For the opening of The Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass, I asked Rhys Davies to speak about his experience making ‘Zombie Undead’, a micro budget horror that he successfully sold in the UK. You can watch the video above. I was particularly pleased in that this session was to be followed by Gareth Unwin and ‘The [...]
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Meet Jonathan Newman, writer and director of ‘Swinging With The Finkels’, inspiring Q&A
Yesterday, we hosted a cracking ‘Script To Screen’ event at the Apollo Cinema with writer director Jonathan Newman on the opening weekend of his feature film ‘Swinging With The Finkels’. You can hear the whole podcast by signing up to our ‘Script To Screen’ email list below – just add your email and we will [...]
My First Visit To The Biggest Short Film Festival and Market In The World, Clermont Ferrand with Mazin Power
Did you know that the biggest short film market in the world takes place in the heart of France? Just six hours from London, with hotels that cost under 50 Euros a night? Should you go to sell you film? Film Maker Mazin Power decided to throw himself in at the deep end by attending [...]
Podcast with PMD Sally Hodgson on her multiple IndieGoGo crowd funding success stories
Following last weeks successful podcast with IndieGoGo’s Danae Ringelmann (listen here), I promised I would follow up with a series on crowd funding. This is the second in that series, the final one coming next week in the form of a specific ‘how to’ article, but for now, here is a podcast I recorded today [...]
Is IndieGoGo Right For You? A Guide To Crowdfunding, Part 1: Podcast with IndieGoGo founder Danae Ringelmann
Crowd Funding has become the first step toward financing that many indie film makers make. Of course, it’s often part of a bigger financial picture, but it can represent that all important seed money, gap funding, completion money or even represent complete budgets. When I made ‘Gone Fishing’ I used crowd funding for the entire [...]
Writing For Hollywood While Living In The UK, FREE Masterclass
This fantastic 90 minute session on Writing For Hollywood, with writer of Death At A Funeral Dean Craig, writer / director of Solomon Kane Michael Bassett and writer director Jonny Newman explores techniques and tricks YOU can use to be successful in LA while living in the UK. This session was recorded at the London [...]
How to make and sell your first documentary film – Free Podcast with James Collie on ‘Beyond Biba’
I recorded this podcast ahead of our two day documentary workshop at Ealing Studios on September 4th and 5th, to give you a flavour of some of the insights our delegates will be receiving at the workshop. You can get more information about it and read feedback from past delegates at howtomakeadocumenray.co.uk What’s extraordinary about [...]
Film Courage with David Branin and Karen interviews Chris Jones on their live show for The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook… and robust conversations followed!
Last Sunday I was a guest on Hollywood based radio show, Film Courage, with David Branin and Karen Worden. I Skyped in for the interview and we enjoyed a full hour of robust film chatter! You can listen to that show here on my blog (using player below). Their show is a terrific and inspiring [...]
The Production Office LIVE! Season One Is Complete, and the wrap party
So it’s done. Season One of The Production Office LIVE! was broadcast with the usual mix of chaos, chatshow and Tiswasisms. If you missed the show you can catch up with it here. And now, ALL season one shows, plus bonus clips (such as the interview with Sheri Candler) are both on iTunes as a [...]
How can YOU get the most out of the film festival experience?
Film festivals are a great way to platform your film, to get it in front of audiences, and even to help cut deals with distributors. But they are also a quagmire, a cash and time drain, and sometimes, bitterly disappointing. Last year I spent a good six months touring the world with ‘Gone Fishing’ and [...]
FREE Podcast with DSLR and Canon 5D MkII Guru Philip Bloom
Revolution is a word used too often. I have heard of revolution in film making again and again over the years. But now I believe we truly are inside of a real revolution. The ability to deliver high quality video over the web. The ability to market your film and connect directly with an audience. [...]
My Trip To Skywalker Ranch… ANOTHER FREE Canon 5D Podcast
As if one podcast with Philip Bloom were not enough, here is the second one we recorded specifically for the blog. In it Philip talks about his summoning to the Skywalker Ranch to meet the Grand Moff George Lucas (above is the film that he shot on his 5D while staying there, and this is [...]
Free Podcast with Philip Bloom… And is the Canon 5D Mk II a revolution for film makers in 2010? We think so…
So I have two days left to complete the new Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook, and goodness, we are on schedule! How do you like the cover? Today I have been editing a long interview I did with Philip Bloom, about shooting on HD DSLR cameras – below is a short podcast from the full podcast [...]
Podcast with Film Maker and Sales Agent Julian Richards on his new DVD release of multi award winning, micro budget, hoddie horror 'Summer Scars'
Welcome to another podcast, this time with feature film maker and international sales agent, Julian Richards, about his latest feature film ‘Summer Scars’. As part of this pocdcast, Julian has been kind enough to share the script with us, so you can read the script and then watch the film (this screenplay was written in [...]
Want to know how to sell a short film? Interview with Shorts International
If you want to load this onto your MP3 player, you can download the MP3 here (37mb). Shorts International is one of a handful of dedicated short film sales agents and distributors – and right now, they are certainly the biggest! I got to know Linda O from Shorts International earlier this year during our [...]
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Does the National Minimum Wage (NMW) mean the end of micro budget film making the UK?
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BECTU debate and the National Minimum Wage…
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Avid or Final Cut Pro X? Tips for setting up your first feature film cutting room.
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How American Indies Produce Movies… Make Your Film Inevitable! With Ted Hope and Christine Vachon
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