How to Make a Independent Sports Crime Drama with the team behind ‘Break’

On this episode, we welcome the team behind Break, a competitive sports/crime drama from first-time writer/director Michael Elkin, first-time producer Terri Dwyer and veteran producer Dean Fisher Giles discusses scripting with Michael and the challenges of getting the film financed and greenlit with Terri and Dean, including their pitch deck and presentation strategies to individual investors. They also talk about purposefully incorporating international elements to the story such as filming in China as well as on location and set in the UK. As an actor/director Michael lets us in on his approach to working with the cast, Terri gives tips on balancing her producer role with her own role as an actor. Dean provides unique and empowering examples of how a film of this budget level and genre can be marketed, sold and self-distributed in the UK, even during the current COVID social restrictions. Watch the Trailer for BREAK DETAILS FOR BREAK'S FREE LONDON DRIVE IN EVENT HERE This Week's Shoutouts Link to Innovation Productions Harpy Productions Audio Drama My Father Punished Me When I Talked to Ghosts LINKS SPONSORS FREEBIES EVENTS & PROMOS Our NEW The Filmmakers Podcast MERCHANDISE is now available. T-Shirts, Hoodies, Mugs, Masks and Water Bottles all now available in some very cool designs. Have a look: https://thefilmmakerspodcast.com/merch-2/ WATCH The Dare FULL MOVIE Canada and USA - Or check out the Trailer WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life (OUT NOW) www.aserialkillersguidetolife.com BUY and WATCH Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot: DIGITAL https://apple.co/3gxiPX3 DVD https://amzn.to/30dCdUa WATCH Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot Trailer Raindance events www.raindance.org The Filmmakers Podcast recommends Performance Insurance here https://www.astonlark.com/performance/ Giles Alderson's website Help us out and Subscribe, listen and review us on iTunes , Spotify, Podbean or wherever you get your podcasts but more importantly, tell you pals about this podcast Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @makeyourfilm20 @ gilesalderson @ robbiemckane @DirDomLenoir @ Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog @IanSharp1 Music from musicbed.com Part of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.com Head to The Filmmakers Podcast for more episodes on film-making Get in touch? Email us thefilmmakerspodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices