James Wall Talk

2010 graduate with a First.
Bought equipment during uni. Made short film on Youtube. Connections through collaborations. 6 months - 10 films/2months - lots of portfolio stuff - was noticed by actors and people wanting to work with him. Decided to do feature length. Fundraiser, bad timing and failed attempts. Instagram and Twitter support. Launched a pre-production site. Contacted by distribution companies. Wanted to buy if he had a star name attached.
Realised scheduling issues - needed more planning. Skype, PDFs, all digital.
Unscheduled changed improved the story. Nearly a year in post production compared to 2 weeks filming. Also freelancing and working full time - freelancing go him a lot more money. Hated the film a that point.

People enjoyed 7 mins so broke it down into chunks = more content, lots of social media = build up interest + interaction = more audience. Asked for reviews before posting.
'Internet famous' etc - more followers to see it. Stay up late emailing *everything* to get the news/word out.
Got to do a talk at BAF. Got a sequel funded (meeting in August).
2010 = graduate - 2012 - make film - 2013 - publish film - 2014 funding offer.
Cash from youtube partner thing. Film more for portfolio etc rather than anything else, little financial return. 'My calling card' Youtube - international.
Could have planned for subtitles. Lot of work. Freelancing through uni. LINKEDIN. Look for marketing companies. Recommendations between companies. He went to a company w/a brief (look at what you can do on youtube) took his brief and ideas to someone else. Rebranded as a company after a while; 'Creative Director'. Told a company 'this is a job role you need filled, I can do it' became content creator for 11th biggest site in UK. Company, freelance + graphic designer. Still Leeds based. 'Travel to where work is' is v-important. Does a lot  in Manchester (after Bradford). Some in London. Networking > being good at the job. Social Media - thumbs up. "Chatting shit is important". Blag.
Business networking events for work.

Job at the start of freelancing but recurring commissions. Be careful w/contracts etc. Identify what you are going to do for the company. Difference between professional person or yourself. Don't get disheartened. You're always as good as the last thing you made so keep improving.