This episode is full of the business info you need if you want to raise money for films and make money from your films. Jessica, Michael and Dan sit down with Cole Payne at Shock City Studios to learn about his journey from dropping out of college in MO, to learning the ropes of producing in LA and then his journey back home to start to produce a different kind of film. Cole get super transparent sharing actual numbers and the truth about financing and making money from your films.
Hailing from Russellville, MO, Cole Payne has been involved with financing and producing over 20 feature films with more on the way. 3 films he produced premiered at Sundance Film Festival. His company is called Traverse Media and in 2020 Payne launched genre label Traverse Terror to develop, produce and sell clever low budget horror films, currently released are the films YOU DIE, MONSTROUS, THE RETREAT and DAWN OF THE BEAST with more coming soon.
A few links to things mentioned in this episode:
Traverse Media's Website
Cole's IMDB
Film Hub - self-distribution platform
Indie film hustle podcast/Alex Ferrari
This podcast is sponsored by the MO Film Office (https://mofilm.org) and Shock City Studios (www.shockcitystudios.com) and is brought to you by Speak Up Productions (www.speakupproductions.com) and the In Motion team (www.inmotionconference.com)
Music by Courtney Orlando Peebles of So Hot Productions (https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-jr-peebles-05a2a19/)
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