Produced By - Insight #SPECIAL - Jafar, KC, Teddy and Bruna: The Importance Of Finding The Right Team
Episode Date: June 24, 2023In today’s special episode, I was joined by part of the team behind Perfidia, an ambitious short film that is currently competing in festivals. The crew consists of a Kurdish-British producer Jafar ...Mohammad, a British-Kenyan co-writer and editor Teddy Njuguna, a Portuguese writer and director Bruna Pias and a British producer KC Hughes. We mostly talked about their experiences making Perfidia, a short film about male domestic abuse victims, which they made together. The discussion covered everything from its conception, production and future plans to the ambitious plans to turn it into a television series. We also got to know the team better as they talked openly about their backgrounds, prior education and career obstacles. For filmmakers, students, and anybody working in the creative sectors, this episode is packed with excellent tips. Additionally, they provide some useful resources that might be helpful to many people when they enter this industry. Listen to this episode to learn more about Perfidia's behind-the-scenes, find out how to get your movie commissioned for a TV series and get inspired by the incredible energy of this amazing team. Follow the team: Jafar Mohammad https://www.linkedin.com/in/jafar-mohammad/ https://www.instagram.com/neutral4life/ https://jafarkmohammad.wixsite.com/jafar-official K.C. Hughes https://www.kc-hughes.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kchughes1701/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kc-hughes-79b21a140/ Teddy Njuguna https://www.linkedin.com/in/teddy-njuguna-6b6a05166/?originalSubdomain=uk https://tedrnjuguna.pb.online/ https://www.instagram.com/t3drnjuguna/?hl=en Bruna Pias https://www.brunapias.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruna-pias-4a1642181/?originalSubdomain=uk https://www.instagram.com/film.bruna/ Three Two Productions https://www.linkedin.com/company/threetwo-productions/ https://threetwoofficial.wixsite.com/threetwoofficial https://www.instagram.com/threetwoofficial/?hl=en Perfidia https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/perfidia-short-film--2#/ Topics: Introductions Background Short film Perfidia Previous education Discussing Perfidia Raising the budget Production value Future plans Pitching projects Advice Looking for work Useful resources Creativity Looking back at Perfidia Follow the crew Resources from the podcast: https://produced-by-podcast.com/blog/special-resources Quotes: “If that is your dream, then grab your phone, grab your friends, experiment and go for it. And if I might be a downer, just expect a lot of rejection and a lot of heartbreak. It is not easy to be in this industry.” “So just go out and put yourself out there, which is something I wish I had done. I wish I had done more while I was at film school.“ “When your crew becomes your family, then you know that it's gonna turn out well.” “Don't be afraid to make mistakes. That's the most important rule. Because if you don't make mistakes, you'll never learn, never grind and never feel that accomplishment” Connect with the podcaster: https://tomasloucky.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasloucky/ https://www.instagram.com/thisistommen/ Follow the podcast: 🌐 Website: https://produced-by-podcast.com 🔗 Links: https://linktr.ee/produced_by 💬 Contact: https://produced-by-podcast.com/contact 📷 Instagram: https://instagram.com/produced_by_podcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT5LHnM6YCaeVzIr0WatOsw ✉️ Email: podcast.produced.by@gmail.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/produced-by/id1684669642 🤩 If you enjoy listening to the podcast, please, leave a review on your podcast app, subscribe or share it with your friends. You can also send us a message and share any feedback, advice and tips for guests. 📭 Subscribe at https://produced-by-podcast.com/subscribe so that you don't miss out! Connect with Tomas:X: https://x.com/TomasLouckyStan: https://stan.store/TommenLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasloucky/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisistommen/Unproduced:Newsletter: https://unproduced.substack.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unproducednotesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033Ddo8ibDlLYoaP7FFLIWMore:Links: https://linktr.ee/produced_byNewsletter: https://producednewsletter.substack.com/The Podcast Club: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/25420030/Tools & gear that support the show:Metricool: https://f.mtr.cool/HRJBZKRiverside: https://riverside.sjv.io/vDnDodFavikon: https://www.favikon.com?fpr=tommenRa Optics: https://ra-optics.myshopify.com/discount/TOMMEN?rfsn=8803777.591d19JamX: https://jamx.ai/podcasters-offer?ref_id=e02d48af-ef66-4e76-b804-c2e8d282a8bfSome links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. If you find them useful, using these links helps keep the podcast running. Thank you! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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So with film being finished now, what are some things that you wish you could have done differently or maybe better if there are such things?
Well, for me as a director, as the director of the film, I'm really proud of what we done for one reason, which is we didn't have any money and we barely had any resources.
So what we've done I'm really proud of.
I do wish, I mean, we try to be very inclusive with our crew and cast.
I wish we could have pushed a bit more if it wasn't for time and money to sort of get more people involved from different backgrounds, especially disabled people or people from lower income backgrounds, for example.
Would you like to give from the data?
The data. We did manage to have a 60% female crew across all production and we had 40% non-white filmmakers working on it.
We always strive to improve this, essentially.
and we want to make more and we want to bring more people.
In terms of the film itself, you know, given the money and resources, I'm really proud of it.
There's not anything, maybe specific things that, you know, would spoil it and I would have to go into detail.
And nobody else notices but me.
I'm the only person who will notice minor flaw.
Van Litter on the right wasn't right, you know.
Exactly, stuff like that.
But other than that, perfectionist.
I'm really proud of it.
and I'm really happy with everything.
I think for me, it's just literally like there were two things that we fixed in post.
The well-known phrase will fix in it post has said that so many times.
Sometimes it is what it is, you know what I mean?
Here's the truth.
98% of what we shove up for Philadelphia, we set some plan for.
And it was exactly as we wanted it to be.
I guess it was great pre-production and great planning.
Oh, yes.
Yeah.
Not only that, we just had an amazing director, Bruno, for instance.
We had an amazing TOP.
We had an amazing T.
Honestly, we would have been able to do what we did without that to you, about that kind
of like finance.
You know, it was a short shoot, I think two days, three days, max.
And, you know, with that amount of fruit, it wouldn't have happened.
Yeah, it turns that you blended really well, so.
I will say, like what Jafar said.
When your crew becomes your family, then you know that it's going to turn out well.
And I think we had such a lovely environment on set.
It wasn't like stressful.
No one was pulling hairs.
Oh my God, we have to go.
But at the end of the two-day shoot, we were all sad about leaving.
And that's when you know you're going to have a great film because everyone's so invested in it as much as we were as the main team.
But I guess you will work together or something again.
I mean, she'll probably work on the TV series again.