Indie Filmmaking Masterclass

BananaMana Films is an independent production company creating videos for Youtube before the shift into narrative dramas. Their second drama was a webseries called "Perfect Girl" which was made for just $1000 and went on to win 7 awards internationally and became the first Singapore drama to be picked up by Netflix globally. This opened the doors for their first feature film.

Stop having coffees and use simple software like google docs to start writing. Jason and Christian highlight the most important methods to start crafting a feature film. It's like an "IKEA manual"...cut out the flowery language.

Casting is one of the most important aspects - cast really good actors rather than popular people. This episode discusses the reasons why as well as how to cast far and wide (globally) by leveraging technology.

How to raise money to make a feature film? Sometimes you don't need to - no money is sometimes better than some money. It forces you to be creative to solve problems.

The aspects of directing that you can improve for yourself: learning to edit, casting well, a well crafted script or instruction manual, motivated camera positions, movement and lighting.

Why you should watch back every scene with audio. This episode discusses the techniques to patch the audio into your camera so you can watch the synced file and why this is so important for your actors and crew.