TEACHER’S PET Feature Release - Q & A With Noam Kroll & Luke Barnett

About this episode

This episode features a Q&A session celebrating the release of the film Teacher’s Pet with Noam Kroll and Luke Barnett.

In this special episode, we celebrate today’s release of our new feature film Teacher’s Pet - Now available where you rent or buy movies! Two days ago, we hosted a special advanced screening for members of my filmmaking community, and they took part in a virtual Q & A afterward. This episode includes the full live session with myself and lead actor / producer Luke Barnett. Topics covered include: Achieving high production value on a budget Luke’s approach to bringing levity to a dark character The casting process & landing great actors Moving from a $0 production into a larger project Our hardest days on set and how we problem solved Directing & DP’ing the film simultaneously Much more Watch the film on Apple now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/teachers-pet/id1868537677 Full list of platforms where you can watch: Amazon Prime Video (US, CA) Apple TV (US, CA) Google Play / YouTube (US, CA) Fandango at Home (US) Comcast / Xfinity (US) Cox (US) Spectrum (US) DirecTV (US) Dish (US) Altice (US) Verizon / Fios (US) Telus (CA) Sign up for my newsletter for exclusive filmmaking insight each Sunday

People in this episode

Host: Noam Kroll

Guest: Luke Barnett

Topics covered

• micro-budget filmmaking
• feature film release
• Q&A session
• production value
• casting process
• directing
• problem solving

Keywords

• Teacher’s Pet
• micro-budget
• filmmaking
• Q&A
• production value
• casting
• directing
• film release

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Teacher’s Pet

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