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Podcast: The Filmmakers Podcast
Episode: How to Make a Independent Sports Crime Drama with the team behind ‘Break’
Description: On this episode, we welcome the team behind Break, a competitive sports/crime drama from first-time writer/director Michael Elkin, first-time producer Terri Dwyer and veteran producer Dean Fisher  Giles discusses scripting with Michael and the challenges of getting the film financed and greenlit with Terri and Dean, including their pitch deck and presentation strategies to individual investors. They also talk about purposefully incorporating international elements to the story such as filming in China as well as on location and set in the UK.  As an actor/director Michael lets us in on h...