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Welcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's Guide.
In today's episode we speak with Director Brock Heasley and Producer Ken Carpenter, the filmmaking team behind "The Shift". With well over 2000 screens in their theatrical release, James Allerdyce takes us through the process of making this "faith adjacent" film from Angel Studios.
IFG is created by Framework Productions, produced and hosted by Steven Pierce, James Allerdyce, and Matt Mundy. The music is by Glass Boy. Find his music on freemusicarchive.org.
And be sure to check out our other podcast, HAPPY HOUR FLIX, about all things Nostalgia and Movies we love.
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IFG | How Movies Get Made

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Welcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's Guide.
In today's episode we dive right into one of the later challenges along the filmmaking journey - getting your film in front of your potential audience. How to actually break through with ratings and reviews in key places.
The landscape is always changing and tomorrow it may be different. In the meantime, these particular algorithms on streaming platforms hold a lot of sway as to what movies actually get "shelf space" in their store.
With this in mind, we here at IFG share the great news that our indie horror film HERD (Steven Pierce, James Allerdyce, Matt Mundy) is now released in the US and in an increasing number of other territories around the world.
But in order to take advantage of all of this potential exposure we ask our listeners directly for their support. As we often do with podcasts but rarely seem to do in film, we talk about the importance of not just watching indie films but rating and reviewing them as well.
In that, we also tackle the pivotal role of indie filmmakers in shaping a vibrant film industry, especially in light of recent strikes against the AMPTP. More so, we extend an invitation to you - yes, you, our treasured listeners - to join this journey. By watching, rating, and reviewing HERD, you're not simply showing support; you're helping independent films prove their worth in a sea of studio-backed blockbusters. And in this digital era, your ratings and reviews directly impact a film's positioning and success.
And a special shoutout to the wonderful people of Poplar Bluff, Missouri - as well as Doniphan and Van Buren...your support and graciousness to our cast and crew are at the center of what made shooting this film possible.
Links mentioned in the show:
to follow the herd, and see more information about the movie, visit HERD.film
Watch/Stream on AppleTV or Prime
UK DVD review
UK DVD purchase
Rate/Review on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb
IFG is created by Framework Productions, produced and hosted by Steven Pierce, James Allerdyce, and Matt Mundy. The music is by Glass Boy. Find his music on freemusicarchive.org.
And be sure to check out our other podcast, HAPPY HOUR FLIX, about all things Nostalgia and Movies we love.
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Finding that visual anchor, the shorthand to an audience's memory for your film. This is just part of the importance as well as the difficulty of Key Art.
How does it work, what is the relationship with the artist like? Or maybe you want to become a Key Artist yourself and wonder what a functional workflow should be? These are just some of the things covered in today's episode with designer Eric Vasquez. Eric was also the Key Artist for our feature film, HERD, which we talk about as well. Being a horror, action film with some very specifc undertones, how did Eric land on the indelible image for the HERD poster?
Being a very visual episode we invite to please check out some of Eric's work, too.
YouTube,
His Site,
Linkedin,
as well as the poster for HERD
And as mentioned, this week our feature film HERD will be hitting theaters with it's US premiere and VOD on Friday October 13th. Pre-orders on Apple TV available Here. And for more of HERD's schedule and where/how to see it IN THEATERS and at HOME follow us at HERD.FILM
And one of the first things you'll see when you click on those links... is the aforementioned poster. Designed by today's special guest, Eric Vasquez.
IFG was created by Framework Productions, produced and hosted by Steven Pierce, James Allerdyce, and Matt Mundy. The music is by Glass Boy. Find his music on freemusicarchive.org
And be sure to check out our other podcast, HAPPY HOUR FLIX, about all things Nostalgia and Movies we love.
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This week we connect with Jared Lapidus (director & co-writer) and James McCarthy (co-writer) who are the filmmakers behind "Office Race" the recently released ensemble comedy movie featuring Beck Bennett (SNL), Joe McHale (Community), J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and a long list of other notable actors which is now out on Comedy Central!
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If there are any topics you'd like us to cover, join us over at IFG Discord and enter the chat
IFG is created by Framework Productions, produced and hosted by Steven Pierce, James Allerdyce, and Matt Mundy. The music is by Glass Boy. Find his music on freemusicarchive.org.
And be sure to check out our other podcast, HAPPY HOUR FLIX, about all things Nostalgia and Movies we love.
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IFG | How Movies Get Made

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Welcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's Guide
The navigation of film distribution can be one of the more difficult parts of the filmmaker's process. From understanding deal memos, aligning expectations, to simply getting something you've undoubtedly spent so much time and effort on in front of, and sometimes literally in the hands of, your intended audience.
These are just some of the things covered in today's valuable and personal episode with guest Malcolm Ingram - an acclaimed and decorated filmmaker and documentarian, as well as an ambassador of the now resurgent desire for physical media. Leveraging all these things, Ingram felt a personal pull to, most recently, start his own distribution company with a focus on this physical media Mercantile Instinct.
And his first release is the film CLERK (yes, a look at the man and the stories behind the hit CLERKS). CLERK will feature both Blu-Ray as well as VHS and Blu-Ray - with wide release on September 26th.
A quick reminder, no matter where you are listening to us, if you could rate us and drop us a review on Apple Podcasts, we’d be so grateful - it really helps us spread the news and build the community.
If there are any topics you'd like us to cover, join us over at IFG Discord and enter the chat
IFG is created by Framework Productions, produced and hosted by Steven Pierce, James Allerdyce, and Matt Mundy. The music is by Glass Boy. Find his music on freemusicarchive.org.
And be sure to check out our other podcast, HAPPY HOUR FLIX, about all things Nostalgia and Movies we love.
Thank you!

IFG | How Movies Get Made