How to Make a Zombie Comedy Drama starring Lupita Nyong'o & Josh Gad with 'Little Monsters' Director Abe Forsyth

What happens when you take a George A Romero zombie apocalypse and place the focus on a class of 6 year olds? Director of Little Monsters Abe Forsythe shares with us how he approaches comedy, satire and blending genres in his highly original style of film-making. Robbie McKane sat down with Abe to talk about Abe’s influences, his debut feature Ned , based on Australian hero Ned Kelly, and his follow up feature Down Under , which covers on the bizarre landscape of modern polarised social politics with a brutal bite of black humour. Finally we discuss Little Monsters , its inception, how it was financed and how Abe got his dream cast, including Josh Gad (Frozen) and Lupita Nyong'o )12 Years a Slave) in addition, we look at the challenges of filming with child actors in a zombie movie and striking the perfect tone between horror and comedy. WATCH Little Monsters TRAILER here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn3G_VoJjYk&feature=emb_logo Check the film out on Sky Movies now LINKS This week's episode is sponsored by Shotlister Shot Lister's designed by filmmakers for filmmakers and is available on macOS, iOS or Android. So check it out at shotlister.com And as a special bonus, Shotlister is giving away 50 FREE downloads every month to our listeners. Just email filmmakerspodcast@shotlister.com for your free copy! No catch Tickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 10th Dec 2019 here RAINDANCE discount - Get your short film financed, produced, into festivals and sold! The ONE day Short Film Masterclass on film production from conception to sale. This Sat 30th November https://www.raindance.org/courses/short-film-master-class-w-ali-mashayekhi/ With PROMO code - shortfilm - you get 20% off WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoU WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjY Giles Alderson website Robbie McKane website WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5D Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @ gilesalderson @ robbiemckane @ Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog @makeyourfilm Part of the www.podfixnetwork.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices