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Matt Eames

Filmmaker

Sep 2, 2026

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62:36
Like, let's go.
62:37
Exactly what I want to do.
62:38
And so he's like, well, just keep writing, you know, keep keep going with the series and keep writing.
62:43
And I was like, all right, that's what I'll do.
62:46
And I wish I mean, I wish I could go back to that time because I should have asked him more questions.
62:52
I should have been like, so what's the process? What do we do from here? Because if I've got a good story and you love the pilot, don't we just start to...
63:03
At the time, I should have asked him, do we start filming this thing? What do we...

7 MINS LATER

70:20
If you had a good idea, you could totally do that idea, but you had to convince the manager it was his idea in order to get it greenlit.
5:02
No, I'm just kidding.
5:03
Yes.
5:03
Yes.
5:04
Um, so it was an email, um, And I should preface this by saying I'm pretty accustomed to professional rejection.
5:14
So, you know, in the body, in the subject of the email, there wasn't any giveaway and they have that little like, you know, AI preview of what the email has, just that little line or something before you click.
5:27
And that didn't give anything away.
5:29
And so I clicked on the email and just to rip the bandaid off, I sort of did a quick scan looking for keywords like, you know, unfortunately, or many applicants, you know, looking for the keywords that told me it was all over, you know, like on the first pass, I didn't see that.
8:26
So Matt, it's tough to say whether you like social media or you hate social media as a result of deepfake.

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