Ivan Victor goes deep with what it takes to edit comedy versus scripted shows. You’ll get the full, uncut, audio interview from our In the Cut episode with Ivan. He tells it like he is. Great guy. And thanks to our guest host Baron Vaughn. Other posts you may enjoy: Dan Lebental Uncut Tom Richmond …
We welcome John Suits and Gabriel Cowan of New Artists Alliance (Bad Milo, Extracted, Static) to the podcast. In this episode, we discuss how John and Gabriel grew their company from mostly micro budgeted films to larger scale projects on a consistent basis. In this episode we cover: On attracting talent: The talent value equation: …
If you’ve checked out part 1 of our interview with Nancy, you are already familiar with the #1 note that she receives – Get to Oz faster. In this uncut podcast, we serve up more goodies, inspiring thoughts and behdind-the-scenes information from one of the top editors working today. Watch Nancy on In the Cut: …
Richard Boddington debut feature was a self financed $150,000 genre film, Dark Reprieve. The film went on to be picked up and distributed nationally by Image Entertainment. What’s great about Richard’s story is how he went about making his first film, his take aways, and then more importantly, how he leveraged that into his next …
Hollywood accounting for many is a mystery at best. Meet Steven Sills. Steven is co-author of Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood’s (Creative) Accounting Practices. He is a certified public accountant, a certified fraud examiner, a certified financial forensic, and a member of the California bar. Think CSI in the world of of Hollywood accounting. Steven was …
Spend an hour with Lynzee Klingman in this uncut podcast of her In the Cut interview. Lynzee is one of the worlds most venerated editors. She started here career with two Academy Award documentary picturs and then went onto edit One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Her work includes such films as A River Runs …
Maren Olson runs Traction Media. Based in Los Angeles, they do everything from developing, producing, packaging and selling independent film. Their primary business is selling films in the US marketplace. What do you look at when evaluating a project? How does budget impact your role as sales agent? Maren’s Packaging & presentation tips for the …
Spend an hour with Dan Lebental in this uncut podcast as he gets into what it takes to start out in Hollywood. Dan has edited some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, including Elf, Iron Man and now Thor: The Dark World. And you can watch Dan on our series of In the Cut. And if you …
Amotz Zakai is a manager at Echo Lake Management. He gives some pretty cut and dry information on what he would do. If you are starting out in film, this podcast gives some practical advice on how to get started in film. Managers vs. Agents On the role of private equity: My #1 Rule: Links …
The guys at Before the Door (a partnership between Neal Dodson, Corey Moosa & Zachary Quinto) have been tearing up the independent film scene over the last couple of years. Their first film Margin Call, needs no introduction. It has become the poster child for the new independent VOD, Super VOD model; you name it, …