The Filmmakers Podcast

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

 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

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

 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

 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

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

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

Director Tom Harper drops by Cameo Recording Studios to chat with Giles Alderson (The Dare), Dom Lenoir (Winter Ridge) and producer/editor Robbie McKane to talk about how he makes his films including 'Scouting Book For Boys', 'Woman in Black 2', 'War Book', 'Wild Rose' & 'The Aeronauts' which is OUT NOW in cinemas.We talk about he made his start in film-making by making tea in a post house, making short films and his attitude to networking and pitching to TV and film bodies and working with wonderful actors such as Jessie Buckley and Felicity Jones.We talk about BAFTA's and how it might not make a difference to your career, working with your best mates, building a career and fox wrangling.The golden moment before you show your film to the world, working with actors and how you will always find people who will hate your work.The Aeronauts is OUT NOW in CinemaThe Aeronauts TRAILERLINKS 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 catchThanks to: Cameo PR and Studio http://www.cameopro.com/Tickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 10th Dec 2019 here  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 @philmblog 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

 This week director and screenwriter Caspar Seale Jones joins Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Fizz and Ginger to talk about his debut feature To Tokyo. He talks about coming from a film-making family and how he originally trained in a animation background . He talks about the importance of story boarding and how important it is to prep a movie. Working on the script is so important and how he set out to make four shorts. Using his families money for the first section and how he found his investors to fund the rest of principal photography on the film. Caspar learnt that getting notes back on a story board is cheaper than notes on the shoot and how he wrote the script for To Tokyo  How you have to learn from your mistakes and how he got at arrested during filming in Tokyo To Tokyo Website and Trailer https://www.totokyofilm.com/ LINKS  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. WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoU WATCH Star Wars Origins trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdFjOXphx5E WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjY Giles Alderson website Fizz and Ginger 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.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 This week director and screenwriter Ross Clarke chats about his career in film and his latest feature film The Birdcatcher. A world War II period drama set in Norway. Giles Alderson (The Dare) & Andrew Rodger (Plebs) fresh from filming Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot in Wales talk about making the historical action film in wales and join Ross to talk indie film-making, how to make feature films as creatives and Ross' latest film. Ross talks about asking actor Mark Strong to be in his short film after spotting him in his local area and how he raised finance for his films. He talks about making his documentary Skid Row in LA and the differences between doc and fiction film-making. Ross talks about his feature The Birdcatcher, filming in the snow, in freezing water, working with his DP, being a leader on set, shot lists and story boards and the importance of believing in your vision for the film. They all discuss how difficult film-making can be, give some great feedback and advice for filmmakers and talk about the benefits and disappointments of being a director. WATCH The Birdcatcher - cinema listings: https://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/1005656-the-birdcatcher/ WATCH The Birdcatcher TRAILER here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IndzithIMzg WATCH Ross' short film starring Mark Strong https://youtu.be/SSfAJLUT690 WATCH Skid Row https://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/skid_row WATCH Demaphoria AKA The Chemist https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chemist-Joseph-Morgan/dp/B07HBMRK7T/ref=nodl_ LINKS  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. WATCH Star Wars Origins trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdFjOXphx5E WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjY Giles Alderson website Andrew Rodger 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 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.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices