Instructor Mark Stolaroff

Bellflower's Medusa

Guest speakers this time around include distribution consultant Peter Broderick, considered the world's leading authority on distribution strategy; producer Matt Radecki, co-founder of production and post house Different By Design, who will discuss no-budget post production; actor and director Joshua Leonard, perhaps best known for his roles in seminal no-budget films like The Blair Witch Project and Humpday, and in studio films and TV shows like HBO's Hung, will discuss his directorial debut, The Lie, which premiered at Sundance this year and is being released in the Fall; and filmmakers Evan Glodell and Vincent Grashaw, the writer/director/star and producer (respectively) of the hit film Bellflower.  Made for only $15,000, this apocalyptic feature premiered at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in January and was promptly picked up for distribution by Oscilloscope Laboratories.  It opened theatrically August 5th to sold out audiences and will eventually play in over 500 cities throughout the country.  Pretty good for a film shot on a homemade camera. We'll talk about that and the homemade flamethrower and fire-belching muscle car featured in the film!  

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