They Started in the Red — Then Made a Movie: The Story of 'Hacked'
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GG Hawkins interviews Shane Brady and Emily Zercher-Brady about their film 'Hacked' and the challenges they faced during production.
No Film School’s GG Hawkins talks with filmmaker Shane Brady and producer Emily Zercher-Brady about turning a devastating real-life hack into the revenge comedy-horror feature Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma. The conversation covers the couple’s filmmaking origin stories, how losing $20,000 sparked the movie’s premise, why they pushed forward after their budget was cut in half, what it took to shoot between Los Angeles and Florida during the SAG strike, and how they approached building a collaborative low-budget set. In this episode, No Film School's GG Hawkins, Shane Brady, and Emily Zercher-Brady discuss... How Shane’s early love of horror movies, theater, magic, and performance led him into filmmaking Emily’s background in performance, leadership, and problem-solving as the foundation for producing How Shane and Emily began working together through Camp Hollywood short films with young actors The real-life hack that drained $20,000 from their savings and became the emotional starting point for Hacked Calling the FBI, dealing with law enforcement limitations, and channeling frustration into a revenge story Why they decided to keep going after the movie’s budget…
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