Roger Corman And Easy Riders. Make It Cheap And Fail Fast

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Imagine this

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Imagine…

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Remember them?

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Yeah I know we didn’t really have them…

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I’ve painted a great picture right?

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Something you can DEFINITELY imagine

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Ok. Action.

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1955 – 1970. Directed 53 films.

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In his career how many films has been involved in?

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It could even be over 400.

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What do pretty much all of them have in common?

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“Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this century - they combine Art and business!” — Roger Corman

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“Corman–isms” https://nofilmschool.com/2016/08/9-genius-filmmaking-tips-roger-corman-locarno

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Build a crew that makes you proud.

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Hello BOOM folk!

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Find a personal statement in every film.

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Care about what you’re making.

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Stick up for yourself and your beliefs.

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We will get approval.

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Create guidelines for your films.

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Formats can be good.

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Realise your limits.

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It’s okay to do it on the cheap.

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Plan, plan, plan.

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Process the shit out of stuff.

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Uphold the B-Movie smarts by spending pragmatically

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Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

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“Wayne–isms”

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Make it fuckin’ cheap.

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Then you can fuckin’ fail fast.

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What Corman was doin’

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Workin’ quickly.

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Gettin’ shit into production.

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Jumpin’ on trends.

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He wasn’t complacent.

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Wasn’t this supposed to be about content, Wayne?

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Soz.

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Lets take a look behind the curtain at BOOM

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Creative content looks like this…

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“You can make a movie about anything, as long as it has a hook to hang the advertising on.” — Roger Corman

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Creative content also looks like this…

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Why do we make creative content?

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Traffic

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Engagement

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Links

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Everybody loves a process.

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Brainwriting

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Dump

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Score

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✓ Simplicity ✓ Originality ✓ Relevancy ✓ Budget ✓ Universal ✓ Emotion ✓ Meme-orability ✓ Credibility ✓ Outreach Potential ✓ Timing Score: 75 / 100

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Approval

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Design

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Feedback

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www

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Success?

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Don’t Stop

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“In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman.” — Roger Corman