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DIY Cinema Cult
by DIY Cinema Cult
A DIY filmmaking podcast for DIY filmmakers. Follow Aaron Trinder and Marc Hardman step-by-step through their struggle to get a low-budget feature film from page to screen.
Episodes
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Episode 39: A Tale of Two Films
Aaron Trinder and Marc Hardman are back with a new-look DIY Cinema Cult as they launch the New Wave of their podcast - which is now also available on YouTube. They talk about their two completed DIY, Indie, feature films and their plans for what's next! You can watch the video version of this...
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Episode 38: Junglist DIY Film Therapy
Jamie Beat Culture and Darrell Austin return to DIY Cinema Cult and tell us about the incredible critical response to the premiere and limited theatrical release of HYPER: THE STEVIE HYPER D STORY. We have been following and sharing in their indie film story since 2020 and it was so good to have...
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Episode 37: Hyper: The Stevie Hyper D Story
We welcome back Jamie Ross Hulme as he returns to the podcast, along with Darrel Austin, director and producers of the fantastic feature doc 'HYPER: THE STEVIE HYPER D STORY'. As we will hear it has been a long journey to get this film to the big screen but they are now achingly close and on the...
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Episode 36: David Lynch and Wembley Park
In this episode Marc takes a trip back to Wembley Park to try and find the studios where Lynch filmed his iconic follow-up to Eraserhead, The Elephant Man (1980). He also attempts to find the the house rented by Lynch during his time living in one of London's less luxurious suburbs.
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Episode 35: David Lynch and Eraserhead
In this episode Aaron and Marc take an up-close and beady-eyed look into the production of David Lynch's iconic, cult, DIY debut feature film Eraserhead (1977). It is a fantastic tale of endurance and dedication and of DIY filmmakers at their most create, imaginative and resourceful.
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Episode 34: Getting On With The Job
Aaron and Marc have been getting on with the job of producing their low budget Indie feature films. 'Free Party' has been on the Doc N'Roll tour around the country as well as dipping it's big toe into the international festival circuit. 'The Old Man' has been going through some drastic editorial...
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Episode 33: Doc’N Roll Festival
Aaron storms the Doc'n Roll festival with FREE PARTY while Marc gears up to shoot final pick ups for THE OLD MAN. They also discuss old video formats, underground film screenings, Film Tax Refunds, Chaos Magick and how best to step through a cosmic anus.
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Episode 32: Shooting and Screening
Aaron and Marc catch up after a few months break to update each other on their respective DIY feature films. It's a wrap on shooting for The Old Man and Free Party has been test screening to audiences. They also discuss A.I., dystopian gigs of the future and tips for fitting screenwriting into an...
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Episode 31: A Perineum Carol
It's the traditional Frosty Perineum New Year's episode and Aaron and Marc take their time-honoured boozy stroll about the chilly North London streets. On their way they meet the three Ghosts of Perineum Past and perform a Chaos Magic ceremony up a hill. Happy New Year!
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Episode 30: Stalking Gareth Edwards
Aaron and Marc celebrate their 30th episode of DIY Cinema Cult. They sup on gin martinis, cause some reverie and take a little look back at some past episodes and guests. They get a bit techie, ponder the problem with film festivals and discuss feature films as the perfect film school. They also...
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Episode 29: Fear and Loathing In Bristol
Aaron and Marc catch up about the recent screenings of 'Free Party: A Folk History' in Bristol. They discuss terrifying screenings, raves, the complications of dressing up as old women and ponder an accidental Ukrainian fan. The Old Man Kickstarter Campaign is still live and now in its final…
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Episode 28: Rami On The Line
Aaron and Marc catch up with the Director of Photography on 'The Old Man', Rami Bartholdy. We chat with Rami over the phone and hear about his colourful career thus far; working his way up from camera trainee to key camera crew on some mega star-studded block-busters. The Old Man Kickstarter...
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Episode 27: Richard Glover and Jonathan Broke and Gin
The two lead actors from 'The Old Man', Richard Glover and Jonathan Broke, join Marc and Aaron to drink gin martinis and talk about their experiences on our low budget DIY feature film. The Old Man Kickstarter Campaign is now live! Click the link below and take a look at our teaser trailer and...
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Episode 26: How To Make A Feature Film By Accident
Aaron and Marc are back after time away working on their respective feature films. Marc gives details on his eventful first block of shooting on 'The Old Man' and explains how the project fell apart and was put back together multiple times in the build up to the shoot. It's a pretty hair-raising...
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Episode 25: Perineum Black Box Recorder Part Two
Part two of our Perineum Black Box Recorder. Once again we apologise for the recording quality for some of this episode. As we got more drunk we neglected to check the levels on the recorder I had stuffed into my bag. We leave Ally Pally in twinkly London darkness and end up in a pub. Spoiler alert.
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Episode 24: Perineum Black Box Recorder Part One
This is the first part of our two part Christmas and New Year's special. Apologies for the audio quality on this one. It was rather windy up on Ally Pally and once we had a few drinks our field-recording techniques went south. Listen out for the drunk family from Yorkshire who interrupt us as…
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Episode 23: Naked Lunch Gut Punch
Aaron and Marc chat about Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary epic 'Get Back', Marc's new documentary short 'Even After Death, My Darling', the great micro-budget movies of the past 40 years and how 'The Old Man' suddenly became a feature film and then almost imploded in a 'Naked Lunch' moment.
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Episode 22: Calling Barcelona
Aaron heads to Barcelona to screen a work-in-progress of Free Party and Marc calls him up to see how it goes down.
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Episode 21: The Blank Page
DIY Cinema Cult is now busy on two productions. Aaron and Marc chat about the art of the "Just Start", locking in big locations, blank-page screenplay re-writes, finding your champions and having a working relationship with YouTube.
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Episode 20: Free Party Special
Aaron and Marc discuss the rampaging Kickstarter campaign for 'Free Party: A Folk History of the Free Party Movement'. In light of the incredible response, Aaron discusses what this now means for the future of this DIY documentary. He also lays out the key steps to planning your own successful...
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Episode 19: What Would The KLF Do?
Imaginary bands, Mysticism, The KLF, dealing with advertising executives in the 90s and much, much more. Okay, not much more, but Aaron and Marc do deal with the prospect of doubling-down on their DIY filmmaking values as they pull together the budget for their first feature.
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Episode 18: Frosty Perineum
Aaron and Marc venture out into that wintery no-man's land between Christmas and New Year to record their Christmas Special. They wander aimlessly around the frozen streets of North London and glance back at the mad year that has come to pass. Along the way they discuss Magical Christmas Tramps,...
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Bonus Episode: The Chewing Gum Man on Sky Arts
A very quick bonus episode to shout about Marc's DIY documentary 'The Chewing Gum Man: A Portrait of the Artist Ben Wilson'. It will be getting its broadcast premiere on Sky Arts at 11pm Tuesday November 24th. No Funding, NoPermission, No Problem.
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Episode 17: Back to the Manifesto
After hitting a bit of a pandemic-shaped brick wall in setting up their feature film, Aaron and Marc go back to the DIY Manifesto they had been formulating at the very start. This leads to an inspiring kick up the arse and a change in direction. They also delve into virtual reality, lucid dreams...
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Episode 16: Electronic Plot Generator
Marc and Aaron try out an electronic plot generator that throws up some interesting results; not least a terrifying old-man-eating antagonist lion called Alison Giant-Bulb. They also chat about film location incidents, runner anxiety and on-set celebrity toilet encounters.
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Episode 15: Chicken Dinner
Aaron and Marc are back after a brief faff break and are joined by two of the winners for the recent Freaky One Minute Film Festival. They also discuss plot removal, Zen filmmaking and Hadi's dubious bath photo.
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Episode 14: Hyper-D Documentary with Jamie Ross-Hulme
Aaron and Marc are joined by filmmaker Jamie Ross-Hulme to discuss his fascinating new doc feature that takes an intimate look into the life of a larger-than-life Jungle icon Stevie Hyper-D. Marc and Aaron discuss surprise Twitter fame and announce the winners of the DIY Cinema Cult One Minute…
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Episode 13: Social Touching
Aaron and Marc emerge from Lock-Down like a couple of sexy moles and record their first 'in-person' episode in a hundred years. They chat under a tree about crowd-funding, location and cast hunting and play each other a few bits of other weirdness they have created. Marc gets a bit giggly and…
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Episode 12: Lock-Down with David Cecil
Marc and Aaron chat with writer and producer David Cecil on the very last of their Lock-Down episodes. David talks about his fantastic new indie feature 'Imperial Blue'. Shot in the UK, India and Africa it is a film of great vision and ambition and David gives some fantastic insights into…
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Episode 11: Lock-Down with Mark A. C. Brown
Writer and director Mark A. C. Brown joins Aaron and Marc to discuss his directorial debut 'Guardians'. We chat about the importance of locations, the power of collaboration, discuss DIY film-making tips and hacks, and look at how to successfully sell your low-budget feature.
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Episode 10: Lock-Down Screenwriting Gurus
As Marc continues to make the screenplay more economical for a small budget, Aaron and Marc discuss the murky world of screenwriting gurus. Are they useful? Can they even be damaging? They chat about story-telling conventions, screenplay structure and all with a generous dose of lockdown fatigue.
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Episode 9: Lock-Down with Luca Zizzari
Marc and Aaron chat to actor Luca Zizzari. Luca talks about his work on 'Rush' with Ron Howard and acting alongside Adrien Brody and Tom Hardy in 'Peaky Blinders'. Aaron and Marc also get him to spill the beans on doing scenes with Robert DeNiro. There is also some interesting chat about the…
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Bonus Episode : Prano Bailey-Bond Bonus
Our conversation with the lovely Prano Bailey-Bond over-ran and we were unable to squeeze it all in to episode 8. Once we finished our interview we carried on chatting a little longer and it turned into quite an enlightening little chin-wag. So much so that we have decided to release it as a…
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Episode 8: Lock-Down with Prano Bailey-Bond
Aaron and Marc are joined by prolific indie horror director Prano Bailey-Bond. They talk David Lynch, nightmares, The Shining obsessions, obscure 70s horror and Prano's upcoming debut feature 'Censor'.
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Episode 7: Lock-Down Wound-Licking
Marc and Aaron get together to discuss the next steps following the dressing down from Hadi Hajaig in episode 6. They take a new look at 'Routine' and Marc sets about writing a new draft. They chat about Robert Rodriguez, resourceful production solutions and film as a magic trick.
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Episode 6: Lock-Down with Hadi Hajaig
Independent screenwriter, film producer and director Hadi Hajaig joins Marc and Aaron for the second of their Lockdown episodes. He discusses making commercial features outside of the Hollywood system that attract stars such as Sean Bean, Sam Rockwell, James Fox and Charlotte Rampling. He also...
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Episode 5: Lock-Down Special
Aaron and Marc chat remotely during lock-down and Marc surprises Aaron with gifts. They discuss David Bowie Apocalypse theories, screenwriting on the tube and ultimate creative obstructions. They chat about the fifth draft of 'Routine' and the first draft of the eight-part web series 'Old Man'.
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Episode 4: European Biscuits
Marc is in Belgium to screen his documentary film 'The Chewing Gum Man'. He mumbles on about re-writes, first-crush story twists, foreign biscuits, making films for love not reward, doing Q&A's and seeing your film from a fresh perspective.
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Episode 3: Call Yourself A Filmmaker?
Marc has a new baby and gets his DIY documentary snapped up by a major broadcaster. Aaron and Marc sup on Shed Martinis and talk film festivals, raves, surreal comedy, gate-crashing Cannes, imposter syndrome and their recent script read-through for 'Routine'.
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Episode 2: Shed Pirates
Marc and Aaron have been busy making kidney stones and babies (not together). They discuss documentaries, acid house, pirates, DIY distribution, the possibility of launching a web-series and give an update on the progress of their feature-film 'Routine'.
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Episode 1: The Big Idea
Aaron and Marc introduce their feature script, discuss the genius of Luis Bunuel, make a Shed Martini and come up with a cunning plan.
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A DIY filmmaking podcast for DIY filmmakers. Follow Aaron Trinder and Marc Hardman step-by-step through their struggle to get a low-budget feature film from page to screen.
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