Nathan's knowledge of the selection process for film festivals reveals insider tips for getting your film programmed. Plus, understanding the identify of your film as a brand will help you define your release strategy. All this and more in this season finale of Jeremy and Nathan's Canadian Filmmaking Adventures!
In this episode, filmmakers Jeremy Major and Nathan Fleet focus on writing your story for the third time, in a sense, during Post-Production and critical technical requirements at this stage in the process. Plus going at it unapologetically, ignoring others opinions about what tools you should use or hats you should wear. It's about bringing the best of yourself to the table and creating a great audience experience.
While Jeremy loves production, it's Nathan's least favourite stage in the process. But they both agree, it's important to have a positive, collaborative approach and create an environment where you and your filmmaking team can operate at your best!
In this episode, Nathan and Jeremy discuss the important aspects of pre-production, as creative projects accelerate toward the production phase. Technical, financial, personnel, logistics, and creative considerations are the focus today.
What could be more fun than the Development stage in making movies! Okay, that's maybe a joke. But it is an opportunity to amp up your project and fall in love with it again and again. Jeremy and Nathan talk about some of their successes and failures to help you maximize your efforts through this early but important phase in filmmaking.
Even for experienced filmmakers, every project can feel like day one.
From their movie-making beginnings renting video cameras at Canadian Tire to over 20 years later as Producers/Directors/Exhibitors, Jeremy and Nathan share their challenges in navigating the unique Canadian film industry landscape.
