In this episode Lindy & Dan go to the dark side of the process. What does it take to make a project succeed when the goal seems elusive? Are partnerships necessary for the process to succeed? Can a filmmaker go it alone? Which is better?
Dan shares his experience being an American filmmaker in a UK perspective. What is lost in translation when navigating a foreign system you don’t understand? When is it over? How does an independent filmmaker need to present themselves to their team? What is the importance of having a clear vision? How do filmmakers develop partnerships? Where are the boundaries in relationships? Do independent filmmakers have to have skin in the game? Filmmaking is a high-stakes game. Who should have the highest stakes?
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In this episode Lindy & Dan go to the dark side of the process. What does it take to make a project succeed when the goal seems elusive? Are partnerships necessary for the process to succeed? Can a filmmaker go it alone? Which is better?
Dan shares his experience being an American filmmaker in a UK perspective. What is lost in translation when navigating a foreign system you don’t understand? When is it over? How does an independent filmmaker need to present themselves to their team? What is the importance of having a clear vision? How do filmmakers develop partnerships? Where are the boundaries in relationships? Do independent filmmakers have to have skin in the game? Filmmaking is a high-stakes game. Who should have the highest stakes?
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How are our identities shaped by our experiences? Dan shares the inspiration for his work on visual impairment in movies as a Keasby Memorial Scholar at the University of Edinburgh. “Movies for blind people” seems to be an oxymoronic statement. Dan’s work led to a thesis for the Edinburgh Film Festival on how producers and directors need to be more aware of the needs of visually impaired people. WHO estimates over 285 million people have visual impairments including 39 million who are blind. Audio description was first used in live theater performances to help visually impaired patrons to participate in the performance. WGBH experimented with audio description in the mid-80s but only over the past decade has the service become available for limited programming on broadcast TV and some movies as an alternate audio channel. Just this year in April 2015 Netflix began to offer audio description for their new series Marvel’s Daredevil. However audio commentary is typically developed without the involvement of the creative team. Should this be the norm? What are the opportunities for audio commentary as an integral component of the story?
Whatever It Takes
In this episode Lindy & Dan go to the dark side of the process. What does it take to make a project succeed when the goal seems elusive? Are partnerships necessary for the process to succeed? Can a filmmaker go it alone? Which is better?
Dan shares his experience being an American filmmaker in a UK perspective. What is lost in translation when navigating a foreign system you don’t understand? When is it over? How does an independent filmmaker need to present themselves to their team? What is the importance of having a clear vision? How do filmmakers develop partnerships? Where are the boundaries in relationships? Do independent filmmakers have to have skin in the game? Filmmaking is a high-stakes game. Who should have the highest stakes?
