DZ-23: LIVE - Starting A Career In Film And Television

Listen if you're an emerging filmmaker looking to break into the industry

Draft Zero was invited to moderate a panel as part of the 2015 St Kilda Film Festival. In our very first live episode, we are joined by TV Writer Mithila Gupta (Winners and Losers), Director Corrie Chen (Reg Makes Contact) and Producer/Executive Simon de Bruyn (Acquisitions Executive, XYZ Films and Producer) to talk about 'breaking in', how it has changed, the different approaches, opportunities and challenges. They share their tips on networking effectively, setting up an online presence, persevering through doubt and getting relevant experience.

It's pretty out-of-format for us, but it's an informative and fun discussion.

We continue the discussion into BACKMATTER where we focus on emerging writers approaching directors to get stuff made.

As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.

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FILMS

• REG MAKES CONTACT (2015) — (w) Andrew Slattery, Corrie Chen (d) Corrie Chen
• BLOOMERS (2013) — (w) Michelle Law (d) Corrie Chen
• THE INFINITE MAN (2014) — (w) Hugh Sullivan

LINKS

• Read: HEARTS ONLINE by Mithila Gupta
• Watch: Vimeo: BLOOMERS by Corrie Chen
• YouTube: Henry & Aaron - It's a Snap
• Read: GoodReads: The Art of Asking: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer
• Read: Ted Talks: The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
• Read: Short of the Week
• Watch: Vimeo Staff Picks
• Read: Director's Notes
• Listen: iTunes: The Infinite Man
• YouTube: TEDxConejo 2012 - Lindsay Doran - Saving The World vs Kissing The Girl via @troyguze
• Read: io9: The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar

RELATED EPISODES

• DZ-12: Craft, Career and Coffins
• DZ-22: Romantic Comedy, Actually

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Full show notes at: https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-23/