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#7 – Mark Stolaroff (indie film producer) in Hancock Park

October 12, 2016 by tombenedek@gmail.com

Mark Stolaroff (DriverX, The House That Jack Built, Pig) discusses the ins and outs of independent feature filmmaking, his No Budget Film School workshops, and more…

We talk about:

  • Mark’s popular No Budget Film School workshops at Raleigh Studios
  • The producer-director collaboration in filmmaking
  • The real world inspiration for “DriverX” and working with Patrick Fabian
  • Funding and executing a DIY production
  • Major film festivals and the hybrid distribution approach
  • Connecting with viewers through social media campaigns
  • Marketing strategies and finding a niche audience
  • Casting actors to maximize foreign market value
  • Navigating the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres in the festival circuit

Quotes from the show:

“I think it’s all about performance and story, and if you can get something that looks okay, you’re golden.”

“What happens in the Prius, stays in the Prius.”

“Your first festival makes a big difference on the festivals after that. If you get into a Sundance, your festival strategy completely changes.”

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Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Adept Write, Banshee, Better Call Saul, Big Love, Burn, Christopher Nolan, Cinemax, Comic-Con Film Festival, Dan Lynn, Design Borges, DIY, DriverX, Fox Searchlight, George R.R. Martin, Henry Barrial, hybrid distribution, investors, Joe Carnahan, Kickstarter, Kino Lorbeer, Magnolia Pictures, Mark Stolaroff, Marvel, Melissa Numero, Next Wave Films, No Budget Film School, Oscar Nunez, Patrick Fabian, Pig, Prius, Raleigh Studios, Rudolf Martin, Sci-Fi, Some Body, Sundance Film Festival, Tanya Clark, The House That Jack Built, The Last Exorcism, Tom Provost, Tom Putnam, True Love, Uber, You're The Worst

#13 – Ben Jacobson (literary TV agent) at United Talent Agency

November 15, 2016 by tombenedek@gmail.com

Ben Jacobson (United Talent Agency) discusses representing drama and comedy television writers, directors and producers and the nature of today’s industry

We Talk About:

  • Staffing season and the selling cycle
  • Developing and branding for a network vs. cable
  • Different kinds of working writers today
  • Breaking in with a new voice
  • What a pitch meeting is really like
  • Current trends in comedy and drama
  • Navigating and structuring deals
  • Curating digital content and its future

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Quotes from the Show:

“It really comes from an idea, a book or a format or an original idea, and it’s about where can it live in the purest form for that idea instead of trying to jam everything into one box or the other.”

“Young people grow up and they want to create something… those creative juices are now naturally gravitating towards television.”

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Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: ABC, Amy Schumer, Awesomeness TV, Bo Burnham, Breaking Bad, Burn Notice, CAA, cable, Casual, Catastrophe, CBS, CBS studios, Comedy Central, CW, E1, Empire, FX, Game of Thrones, HBO, Jason Blumenthal, Johnny Depp, Louie, Mark Gordon, Martin Scorsese, Master of None, Mick Jagger, Mr. Robot, My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Netflix, network, Outsiders, Sam Esmail, Sci-Fi, Scott Free, Shonda Rhimes, Stranger Things, The Sopranos, The Walking Dead, Todd Black, Togetherness, UCB, Vinyl, Workaholics, YouTube Red

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