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Joshua Caldwell

Director / Writer / Producer

Joshua Caldwell is a director, writer, producer, and MTV Movie Award Winner. His debut feature film LAYOVER was made for $6000 and had its World Premiere to sold out crowds at the 2014 Seattle International Film Festival where it was nominated for the prestigious FIPRESCI New American Cinema Award. In 2015, he directed the first season of Hulu’s SOUTH BEACH and the Paramount Pictures feature film BE SOMEBODY. In 2017 his latest film, the action-thriller NEGATIVE, had its World Premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival and will be released in the fall.

Websites Meydenbauer Entertainment
NFS Score 206 (Sophomore)
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Article Comment – How We Hacked Production to Make a Full-Scale Spy Thriller for $100K

Thanks! I totally agree. I think my point is there are a lot of different ways to make films and to make different types of films but for the most part, only one way is every really taught or talked about. Often with indie films, so much of your money goes into things that aren't on screen and may not actually be necessary.

5 years ago
Article Comment – How We Hacked Production to Make a Full-Scale Spy Thriller for $100K

Really appreciate the kind words, thank you!

5 years ago
Article Comment – 5 Things You Should Think About After You Pass on Your Distribution Deal

You're presuming that our film isn't entertaining because it doesn't have name actors and it's in a foreign language and was made inexpensively. If that's the case then all microbudget filmmakers should just give up, right? Of course this is a difficult film to market and we knew that going in. But people are paying for it, they do like it after they see it and they are entertained. So, we didn't skip that step, it just doesn't fit into the traditional paradigm that you think makes an entertaining film. And that's okay. But plenty of films are getting made and they aren't getting distribution. The above article was designed to tell filmmakers what we've learned as we begin our direct distribution. The films don't have to die on the shelf. It's possible to find an audience, even if it's small (which is why it was important we made it so inexpensively.

If it's the choice between telling a unique story and going this route or making the same thing we've all seen before but maybe it gets bigger distribution, I'll take the unique story every time.

8 years ago
Article Comment – Getting High Production Value Even on a Minuscule Budget

We don't have much unfortunately. However, the film is now available to purchase at http://www.LayoverFilm.com. There's some Anatomy of a Scene BTS clips and an interview with me. Also, over at /Film we have this article about shooting in a club: http://www.slashfilm.com/how-to-shoot-a-club-scene/

8 years ago
Article Comment – Getting High Production Value Even on a Minuscule Budget

You're right. I shoudn't say we "didn't need to light" but that instead, we were able to make better use of the available light. Thus, we only had to do minor shaping using a 1x1 panel light. It about having to use less lights, less powerful lights, to accomplish the same effect.

8 years ago
Article Comment – Getting High Production Value Even on a Minuscule Budget

So, our DP William Wolffe handled most of the lighting while I operated the camera. I'm comfortable operating and because we didn't have a video village, didn't even have an on board monitor, I didn't want to waste time going back and watching takes and making sure it worked. It was just faster and easier for me to operate the camera. As for the combo, I prefer operating whenever I can. I find that it gives me much greater insight with regard to how the actor is performing than if I'm stepped away from it. But that's me. It didn't hinder me in anyway but that's because I did so much prep as a director that by the time we got on set it was about minor tweaks.

8 years ago

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