Part two of our podcast with director Ben Caron chatting in-depth all things The Crown, from casting to being on set and directing the TV show. Creating a great atmosphere and getting stuck in working with actors Claire Foy, Vanessa Kirby, Matthew Goode and Stephen Dillane. How large sets are no different to indies, just more mouths to feed. Some great and essential tips for when you are on set and his wonderful technique when 'auditioning' for the directors chair. Directors Giles Alderson (The ...
Apr 25, 2018•52 min•Ep. 72
We sit down with SHERLOCK director Ben Caron to discuss his film-making journey. Starting out making Music videos for Jay Z, then onto directing Sam King with Giles and The Heist for Darren Brown before moving into TV dramas with Skins, Scott & Bailey. Working with the legend Sir Kenneth Branagh and directing the last three episode of Wallander before making the last episode of Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Rupert Graves. And most recently The bafta and emmy winning The ...
Apr 24, 2018•50 min•Ep. 71
Part 2 of our chat with film-making actor, fight choreographer Joey Ansah. He chats more Bourne director Paul Greengrass and his on set process. How Joey made Street Fighter Legacy and then raised the money and directed the feature film Street Fighter: Assassins Fist.He talks about pitching & marketing you projects and understanding the studio system. How you should go out and make something and creating something from nothing. Watch Street Fighter : Legacy here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vouZso0x...
Apr 24, 2018•49 min•Ep. 70
Director, Actor, Martial Artist and Fight Choreographer Joey Ansah joins Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Dan Richardson (Retribution) to chat about his film-making journey from watching Christian Bale and Chris Nolan on the set of Batman Begins, his stunt work and his action heroes and his casting for and acting alongside Matt Damon in Bourne Ultimatum, getting notes from director Paul Greengrass, fight choreography and trying to actually hit Matt Damon in the face. This is Part 1. Part 2 will be ...
Apr 24, 2018•55 min•Ep. 69
Director Neville Pierce and editor Jim Page chat about Nev's newly released directed short films Bricks, Ghosted and Lock In, all starring well known names including Jason Flemyng, Alice Lowe and Ray Panthaki to name a few and collaborating with Jim who edited them all. We discuss Nev's writing for Empire Magazine (where he's a contributing editor) and learning from watching David Fincher on set with his actors while interviewing him for Total Film and after interviewing Jack Nicholson thinking ...
Apr 24, 2018•48 min•Ep. 68
Jack Tarling, producer of this years BAFTA nominated and BIFA winning excellent British film God’s Own Country sits down with Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Christian James (Fanged Up) to chat making the film, How they got the money. Casting. Awards, How the BFI were involved and his next film Await Further Instructions. Buy God’s Own Country here: https://store.hmv.com/film-tv/dvd/god-s-own-country or https://itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/gods-own-country-2017/id1278288165 Follow Jack @ShudderFilms ...
Jan 30, 2018•45 min
The 2nd Part of the in-depth look into A Landscape of Lies feature film which was the subject of a £19.6M tax fraud that has risen from the flames to be released 7 years later…Unbeknownst to Director Paul Knight, who has proved his innocence in court, of the scam that would send the producers to jail for 20 years while he was trying to make his low budget feature has now re cut the film and prepared it for release. Paul chats with Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Christian James (Fanged Up) about w...
Jan 25, 2018•41 min
A in-depth look into A Landscape of Lies feature film which was the subject of a £19.6M tax fraud that has risen from the flames to be released 7 years later..Unbeknownst to Director Paul Knight, who has proved his innocence in court, of the scam that would send the producers to jail for 20 years while he was trying to make his low budget feature has now re cut the film and prepared it for release. Paul chats with Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Christian James (Fanged Up) about the journey, the f...
Jan 23, 2018•42 min
Part Two of our chat with Fizz & Ginger’s film-making duo Matthew & Tori Butler-Hart who chat with hosts Giles Alderson (The Dare) & Christian James (Fanged Up) how they made their latest feature film The Isle as well as their newly released feature Two Down. They chat about how vital it is to create your own work and how important it is to have the right team around you, Paying cast and crew, Learning Wing Chung, Working together as a husband and wife team. What they learned from their first fe...
Jan 18, 2018•37 min
Fizz and Gingers husband and wife team Matthew and Tori Butler-Hart join Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Christian James (Fanged Up) to chat film-making and their new film Two Down. There was so much wonderful film-making tips and fun insights we decided to split the podcast into TWO parts. Part Two will be out on Friday For now LISTEN in to how Matt became friends with Ian McKellen, got him to star in Fizz and Ginger’s first award winning short film E’Gad Zombies. Their first attempt to make a fe...
Jan 15, 2018•47 min
A wonderful in-depth look at how to make a indie feature film for £1k. A period civil war feature no less. Director George Popov & cinematographer Harry Young join hosts Giles Alderson (The Dare) & Andrew Rodger (World of Darkness) to chat how they actually did it on the feature film Hex. Links: Twitter: @HexFilmUK @GeorgePopov @gilesalderson @35mmdop Buy the film here: http://amzn.eu/4Fg5TQg Recorded at Just Voices Studio in London www.justvoicesagency.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Jan 09, 2018•46 min
SIX IMPORTANT LESSONS TO KNOW WHEN MAKING YOUR FEATURE FILM Director Giles Alderson (The Dare), Producer and Actor Dan Richardson (Retribution) and Cinematographer Andrew Rodger (World of Darkness) chat in depth about the 6 most important lessons they learnt while making their feature films. With some excellent tips for first time directors to established feature film veterans from not endangering your crew, planning your days to accepting your mistakes and leadership on set. Make 2018 the year ...
Jan 01, 2018•45 min
Filmmakers Matt Hookings and Dom Lenoir join director Giles Alderson to chat film-making, finding your tribe, raising money, collaborating, casting, having passion and persistence, taking advice, aiming as high as you can and their new indie film Winter Ridge. Links:www.thefilmmakerspodcast.comTwitter: @filmmakerspod Dom Lenoir Twitter @DirDomLenoiMatt Hookings Twitter @MatthookingsFollow the progress of Winter Ridge at www.camelot-films.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Dec 25, 2017•53 min
Rich Botto aka RB joins Giles Alderson on The Filmmakers Podcast to chat film-making, screenwriting and crowdsourcing your film, which means building your tribe, your army, your boots on the ground essentially one of the most important factors of being a filmmaker, your fans. We discuss how to bring value to a project, how to stand out form the crowd, what makes a good low budget indie and his book Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers.RB is the Founder and CEO of Stage 32 (www.stage32.com), the world’s ...
Dec 18, 2017•44 min•Ep. 25
A wonderful in-depth chat with director Helier Bissell-Thomas who discusses his low budget feature film Kaufman’s Game which has been screening at Odeon Cinemas and Picture House Cinemas across the country. How he wrote it at 19 years old, shot it at 20 while still studying at University, Got kit for free, cast it, directed it and how the movie got distribution and into finally cinemas. This is a must listen for any aspiring filmmaker. Links: www.facebook/KaufmansGame Twitter: @KaufmansGame Host...
Dec 11, 2017•51 min•Ep. 24
Jason Brubaker joins us to chat about how to distribute your film and the steps to getting your film onto Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and i-tunes platforms. The different ways you can distribute your film from self distribution to selling your film for a theatrical release. We go in depth into T-vod, S-vod and A-vod releasing and what they all mean and we discuss the brilliant distribution agrigator Distribber and film marketing. The boys also discuss shooting on film and deliver some great advice for...
Dec 04, 2017•50 min
How to be a Producer & Cinematographer on the big and small screen with DoP Sam Care and actor & Producer Julian Kostov.We talk with Julian about his experiences producing The Dare & chat with Sam about Film School Vs Not going, the differences between TV and Film, working together on Another Mothers Son. How to get your break, How to be inspired, what are the best techniques, making a Nollywood film at 21, Issues with your CV and being a Pentathlon champion.Hosted by Giles Alderson & Dan Richar...
Nov 27, 2017•54 min
How to make a low budget Indie Feature film with director James Kermack. Hi-Lo-Joe is his debut film as director and he chats with director and screenwriter Giles Alderson (The Dare) and cinematographer Andrew Rodger (World of Darkness) about the highs and low and the good and bad of making low budget indie films. Links: Hi-Lo Joe Screening info: https://www.ourscreen.com/film/Hi-Lo-Joe Twitter: @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @jameskermack @thedaremovie @35mmdopwww.thefilmmakerspodcast.comwww.dir...
Nov 24, 2017•48 min
A special treat for our 20th episode. We are LIVE from the London Screenwriters Festival. Giles Alderson (The Dare) hosts with guest directors Jon Sen (Casualty’s One Shot Ep), John Strickland (Line of Duty) and Jonathan Newman (The Adventurer) who discuss about working with screenwriters and how writers can work with directors. Links:Twitter: @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @jonarthonsen @thedaremovie @londonswfwww.thefilmmakerspodcast.comwww.dirtectedbygiles.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Nov 20, 2017•46 min
We had a fantastic chat with acting legend Mark Strong about working with such acclaimed directors such as Danny Boyle, Guy Ritchie, Matthew Vaughn, Peter Weir and Ridley Scott, How you should behave on set and how directors should work with actors, He talks about Kingsman and Kick Ass, Why he plays baddies, His great movie deaths, Working with DiCaprio, His new film Shazam and his failed audition for a Bond film. Links www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com @filmmakerspod Giles Alderson Twitter @gileasal...
Nov 13, 2017•58 min
Giles Alderson and Christian James chat to The Stolen team, Emily Corcoran, Gillian MacGregor and Niall Johnson about their journeys in film-making. Making a film on your credit card, How to keep getting work after your first film, Have your film play every year by setting it at Christmas, Producers Reps, Agents and managers, how to create a career as a film-maker and why you should always have another script ready. Oh and Giles and Gillian discuss the story of how they worked on the Oscar winni...
Nov 09, 2017•49 min
How to Make an Indie Western in New Zealand with the team behind The Stolen, Emily Corcoran, Gillian MacGregor and Niall Johnson. Chatting about how they made their film. Why it can be hard raising finance with a female in the lead role. Acting and Producing at the same time, Trusting your team and working with named actors. Links: The Stolen: https://thestolenmovie.com/ Cork Films https://www.corkfilms.co.uk/ Twitter: @emilycorc @GillyMacg @NiallJohnson www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com @filmmakersp...
Nov 06, 2017•50 min
How to make an ACTION film that sells. We chat to Aux director John Adams and Vengeance director Ross Boyask, who run Evolutionary films all about making films, why filmmakers should be aware of how to sell and market their film before filming, tips on action film making, working with actors, editing, raising funds, business models, having lunch with Spielberg and Hanks and re-defining your script. Links: AUX trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enhVHTrTSmo – AUX is released in the UK @Showc...
Oct 30, 2017•51 min
Gene Fallaize and Tony Cook chat with Giles Alderson about making fan film Superman: Requiem, Getting 30 million You Tube hits, Dealing with Warner Bros and real fans of Superman, How to get people to work with you on your projects and they discuss their new horror film Cain Hill starring Michael Parr, Tony Cook, Phil Martin, Alex Zane, Hannah Jacobs and Gemma Atkinson released on 27/10/17 LinksPRE ORDER/BUY Cain Hill – amzn.to/2ipNfl4WATCH Superman: Requiem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLB...
Oct 23, 2017•52 min
Director Phil Hawkins joins us to chat about the difference between Commercials and Feature Films, Working with HORROR LEGEND Freddy Kreuger himself, Robert Englund on his written feature The Last Showing, Directing feature film Being Sold in 2 days, how Cannes can be a waste of time, working with camera cranes and pitching for projects. Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Dan Richardson (Retribution) host. Links:Phil Hakwins – Website: http://www.philm.co.uk/home/ Twitter: philmblogGiles Alderson www...
Oct 17, 2017•56 min
Andy Briggs talks to Giles Alderson about writing Judge Dredd, working with Stan Lee, working on Aquaman, writing horror mashup Freddy Vs Jason, Legendary with Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren, Supervised with Tom Berenger and Beau Bridges, his latest film Crowhurst and being up against Colin Firth’s film of the same name & writers block and how to over come it. Links:Andy Briggs http://www.andybriggs.co.uk/Twitter: @abriggswriter Giles Alderson www.directedbygiles.comTwitter: @GilesAlderson www....
Oct 09, 2017•50 min
THE LOW DOWN ON PICKUPS, AIDAN GILLEN AND FILMMAKING TIPS WITH JAMIE THRAVES & PHIL BOWMANDirector and producer team Jamie Thraves & Phil Bowman chat about working with Aidan Gillen, making their new feature film Pickups documentary style, Re-mortgaging your house to make feature film Treacle Jnr. Getting into Sundance with The Low Down, Working with Julia Styles and Paddy Considine on Cry of the Owl and the disappointments & hardships of filmmaking in Hollywood. Giles Alderson and Dan Richardso...
Oct 02, 2017•50 min
WORKING FOR DISNEY, GETTING YOUR FIRST JOB AND BEING AN ACTORThis week Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Andrew Rodger (World of Darkness) chat to regular co host Dan Richardson about his start as an actor, acting in The Harsh Light of Day, Disney’s The Lodge, Filmmaking and producing on Benchmark and Retribution and how he has been saving Romanian dogs. Film Links:Taken: https://vimeo.com/30147366Benchmark: https://vimeo.com/125813321The Harsh Light of Day https://itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/the-hars...
Sep 26, 2017•56 min
WINNING AN OSCAR FOR GRAVITY. Mark Sanger joins us to discuss how he edited Gravity and Transformers and won an Oscar while doing it. Working with directors Michael Bay and Alfonso Cuaron. How to get your first job in film, some incredible advice and other film-making tips and tricks. Plus how and why is Giles’ DNA actually in Gravity? With your hosts Giles Alderson & Christian James. Links: www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson http://www.cjdirector.com/@cjamesdirect Mark S...
Sep 18, 2017•51 min•Ep. 10
DIRECTING TV (LUTHER, RELLIK, LUKE CAGE, THIS LIFE) WITH SAM MILLEREMMY nominee Sam Miller talks us through the TV world and directing massive shows such as Luke Cage, Fortitude, This Life, the Emmy winning Luther and his new show Rellik. How to direct stars such as Idris Elba and the differences between directing movies and TV. Links:www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com@filmmakerspodwww.directedbygiles.com@gilesaldersonhttp://www.cjdirector.com/@cjamesdirectwww.35mmdop.com@35mmdop Hosted on Acast. See ...
Sep 11, 2017•54 min
