Zack's Film Talks at SDSU
4 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingInterviews with screenwriters, DPs, directors, and other film professionals conducted by San Diego State University film major Isaiah Solotaroff.
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December 05, 2017 03:24 - 23 minutes - 53.1 MBThis episode of Zack's Film Talks at SDSU is hosted by Libsyn. My guest is cinematographer Sam Levy. As DP for Greta Gerwig's 2017 film Lady Bird, Sam here gives a master class in his craft. Using Lady Bird as a case study, he talks about each step of his job: from making a 110-page shot list for the film to screening the rough cut in Technicolor and doing the color timing—going frame by frame to make sure all the colors are set. He also touches on: the tools of his trade, including g...
Nate Mook and Gabe Dinsmoor
November 18, 2017 01:31 - 38 minutes - 87.8 MBThis episode of Zack's Film Talks at SDSU is hosted by Libsyn. My guests are Nathan Mook and Gabe Dinsmoor, producers of the HBO documentary Baltimore Rising, directed by The Wire’s Sonja Sohn (Detective Kima Greggs). Sohn’s directorial debut, which has won high praise from the Baltimore Sun, Essence, Newsweek, Newsday, and WBAL, looks at Baltimore in the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray. Mook and Dinsmoor talk about: following the documentary's nine principal characters, in...
Michael Green
November 15, 2017 20:28 - 24 minutes - 56 MBThis episode of Zack’s Film Talks at SDSU is hosted by Libsyn. My guest is Michael Green, who wrote Blade Runner 2049 with Hampton Fancher. Michael was raised in Mamaroneck, NY, and went to Stanford University. He wrote for Sex and the City and is the co-creator of American Gods. In this episode, Michael talks about: the importance of reading why it's good to go to the movies, as opposed to just watching them how he once made two stacks of film scripts—ones he felt were better ...
Andrew Dodge
November 15, 2017 20:18 - 27 minutes - 63 MBThis episode of Zack's Film Talks at SDSU is hosted by Libsyn. My guest is Andrew Dodge, who wrote Bad Words, the spelling bee movie starring Jason Bateman, which Bateman also directed. Andrew worked as a story editor at Columbia Pictures for a decade and studied at the University of Southern California. In this episode, Andrew talks about: getting bad grades in high school what it was like to hear his words coming out of Jason Bateman’s mouth the “first period”/ketchup scene in B...