

The Filmmakers Podcast
Giles Alderson
A podcast about how to make film and TV by filmmakers who actually make them. Interviewing guests from the film-making world from Indie film to Hollywood and everything in between. Hosts Giles Alderson (The Dare), Dom Lenoir (Winter Ridge) Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar (Wolves of War), Tori & Matthew Butler-Hart (Two Down), Phil Hawkins (Prancer: A Christmas Tale), Stephen Follows (Film Data Analyst), Christian James (Fanged Up), Andy Rodger (Three Day Millionaire) and many others explore the world behind-the-scenes of making films and TV, talking to the actors, writers, directors and producers who make them!
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Jan 14, 2020 • 1h 23min
Making a micro budget indie film -A Serial Killers Guide To Life with Staten Cousins Roe, Poppy Roe & Giles Alderson
This week we're joined by filmmakers Staten Cousins Roe and Poppy Roe where they discuss their killing spree filled black comedy A Serial Killer's Guide to Life with host and producer Giles Alderson Poppy and Staten discuss the importance of appreciating the collaborators and creators around you, savvy ways to keep a cost-effective shoot, and the knack of running a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise £27,500.The trio also chat about knowing your audience and how to target it, honing a film in the edit, and Giles reveals some of the more glamorous tasks of his role as a producer on the film.A Serial Killer's Guide to Life - Official TrailerOn iTunes in the UK: https://apple.co/2YbAz2dPre-order herehttps://www.aserialkillersguidetolife.com/ Watch short This Way Out here www.thiswayoutmovie.comLINKS FREEBIES SPONSORS & PROMOS Tickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 28th Jan 2020 here WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjYWatch Winter Ridge trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3BENJ2kf7UWATCH Star Wars Origins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVSox0qApO4 Phil Hawkins' already cult 'fan film'Dirt in the Gate screenings https://www.cineplo.com/GB/Bournemouth/1735230893370573/Dirt-In-The-Gate-MoviesGiles Alderson's website WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5DWATCH Fanged Up https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanged-Up-Daniel-OReilly/dp/B07F83JN6G/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1542670909&sr=1-1&keywords=fangedFollow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop@Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm@thedaremovie @philmblog @DirDomLenoirPart of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.comHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 7, 2020 • 1h 4min
1917 Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns joins Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir & Robbie McKane to talk filmmaking and screenwriting
We chat with the lovely and talented Krysty Wilson-Cairns on this weeks podcast all about screenwriting, her process and working with Sam Mendes on the brilliant and epic 1917 war film. OUT on 10th Jan 2020Krysty chats with Giles Alderson (The Dare), Dom Lenoir (Winter Ridge) and Robbie McKane about what a typical full time screenwriting day look like - when do you get up? How many Deliveroos do you have? Hanging out ‘like a waif’ on the set of Taggart, Rebus and other Scottish TV shows at age 14 - Watching Arnold Schwarzenegger’s DVD commentaries - Your first short unintentionally looking like a tribute to The Cure - Going to NFTS - inspired by key writers and teachers- Writing about killer Guinea Pigs for script assignments - a fascination for the macabre - Being a young female untested writer in the UK - working in the US - Writing on Penny Dreadful - Writing 1917 on spec with Sam Mendes, using screenwriting skill to lay the blueprint for a story set in real time - Sam Mendes & cooking perfect pancakes every time. 1917 Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqNYrYUiMfg1917 is in cinemas on 10th Jan 2020Thank you to Cameo PR and EOneLINKS FREEBIES SPONSORS & PROMOS This episode is sponsored by the amazing people at ScreenCraft.org. The 2020 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship is now accepting applications - and the final deadline to apply is coming up - the last day of February! Up to four winners of the 2020 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship will receive all-expenses paid travel to Los Angeles for a week of meetings and mentor-ship with top Hollywood professionals. Apply with your feature or TV screenplay at screencraft.org/fellowship before the end of February. The ScreenCraft team is currently reading submissions. Good Luck :-)Pre-order A Serial Killers Guide to Life here https://www.aserialkillersguidetolife.com/ WATCH Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoU Released Jan 13thTickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 28th Jan 2020 here Gold Movie Awards info https://www.goldmovieawards.com/This weeks code for 20% off the film directing masterclass at Raindance! It is presented with one of Europe’s most respected and seasoned film directors: Ate de Jong. He will be illustrating his masterclass with clips from his films such as DROP DEAD FRED, ENIGMA, DISCOVERY OF HEAVEN, HIGHWAY TO HELL, MIAMI VICE, DEADLY VIRTUES, LOVE IS THICKER THAN WATER and many more. Type in 2020director for your 20% off, https://www.raindance.org/courses/film-directing-masterclass-ate-de-jong/Raindance Use promo code LO To NO BUDGET MASTERCLASS for 20% OFF!WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjYWatch Winter Ridge trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3BENJ2kf7UWATCH Star Wars Origins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVSox0qApO4 Phil Hawkins' already cult 'fan film'Dirt in the Gate screenings https://www.cineplo.com/GB/Bournemouth/1735230893370573/Dirt-In-The-Gate-MoviesGiles Alderson's website WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5DWATCH Fanged Up https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanged-Up-Daniel-OReilly/dp/B07F83JN6G/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1542670909&sr=1-1&keywords=fangedFollow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog @DirDomLenoirPart of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.comHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 30, 2019 • 58min
How to write a Netflix hit with The Two Popes, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Theory of Everything & Darkest Hour screenwriter & producer Anthony McCarten
Screenwriter and producer Anthony McCarten joins Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Dom Lenoir (Winter Ridge) to talk about writing The Two Popes, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Theory of Everything & Darkest Hour. He talks about where the ideas come from. How to work through the script and how to write the characters who are real whilst re- checking the research Anthony discusses getting permission to write The Theory of Everything. The Stephen Hawkings biopic which took 8 years. After that film became a hit how the doors suddenly opened to the Hollywood rooms.How to live with doubt and how this industry is full of rejection. The moment the phone rang and it was Queen asking him to write the script to Bohemian Rhapsody Turning his play into a screenplay with the Two Popes and how he got the feeedom with Netflix to make the movie they wanted to make.How he pitches his stories and Anthony Hopkins' advice to actors and as a screenwriter how important it is to know your ending before you start writing.The Two Popes Trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5OhkFY1PQE&feature=emb_logoLINKS FREEBIES SPONSORS & PROMOS This episode is sponsored by the good people at ScreenCraft.org. The 2020 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship is now accepting applications - and the final deadline to apply is coming up - the last day of February! Up to four winners of the 2020 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship will receive all-expenses paid travel to Los Angeles for a week of meetings and mentorship with top Hollywood professionals. Apply with your feature or TV screenplay at screencraft.org/fellowship before the end of February. The ScreenCraft team is currently reading submissions. Good Luck :-)Tickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 28th Jan 2020 here WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoU Released Jan 17th 2020Pre Order A Serial Killers Guide to Life hereRaindance Use promo code LO To NO BUDGET MASTERCLASS for 20% OFF!WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjYWatch Winter Ridge trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3BENJ2kf7UWATCH Star Wars Origins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVSox0qApO4 Phil Hawkins' already cult 'fan film' Dirt in the Gate screenings https://www.cineplo.com/GB/Bournemouth/1735230893370573/Dirt-In-The-Gate-Movies Giles Alderson's website WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5D WATCH Fanged Up https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanged-Up-Daniel-OReilly/dp/B07F83JN6G/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1542670909&sr=1-1&keywords=fanged Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog @DirDomLenoir Part of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 23, 2019 • 1h 3min
'The Courier' Director Zackary Adler & Producer and Composer James Edward Baker discuss How to Make A Female driven Action Feature
Director Zackary Adler (Rise of The Krays) and producer and composer James Edward Barker (Mara) discuss the merits of film-making with Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Christian James (Fanged Up)Zack discusses how he got The Krays directing job and the importance of a director composer relationship while James talks through the importance of producer/director relationships as well.The discuss how their latest feature 'The Courier' came to be, casting and working with Gary Oldman & Olga Kurylenko and how they finance moviesWATCH The Courier TRAILER here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cERrVZk94wYThe Courier is OUT NOW! LINKS FREEBIES SPONSORS & PROMOS Tickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 28th Jan 2020 here WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoU Released Jan 17th 2020Pre Order A Serial Killers Guide to Life hereRaindance Use promo code LO To NO BUDGET MASTERCLASS for 20% OFF!WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjYWATCH Star Wars Origins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVSox0qApO4 Phil Hawkins' already cult 'fan film'Dirt in the Gate screenings https://www.cineplo.com/GB/Bournemouth/1735230893370573/Dirt-In-The-Gate-MoviesGiles Alderson's website WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5D WATCH Fanged Up https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanged-Up-Daniel-OReilly/dp/B07F83JN6G/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1542670909&sr=1-1&keywords=fanged Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog @DirDomLenoir Part of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 17, 2019 • 1h 3min
Fernando Meirelles on The Two Popes, City of God and The Constant Gardener with Giles Alderson & Dom Lenoir,
Legendary director Fernando Meirelles joins us to talk about how he made his latest feature The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce. He discussed how the film came about, what his process is like on set, how he worked with massive names including Anthony Hopkins, how he prepares and performs on the day and how he cast Jonathan Pryce.He talks about lighting The Two Popes and his process working with his DoP and how they used oil paintings as reference and used a flat light. How he uses music in his films and why he used Jazz How he edited 45 minutes out of The Two Popes and the importance of a good editor. Being aware of pace in the edit. How he made The Constant Gardener and created the film into 45 minutes in the edit room .He explains how his breakthrough film City of God came about and why he put his own money into the film and what happened after he sold City of God at Cannes And how on The Two Popes Netflix helped and were a brilliant support. The Two Popes is out in cinemas and on Netflix on Dec 20th 2020WATCH The Two Popes Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5OhkFY1PQE&feature=emb_logoLINKS FREEBIES SPONSORS & PROMOS This week's episode is sponsored by MusicBed Promo Code: FILMMAKERSPOD - Get one month of subscription on MUSIC BED for free — or 20% off of a single-song purchase. Just enter promo code FILMMAKERSPOD when you check out.Tickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 28th Jan 2020 here WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoU Released Jan 17th 2020Pre Order A Serial Killers Guide to Life hereWATCH Star Wars Origins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVSox0qApO4 Phil Hawkins' already cult 'fan film'Raindance Use promo code FUNNYCHRISTMAS for Writing Comedy Kickstart on Jan 20thWATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjYDirt in the Gate screenings https://www.cineplo.com/GB/Bournemouth/1735230893370573/Dirt-In-The-Gate-MoviesGiles Alderson's website WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5DWATCH Fanged Up https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanged-Up-Daniel-OReilly/dp/B07F83JN6G/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1542670909&sr=1-1&keywords=fangedFollow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog @DirDomLenoirPart of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.comHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 10, 2019 • 1h 21min
How to make a debut indie film in 9 days & raise finance - Tom Cullen on written and directed feature Pink Wall starring Tatiana Maslany & Jay Duplass. Hosted by Giles Alderson
Actor, writer and director Tom Cullen joins Giles Alderson to discuss in depth his John Cassavetes-inspired romantic drama feature Pink Wall starring Tatiana Maslany & Jay Duplass.Giles and Tom discuss football, shared inspiration to become an actor/director, a 13-year old's ideal DJ name, challenging yourself at drama school and more.Tom shares some insight on how he collaborates on set, using a semi-improvised style with actors to give them space to explore, working with a limited shooting window, getting the right material for the edit and ultimately letting a film be its own beast.WATCH Pink Wall from 13th Dec 2019 in the UKFollow Pink Wall on TwitterLINKS FREEBIES SPONSORS & PROMOS This week's episode is sponsored by MusicBed Promo Code: FILMMAKERSPOD - Get one month of subscription on MUSIC BED for free — or 20% off of a single-song purchase. Just enter promo code FILMMAKERSPOD when you check out.Tickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 10th Dec 2019 here Raindance Use promo code 20SATURDAY20 for 20% off Saturday film school on December 7th :) https://www.raindance.org/courses/saturday-film-school/Pre-Order A Serial Killers Guide to Life hereWATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoUWATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjYGiles Alderson website WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5DWATCH Fanged Up https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanged-Up-Daniel-OReilly/dp/B07F83JN6G/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1542670909&sr=1-1&keywords=fangedFollow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog Part of the www.podfixnetwork.wordpress.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 3, 2019 • 1h 14min
Raising finance, getting named cast & writing producing and starring in your indie feature films with Sarah Megan Thomas
This week actress, producer and screenwriter Sarah Megan Thomas joins Giles Alderson to talk about her latest movie Libertè: A Call to Spy They talk about raising finance and getting to know your investors, how she approached her financiers and kept them for the next film and how you can wear multiple hats on a film set. They natter about Sundance and the film festival lottery, her screenwriting process, casting and how she got star names attached to her first feature film and how to budget, deal with rejections, working with directors as a producer and actor and we talk about her journey as a female filmmaker and her latest brilliant film that she wrote, produced, raised the money for and starred in: Libertè: A Call to Spy . WATCH Libertè: A Call to Spy at Whistler Film Festival on 6th Dec 2019Follow Sarah Megan Thomas on Twitter here www.twitter.com/SarahMeganTLINKS FREEBIES SPONSORS & PROMOS This week's episode is sponsored by MusicBed Promo Code: FILMMAKERSPOD - Get one month of subscription on MUSIC BED for free — or 20% off of a single-song purchase. Just enter promo code FILMMAKERSPOD when you check out.Tickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 10th Dec 2019 here Raindance Use promo code 20SATURDAY20 for 20% off Saturday film school on December 7th :) https://www.raindance.org/courses/saturday-film-school/WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoUWATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjYGiles Alderson website WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5D WATCH Fanged Up https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanged-Up-Daniel-OReilly/dp/B07F83JN6G/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1542670909&sr=1-1&keywords=fanged Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog Part of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 26, 2019 • 1h 4min
How to Make a Zombie Comedy Drama starring Lupita Nyong'o & Josh Gad with 'Little Monsters' Director Abe Forsyth
What happens when you take a George A Romero zombie apocalypse and place the focus on a class of 6 year olds? Director of Little Monsters Abe Forsythe shares with us how he approaches comedy, satire and blending genres in his highly original style of film-making. Robbie McKane sat down with Abe to talk about Abe’s influences, his debut feature Ned, based on Australian hero Ned Kelly, and his follow up feature Down Under, which covers on the bizarre landscape of modern polarised social politics with a brutal bite of black humour. Finally we discuss Little Monsters, its inception, how it was financed and how Abe got his dream cast, including Josh Gad (Frozen) and Lupita Nyong'o )12 Years a Slave) in addition, we look at the challenges of filming with child actors in a zombie movie and striking the perfect tone between horror and comedy. WATCH Little Monsters TRAILER here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn3G_VoJjYk&feature=emb_logo Check the film out on Sky Movies now LINKS This week's episode is sponsored by Shotlister Shot Lister's designed by filmmakers for filmmakers and is available on macOS, iOS or Android. So check it out at shotlister.com And as a special bonus, Shotlister is giving away 50 FREE downloads every month to our listeners. Just email filmmakerspodcast@shotlister.com for your free copy! No catch Tickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 10th Dec 2019 here RAINDANCE discount - Get your short film financed, produced, into festivals and sold! The ONE day Short Film Masterclass on film production from conception to sale. This Sat 30th November https://www.raindance.org/courses/short-film-master-class-w-ali-mashayekhi/With PROMO code - shortfilm - you get 20% off WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoU WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjY Giles Alderson website Robbie McKane website WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5D Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog @makeyourfilm Part of the www.podfixnetwork.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 19, 2019 • 1h 7min
Frozen & Frozen 2 Producer Peter Del Vecho talks how to make an Oscar winning animated movie with Giles Alderson & Dom Lenoir
This week Oscar winning producer Peter Del Vecho drops by The Filmmakers Podcast at Cameo PR studios to talk his new movie Frozen 2. He discusses what goes into an animated movie, how it is all about the story and teamwork and what it was like winning the Oscar for best animated picture.He goes into detail about his career and became a producer at Walk Disney animation studios and how he fell in love with Disney and their ethos of making movies. He talks how Frozen came about and the songs as well as the casting and the phenomenon that followed it and we delve into Frozen 2 and how making a sequel can not only be wonderful to bring the gang back together but it has it's own problems to.Contact Peter on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/peterdelvecho/This week Giles has been in the edit for his latest feature film Knights of Camelot and delivered his first rough cut to the execs. He also has some news on The Dare and how it has been picked up for distribution in the us by the newly formed The Horror Collective and will be released in 2020.LINKS This week's episode is sponsored by Shotlister Shot Lister's designed by filmmakers for filmmakers and is available on macOS, iOS or Android. So check it out at shotlister.com And as a special bonus, Shotlister is giving away 50 FREE downloads every month to our listeners. Just email filmmakerspodcast@shotlister.com for your free copy! No catchTickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 10th Dec 2019 hereFizz and Ginger website https://www.fizzandgingerfilms.co.uk/WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoUWATCH Star Wars Origins trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdFjOXphx5EWATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjYGiles Alderson websiteRobbie McKane websiteWATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5DWATCH Winter Ridge https://www.amazon.co.uk/Winter-Ridge-Matt-Hookings/dp/B07V7YTX44/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=winter+ridge&qid=1572912553&s=instant-video&sr=1-1Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblogPart of the www.podfixnetwork.comHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 12, 2019 • 1h 23min
How to make more than one Indie Film with Ed Boase director of Trick or Treat and hosts Tori & Matthew Butler-Hart and Giles Alderson
Filmmakers Ed Boase drops in to the Union in Soho to talk how he makes his Indie films, how he raises the finance and his latest feature Trick or Treat!Ed talks about making a short now after making features and how that differs.How he got his start in film-making by getting James Bond legend Desmond Llewelyn to star in his first short film at 17 yrs old. And how Desmond was very generous and helping him become a filmmakerHe talks about top tips for a premiere. whether you should go to Film school or not and how important it is to help other filmmakers He chats making his first feature 'Bloodied' and how it felt being dumped by the distributions and not getting the release he wanted or hoped for. Not knowing what film to make after his first feature. After his second film he got depressed after projects kept falling apart. And how not to have all your eggs in one basket and have multiple projects at one time and how that can be better for all projects as well.The upside and downside to being a Director for hire. Shooting a film at night and what to be aware of when shooting with no sleep. All this and much more.WATCH Trick of Treat trailer here Ed's Young Film Academy link hereLINKS This week's episode is sponsored by Shotlister Shot Lister's designed by filmmakers for filmmakers and is available on macOS, iOS or Android. So check it out at shotlister.com And as a special bonus, Shotlister is giving away 50 FREE downloads every month to our listeners. Just email filmmakerspodcast@shotlister.com for your free copy! No catchTickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 10th Dec 2019 hereFizz and Ginger website https://www.fizzandgingerfilms.co.uk/WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoUWATCH Star Wars Origins trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdFjOXphx5EWATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjYGiles Alderson websiteRobbie McKane websiteWATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5DWATCH Winter Ridge https://www.amazon.co.uk/Winter-Ridge-Matt-Hookings/dp/B07V7YTX44/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=winter+ridge&qid=1572912553&s=instant-video&sr=1-1Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblogPart of the www.podfixnetwork.comHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


