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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T23:41:47.000Z",
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    "Hacked: a double entendre of rage fueled karma",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nIn this episode of the No Film School Podcast, host 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.\n\nThe conversation traces the film from NYU and COVID-era writing sessions through the Sundance Labs, the challenge of building an aggressively independent financing plan, shooting on location in Iraq with non-professional actors, and the impact of winning both the Caméra d’Or and the Audience Award at Cannes.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**In this episode, we****discuss:**\n\n  * How Shane’s early love of horror movies, theater, magic, and performance led him into filmmaking\n  * Emily’s background in performance, leadership, and problem-solving as the foundation for producing\n  * How Shane and Emily began working together through Camp Hollywood short films with young actors\n  * The real-life hack that drained $20,000 from their savings and became the emotional starting point for __Hacked__\n  * Calling the FBI, dealing with law enforcement limitations, and channeling frustration into a revenge story\n  * Why they decided to keep going after the movie’s budget was cut in half just weeks before filming\n  * How Christopher Nolan’s __Oppenheimer__ production story inspired them to get scrappy\n  * Navigating the SAG interim agreement process while Emily was pregnant\n  * Splitting production between Funko Studios in Los Angeles and locations in Tampa, Florida\n  * Creating a “socialism set” where cast and crew were treated as equal creative collaborators\n  * Working French hours, offering hot meals, and protecting crew morale on a low-budget shoot\n  * Building festival relationships that helped lead to their distributor, Scatena & Rosner\n  * How they are thinking about audience outreach, VOD, and asking viewers to support independent filmmakers\n\n\n\n**Guests:**\n\n  * Shane Brady\n  * Emily Zercher__\n\n\n\n\n\n\n****\n\n****\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Subscribe to the No Film School Podcast on:**\n\n  * Apple Podcasts\n  * Spotify\n  * Google\n\n\n\nGet your question answered on the podcast by emailing podcast@nofilmschool.com\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n_Listen to more episodes of the No Film School podcast right here:_\n\nCheck out more of our NAB 2026 coverage!",
  "title": "They Started in the Red—Then Made a Movie: The Story of 'Hacked'"
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