In this episode, I'm joined by filmmaker and re-recording mixer Mark Hensley to talk about his micro-budget feature Clown and Out in Valley Village, which he shot guerrilla style over the course of a year with no crew, a cast of two, and a total budget of around $4,000 (half of which went to a single permit).
Mark shares how he found the script through a Facebook writing group, cut a 200-page draft down to something shootable, and built a workflow around editing each scene the night it was shot so he and his actors could review the footage and reshoot anything that wasn't working.
We also dive deep into his remarkable background in sound, from recording music at the Record Plant in Sausalito to mixing major network TV shows in LA, and the practical audio techniques every indie filmmaker should steal from his playbook.
Topics covered include:
Why shooting slowly over a year with no crew is a creative advantage
Operating as a one man band with the S1H, an RS3 Pro gimbal, and lavs into camera
Why no single plugin fixes bad dialogue, and rescuing scenes with tools like DX Revive
Having actors re-run scenes as audio-only safety takes to patch dropouts in post
When emotional production sound beats technically perfect ADR
Shooting guerrilla style in LA, and why a boom mic is the one giveaway to avoid
Knowing your coverage in advance instead of shooting every scene wide-medium-close
Renting vs. buying gear, and why becoming a filmmaker means owning a camera
Why anybody can become a filmmaker, even starting at 55 with zero experience
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