This episode of podcast myself and Danny rock up to interview Peter Stanley-Ward and Natalie Conway from Treehouse Digital[1]. We've known them for ages. I've known them for even longer than that. As Pete mentions, we first met when he came along to an evening class I was running at the local college. Going to writing classes, or starting your own class or group (one was started at Treehouse Digital this week!) is always a good idea. Just to meet other people you find a shared vision with.
Pete and Nat are unusual in that they are a co uple of writers who are also an actual couple! They made their way into the creative industries via a low budget horror feature called Small Town Folk which they used both a self-funded training course AND a calling card.
Fast forward a few years and they launched a production company which does paid gigs as well as making fantastic shorts like Litterbugs. We like them as they do kids entertainment too, so we get to have a good industry gossip with them and share tips and leads. And then lent us their room for an audition for our next top secret project ;)
How did they do it? Who helped? What lessons have they learned? We asked them!
Is it better to make a feature and learn that way than go to Uni? And we compare our self / crowd funded movie with their one funded via Creative England - which way is better?
Fun fact: Pete filmed some of our behind the scenes footage on Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg?[2]
LINKS FEATURED:
Treehouse Digital: http://www.treehousedigital.com[3]
Litterbugs (their short): http://www.litterbugsthemovie.com[4]
References
- ^ Treehouse Digital (www.treehousedigital.com)
- ^ Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg? (www.nelsonnutmeg.com)
- ^ http://www.treehousedigital.com (www.treehousedigital.com)
- ^ http://www.litterbugsthemovie.com (www.litterbugsthemovie.com)
