Written By Lisa Cordileone & Shaan Dasani This one’s for all of the indie producers out there. It’s also for those of you who don’t consider yourselves producers, but are slipping into producer mode in order to make your movie. You might find yourself leaning into the role a little bit more after reading this. This article is co-written by two filmmakers who met at a film festival and joined forces to produce a movie that went into production nine months later. We want to share our experience with you and a few tips along the way, and one resounding piece of advice: Make big asks. Before we get into the big asks of it all, the origin story of how we met is worth talking about. (left to right) Kyla Garcia, Lisa Cordileone, Maxwell Hicks, Monica Raymund, Ryan Reilly, David Alan Madrick Shaan Dasani: You know how at every industry panel or film festival you go to, someone will inevitably ask the panel advice about getting to the next level, and someone on the panel will inevitably say, “look around, network with each other.”?Well, that is correct. In August 2023, I flew into my home state of North Carolina for the OutSouth Film Festival. They screened my spy movie "Agents of Change, Project: Polymer"—a short narrative film about secret agents who fight environmental crime. It’s a movie I wrote, produced, and also star in. At the event, I met Lisa, an actor, writer, and producer herself, who was also...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 11 October