Getting Through On-Set Crises | guest Richard Currie

About this episode

Richard Currie discusses his experiences on a troubled film set and his subsequent book about it.

Richard Currie is a Scottish filmmaker from Cambodia who was 1stAD on a feature film that went wrong. He has a degree in TV from Aberdeen College and has spent years on TV and indie film productions. A "horrific" and "cursed" film shoot in Scotland led him to write a book about his experiences called Lights, Camera, Anarchy. GET REAL INDIE FILM[CAST] is hosted by filmmaker and author Jeffrey Michael Bays (www.borgus.com), and filmmaker Forris Day, Jr. Show Notes: Location issues Conflict on set The voice memos Richard's book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1NDQM3D -- Email us: info@borgus.com Hosts: Jeffrey Michael Bays & Forris Day, Jr. Pre-order Jeffrey's book Creatives Working Together: https://www.amazon.com/Creatives-Working-Together-Communication-Professionals/dp/1041091893

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeffrey Michael Bays, Forris Day, Jr.

Guest: Richard Currie

Topics covered

• on-set crises
• filmmaking
• indie film
• conflict resolution
• filmmaker experiences

Keywords

• filmmaking
• on-set issues
• indie film
• Richard Currie
• Lights, Camera, Anarchy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Borgus Network

Books & works: Lights, Camera, Anarchy, Creatives Working Together

Places: Scotland, Cambodia, Aberdeen College

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