Today we get into how a film can land theatrical distribution without festival circuit buzz; how to leverage existing relationships into building a crew, cast, and distributors on your team; and how a cold email landed a distributor for two of his feature films.

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Today we are getting into how to avoid stagnance when waiting for feature films to go, how to find representation that aligns with who you are as an artist and the most surprising things from directing three horror thriller features.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN:

1:35 - Getting brought on to Bone Lake from an open directing assignment

3:00 - LD Entertainment

4:20 - Shooting in LA vs. Georgia vs. Canada

6:35 - Viral chess board shot

7:30 - Projects Mercedes’ agents sent her when they first signed her vs. now - elevated, surrealist, erotic horrors

9:10 - Upcoming features & how to play the movie stock market during the long process of getting projects off the ground

11:15 - Working on commercials

12:30 - Making previous features Fixation and Spoonful of Sugar with covid impact

15:15 - the unexpected positive outcomes of a storm preventing shooting the final scene of Bone Lake

17:00 - Art department chopping shrubbery down from the hotel as set dec

20:20 - Meeting long-term collaborators at USC (and cutting class to work on projects)

21:45 - Should you go to film school?

25:46 - Signing with a manager & an agent (UTA)

31:45 - How to finance a feature

35:30 - Advice for younger filmmakers + background in producing

37:30 - Working director vs. “selling out”

39:40 - Mercedes’ interest in filmmaking as a kid

42:49 - How living situations impact creativity

43:44 - How to persevere when you want to give up

48:59 - Thoughts on social media

51:55 - TIME CAPSULE

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