BAFTA winning filmmaker Neasa Hardiman - The director and screenwriter of Sea Fever talks to Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir

Ep 164 - The delightful and very talented Neasa Hardiman joins us this week to talk about her new feature film, the excellent Sea Fever (OUT NOW!) Neasa joins Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Dom Lenoir (Winter Ridge) remotely to talk about her joy of film-making, the journey she took to get here and what she learnt along the way. They chat going from shorts and documentaries to TV and film. Making Happy Valley and winning a BAFTA for doing so, going on to big US TV shows such as Jessica Jones and how Sea Fever came about. They talk working wit actors, pitching projects to get grants, collaborating and how you have to believe in your work. Neasa talks about knowing what your project is before writing it, how you can use the language of film-making, story boarding and always knowing the budget you are aiming for. They chat in depth about Sea Fever and how it was made, working with Dougray Scott, Connie Nielson, Hermione Corfield and the actors, filming on a boat, filming at sea, editing and distribution, Follow Neasa on twitter @NeasaHardiman WATCH the SEA FEVER here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sea-Fever Neasa website https://neasahardiman.com/   LINKS SPONSORS FREEBIES EVENTS & PROMOS  MAKE YOUR FILM is back! Joining us on June 4th at 6pm (GMT) for our ONLINE SUMMIT is guests Dan Mazer (Borat, Briget Jones Baby, Home Alone re-boot), Angie Peters (UK Actors Tweet Up) & Shakyra Dowling (Casting Director) and more announced very soon! Grab your Tickets here: https://makeyourfilmwebinarv3.eventbrite.co.uk We will, as per usual be donating to support FILM AND TV EMERGENCY COVID 19 FUND   Check out The MacSmiths https://www.themacsmiths.com 020 7739 6633 Need your Mac repairing. Then head to The MacSmiths Find them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/macrepairhackney/   WATCH The Dare Or check out the Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjY WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life (OUT NOW) www.aserialkillersguidetolife.com Raindance events www.raindance.org The Filmmakers Podcast recommends Performance Insurance here https://www.astonlark.com/performance/ Giles Alderson's website  Help us out and Subscribe, listen and review us on iTunes, Spotify, Podbean or wherever you get your podcasts but more importantly, tell you pals about this podcast Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @makeyourfilm20 @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @DirDomLenoir @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop@Cjamesdirect @dan710ths  @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog @IanSharp1 Music musicbed.com Part of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.com Head to The Filmmakers Podcast for more episodes on film-making Get in touch? Email us [email protected]   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices