns into the most confrontational.

On a lighter day, the crew only needs to shoot a fast scene at a bowling alley, but runs into an unexpected obstacle.

On a nearly disastrous day of shooting, a location owner doesn’t show up, leaving the crew nearly out of options.

Hana Carpenter joins the production on Day 3 as the crew completes filming at a record and music store. Tensions rise between director and cinematographer.

Producer Nina Szulewski succeeds in throwing a mock birthday party for one of the film’s most complicated scenes.

On day 1 of shooting, Frankie reunites with star Jon Ryan and take on a long but fruitful day of production.

As September 2013 approaches, Frankie and team scramble to prepare all locations and firm up loose ends.

Frankie and Geoff decide to embark on the development of Having Fun Up There, but first need to cast the movie and build its crew.

During the production of Sexually Frank, Frankie meets Geoff Tarulli in a screenwriting course, who would ultimately pen “Having Fun Up There.”

Frankie recounts his move to Los Angeles in 2007 and the eventual development of his third feature “Sexually Frank.”

Frankie Frain describes his youthful journey to filmmaking, his early influences, and key lessons learned on his amateur productions.

Introductions to the common characters and previously produced films referenced throughout the book.