You’re a first time director. You have $10k. What do you do? Shoot on 16mm. That’s what today’s guest, Alex Brooks, did with his first short film, “Big Take” which has garnered over 400k views on Youtube in just 2 months.
Alex Brooks is a Los Angeles based director, writer, editor, and producer whose love for action movies was his main drive behind “Big Take”, a story about the meeting of two criminals both running from the law.
In this episode of The Cowboy Shot, you’ll hear Alex’s director’s commentary and all the behind the scene stories of how this film came to be.
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Watch “Big Take”: [ Ссылка ]
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:20 - Start of Podcast
00:03:35 - On Moving to LA
00:05:00 - First Gig
00:08:32 - Why 16mm?
00:10:46 - Start of "Big Take" Director's Commentary
00:18:05 - Inspiration for The Script
00:23:22 - Directing for Editing
00:31:00 - Applying to Film Festivals
00:35:01 - First Reaction to LA
00:37:18 - Crafties Selection
00:39:57 - Finding Actors
00:52:20 - Writing Process
01:57:13 - Last Movie You Watched and Favorite Movies
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