Indie Film Marketing & Reaching your Audience with Chris Nials

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This week on the podcast I talk to the founder of the Independent Horror Society and filmmaker Chris Nials. Chris started the Independent Horror Society in London as a way for horror lovers to get together and watch Horror movies. It quickly transformed and became more of a hub for filmmakers and people who love horror to connect with the horror creators.
Chris is also a producer having worked on a bunch of short films and having recently released 'Walking Against the Rain' . I talked to Chris about the Independent Horror Society, we chatted about his feature film, it was funded through the SEIS scheme in the UK so it was good to quiz him about that and find out the pitfalls and his tips for those of you thinking of doing that yourself. We talked about the feature film, the sales and distribution process.
Chris says he has a good Sales Agent, which is something you don't often hear so it was great to quiz him about that. He's also a professional marketeer so it was great to get his tips on how to promote your film, Enjoy!
Watch "Walking Against the Rain" on Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Against-Rain-Sophia-Eleni/dp/B0B8MSLS1R
Watch Jim's movie 'The Apocalypse Box': https://amberpictures.co.uk/the-apocalypse-box/

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1. Intro and all about Chris (00:00:00)

2. Chris' route into the industry (00:01:19)

3. Whats the main advice Chris had wish he'd known early in his career? (00:03:14)

4. The Independent Horror Society - becoming more about filmmaking (00:05:39)

5. The value of speed networking and pitching (00:09:25)

6. Chris' top tips for pitching (00:10:19)

7. Crowd funding (00:13:57)

8. Forms of finance and SEIS (00:19:02)

9. SEIS - pitfalls and top tips (00:21:49)

10. Sales and distribution for Chris feature film (00:24:02)

11. An honest Sales Agent (00:28:36)

12. Has Chris seen any money yet? (00:30:52)

13. Marketing a film top tips (00:34:32)

14. How to handle criticism & producer feedback (00:42:01)

15. Reasons to subscribe (00:43:13)