How to make a web series and recieve over 8 million hits and crowdfunding 'Ren: The Girl with the Mark' with Kate Madison

Giles and Robbie sit down with Kate Madison, director of the phenomenal web series Ren, a fantasy saga complete with swordplay, magic and homages to everything Tolkienesque. Kate tells us about how she gathered a loyal following of fans, from helming the Lord of the Rings fan film Born of Hope, all the way through to financing the first season of Ren with an impressive crowdfunding campaign. We discuss the benefits of enjoying a production as much as the final result, the best ways of motivating your crew and how to make the most of your locations when working on a tight budget. Kate and her team are currently rallying the troops again with a Kickstarter campaign for the second season of Ren, find out why it's worth backing and why even the smallest pledge can change the course of the future...  REN season 2 Kickstarterhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythica/ren2 RENhttp://www.rentheseries.com/ Kate's websitehttp://www.katemadison.net/LINKS SPONSORS FREEBIES EVENTS & PROMOS    The Dare is released on March 3rd in US - Pre-Order The Dare here: apple.co/32fSWox   WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjY     The next MAKE YOUR FILM event is on the 25th March. Get your early bird tickets here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-your-film-v8-tickets-94482566901   WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life (OUT NOW) www.aserialkillersguidetolife.com   RAINDANCE Saturday Film School20% off with code code: Filmpod2020https://www.raindance.org/courses/saturday-film-school/ The techniques and tools described in this information-packed day are the ones used by filmmakers like Edgar Wright and Christopher Nolan. It has been taken by over 15,000 filmmakers and screenwriters worldwide.  Giles Alderson's website    Subscribe, listen and review us on iTunes, Spotify, Podbean or wherever you get you podcasts but more importantly, tell you pals about this podcast   Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc@35mmdop@Cjamesdirect @dan710ths  @FangedUpFilm@thedaremovie @philmblog @DirDomLenoir   Music from musicbed.com   Part of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices