Directing a Wide Theatrical Horror with Mercedes Bryce Morgan

Show notes

Today we are getting into how to avoid stagnance when waiting for feature films to go, how to find representation that aligns with who you are as an artist and the most surprising things from directing three horror thriller features.

Episode Breakdown

1. 1:35Getting brought on to Bone Lake from an open directing assignment
2. 3:00LD Entertainment
3. 4:20Shooting in LA vs. Georgia vs. Canada
4. 6:35Viral chess board shot
5. 7:30Projects Mercedes’ agents sent her when they first signed her vs. now - elevated, surrealist, erotic horrors
6. 9:10Upcoming features & how to play the movie stock market during the long process of getting projects off the ground
7. 11:15Working on commercials
8. 12:30Making previous features Fixation and Spoonful of Sugar with covid impact
9. 15:15the unexpected positive outcomes of a storm preventing shooting the final scene of Bone Lake
10. 17:00Art department chopping shrubbery down from the hotel as set dec
11. 20:20Meeting long-term collaborators at USC (and cutting class to work on projects)
12. 21:45Should you go to film school?
13. 25:46Signing with a manager & an agent (UTA)
14. 31:45How to finance a feature
15. 35:30Advice for younger filmmakers + background in producing
16. 37:30Working director vs. “selling out”
17. 39:40Mercedes’ interest in filmmaking as a kid
18. 42:49How living situations impact creativity
19. 43:44How to persevere when you want to give up
20. 48:59Thoughts on social media
21. 51:55TIME CAPSULE

Keep Up With Mercedes

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