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A 2000+ Theatrical Screen release for "The Shift" featuring Brock Heasley and Ken Carpenter
Send us a textWelcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's Guide.In today's episode we speak with Director Brock Heasley and Producer Ken Carpenter, the filmmaking team behind "The Shift". With well over 2000 screens in their theatrical release, James All
How To Resurrect an Icon of Sexuality and Gender | The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Send us a textWelcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's Guide.In today's episode we dive right into a genre centrally important to so many independent filmmakers, documentary. Hosts James Allerdyce and Matt Mundy get to sit down with acclaimed director
How Independent Films Can Catch Fire with Ratings & Reviews | The Action/Horror Film HERD
Send us a textWelcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's Guide.In today's episode we dive right into one of the later challenges along the filmmaking journey - getting your film in front of your potential audience. How to actually break through with rati
HERD U.S. Premiere & Creating The Captivating Key Art with Eric Vasquez
Send us a textFinding that visual anchor, the shorthand to an audience's memory for your film. This is just part of the importance as well as the difficulty of Key Art.How does it work, what is the relationship with the artist like? Or maybe you want to b
Film Distribution | Malcolm Ingram's 30+ Year's Tales of Independent Filmmaking
Send us a textWelcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's GuideThe navigation of film distribution can be one of the more difficult parts of the filmmaker's process. From understanding deal memos, aligning expectations, to simply getting something you've
Comedy Central's "Office Race"
Send us a textThis week we connect with Jared Lapidus (director & co-writer) and James McCarthy (co-writer) who are the filmmakers behind "Office Race" the recently released ensemble comedy movie featuring Beck Bennett (SNL), Joe McHale (Community), J
Strike Agreement Misconceptions & Roots of A.I. Fears
Send us a textWelcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's Guide.Four common misconceptions with SAG-AFTRA's Interim Agreements and how union members and independent producers can work together to bring the AMPTP back to negotiations.Afterward, we look at
The State of Horror Films | Michael Gingold | Fangoria, Rue Morgue
Send us a textWelcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's Guide.Today hosts Steven Pierce and Matt Mundy are joined by friend and special guest and Horror Genre aficionado, Mike Gingold. He's a journalist, screenwriter, author, director, not to mention on
The Entertainment Industry's Metamorphosis: the Netflix Effect
Send us a textWelcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's Guide.What if we told you that Netflix, your go-to for binge-watching, has not just altered your viewing habits but also rattled the very foundations of the entertainment industry? It is true, but
A Happy Hour Flix podcast | It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World with special guest Dana Snyder
Send us a textHey everyone and welcome back to the Independent Filmmakers GuideSo a couple of weeks ago we launched our new podcast, Happy Hour Flix - where we sit down with a special guest and talk about a nostalgic film we love and love to talk about.