Eyes on the Prize

Layered Butter

It’s one thing to put a pen to the paper and write a script, it’s another to scrap up a rag-tag crew to shoot a short, but it’s whole different ballgame when it comes to getting that film out there. The festival circuit isn’t all glitz and glamour, it’s a rough road just to get eyes on the prize. In this week’s episode of the Layered Butter Podcast; Raf and Rod are joined by Layered Butter’s very own, Mark Delotinville to chat all things from inception to shooting and the road to exhibition in the festival circuit. Owner of Big Pig Co., Mark takes us through his journey in bringing his newest short film CRUISE to film festivals around the world. It isn’t as easy as just promoting a link or a USB drive to an intern at a festival; did we take into account of deadlines (early bird vs. last call submissions) to budgeting and costs for each submission to holistic strategic planning to find the best way for the most callbacks, the most exposure, networking and finally, the most eyes on a project that can bring your vision to an audience outside your friends and family. It begins early – no, not at Post, but producers, directors and creatives have to take into account of all the pros and cons that contribute to the potential success of a film. From films at 8 minutes to 25 minutes, every second counts! Returning from a recent showing of CRUISE at the Tampere Film Festival in Finland, Mark gives us his experience from submission to being a part of the festival circuit as a creative and not just an audience member. He brings us the do’s and don’t’s that he’s learned about building a successful strategy of getting exposure in the circuit. Also, Layered Butter’s own Andrew Perucho joins the preshow to chat about an update of all things’ coming up in the Layered Butter world – and shares his take on Kevin Costner’s Waterworld, John Woo’s return to action cinema and his muted response to the new Batman. All this and more in this week’s Layered Butter!

Preshow:
Kevin Costner turning down The Shawshank Redemption
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-kevin-costner-turned-down-the-shawshank-redemption/
John Woo returns in Silent Night, a silent action film.
https://collider.com/john-woo-silent-night-movie-filming-start/

Film Club
Last Minutes with Oden (2009)
https://vimeo.com/8191217
The Strange Thing About The Johnsons (2011)
https://youtu.be/57emULelcpY