SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 495 – Shooting ‘The Astrid Experience’ on an iPhone with Cal Barnes
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Cal Barnes about how he shot his movie ‘The Astrid Experience’ on an iPhone and the benefits of making a feature with an iPhone.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Cal Barnes.
They talk about how Cal Barnes shot his movie The Astrid Experience on an iPhone. He mentions the benefits of making a feature with an iPhone and how Sean Baker's indie hit Tangerine (2015) was an influence.
Cal Barnes is the Writer/Director/Actor of The Astrid Experience. Topics also include dealing with indie film distributors and why they chose a different approach to release this movie.
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:
- Cal Barnes on IMDb
- Cal Barnes on Instagram
- The Astrid Experience Trailer
- The Astrid Experience on IMDb
- Watch The Astrid Experience for free 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.
