#3: Working with a production company

In this episode we visit Spring Films who are a twice Oscar nominated London based independent production company, specialising in international co-productions and factual programming for television and cinema.

We speak with their Managing Director and executive producer Richard Melman to learn about how Spring Films operate and what the opportunity is for independent filmmakers to work with them.

Hosted by Karoline Pelikan (@PelikanPictures) and Paul Hulligan (@paulhully).

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Episode guide:

00:57 - Introduction

02:58 - The evolution of Spring Films

08:05 - The type of films they make and films they’ve recently made

12:47 - How they operate

16:31 - How they decide a story is worth transforming into a film

19:00 - advice on getting the films commissioned

23:12 - Supporting and working with independent filmmakers

26:47 - How to approach and sell your film project to Spring Films

35:16 - Whats happens when they agree to work with you, the process

39:32 - What to prepare before approaching them

44:23 - How they try to attract independent filmmakers to approach them and more about how to approach them

45:45 - What they are looking for from an independent filmmaker

46.22 - An example of how they've worked with independent filmmakers (Cool Daddio: The Second Youth of R. Stevie Moore (2019))

50:24 - Advice for independent filmmakers and people wanting to work in the industry