Giles Alderson (The Dare, World of Darkness) sits down with director, writer and producer Tom Paton to chat how he made his films, Pandorica, Redwood, Black Site, Stairs and G-Loc and how important it is to have a business head on as a filmmaker.
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On the podcast this week we chat with Tom Paton about how he went from a Club Rep in Cyprus to becoming a Filmmaker and how he started with no real knowledge of cameras or production.
How he self taught himself film-making and learnt to edit and understand VFX and graphics because he has no choice.
How he didn't want to make a short but a feature first and how he raised finance using his background in selling to secure investment .
for his first feature - Pandorica, shot at night in outdoor locations - high sensitivity camera used, in combination with DIY space lights to shoot a post-apocalyptic forest setting.
How he pushed on after his first feature onto his second feature - Redwood, which was a bigger budget, vampire film set in eastern Europe and the lessons he learnt from first feature he carried over to second feature.
His third film Black Site, out later this year, is a back to his roots, lower budget, exploitation John Carpenter-esque horror thriller.
We discuss what actors look for in a director - and vice versa and producing your own work - and find good collaborators.
We discuss his fourth film - Stairs and his 5th feature G-Lock which are both now in post
And we delve into his screenwriting process - from script to shoot
PLUS loads of advice for filmmakers new and old
Black Site TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3paRCrafmU
Tom Paton WEBSITE https://www.tompatonfilm.com/
Follow Tom on TWITTER here https://twitter.com/TomPatonFilm
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