The pros and cons of independence

WHEN I was asked to contribute an article on the pros and cons of indie filmmaking I was surprised to see how long my list of cons was.

Don’t get me wrong, I love making movies, I’ve dedicated my life to it, but when it came to making my first feature film Trampoline, it was one of the toughest and most stressful processes I ever put myself through.

I grew up very much in awe of the power of cinema. Movies were, and still are, my life. There’s nothing I love more than buying my ticket, sitting down in the theatre, having the lights dim and then losing myself in a film that’s projected on the massive screen in front of me. It was always my dream to one day be seated in a cinema with my own movie being screened in front of an audience.