June 17, 2012

PRODUCER | DIRECTOR | WRITER - This week our guest's are Matthew Hick and Chris Lumb. They are writing and directing partners who have been working together since 2007. They started out performing at a monthly comedy night and soon started writing sketches and short films together. Recently, they wrote, produced, directed and acted in their first feature length collaboration, a low budget movie called "Tuck Bushman & the Legend of Piddledown Dale." Their first dramatic short entitled "Our Only Defence" was accepted by IndieFlix. They are currently working on a follow up to "Tuck Bushman" and a short horror entitled "The Long Distance Relationship." DISCUSSION TOPICS: What critical steps should be taken scripting your film? How do you make the most out of your money producing a low budget film? What are some tricks and tweaks in post-production of a low budget film? Film festival tips and more... MATT HICK AND CHRIS LUMB WEBSITES: lumbfilm.co.uk comedycheckout.com