Clapboard Jungle

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Clapboard Jungle

2020,

1h 50m,

Documentary

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42 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

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42 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Navigating the current film business is more difficult than ever before. Rapidly-changing technology, and a greatly over-crowded marketplace have lead to an industry in which anyone can make a film now, but few can make a living. CLAPBOARD JUNGLE is a documentary intended to serve as a survival guide for the modern independent filmmaker. Featuring interviews with dozens of directors, producers, writers, actors, distributors, festival programmers, publicity persons and much more, while following one filmmaker's personal journey, this is a film created to help people stay afloat in a risky business.

Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

Apr 16, 2021

As educational videos go, this may not be a replacement for film school, and it's definitely no substitute for doing the work. At least McConnell makes it clear what any wannabe Spielberg or Peele should know - it's all grind.

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Raphael Abraham

Financial Times

Apr 14, 2021

3/5

An unblinking autobiographical documentary in which tirelessly aspiring Canadian film-maker Justin McConnell takes us through the toils of a stalling career in the indie horror movie biz.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Apr 14, 2021

2/5

Clapboard Jungle suffers from a weird mix of information overload and a lack of actual, usable information that might be of assistance to film-makers or of interest to film audiences.

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Q.V. Hough

Vague Visages

Feb 18, 2022

Clapboard Jungle could not only benefit up-and-coming filmmakers, but also young writers who are serious about pursuing a career in film criticism. Passion isnt enough. You need to understand the business side of it all

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

May 10, 2021

C+

This account of one man's search for success in the moviemaking world is less revelatory than mildly interesting.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

May 7, 2021

2/4

Clapboard Jungle is saddled by the sheer, narrow tedium of McConnell's projects' constant fits and starts, amid a repetitive if enlightening deluge of filmmakers testifying to industry pitfalls.

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Navigating the current film business is more difficult than ever before. Rapidly-changing technology, and a greatly over-crowded marketplace have lead to an industry in which anyone can make a film now, but few can make a living. CLAPBOARD JUNGLE is a documentary intended to serve as a survival guide for the modern independent filmmaker. Featuring interviews with dozens of directors, producers, writers, actors, distributors, festival programmers, publicity persons and much more, while following one filmmaker's personal journey, this is a film created to help people stay afloat in a risky business.

Director: Justin McConnell
Producer: Justin McConnell
Production Co: Unstable Ground Productions, Federgreen Entertainment
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2021
Runtime: 1h 50m

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