8 Lessons On The Business Of Filmmaking From Joe Swanberg's SXSW Keynote

Show Don't Tell: Micro-Budget Filmmaking

English - September 19, 2019 18:00 - 26 minutes - 49.8 MB
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One of the most prolific indie filmmakers in recent years is undoubtedly Joe Swanberg. He’s best known for his feature film Drinking Buddies, but has made dozens of other features - including a string of 7 that he produced and directed in just one year.

Back in 2016 Joe delivered an amazing Keynote at SXSW that focuses on the business of making and selling truly independent feature films. In this week’s episode, I distilled my 8 biggest takeaways from his keynote and shared some of my own thoughts on each point. Topics covered include: Why working with no money can be better than some money, when to invest in your own films, how shooting 25 pages can yield great results, why you should spend as little as possible on production, and much more.

You can watch Joe’s full SXSW keynote here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hNDMo0ax17E

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