Making a Feature on Weekends: Tobias Jon on Gifted Pain

About this episode

Filmmaker Tobias Jon discusses the making of his debut feature, Gifted Pain, including production challenges and insights.

Send us Fan Mail #indiefilm #filmmaking #indiefilmmaking #filmmaker #filmpodcast In this week's episode, I’m joined by filmmaker Tobias Jon to break down the making of his debut feature, Gifted Pain. We talk about how the film came together, how he shoot a feature on weekends, navigating funding delays and what Tobias wishes he’d known before starting. We also dive into music, editing, stock footage, sales agents, physical releases, and partnering with Indie Rights, an honest, practical...

People in this episode

Host: Jim Eaves

Guest: Tobias Jon

Topics covered

• independent filmmaking
• feature films
• film production
• funding
• editing
• music
• sales agents

Keywords

• indie film
• filmmaking
• feature on weekends
• funding delays
• editing
• stock footage
• sales agents

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Indie Rights

Books & works: Gifted Pain

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