The Filmmaker’s Podcast #317: The Business of Film Explained
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing 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, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk 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 film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #317: The Business of Film Explained
What percentage of directors, producers and writers make more than one feature film? The first in a new strand of episodes on the business of film wonderfully called ‘The Business of Film Explained’.The fabulous Stephen Follows joins Giles Alderson and Phil Hawkins to talk facts and figures of the film industry to help you, the filmmaker understand why certain films do well and others don’t by crunching the numbers of films and filmmakers. In this episode we ask the question What percentage of directors, producers and writers make more than one feature film? We go in-depth into the numbers and also discuss:
- Is it a failure or not if you don’t make a second film?
- Why you should be a ‘verb’ not a ‘noun’.
- Is it harder to get a second screenwriter credit within five years?
- Knowing your worth in the film industry.
- What is financial success?
- And does failure exist?
Follow The Filmmakers Podcast on Twitter: @filmmakerspod | @gilesalderson and the official website
