One Good Take

Trailer for episode 4 of One Good Take with me, Nicholas Penrake. My guest this coming Thursday is James Whitehill, writer/director and producer at Sevenscope Films. Join us then to hear how James produced his first feature film for around 43K.

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Join me for this next episode when I’ll be talking with crowdfunding expert, Peter Story. Peter runs Greenlit, the new British-based crowdfunding platform dedicated to film. Their goal is to help established and emerging artists bring their visions to life, and promote diverse voices in filmmaking. 

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In Episode 3 of One Good Take I talk with crowdfunding expert, Peter Story. Peter runs Greenlit, the new British-based crowdfunding platform dedicated to film. Their goal is to help established and emerging artists bring their visions to life, and promote diverse voices in filmmaking. 

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In episode 2 of One Good Take Nicholas Penrake talks with writer/director/producer Sean McConville. Rather uniquely, Sean started out as a prop maker on big budget movies like Star Wars before turning to writing, directing and producing his own genre films.  

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Welcome to the trailer for episode 2 of One Good Take with me, Nicholas Penrake, and my guest Sean McConville. Join me this Thursday for the full episode when Sean and I will be chatting about his transition from prop maker on big budget movies like Star Wars to writing, directing and producing his own genre films after a stint studying film at UCLA. 

One Good Take is a weekly film podcast run by writer/director/producer, Nicholas Penrake. Each episode features stories from filmmakers who talk to me about the challenges they met and overcame on their way to getting their films made. They talk about their successes and failures and offer tips for anyone out there aspiring to make their own films. Listen to One Good Take from onegoodtake.buzzsprout.com.

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Writer/Director/Producer Paul Katis talks to Nicholas Penrake about raising finance for his feature film Kajaki, which picked up a BAFA nomination for Outstanding Debut by a British Filmmaker and which is now streaming on Netflix. Paul's film is based on a true story set in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 2006, and sees a company of young British soldiers walk into a minefield... Paul will be revealing how the job of raising finance for the film was also a bit like walking through a minefield! Listen to the whole conversation on One Good Take.

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Trailer to Episode 1

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I’m Nicholas Penrake and you’re listening to One Good Take, the podcast that delves into the nitty gritty of film development and distribution and explores the often elusive chemistry that brings a film to life. 

 By the end of each new episode my hope is that you will have gleaned some new and creative ways of going about film finance and feel freshly motivated. 

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