Making, distributing & marketing successful indie films with The Droving and HEX director and screenwriter George Popov

This week we are joined by returning hero George Popov who appeared on Ep 28 talking about his first feature film HEX made for just 10k. Now after a very successful release with that film he is back to talk about his second feature film The Droving. He sits down (remotely, obviously) with director Giles Alderson (The Dare) and DoP Andrew Rodger (Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot) to chat about self distribution on Amazon, hoe he got success with HEX and how he brought on a distribution company, Indie Rights to help him sell the film further. We talk about filming The Droving at a real festival in Lake District, How he built the world, used a lot of the same cast and crew, Raised the finance, found the locations and shot the practical SFX deaths. We also talk about knowing the business and marketing of your film BEFORE you start putting pen to paper and Andrew tells us about PLANAR WATCHES (available now) WATCH The Droving https://www.amazon.co.uk/Droving-Daniel-Oldroyd/dp/B087FWC8NC WATCH HEX https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hex-Daniel-Oldroyd/dp/B07V95J462/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=hex+george+popov&qid=1592275507&s=instant-video&sr=1-1 LINKS SPONSORS FREEBIES EVENTS & PROMOS  Our NEW The Filmmakers Podcast MERCHANDISE is now available. T-Shirts, Hoodies, Mugs, Masks and Water Bottles all now available in some very cool designs. Have a look: https://thefilmmakerspodcast.com/merch-2/  MAKE YOUR FILM - online summit v4 - 9th July - GRAB TICKETS HERE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-your-film-online-summit-v4-tickets-109138474114 PLANAR WATCHES https://www.planarwatches.com/ WATCH Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot trailer https://vimeo.com/426306134 PRE ORDER Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot: https://amzn.to/30dCdUa WATCH The Dare FULL MOVIE 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