How to Boost your Film's Exposure - proven strategies with Amy Guth

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This week on the Podcast I talk to Filmmaker Amy Guth. Amy started out as a journalist and now works as a producer on short films and features. She's run a film fesitval as well as written several books on pitching and what she calls 'unapologetic visibility'.

We covered a number of topics in this chat, Amy talks to me about her career in journalism. She also talked about how to pitch to investors and how to get famous cast in your movie and she gave me some tips on how to get into film festivals.
Find out more about Amy and check out her books at https://www.amyguth.com/

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1. All about Amy, her career and the books she's written (00:00:00)

2. Amy's path from Journalism into filmmaking (00:00:56)

3. How to get into journalism - Amy's top tips (00:03:51)

4. How did Amy get her first films funded? (00:08:05)

5. Compounding visibility and unapologetic visibility - boosting your exposure (00:11:54)

6. Film festivals, Amy's tips for getting into a festival (00:16:47)

7. Pitching masterclass - how to get famous names in your film (00:21:33)

8. What advice would Amy give to herself starting out - what does she wish she'd known? (00:26:10)