Filmnut – Season 1 Episodes – Industry Professionals
Magali Guidasci costume designer for Zombieland
Magali Guidasci costume designer Zombieland, Alien Versus Predator, The Professional, Armageddon and more came on to talk about the skills required to be a costume designer. We got into what comprises the department. The difference between a costume designer and a costume supervisor, how she works with talent, directors and other department heads. Viewers asked more »
Read More1 Degree from Quentin Tarantino
Filmnut 122 Guest: Joe D’Augustine Projects: ‘One Night With You’, ‘Kill Bill’ I and II, ‘Death Proof’ Crew Position: Writer/ Director/ Editor Website: http://www.khpreleasing.com (For the latest news about One Night With You) http://www.filmforno.com (D’Augustine’s blog on film) Joe D’Augustine offered great tips and insight into the editing process where his career began. Having worked more »
Read MoreMusic In Film
Episode #118 Guest: Kurt Oldman Crew Position: Composer Website: www.kurtoldman.com I’ve been looking forward to tonight’s show with Kurt Oldman because I learned first hand the importance music has to a film on my first feature ‘Walking The Walk’. Yes I was aware of it in an abstract sense but when I saw the rough more »
Read MoreBryan Whitaker
Guest: Bryan Whitaker Crew Position: Visual Effects Supervisor/ CGI Company: Majikmaker Effects Website: www.majikmaker.com Tonight’s show featured our first guest, Bryan Whitaker, who specializes in CGI (computer generated images) as well as visual effects. He talked about the time, cost, preparation, and work involved in creating effects in such movies as The Matrix Revolution, and more »
Read MoreLloyd Kaufman of Troma
Guest: Lloyd Kaufman (President of Troma Entertainment) Project: “Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead” Genre: Troma (for those of you not familiar with Troma: Horror, Comedy, Satire) Starring: Jason Yachanin, Kate Graham, Allison Sereboff, Robin Watkins, Ron Jeremy, Lloyd Kaufman Project: Make Your Own Damn Movie dvd set. Featuring Interviews with: Eli Roth, Trey Parker, more »
Read MoreGerry Santos & Randy Bookman
Guests: Gerry Santos & Randolph Bookman Project: Forced Alliance: The Star Wars saga continues My executive producer, Brian Gramo warned me these guys were kind of like Frick and Frack (Does anyone know if there was ever an actual Frick and Frack?); and, he was right. I think I’d have an easier time separating Siamese more »
Read MoreRich Knight & Lisa Hammer
Guests: Lisa Hammer & Rich Knight Project: Pox (Horror) Separate Topic: Horror effects make-up Tonight’s show was interesting indeed. First we had writer director Lisa Hammer, who views her work as being kind of family oriented/ cheery fairy tale like. I can’t seem to recall ever seeing a Disney Film where heads are being chopped more »
Read MoreBrandon Paine of Shoreline Ent.
Guest: Brandon Paine Head of Acquisitions for Shoreline Entertainment Topic: Film Distribution www.slefilms.com Brandon@slefilms.com Yes we are artists and we make film for the love of filmmaking. But if we can get distribution and make a few bucks that will go a long way towards helping us make more films! With that in mind I more »
Read MoreWarren Eig
Guests: Warren Eig Projects: Knit Wits (short) A Family X-Mas; Horror (short) Production Company: Baby Boom Pictures http://www.atomfilms.com/film/family_xmas.jsp http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/knitwits http://www.babyboompictures.com Warren Eig came on tonight and was a great follow up to my first guest last week. He brought two very funny shorts with him: ‘Knit Wits’, which has appeared in six film festivals; and, more »
Read MoreBrandon David
Guest: Brandon David Project: Bristol Boys Comedy/ Crime Drama Based on a true story about a group of drug dealers in Bristol Connecticut. http://www.bristolboysthemovie.com http://www.myspace.com/bristolboys Production Company: King Midas Productions After months of speculation, the first episode of Filmnut has arrived! (Brian Gramo, executive producer starts all shows at #100 to make us feel like more »
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