How We Made This Segment

Making an independent film is usually a recipe for disaster: long hours, low budgets, cranky crews, impossible shooting schedules, amateur directors -- all those awful ingredients so many of us know all too well. But Jim Isler's spot on production on the making of UP TO THE ROOF, a 17 minute festival short produced in NYC, is a narrative that not only captures the naivete of first time filmmakers but also the sheer joy of producing and finally... finally getting that chance to make a movie on your own. Refreshing in its innocence, THE MAKING OF UP TO THE ROOF is a better story than the film it documents; it shows how much fun the process can be if you truly let it. It's the story of struggling actors, producers, and other wannabes, honing their craft, making mistakes along the way, and coming out better for it in the end.