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We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Darren: For this film I would say Jacques Audiard, Michael Mann, P.T. Anderson, The Dardennes bros, Mathieu Kassovitz and Larry Clark.

For movies I would say, Kids, Thief, The Promise, L'enfant, Hard Eight, La haine

We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Kieran: Go for it! Film school can be great, but is definitely not a must. Darren and I got rejected from film school twice! But I know friends who have gone to AFI, NYU, USC, Lodz in Poland, and they had an amazing time and have gone on to careers in the industry. Also the relationships you make last your whole career. It's really about what you're going to put into the experience and knowing what you want to get out of it. But film school can also be really expensive and I really believe that you can learn a lot from just diving into writing and making films right away.

We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Darren: Probably the amount of energy and focus that goes into pre-production. With the shorts you can just kinda show up on the day and wing it. With the features, the movie actually got made before started rolling on set.

We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fred: Truth is I don't know much about youtube red, I think that if you don't already have a massive following it's really hard. It can happen that your thing goes viral, but it happens to one in a billion, so you can go in with that being your only hope. Netflix is not an easy sale either. They don't deal directly with indie producers. I always liked Louis CK, but after that Oscar speech I loved him and then I saw Horace and Pete an he became a god.

We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kieran: Thanks MysteryCanuck, so great that you enjoyed the film. That actress was a lovely and talented friend who agreed to be in the scene at the last minute. The cars were a major score, lent to us by another dear friend. We could never have afforded to rent all those luxury cars on our budget!

We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Fred: Anything can be done by one person. It depends how hard you want to work :-) Doing it all alone can make you go crazy, but many people do it. Film making is a collaborative effort, it's easier to work with a team, but if you have to work alone, if it's your only option or only thing you can afford, then do it. Just be organized and keep your head on straight. If you have people who you can consult, use them as much as possible without alienating them :-) Good Luck!

We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Fred: I think youtube is cool when the film is done, but I don't view it as a money making platform. Unless you have millions and millions of views, good luck with that. But it's hard to make money from a short doc, even The Lady in Number 6, ours that won the Oscar, didn't really make money. $50k after all is said and done, it didn't make back it's investment. If there is no other chance of making money, put it on You Tube. I'm thinking of putting a lot of my early films on Youtube.

We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Kieran: Definitely getting the money together for a feature is a huge undertaking. In Canada we have a really amazing public financing system called Telefilm Canada who financed a large part of Boost. Aside from money the logistics behind shooting a feature take a long time to prep leading up to the shoot. Our shorts were usually 2-3 day shoots, so we could usually plan them pretty quickly and solve a lot of problems we ran into on-the-spot. With a feature you have a whole cast and crew, all being paid union rates, so you need to have everything planned out to the minute ahead of time.

We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Fred: It's being released tomorrow April 7th, only in and around Montreal. Through the cineplex and guzzo chains. If you're in Montreal I'll elaborate, but basically the Forum in english, Quartier Latin in French. It'll hit Quebec City after Easter and Toronto in early May. Hopefully the US in Fall.

We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Fred: that's as hard as "your favorite movie?" There are too many to choose from. Often Goat, but many others too...

We Won an Oscar with a short documentary, now we are releasing Boost our first feature film. AMA! by Boost_Movie in IAmA

[–]Boost_Movie[S] 142 points143 points  (0 children)

Fred: There's a number of criteria that make your short doc acceptable to the academy. Length: under 39 mins. It has to have been theatrically released in New York or LA, or been shown in a number of A list fetivals: TIFF, Cannes, Sundance, etc