The Filmmakers Podcast Giles Alderson

On this weeks episode Oscar winning director and producer team Rob Marshall (Chicago) and John DeLuca (Mary Poppins Returns) chat with Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir about re-creating Disney's classic The Little Mermaid as a live action epic.
They also discuss:
Using under water stages.
Virtual Backgrounds.
Shooting huge action sequences.
Casting a classic.
Longstanding collaborations.
and how their previous work made them perfect for The Little Mermaid.
The Little Mermaid is in Cinemas NOW
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J Monroe
Karen Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making?
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CREDITS
The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson
Social Media by Kalli Pasqualucci @kallieep
Marketing Huw Siddle
Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative 
Theme Music by John J. Harvey
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On this weeks episode director, producer and writer Erige Sehiri joins us to talk How to make festival films, raise finance and win awards with her debut move Under The Fig Trees.
Joining Giles Alderson as fellow host this week is Female Film Club's CEO Liza van der Smissen!
Erige, Giles and Liza discuss:
How to make festival films and win awards.
Why you should just start.
How she raised finance.
How she got the film finished .
Why she made the film over two years and how to make continuity work. 
Working with non actors.
The importance of following your intuition as filmmakers.
And so much more.
Under the Fig Trees is out now
Link
Female Film Club
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J Monroe
Karen Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making?
Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your film projects!
SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
CREDITS
The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson
Social Media by Kalli Pasqualucci @kallieep
Marketing Huw Siddle
Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative 
Theme Music by John J. Harvey
Music supplied by – Music Bed



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How will will the writers strike and AI affect filmmakers?
On the 3rd episode of our new strand on the filmmakers podcast called The Business of Film Explained we go deep in facts, stats, percentages and figures of film-making with film data researcher Stephen Follows and directors, producers and screenwriters Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir and Phil Hawkins!
Why is the WGA writers strike happening?
What are the studios offering?
Can UK writers and producers work in the UK and Hollywood right now?
Why you need to be careful not to step over the picket line.
We answer audience questions and discuss A.I and it's effect on screenwriting and film-making
Are A.I plagiarizing machines?, can they fill in BFI forms for us?
Should we embrace AI?
And we ask Chat GBT to ask us some film-making questions to quite remarkable results.
Link to Stephen Follows' website
Further reading https://stephenfollows.com/how-we-got-hired-to-create-an-ai-generated-feature-film-screenplay/
Links to previous Business of Film Explained episodes:
Ep. 1 What percentage of directors, producers and writers make more than one feature film. LINK
Ep 2 How and Why you can become a filmmaker LINK
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J Monroe
Karen Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making?
Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your film projects!
SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
CREDITS
The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson
Social Media by Kalli Pasqualucci @kallieep
Marketing Huw Siddle
Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative 
Theme Music by John J. Harvey
Music supplied by – Music Bed

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The trials and tribulations of making your debut indie film with Kindling director and writer Connor O'Hara
Connor joins Giles Alderson and Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar to talk making indie films
They discuss:
How you feel on release of your film.
Going from Short to feature.
Why it took eight years to get Kindling made.
Getting a producer on board.
Why teh director can be a plug hole of a sink.
The producer / director relationship
The importance of creating a creating atmosphere on set.
Kindling is OUT NOW on all good streaming sites - Trailer
LINKS
Surviving the Cannes Film Festival - Our 'Cannes Do Attitude' BLOG
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J Monroe
Karen Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making?
Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your film projects!
SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
CREDITS
The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson
Social Media by Kalli Pasqualucci @kallieep
Marketing Huw Siddle
Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative 
Theme Music by John J. Harvey
Music supplied by – Music Bed


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This week we are LIVE (well it was recorded LIVE) at Genesis Cinema at the Make Your Film event from the London Independent Film Festival.
with guests:
Debs Paterson who is known for helming the Paramount + TV series Halo, Disney's Willow, Strike Back, A discover of Witches and the feature films Africa United and The Skywalker Legacy.
Coz Greenop the director of the films Dark Beacon, Demon Baby, The Last Heist, Sweet Street, Velvet and House Red and has just wrapped on his latest feature It All Comes with the Cold Water
Francis Annan wrote and directed the political-thriller ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA starring Daniel Radcliffe and Ian Hart was released theatrically to great success around the world. Other credits include Woyzeck, Holby City, The Longest Drive, Unsaid Stories and the upcoming Count of Monte Cristo.
They squeeze onto the stage with Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir discuss:
The state of the industry.
Pitching your film to actors and studios.
How they made their first feature films.
The benefits of Cannes.
Why shorts are a calling card.
Raising finance.
Working with stars and how to tackle it.
and why Trust is so important.

Thanks to:
Natasha and all at the London Independent Film Festival
Conor Buru
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J Monroe
Karen Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making?
Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your film projects!
SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
CREDITS
The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson
Social Media by Kalli Pasqualucci @kallieep
Marketing Huw Siddle
Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative 
Theme Music by John J. Harvey
Music supplied by – Music Bed

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Dexter Fletcher, the award winning director join us to talk making Wild Bill, Sunshine on Leith, Eddie the Eagle, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman and his latest feature Ghosted staring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas.
Dexter also chats with Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir about:
-Pitching for movies.
-First film vs studio movie .
-Why is still has work to harder and harder.
-Action and stunts.
-Why rehearsals are v important .
-Responding to notes. 
-Why he started directing as an actor.
-Dealing with pressure situations. 
-Why directing is a lonely job .
-Why he chooses his projects .
-Advice for filmmakers.
GHOSTED is out on APPLE TV now!
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J Monroe
Karen Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making?
Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your film projects!
SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
CREDITS
The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson
Social Media by Kalli Pasqualucci @kallieep
Marketing Huw Siddle
Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative 
Theme Music by John J. Harvey
Music supplied by – Music Bed

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