SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 483 – Filmmaking Lessons From ‘Clerks,’ ‘Pi’ and Roger Corman with John Gaspard
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer and author John Gaspard about indie filmmaking on a budget with examples from Kevin Smith’s ‘Clerks,’ Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Pi’ and the work of Roger Corman.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer and author John Gaspard.
They talk about indie filmmaking on a budget and use examples such as Kevin Smith's Clerks, Darren Aronofsky's Pi, and the work of Roger Corman.
These examples are from John Gaspard's book, Fast Cheap and Written That Way and Fast Cheap and Under Control.
John Gaspard is also the Writer/Director of the features Ghost Light and Beyond Bob.
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:
- John Gaspard on IMDb
- John Gaspard on Facebook
- John Gaspard website
- Watch the Theater People Web Series here.
- SYS's From Concept to Completion Screenwriting Course
- 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.
