The Art of the Movie Marathon
When you hear the words ‘Movie Marathon’ these days, it usually means a franchise binge: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars. A night at the multiplex packed with popcorn-chomping superfans who’ve signed up for an evening of big-budget boredom. But the real Movie Marathon is a different beast entirely. It still involves nerds – just a very specific subspecies. These are the true devotees of cinema – fans of the trashy, the deranged, the forgotten. It’s the inmates taking over the asylum, or in our case, the movie theatre, for one night of cinematic anarchy.
Reshooting Blind Panic
What do you do when you’ve made a low-budget movie, but you’ve burnt out and the budget is gone? You grab a camera, rally your cast and crew, and shoot guerrilla-style pick-ups. Because a thriller lacking thrills isn’t an option.
Filming Blind Panic
Filmmaking takes a lot of nerve, and those nerves will be shattered when you run out of money halfway through your shoot, or when a big budget movie comes to town and steals your crew. But a great 1st AD makes everything better.
Kickstarting Blind Panic
The only way to make your first movie is to greenlight yourself. But it’s going to take money – LOTS of money – to make your vision come to life. Mostly by making your relatives sit down in front of a computer and get out their credit card.
Writing Blind Panic
Writing is hard, but it’s made so much easier by co-writing; it’s the most fun you’ll have in the filmmaking journey – because everything gets harder from this point on!