Episode Two: The Producer’s Approach
Jenna Edwards returns for our second episode and joins Seth Caplan in sharing their producing experiences. Jenna and Seth give definitions of the different producing roles and they also talk about what characteristics a writer or directer should look for in a producing partner.
Seth Caplan
Seth is a Chicago native and an award-winning filmmaker who has worked for production companies in New York, Los Angeles, and Amsterdam. Seth co-founded Enspire Learning, where he produced e-learning courses for Harvard Business School and the US Department of Education. He holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.F.A. from the American Film Institute. Caplan’s thesis film Duncan Removed was honored with a student Emmy and was nominated for a Student Academy Award. Seth wrote and produced Flatland: The Movie, an animated film featuring the voices of Martin Sheen, Kristen Bell, and Tony Hale. He recently won an Independent Spirit Award for In Search of a Midnight Kiss which was released in 2008.
For more information about Seth Caplan or to contact him, please visit the following websites:
www.flatlandthemovie.com
www.insearchofamidnightkiss.com
www.facebook.com/sethcaplan
Jenna Edwards
In the year 2000, Jenna, made the journey to L.A. to pursue acting. She appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Malcolm in the Middle as well as several independent films. Her natural charisma, inherent organizational skills and art for problem solving led her to producing student films and as of late, her feature film debut, April Showers. Producing has given her a rare gift, one that allows her to truly love her job and to be excited every day about what she can achieve and enable others to achieve. Edwards and her directing partner Andrew Robinson have recently formed their own distribution company called Pure+Motive. Jenna and Andrew have recently begun work on their second feature film collaboration, an adaptation of Dancing Carl based on the novel by three-time Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen.
For more information about Jenna Edwards or to contact her please visit the following websites:
www.aprilshowersmovie.com
www.dancingcarl.com
Episode One: So You Wanna Make a Movie?
Andrew Robinson and Jenna Edwards of April Showers join us for our premiere episode! Andrew and Jenna give advice to filmmakers who would like to take their first screenplay to the next level. They also talk about the experiences that prepared them to make their first feature film.
The Official Launch
Hi everyone and welcome to the Film Method website! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy your stay. This is a project that has taken many months to put together and I am very pleased with the content that is here for you to partake of. The filmmaking podcast is for all levels of filmmakers and it’s even for those who will never make a movie, but who like to watch the behind the scenes content on your DVDs to see how it’s done. Here at Film Method you will hear how it’s done. I’ve taken a format that I enjoy, the roundtable discussion in an audio format, to bring you this exciting and very informative weekly podcast. The audio format is great for those multi-taskers who commute or who like to work out or do household chores with your headphones on!
“Summer” Set To Start Off Locarno
It has been announced that Marc Webb’s “(500) Days of Summer” will open the 62nd Locarno Film Festival. The film will screen on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 on the Piazza Grande in the small Swiss city. The festival opened last year with Julian Jarrold’s “Brideshead Revisited.” Marking its European premiere, “Summer” debuted on the festival circuit this past January at Sundance. At the time, indieWIRE‘s Eric Kohn said that “it’s hard …
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Doc Filmmaking Pioneer Allan King Dies at 79
The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) has reported the very sad news that pioneering cinéma vérité filmmaker Allan King has passed away in Toronto after a battle with brain cancer. “Allan was simply one of the most influential documentary filmmakers who ever stepped behind the camera,” Piers Handling, Toronto International Film Festival Group head told indieWIRE. “Gentle, kind, immensely approachable, he was attracted to situations of change and people in crisis. He …
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Watching Human Rights
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival Director John Biaggi (second from right) congratulates “The Reckoning” filmmakers before their sold-out opening night screening, (l-r) producer Paco de Onsi, director Pam Yates, and editor Peter Kinoy. The festival, held at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, officially began June 12 with the NY premiere of “The Reckoning” and will continue for two weeks ending with the NY premiere of “The Yes Men Fix the World” on June 25.
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Jody & Ben Do “Vegas”
Jody Hill (right) and Ben Steinbauer at the opening night party for CineVegas following the screening of “St. John of Las Vegas.” Jody Hill is the director of “Observe and Report,” and is attending the festival as a member of the Royal Flush jury. Steinbauer is the director of “Winnebago Man,” which is showing in Pioneer Documentaries.
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Newfest Goes “Pop Star” with Youth and Gender-bender Winners
Jan Kruger’s “Light Gradient” and Kimberly Reed’s “Prodigal Sons” were among the top jury winners Thursday night in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, concluding the 2009 Newfest, New York LGBT Film Festival prior to closing night film, “Pop Star on Ice.” “Gradient,” which depicts the trials of young love, won the jury prize for best feature, while “Prodigal” – a personal documentary involving twists of gender and sibling rivalry – took the …
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I Love Moon Sex With Tetro, Inc: This Weekend at the Movies
With Hollywood offering a particularly weak duo – Tony Scott’s mildly received remake of “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” and the new addition to Eddie Murphy’s “what if?” family comedy resume – this weekend is the perfect time to find to some alternatives. The highest profile option comes care of legendary director Francis Ford Coppola’s second recent attempt at a return to form, “Tetro.” Based around the troubles of …
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Tim Burton Heads To MoMA For Five-Month Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art will present a major exhibition exploring the full scale of filmmaker Tim Burton’s career, both as a director and concept artist for live-action and animated films, and as an artist, illustrator, photographer, and writer. The exhibition will be on view from November 22, 2009 through April 26, 2010. “There is no other living filmmaker possessing Tim Burton’s level of accomplishment and reputation whose full body of …
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