GlobeScreen Podcasts
GlobeScreen Podcasts are not just business-as-usual. Monthly guests are true artisans of the industry and responsible or involved in key creative departments: cinematography, editing, production design, casting, VFX, writing. The art and science behind moviemaking is the footprint we intend to leave with listeners of each podcast.
Starting October 2022, VFXTalks, presented by GlobeScreen Podcasts, is a new season dedicated to discussions with leaders in the world of visual effects for film and television.
Episodes will appear below monthly and on podcasts.apple.com. Hosted and produced by Zef Cota, Director of Podcasts, from New York.
Florian Gellinger is a co-founder of RISE Visual Effects Studios, founded in 2007. With a team of 140 artists and offices in Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich, Cologne and London, it is one of the largest visual effects companies in Central Europe. Florian talked to us about getting his start in visual effects by working on Roman Polanski’s OLIVER TWIST. Later in the discussion he focused in-depth about some of the technical challenges on the following films and television shows his company has worked on HARRY POTTER: DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1, THE BOOK THIEF, THE FRENCH DISPATCH, IRON MAN 3, MAN FROM U.N.C.LE, FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDENWALD, WANDAVISION and LISEY’S STORY. He also shared some thoughts on using practical camera angles when possible and how the company manages render times when a project involves a large number of complex shots.
25 year visual effects veteran Matthew Bristowe has overseen many high-profile productions in senior roles at Technicolor, One of Us, Prime Focus, MPC and currently, Jellyfish Pictures. In Part 1, of a two-part podcast, he discusses his time at MPC as a Digital Intermediate Supervisor on titles such as 28 DAYS LATER (2002), TROY (2004), PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005), THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (2006) and SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008). Later, while Senior Vice President at Prime Focus World, he talks about his groundbreaking stereographic work on Alfonso Cuaron’s GRAVITY (2013), for which he won the Advanced Image Society’s Lumiere Award. He also recalls his stereography work for HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (2011) and EDGE OF TOMORROW (2014).
Christina Moore is an accomplished Production Designer based in London. She is currently Production Designer on SKY ATLANTIC/ EPIX television show, BRITTANIA. In 2020 she was Production Designer for Jessica Swale’s SUMMERLAND, with Gemma Arterton, released by IFC Films in the US. Previously in her career, she was Supervising Art Director on both HBO’s JOHN ADAMS and several seasons of GAME OF THRONES. She talks to Zef Cota about the art of Production Design in general and juggling the worlds of design for both film and television. She also discusses her favorite production designers and experiences working with various directors, including a unique career start as Storyboard Artist on Ang Lee’s SENSE AND SENSIBILITY.
Los Angeles based Millennium Media, founded in 1996, is behind some of the film industry’s most successful movies to date, including THE EXPENDABLES, LONDON HAS FALLEN, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, BROOKLYN’S FINEST, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD and most recently THE OUTPOST. Other titles soon to be completed by the indie studio include THE ASSET with Michael Keaton and THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD, both of which Lionsgate will release next year. The studio’s Co-President, Jonathan Yunger, recently had a conversation with Zef Cota about Millennium’s various productions, his day-to-day responsibilities, experiences as a Producer, plus much more.
Annarie Boor is a London based Producer & Talent Manager. She recently spoke to Zef Cota, Director of GlobeScreen Podcasts, about the journey that took her from professional ballet dancer in South Africa to indie filmmaker based in the UK. Topics discussed include the various projects her company, Tapping Frog Productions, is engaged in, how the company approaches talent management and the activities of her mentoring organization, Mentor Through Film.
Eric Brodeur is an LA based First Assistant Editor who has worked in the editorial departments of numerous features. His many credits include OUIJA, THE GRUDGE, THE NUN and TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT. GlobeScreen’s Zef Cota recently sat down with Eric for a fascinating and highly informative discussion on the art of feature editing. Topics discussed included how editing has changed in recent decades, collaborating with different departments, and how various directors approach the art of editing differently, among other talking points.
Dogwoof is a London based documentary film company which has released 26 Oscar nominated and 3 BAFTA winning documentaries. Just a few of the company’s credits include I AM GRETA, APOLLO 11 and THE CAVE. The company’s CEO, Anna Godas, was joined by Variety’s International Editor, Manori Ravindran, for a wide-ranging conversation about the documentary market,
Zef Cota, Director, GlobeScreen Podcasts had the chance to chat with LA based Cinematographer Alonso Homs, who has worked in cinematography for over 10 years, serving as a Director of Photography and in the camera departments of features such as Derek Cianfrance’s BLUE VALENTINE, Baz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY and Martin Scorsese’s 2010 HBO documentary, PUBLIC SPEAKING. They had an informative and wide-ranging conversation about the latest technology, lenses, lighting, shooting digital vs. film and professional influences.