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    The Business

    Funding Movies via Slated; The Unsung Casting Director

    Slated: a matchmaking site for filmmakers and film investors. Plus, the rise of the unsung casting director.

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    By Kim Masters • Aug 3, 2013 • 28m Listen

    The co-founders of Slated.com lay out how their service is different from crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter-- stressing that they connect indie filmmakers with investors, not donors. Then, we meet a couple of those filmmakers who credit Slated with funding their movies. Plus, a new HBO documentary tells the story of how casting directors gained prominence and respect in the business.

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:00

      Hollywood News Banter

      Kim Masters is joined by John Horn of the Los Angeles Times. They banter about this week’s top entertainment news stories.

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      7 min
    2. 8:10

      Slated

      The Business contributor John Horn talks with the founders of Slated, Stephan Paternot and Duncan Cork. They claim that the system of financing independent film is “broken” so they created Slated where credible projects could connect with legitimate financiers to invest in their movies.

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      14 min
    3. 22:35

      Unsung Casting Director

      The Business producer, Darby Maloney, tracks the evolution of casting directors in the business as seen through the Tom Donahue documentary Casting By.

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      6 min
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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Darby Maloney

      Producer

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:007 min

      Hollywood News Banter

    2. 8:1014 min

      Slated

    3. 22:356 min

      Unsung Casting Director

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