Ep. 36 – Rain, Wind, Fire and Crashing Cars
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When it comes to big budget movies that combine pyrotechnics, car chases, scattering crowds or any combination there of, both the Special Effects Department and Stunt Department need to combine forces to make it all work on camera, while keeping everyone involved safe. In my final episode, I chat with Keith Campbell (stunts) and Craig “Tex” Barnett (Special Efx), about how they are able to create some of the most chaotic and eye-popping sequences from their work on Adam Sandler’s most recent movie “Spaceman of Bohemia” to “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Transformers.
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Update
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A word from your host Rob Albrecht giving you an update on the On Air Off Set podcast.
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Ep.35 - Who Needs Film School? (Part 3)
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Rounding out this three-part episode on film school is my guest Fernanda Rossi - screenwriter and filmmaker. She explains her unique approach to mentoring and coaching everyone from film students to established filmmakers in her international seminars and workshops.
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Ep.34 - Who Needs Film School? (Part 2)
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In part 2 of this three-part episode I chat with cinematographer and part-time teacher/instructor Jeffrey Hagerman.
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Ep,33 - Who Needs Film School? (Part 1)
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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.
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Ep.32 - Therapy For Creatives
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We all can use therapy these days and if you're a creative/artist, perhaps you can use a professional who understands and even has some experience your field. I chat with two NYC-based therapists to mine the depths of this type of specialization.
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Ep.31 - P.O.C. In The Industry (Part 2)
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We continue our conversation with my guests Brian De la Cruz and Derek Stalley in part two of our sprawling conversation about people of color in Hollywood, on and off set.
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Ep.30 - P.O.C. In The Industry (Part 1)
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If 2020 didn’t deliver us enough drama with the pandemic and lockdown, along came nationwide protests against police brutality and racism.
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Ep.29 - Garage Theater
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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?
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Ep.28 - The Score (Part 2)
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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.
info_outlineFor 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 endless wireless interference, avoiding a boom mic in frame, rigging a mic to a complicated piece of wardrobe, pleading with director for one more take, barking at crew people for being chatty. ARGGGGGHHHHH!! If anyone on set has ever wondered why our default facial expression is a look of irritability, now you know why.
But hey this is the profession we chose and we accept that these obstacles will always be there. Joining myself in an airing of grievances are fellow sound mixers, Fiona McBain and Alex Sullivan. At this risk of this coming off like a pity party for sound department I hope listeners will at least walk away with an appreciation that without sound there truly is no picture.