Jan Birley : From Business to Scripts, The Journey to the Film : Hot Flash

Chapters:

0:00 Welcome and introducing Jan
0:33 What Hot Flash is about
1:56 How much of Geri is Jan?
5:04 Handing your script to other people
10:00 Writing a book vs writing a script
12:01 Basing characters on real people
15:50 Stephen King and Jan's horror novel
18:51 Where audiences laughed at the screenings
19:58 "Bridget Jones meets the menopause"
22:32 From IT project manager to film producer
26:06 Making a feature film in under a year
26:38 Eliot Kennedy and 14 original songs
28:55 Raising the money with no public funding
33:00 Where an $800,000 budget goes
35:26 Meet the cast
37:56 Why Geri's son is a trans character
41:17 The next film, Christmas Hideaway
43:21 Telling stories for the over-40s
47:37 When you can watch Hot Flash
48:37 Seeing an idea through
54:29 Learning to produce on the job
56:30 Speeding up after 50
59:41 The people who back you
1:02:23 Thanks and goodbye

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