Writing, Acting, Directing & Producing your First Feature with Dzifa Mallet

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This week on the podcast I talk to actor and director Dzifa Mallet. Dzifa decided he wanted to change careers and move into acting so made a short film and then turned this into his debut feature "Remedy for a Broken Heart".
I spoke to Dzifa about what it was like working on his debut feature for someone with very little experience behind a camera, the strains and stress of directing yourself as well as producing an entire production on your own on a shoestring.
We also talked about sales and distribution, how Dzifa ended up working with Indie Rights and how he promotes the film with a $0 marketing budget

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Kapitel

1. Introduction to Dzifa (00:00:00)

2. Dzifa's route into filmmakling - acting and directing (00:01:01)

3. Remedy for a Broken Hearty (00:02:47)

4. Genre talk - how does the film fit into a genre? (00:03:48)

5. Being a black filmmaker - sales and distribution troupes and stereotypes (00:04:07)

6. Directing yourself in a lead role (00:05:59)

7. Moving from a short to a feature - funding the film (00:08:43)

8. Approaching sales and distribution (00:09:13)

9. Dodging the sharks and making a good choice (00:10:23)

10. How does Dzifa approach marketing for the film? (00:11:26)

11. What advice would Dzifa give himself at the start of the feature film? (00:13:02)

12. Producing your own feature (00:15:08)

13. Reasons to subscribe for more (00:16:07)