Michael Gottwald – Producing An Independent Film From The Grassroots Up

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Michael Gottwald – Producing An Independent Film From The Grassroots Up

18 Video lessons in HD
5h 26m of class content
Exclusive bonus content

LESSONS
1. Class Introduction

2. What Is Grassroots Producing?

3. The Different Types Of Producers

4. The Producer/Director Relationship

5. How To Get Into Producing

6. Connecting With People

7. The Script

8. Get The Funds For Your Film

9. Logline Critiques

10. How To Approach Film Budgeting

11. How To Approach Film Budgeting

12. Find A Grassroots Cast

13. Locations With Casey Coleman

14. Scheduling & Shooting

15. Who Is Your Film’s Audience?

16. Film Festivals

17. Grassroots Film Distribution

18. Watch Movies & Read Books
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Your Guide To Producing Indie Films.
Producing an independent film takes an enormous commitment of time, money, and energy – but there are steps you can follow to make the whole undertaking more productive and less overwhelming. Producing An Independent Film From The Grassroots, Up is your guide to reducing friction during every stage of independent feature film production.
In this class, Michael Gottwald, a producer on the OSCAR®-nominated, Beasts of the Southern Wild, will detail the process his team used to bring this sleeper hit to life. By exploring the independent film production process through the lens of Beasts of the Southern Wild you’ll learn how to generate your own independent film success.
Michael will teach you how to:

Find optimal material to produce
Engage private and social fundraising resources
Craft a production plan suited to your existing resources
Distribute and market a finished film

Whether or not you have industry connections, or live in traditional “media centers” (such as New York or Los Angeles), you can still give life to a project that will impact the film industry and artform. You don’t have to blindly navigate the rocky terrain of grassroots film production alone. Michael will offer the insights you need to tackle common challenges during every stage of the producing process.
Producing An Independent Film From The Grassroots, Up will show you how to create films that, if positioned properly, rise above the current indie film marketplace “noise.”
MICHAEL GOTTWALD
Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Michael Gottwald graduated from Wesleyan University in 2006. He served as Executive Producer on Court 13’s Glory at Sea in 2007. In 2008 he worked for Obama for America as a Field Organizer during the primaries, as Ohio New Media Director during the general election, and he returned to work on the re-election campaign in 2011 as a Digital Program Manager in the Chicago headquarters. With Josh Penn and Dan Janvey, Michael produced Court 13’s first feature film, Beasts of the Southern Wild, directed by Benh Zeitlin. Beasts won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in January 2012 and the Camera d’Or at Cannes in May 2012; it was nominated for four Academy Awards – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.Michael was one of the producers of Ping Pong Summer, an 80’s era coming of age comedy directed by Michael Tully which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014. At the moment he is producing new cycles of the web series “High Maintenance”, as well as Geremy Jasper’s fiction feature film Patti Cake$, which has recently been through the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Lab. Michael also produced documentary filmmakers the Ross Brothers’ second feature, Tchoupitoulas, which premiered at South by Southwest in March 2012 and was distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories, in addition to their third feature, Western, which will premiere in U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance Film Festival in 2015.