Making a Micro Budget Horror Film: Black & White, Filmhub & Indie Film Survival | Zoe Carol & Daya Dodds

About this episode

Daya Dodds and Zoe Carroll discuss the challenges and strategies of making a micro budget black and white horror film.

Send us Fan Mail Director Daya Dodds and actor/writer/producer Zoe Carroll join the podcast to discuss the making of Witches of God — a micro budget black and white horror feature created with extremely limited resources. In this conversation, we explore the realities of making independent films on low budgets, including production compromises, camera choices, film festival strategy, marketing through Meta advertising and distribution through Filmhub. Zoe also shares insights into balancing w...

People in this episode

Host: Jim Eaves

Guests: Daya Dodds, Zoe Carroll

Topics covered

• micro budget films
• horror film
• independent filmmaking
• film festival strategy
• marketing
• distribution

Keywords

• micro budget
• horror film
• independent film
• Filmhub
• Meta advertising
• film festival
• production compromises

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Filmhub, Meta

Books & works: Witches of God

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