Oct 26
How to Pitch to Film Investors & Demystifying Film Finance, SEIS, EIS, Tax Credits, Recoupment & SPV's on your indie films with Tony Cook, Zak Fenning & Giles Alderson
We are taking a break from the creative side this week to get straight into the hard reality of the industry: the money. If you want to make films, you need to understand how the numbers work. Giles Alderson is joined (in his hotel room) in Bulgaria by Tony Cook and Zak Fenning t ... Show More
56m 29s
Oct 20
Directing and writing 'Whalefall' – Brian Duffield & Daniel Kraus on Cinematic Constraints
While Giles is away working on his own feature, the brilliant Conor Boru has stepped into his shoes to co-host (and edit) alongside Dom Lenoir, and they have delivered an absolute belter of an episode. Today, the lads sit down with director and co-writer Brian Duffield and author ... Show More
30m 11s
Oct 15
The Academy Masterclasses: Directing 'Tenzing' with Jennifer Peedom & Actress Thinley Lhamo
In the inaugural episode of our brand new series, The Academy Masterclasses, Dom Lenoir sits down with director, writer and producer Jennifer Peedom and actress Thinley Lhamo to discuss the monumental task of bringing the true story of Tenzing to the big screen. Jen shares how he ... Show More
39m 43s
Jan 2024
From Landing the Job to Boosting Morale: Sundance DP Roundtable Dives into Filters & More
At No Film School, we enjoy diving into both the hard skills and soft skills required to be successful in this industry. For example, we enjoy the technical talk of cinematography. We also like diving into things like leadership skills, collaboration decisions, and how to hire or ... Show More
59m 13s
Dec 2022
Going Right From Film School Shorts to a First Feature
Today we speak to Matthew Gentile and Matt Allen about the process of filming and editing the film, American Murderer. Matthew met Matt in film school, and invited him to collaborate on his first feature film. American Murderer is now available on Amazon Prime.
In this episode, ... Show More
44m 18s
Aug 2024
‘War Game’ Directors Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber on Fearless Collaboration, Plus Comic-Con & Experimental Films
“Remain curious. Approach projects not with a notion of what kind of product you want to create in the market, but rather, what do you want to learn.” This advice, which comes from the directors of the documentary War Game, embodies the theme of today’s episode. - It’s okay to cr ... Show More
45m 2s
Oct 2023
Adventures in Indie Filmmaking and Leveraging Famous Faces
How do you handle post set blues? How do you properly adapt something you don’t have the rights for? What can we all learn from Taylor Swift’s recent movie?
In today’s episode, No Film School’s Charles Haine, GG Hawkins, and Jason Hellerman discuss:
Shooting an indie film in p ... Show More
56m 59s
Mar 2022
Good Time (directed by the Safdies) - Everything We Want in a Movie
Robert Pattinson. Shot on Film. Good Time. In this chat, we get into the benefits and philosophy of the film aesthetic, ableism in film, comic actors in darker films - and more! ENJOY!
Explore your creativity at http://skillshare.com/SMTM and get a free trial of Skillshare Premi ... Show More
1h 11m
Director Tom Harper drops by Cameo Recording Studios to chat with Giles Alderson (The Dare), Dom Lenoir (Winter Ridge) and producer/editor Robbie McKane to talk about how he makes his films including 'Scouting Book For Boys', 'Woman in Black 2', 'War Book', 'Wild Rose' & 'The Aeronauts' which is OUT NOW in cinemas.
We talk about he made his start in film-mak ... Show More
