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Robbie Consing: Storyboards
Robbie Consing, storyboard artist. Credits include: Transformers, Jumper, The Island, Terminator 3, Minority Report, X2, Mission Impossible II, Bab Boys II, Pearl Harbor, and more. Robbie broke down the creative and technical aspects of being a storyboard artist. We showed samples of his work from ‘Transformers’, as he explained what they were about. Consing has more »
Read MoreJosh Gomez of NBC’s Chuck
Josh Gomez who plays Morgan Grimes on the NBC show “Chuck”, was the guest tonight on Filmnut. In addition to a lot of laughs, we covered a lot material, Chuck related and otherwise. How he broke into acting, the audition process for Chuck and how he and Zachary Levi did their own improvisation for it. His more »
Read MoreSag Board Member Ned Vaughn
SAG board member Ned Vaughn was the guest on a special Tuesday edition of Filmnut. Did the contract vote with for an agreement with the AMPTP pass? We get right to that in the beginning of the show. ***Spoiler alert*** The vote passed. Ned gave the local and national percentages… Beyond that we talked about more »
Read MoreActor Seymour Cassel Says Vote No!
Seymour Cassel was the guest tonight on Filmnut and we explored the reasons why sag actors should vote No on the proposed agreement with the AMPTP… Personally, while I agree with some of the reasoning, I haven’t made up my mind yet as I also see the other point of view. If you asked me more »
Read MoreGary Goldman, 1st A.D. Entourage
Gary Goldman, 1st A.D./Associate Producer for the HBO show Entourage, covered a lot of material tonight. One of the things that was special for me about this episode was Gary was kind enough to let me come down to the Entourage set prior to the interview to watch him work. It made for some extra more »
Read MoreProducer Andrew Paquin
Producer Andrew Paquin started his career in the world of finance before transitioning to film production. Hooking up with a college friend, writer/director Marshall Lewy, Paquin produced a short film Balkanization. The two later teamed up for the romantic comedy feature “Blue State” starring Breckin Meyer and Andrew’s sister, Oscar winner Anna Paquin. We talked more »
Read MoreActor/Writer Tino Struckmann
Prior to film, Tino Struckmann started off in personal protection, where he worked for such stars as Robert De Niro, Naomi Campbell, Bill Gates and many more. Struckmann also served in the armed forces for ten years and it is this background and an appreciation for history that he brings to producing and starring in more »
Read MoreDov S-S Simens
Dov S-S Simens, who includes Quentin Tarantino, and Chris Nolan among his many famous past students, talks and entertains us tonight about his 2 day film school including everything a first time filmmaker, or should I say producer, (Dov hates the word filmmaker) would want to know. Dov shoots straight, has a few rants and more »
Read MoreTodd Lindgren, Vice President of FilmL.A.
Todd Lindgren, Vice President of FilmL.A. was very informative about the permit process here in Los Angeles and the local territories that they cover. Anyone who makes a living with a moving camera should watch this episode. Who needs a permit? How to get them? What do they cost? Do you need a permit on more »
Read MoreDan Curry
Chuck & Star Trek (TV) Visual Effects Supervisor Dan Curry was informative and entertaining using visual aids from Star Trek in some cases to demonstrate what he does. In this episode we talked about the skills it takes to be a visual effects supervisor, working with different departments on a film set and geeked out more »
Read MoreProducer Kerry David
Kerry David started in the business by working for Paramount, then it was on to being a personal assistant for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, her “personal film school” as she calls it, to then launching her own production company. We covered projects past and present, including Agent Cody Banks 1 and 2, My Date more »
Read MoreBiggest Loser Editor Marina Catala
How real is reality TV? We got into that and much more with editor Marina Catala who edits for NBC’s The Biggest Loser. Catala’s other credits include: The Amazing Race, Beauty and the Geek, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, Pros Versus Joes, and many more. So what does a reality editor do? How more »
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