How to Prepare as Filmmakers and Make Indie films with Adam Egypt Mortimer, director of 'Daniel Isn't Real' with Giles Alderson

On this weeks Filmmakers' Podcast director and screenwriter Adam Egypt Mortimer joins Giles Alderson (The Dare) to talk about his how important it is to prep before coming on set and his latest feature film the excellent Daniel Isn't Real'

They talk about working with actors, advice for directors and being worthy to make a feature in the first place.

How he worked with DP Benji Bakshi (Bone Tomahawk) on Some Kind of Hate after he presented him with a emotional chart/graff of the film.

How he got Elijah Wood's company Spectre Vision on board and they talk how to prepare to meet big execs.

Adam Egypt Mortimer WEBSITE https://www.adamegyptmortimer.com

Adam Egypt Mortimer Twitter https://twitter.com/adamegypt

Daniel Isn't Real TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=5MRcPjtUHPk

LINKS

Make Your Film 5 The next Make Your Film event is Sept 3rd 6.30 onwards for networking, Q&A and guest speakers. Which is sponsored by Performance Insurance First guest announced is: Anthony Woodley (The Flood) and Leon Clarance (Sense8) Tickets https://makeyourfilm-5.eventbrite.co.uk

WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjY

Giles Alderson website

Our collaborators

SCREENCRAFT -

This episode is in collaboration with ScreenCraft. If you're writing a action/adventure screenplay, you'll want to know about ScreenCraft's latest Screenplay Competition, open to feature film screenplays. This year's industry jury includes executives from Fox Searchlight, Paramount, Kaplan/Perrone and LBI Entertainment. ScreenCraft's past winners have gone on to sign with major agencies and management companies, and they've been hired to write for studios and sold screenplays to producers. Get your feature film screenplay to the 2019 ScreenCraft Action/Adventure Screenplay Competition! Early bird deadline now available. Learn more at ScreenCraft.org. 

RAINDANCE

If you haven't heard of Raindance yet, you definitely need to check them out! They're a Film School and Film Festival based in London, and they've been supporting independent film for the past 27 years. The best way to find out more about what they do is to attend their upcoming Taster Day on Saturday 31st August at 11am at the Raindance Film Training Centre. You'll get a real taste of their world-renowned evening and weekend filmmaking courses and workshops about directing, screenwriting and producing, while gaining invaluable introductory knowledge and tips on how to break in the film industry. And, there's a networking drinks session at the end where you'll be able to start building your film-making contacts. Because you're listening to the Filmmakers Podcast, you can get all this for free! Just enter our exclusive discount code: OPENPODCAST19 when booking at checkout". Booking link: http://bit.ly/RDOpenHouse

WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5D

WATCH Fanged Up https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanged-Up-Daniel-OReilly/dp/B07F83JN6G/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1542670909&sr=1-1&keywords=fanged

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