SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep 510 – ’15 Cameras,’ Making a Unique Sequel with Danny Madden
’15 Cameras’ director Danny Madden talks about how he made this sequel his own stand-alone film, yet still fit within the trilogy and how he got his start in animation.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Animator and Director Danny Madden.
Our guest is the Director of the movie 15 Cameras (2023), a contained thriller that is the third part of a feature trilogy. It is a sequel to 13 Cameras (2015) and 14 Cameras (2018). Danny Madden did not work on the prior two movies, so he talks about how he made this sequel his own stand-alone film, yet still fit within the trilogy.
His credits also include Beast Beast (2020) which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Topics also include how he got his start in animation, Danny Madden created some animation for Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022).You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.
You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Danny Madden on IMDb
- Danny Madden on Instagram
- 15 Cameras Trailer
- 15 Cameras on IMDb
- 15 Cameras on Instagram
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- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.