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Movies Inc: The Business of Film
Movies, Inc: The Business of Film is a podcast that dives deep into the intersection of the key elements that make up modern filmmaking - the business and the creative. Each episode, we are joined by awesome guests - producers, executives, lawyers, and creatives - who speak to their experiences in the biz. From first features to first look deals, we probe the guests on anything and everything business related, the things that went wrong, and what they learned from it. Movies Inc. is hosted by Sara McFarlane and Charlotte Howley.
Podcasting since 2022 • 25 episodes
Movies Inc: The Business of Film
Latest Episodes
The Business of Branded Documentaries with CHARLOTTE CHEUNG
We chat to Charlotte Cheung, a development executive for Red Bull Studios about the difference between Red Bull 'the brand' and Red Bull 'the studio', what her average Tuesday looks like, balancing the need to uphold a brand's values with ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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The Importance of Clearances with MARIA BLAIS O’LAUGHLIN
We get into the weeds with Maria Blais O’Laughlin, a veteran film and television clearance coordinator. We chat to Maria about what a clearance process looks like from start to finish on a film, all the steps that go into clearing one item, exa...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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48:10
Data and Predictive Modeling with CHRISTIAN MONTI
We chat to Christian Monti about using existing data as a risk mitigation tool in financing feature films, the pros and cons of Cinelytic software, the software's genesis, how it improves the film business for independent producers, and the use...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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32:29
Production Legal (and the importance of a signed agreement policy!) with AMY STEIN SIMONDS
We chat to Amy Stein Simonds about her work as an entertainment lawyer, what production legal actually entails, how to budget for it, and the importance of a signed agreement policy on set. About the Guest: Amy Stein Simonds is a pa...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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30:41
Producing ‘The Luckiest Man in America’ with AMANDA FREEDMAN
We chat to Amanda Freedman about producing the acclaimed ‘The Luckiest Man in America’, the “produced by” credit and what it means to be the only producer on a film, the role of film critics in the context of sales, the changing market and whet...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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