8: Lockdown Filmmaking

From pitching to studios via video to filming in confined spaces, the filmmakers behind found-footage favorites Searching (Aneesh Chaganty) and new browser-horror Host (Rob Savage, Jed Shepherd and Gemma Hurley) share their best tips for making movies in quarantine. Plus, Rob and Aneesh reveal their heavy-duty Letterboxd habits, Aneesh talks about casting his next film, Run, and his roommate Blake pops in to explain their elaborate method for how to choose what film to watch.

Films mentioned by Jed, Rob and Gemma

• As Above, So Below
• Ghostwatch
• Night of the Comet
• Your Name. (君の名は。)
• The Innocents

Films mentioned by Aneesh

• The Sixth Sense
• The Mission Impossible franchise
• “When Shyamalan was a major, major deal, making hit after hit”
• Buried
• Minority Report
• Ocean’s 11
• Inception
• Step Brothers
• Sense and Sensibility
• Anvil! The Story of Anvil
• Slumdog Millionaire
• (500) Days of Summer
• Memento
• Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
• Bombay

Links

On Letterboxd: Jed Shepherd; Aneesh Chaganty; Aneesh’s roommate Blake.

This episode was recorded in London, Los Angeles and Auckland, and edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Theme music is ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation. Our next episode is about documentaries, with writer-director and Bill & Ted star Alex Winter, and the directors of The Fight. Leave a voice message with your question for Winter.