The Filmmaker’s Podcast #360: The team behind ‘Dumb Money’
Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dome Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #360: Dumb Money – Budgeting, Scripting, Raising Finance and making a blockbuster indie film with Producers Aaron Ryder, Teddy Schwarzman and screenwriters Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo
On this weeks BUMPER film-making podcast episode we have the team behind hit movie DUMB MONEY. Producers Aaron Ryder, Teddy Schwarzman and screenwriters Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo delve deep into Budgeting, loosing and raisingfinance and screenwriting tips on getting an blockbuster indie film made.
We talk with producer Aaron Ryder (Arrival, Donnie Darko, The Prestige) about:
- IP, And where he found the idea.
- Christopher Nolan and why he produced his first movie.
- Pitching and why producing movies is great.
We talk with screenwriters and Exec’s Lauren and Rebecca (Orange is the New Black) about:
- WGA /SAG strike, Why we need to stay strong.
- Why you should know as much as possible about your project before starting writing it.
- Their writing process & scripts that never got made.
And we talk with producer Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game, Mudbound) about:
- How he learnt the business of filmmaking.
- Budgeting and raising finance.
- What do producers actually do?
- Why the more films you make the less you freak out.
DUMB MONEY stars Paul Dano, Seth Rogan, Pete Davidson, America Ferrara, Anthony Ramos, Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan and Nick Offerman and is in CINEMA’s NOW
Follow The Filmmakers Podcast on Twitter: @filmmakerspod | @gilesalderson and the official website
