From Fright Fest to Film Hub with Georgia Conlan and Martin Hardwick- Charlotte the Movie

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This week on the podcast I talk to filmmakers Georgia Colan and Martin Hardwick.
Their film 'Charlotte' recently premiered at the Fright Fest Film Festival and has now been released on Amazon Prime and Tubi both in the UK and the USA.
I talked to them about the film, what it was like shooting on a low budget, I asked Georgia about directing herself in the lead role, the challenges they both faced along the way. We talked about sales and distribution, the film was released via Film Hub, we talked about that process and advice for people same position working on thier debut film.
Watch Charlotte on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Charlotte-Georgia-Conlan/dp/B0D7B19NX8
Watch Charlotte on TUBI https://tubitv.com/movies/100020863/charlotte
Watch Jim's latest film The Apocalypse Box http://apocalypsebox.co.uk

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1. Intro and what's coming up on this weeks episode (00:00:00)

2. The plot for the film 'Charlotte' (00:01:24)

3. Plot twists and playing a 12 year old (00:02:47)

4. Was Georgia worried about people believing her as a 12 year old? (00:03:57)

5. What was it like directing yourself? How do you know it's good? (00:06:15)

6. Performance and style (00:09:30)

7. Fright Fest - what was it like? (00:10:21)

8. How was the film funded? (00:14:29)

9. Was the film designed for a low budget? (00:16:22)

10. Learning what you don't enjoy doing & a real life couple (00:18:22)

11. Working with your partner - why does it work? (00:20:40)

12. Letting go of Ego (00:22:59)

13. Sales and Distribution - Film Hub (00:24:44)

14. Did they ever try conventional distribution? (00:26:25)

15. How did they find the process of uploading through Film Hub? (00:28:47)

16. My top tip for doing your own subtitles (00:30:52)

17. More on Film Hub - how long does it take? (00:31:12)

18. Film Hub reporting and ££ (00:32:07)

19. Doing your own promotion - TikTok and social media (00:33:37)

20. What was the film shot on and why did you choose that camera? (00:37:33)

21. Why should people watch Charlotte? (00:39:43)

22. When you have a big crew - the joy! (00:42:22)

23. Open to networking (00:43:57)

24. Reasons to subscribe (00:44:28)