About this episode

The episode discusses the low-budget sci-fi film COHERENCE and its implications for independent filmmaking.

COHERENCE, a 2013 sci-fi film from writer-director James Ward Byrkit, is a model of low-budget filmmaking. As studios look for the next OBSESSION, they might want to see what's possible on a $50,000 budget, when scrappy filmmakers and performers imagine big. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Lanton

Topics covered

• low-budget filmmaking
• sci-fi film
• independent cinema
• creative storytelling
• film analysis

Keywords

• COHERENCE
• James Ward Byrkit
• low-budget
• sci-fi
• filmmaking
• independent film
• creative
• storytelling

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Books & works: COHERENCE

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