How to go from short film to your feature debut as a team with director Sam Bradford & writer, producers and actors Kyla Frye and Sam Benjamin

Giles Alderson chats with filmmakers Sam Bradford, Kyla Frye and Sam Benjamin about their heist feature The Pay Day. They discuss going from short film to making your feature film debut as a team. -How music can be used as a unlocking mechanism to finding characters. -How they wrote The Pay Day, from structure to working as a trio -Parents going back to work and making it. Raising finance and speaking to investors. -The importance of clearances before shooting . -AND Having belief and why you should JUMP IN and get it made what ever obstacles get thrown at you. You can find The Pay Day on Amazon Prime, Sky, Apple and many other platforms. The Pay Day A broke and frustrated IT technician decides to embark on a one woman heist to steal valuable data worth millions on the black market. Directed by Sam Bradford Produced written and starring Kyla Frye & Sam Benjamin WATCH: 'Double Cross' on Amazon Prime Video http://amzn.eu/eo1ccpj  PATREON Big thank you to: Lee Hutchings Marli J Monroe Karen Newman Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on filmmaking? Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your film projects!   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Check out our full episode archive at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com   CREDITS The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson Edited by @tobiasvees Social Media by Kalli Pasqualucci @kallieep Marketing Huw Siddle Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative  Theme Music by John J. Harvey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices