They Rug Pulled My Fans Without Me | $POSITIONS Producer Brandon Daley & Ivan Patriki

He made a crypto movie called $Positions, and while it premiered at South By Southwest, scammers were busy launching meme coins in its name and rug pulling his fans.Brandon Daley is an independent filmmaker who spent 14 years selling power tools on the internet while self funding short films for $5,000 each. No Hollywood connections, no nepotism, no family money. He stayed in the Midwest, ground it out on the film festival circuit, and finally got a sub million dollar feature financed by Chicago indie investors. He paid himself $10,000 for four years of work.Brandon and Ivan Patriki get into how indie films actually get funded, the moral quandary of taking money from first time investors, why influencer follower counts now decide which movies get made, and the strange saga of scammers launching $Positions meme coins off his trailer while he stayed clear of the whole thing.We cover:How a power tool merchandising director self funded his way into feature filmWhy he purposefully stayed in the Midwest instead of moving to LAThe "arbitrage" between Chicago indie film and HollywoodWhy he refused to bring a first time investor onto his first featureRoger Corman's exploitation thesis and the "Instagram Reels playbook" for shock value"What if I released the whole movie in 30 second chunks on Instagram?"Casting strangers off the street versus working with real actors ("it's like Bang Bus but with independent film")Would he cast Andrew Tate? (and why it might hurt his Sundance chances)Why a $20M budget is actually less scary than a six figure onePaying himself $10,000 for four years of work so the crew could get paidVomiting every morning during pre production, and why the actors could never knowWhy AI aids storytellers but threatens camera teams and actorsThe $Positions meme coins, the rug pulls, and the scammer in Indonesia he felt "connected to"Why crypto is the new lottery ticket for people looking for hope out of povertyReal advice on chasing an idea before someone else grabs itRESOURCES & LINKS:Watch $Positions:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0GXZPXD4F?ref_=atv_dp_share_cu_rApple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/positions/umc.cmc.3yhlyu51vf1jdcrgoe87goidzYoutube Movies:

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