Jun 28, 2021
There’s a lot of mixed feelings about “film school” these days. In this three-part episode I chat with three separate guests about the state of film education and training as well as the industry as a whole.
First up in part 1 is Randall Dottin, professor and chairperson of the screenwriting department at New York...
Dec 13, 2020
There has always existed the independent factions of any artistic mediums whether it be cinema, music, or fine arts. But does theater has have it’s own established independent scene?
Theater guys like Michael Pagano and his mentor and former high school teacher Dave Coonan weigh in as they have carved out their own...
Sep 3, 2020
Continuing from episode 27, I chat with composer Patrick Kirst. To showcase the collaboration with director on any given film project, we engage in a little creative musical workshop.
Aug 24, 2020
Film scores are there to enhance a scene at times, and at other times to go above and “beyond the two dimensions of the screen” as composer Patrick Kirst explains, perhaps to convey something the scene cannot.
From the classical symphonic heights of John Williams to the jazzier vibes of Bernard Hermann to the...
Jun 29, 2020
For sound mixers/recordists it’s always been a balance of capturing the best location sound possible while dealing with airplanes, police sirens, construction, lawnmowers, leaf blowers, barking dogs, refrigerators, air conditioners, phones ringing……not to mention searching for a clean RF signal in a world of...