Make your FEATURE Film This Year | Myles Matsuno on High Level with Axel Arzola

Have you ever wondered how your favorite movie was created and put together? Join me as I sit down with Myles Matsuno to discuss the process of producing a movie, from coming up with great ideas to turning them into a masterpiece and the processes involved in obtaining distribution. 

We also discussed coping with one's inner critic as a filmmaker and finding a balance between the difficulties of pushing oneself to make a film and not feeling like a failure. He shared his views on the film industry and how a filmmaker’s personal style enhances a movie. 

He highlighted the negative effects that social media may have on the creative process, how to prevent it, and how to keep the creative flow going. We discussed his challenges, lessons learned, and how training for marathons helped him focus and develop as a better filmmaker.

WHO IS MYLES MATSUNO?

Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Matsuno's award winning work is often recognized internationally for his unique approach to providing warmth and emotion through his visual images. The outcome is often moving as well as visually stunning. His films are often praised with the tight collaboration between the visual and music atheistic of his works. Having a background in the fine arts, Matsuno attributes his creativity to personal experience, travel, and memories. Finding yourself and expressing it through a medium has always been his form of identity.

Within the past several years, Matsuno has had the opportunity to lead efforts in Technical Directing for The Academy Awards, ABC's hit television show Dancing with the Stars, NBA Finals, Country Music Awards, American Music Awards, and most of ABC's primetime programming. Since 2010' Matsuno has competed and won several awards throughout film festivals around the country. Some of his accolades include best directing, best editing, best cinematography, best film score, best sound design, and best film. His two most recent films are titled “Christmas in July”, which had its theatrical release in 2021 and a documentary titled “First To Go”, which focuses on the Japanese Internment Camps and revolves his own family’s story.

CHAPTERS

0:00 – Intro 0:37 – Myles's First Feature and his beginnings as a filmmaker 

4:59 – Finding a balance and being patient 

6:34 – How he manages his inner critic 

8:39 – Making of the movie “Christmas in July” 

12:36 – The business strategy and steps taken to produce the upcoming film 

16:31 – How a filmmaker’s personal style adds value to the film 

21:00 – What Myles is currently working on? 

23:38 – How Social Media affects his creative process 

30:47 – How he strives to maintain his creative flow 

32:35 – How he got into running marathons 

36:40 – Film distribution is changing drastically

41:42 – Myles’ dream project

CONNECT WITH MYLES MATSUNO

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myles_matsuno

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MylesMatsuno

YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MylesMatsuno

Website: https://www.mylesmatsuno.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MatsunoMedia/

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