Papa & Sons Director Q&A

We had a Q&A session with the director of Papadopoulos & Sons Marcus Markou. These are the top 5 things I learnt.

1. It is possible for an independent film to be profitable without the help of a sales agent. Marcus used guerrilla marketing and spoke to distributors himself in order to make his money back.

2. Knowing who your audience is key. Marcus used Papa & Sons's Greek influences to market to the abundant British Greek community.

3. The two most variable costs for a film are actors and location.

4. Making a film on a studio budget is much less of a financial risk as funding is from companies avoiding taxes by investing in film.

5. The role of a Line Producer is to go through the script line-by-line and estimate a budget for the entire film.