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Indie Filmmaking Without the Safety Net
This week on the podcast I talk to filmmaker Chris St. Croix about his new thriller feature Killer Content - we talk about how the film was made, some of the challenges Chris faced along the way, how he has approached sales and distribution and Chris tells me about his experienced as an extra on Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.
Killer Content is available everywhere now. Apple, Prime, Fandango, Google Play, YouTube Movies
Coming to Tubi November 16th
Watch the trailer for Killer Content https://youtu.be/x4drQkKf-hg
Follow Killer Content on Instagram: @watchkillercontent
Check out the re-release of Jim's first solo directing feature The Witches Hammer - out now on amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B0F235F4T8/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r
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Chapters
1. Intro to Chris (00:00:00)
2. One location - designing a project (00:00:51)
3. Killer Content - what is it? (00:02:58)
4. How to watch the movie - the pain of release dates (00:03:53)
5. Creating quality on a micro budget (00:08:37)
6. Creative problem solving (00:13:00)
7. The power of quality on streaming and the cold open (00:14:41)
8. Save the Cat - writing the film (00:17:28)
9. Chris was an extra on Pulp Fiction (00:24:48)
10. The Apocalypse Box - working with 8 or 9 characters (00:30:52)
11. Thinking on your feet (00:32:59)
12. Working with prosthetics (00:39:22)
13. Finding a way to get it done (00:41:28)
14. Jim recommends - how to make an indie feature for $10,000 (00:43:42)
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