HALLOWEEN BONUS: How to Write a Profitable Horror Film with Stephen Follows

HALLOWEEN BONUS episode from my other show The Indie Film Hustle
Podcast.

Today on the show we have returning champion Stephen Follows.
In this Halloween themed episode, we dive into Stephen's
opus, The Horror Report. The report was created by using
data on every horror film ever made, a data-driven dive into
everything from development, production, and distribution to
recoupment and profitability.

Stephen Follows is an established data researcher in the film
industry whose work has been featured in the New York Times, The
Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Mirror, The
Evening Standard, Newsweek, The News Statesman, AV Club, and
Indiewire.

He acted as an industry consultant and guest on the BBC Radio 4
series The Business of Film, which was topped the iTunes podcast
chart, and has consulted for a wide variety of clients, including
the Smithsonian in Washington. He has been commissioned to write
reports for key film industry bodies and his most recent study,
looking at gender inequity in the UK film industry and was launched
on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ program.

Stephen has taught at major film schools, normal business schools,
and minor primary schools. His lessons range established topics
from Producing at MA and BA level, online video and the business of
film producing to more adventurous topics such as measuring the
unmeasurable, advanced creative thinking and the psychology of film
producing. He has taught at the National Film and Television School
(NFTS), Met Film School, NYU, Filmbase, and on behalf of the BFI,
the BBC, and the British Council.

Stephen has produced over 100 short films and two features. Past
clients range from computer game giants, technology giants, and
sporting giants but sadly no actual giants. He’s shot people in
love, in the air, on the beach, and on fire (although not at the
same time) across over a dozen different countries in locations
ranging from the Circle Line to the Arctic Circle.

Enjoy my eye-opening conversation with Stephen Follows.

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