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Director Paul Dudbridge is an independent filmmaker based in Bristol, England. it was immediately apparent from our conversation that Paul has become pretty smart at reverse engineering a script so that it works as a vehicle for name cast and investors. 

Join us for the rest of our conversation, episode 45 of One Good Take. 

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Writer/director/producer Paul Dudbridge is an indpendent filmmaker based in Bristol England. 

If you’re an independent filmmaker yourself, and therefore working to a tight budget, this is a good episode to listen to. 

Besides his own personal tales, Paul goes on to give us some useful tips on reverse engineering a script so that it appeals to name cast and investors alike. 

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Episode 44 - with writer/director and producer Chuck Parello.

Chuck started out as a journalist, reviewing movies. Having championed John McNaughton’s chilling cult classic Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, he went on to run McNaughton’s film production company for a while.

A few years later he got the chance to write and direct a sequel to McNaughton’s movie starring a young Kate Walsh. He’s been in crime ever since. 

Chuck and I got together in March 2022. 

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This is just a clip from my session with  writer/director and producer Chuck Parello,  recorded mid Mach 2022. 

I don’t know about you, but somehow that’s a voice that readily evokes the world of true crime. 

Chuck’s produced some distinctive dark crime movies and, from the sounds of things, has a couple of new ones on the go that could prove even more compelling. 

Join us for the rest of our conversation, episode 44 of One Good Take. 

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Screenwriter Carol Younghusband talks to me on Episode 43.

We got together at the end of January 2022. I asked her about how she first started writing, what inspired her then, what inspires her  today. She also gives us a few specific examples of how she set about finding producers, directors, cast and, toughest job of all, how she raised the necessary funds for each of her own short film projects. 

What struck me was how grounded and modest she is. Just doing her thing and doing it her way. Listen to the rest of our conversation on Episode 43.   

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Today on One Good Take – screenwriter Carol Younghusband. 

We got together at the end of January 2022 to talk about how she first started writing, what inspired her then and what inspires her today. She gives us a few specific examples of how she set about finding producers, directors, cast and, toughest job of all, how she raised the necessary funds for each of her own short film projects. 

What struck me was how grounded and modest she is. Just doing her thing and doing it her way. Here’s that take. 

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For Episode 42 I got to talk to writer/producer director Kenneth Kemp based out of LA. 

Ken started his career in the corporate sector of filmmaking. He went on to cover sporting events at a very high level including multiple Olympic Games. 

Having established himself as a producer/director, he took a crack at writing. He now has a handful of projects in development that explore very different worlds. Anyone wanting to improve their pitch, this episode is well worth a listen. 

We got together at the end of 2021. Enjoy this the take. 

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In Episode 42 I got together with writer/producer director Kenneth Kemp.

Ken started his career in the corporate sector of filmmaking. He went on to cover sporting events at a very high level including multiple Olympic Games. Having established himself as a producer/director, he took a crack at writing.   

He now has a handful of projects in development that explore very different worlds, a tv series he’s pitching as poker version of The Gambit and the story of a remarkable Englishman who survived a serious car crash to become a successful businessman and racer of pigeons. It doesn’t get more varied than that. Listen to the rest of our conversation on Episode 42.   

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Episode 41 is with cinematographer Mark Wolf. 

I first came across Mark a good few years ago when I was hunting around for a DP for one of my own film projects. Back then he was mainly shooting documentaries, shorts and music videos. 

Over the past few years I’ve seen his name pop up in the credits of some of this country’s best dramas. I’m hardly surprised. His work has always stood out for me. A lot of camerawork is handheld today, but Mark’s choices with lighting, framing and timing are pretty exceptional. 

We usually think of directors as having a signature, but when I saw the drama Help, directed by Marc Munden, my first thought was that the cameraman was the same man who shot the equally powerful drama, Time, directed by Lewis Arnold. 

We met over zencastr in November 2021. Enjoy this the take. 

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This is a clip from my conversation with cinematographer Mark Wolf

Mark started off filming under water, then moved on land to shoot music videos, shorts, documentaries and more recently some very powerful dramas, including Help, Time and Des. 

Listen to the rest of our conversation on One Good Take, episode 41.   

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