Joanne Mitchell on Movies That Changed Your Life: Wizard Of Oz, The Exorcist, The Babadook

3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE: A Britflicks Podcast with screenwriter Stuart Wright

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker Joanne Mitchell, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Wizard Of Oz impact, The Exorcist analysis, and The Babadook influence on her personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Joanne Mitchell also discusses the making of her feature length directorial debut Broken Bird and remembers the world premiere at Frightfest 2024

Movies That Changed Your Life

Find out about how filmmaker Joanne Mitchell made her feature length directorial debut Broken Bird and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.

[0:42] The making of Joanne’s feature length directorial debut Broken Bird

[1:51] Remembering the world premiere at Frightfest 2024

[4:29] What were the storytelling challenges of developing the short film CYBIL into the feature film Broken Bird

[10:45] What were the challenges of shooting in Serbia and showing it as the North Of England?

[13:10] Rebecca Calder in the lead role – a change from the short

[18:10] The look and feel of the film – Cinematography

[20:49] Creating fantastical moments in camera

[24:15] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

Wizard Of Oz impact

[24:50] Joanne Mitchell shares how Wizard Of Oz crosses all the genres and is one of her first movie watching memories. How the themes are timeless and the cartoon characters of the scarecrow, tin man and lion had such a magical and profound impact on her. For a child and an adult, it’s stunning.

The Exorcist analysis

[30:45] Joanne Mitchell shares how The Exorcist is storytelling and filmmaking at its best. She saw this for the first time aged just 13 with friends, during the day and with curtains still open. Given she was so close in age to Regan, she could relate to the lead character and her relationship with her mother.

The Babadook Influence

[37:58] Joanne Mitchell talks about how The Babadook really landed with her. It touched her on so many levels at the time because she was a new mum with a baby who wouldn’t sleep. In particular, the isolation of one’s self when it appears everyone else around you is coping so well. Joanne also offers her own theory on who the ‘Babadook’ is – real or metaphor?

Key Takeaways:

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn about how Joanne Mitchell made her feature length directorial debut Broken Bird

- Developing a feature film from a short film

- Memories of a world premiere at Frightfest 2024

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Wizard Of Oz (1939), The Exorcist (1973), The Babadook (2014)

- Full show notes and transcript:

About the Guest:

Joanne Mitchell is is an English film, stage and TV actress and also Director and Producer. In 2011 she co-founded Mitchell Brunt Films with husband and Emmerdale colleague Dominic Brunt and has worked as producer/writer and Director on several of the company's films.

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