If you’re anything like me, you grew up wanting to be nothing less than a stunt performer. You get to jump from building to building, fight bad guys, run through  fire, you know… all the good stuff. Choreographing and directing a stunt scene is no easy task. There are many moving parts and it all needs to sync up and look believable. The Mission Impossible films have always pushed the envelope when it comes to insane stunts. I can’t be more thrilled to have Wade Eastwood on the show. He is the current stunt coordinator for the Mission Impossible series and has worked on other movies such as Edge of Tomorrow, Troy, and Interstellar. A stunt coordinator has many responsibilities, but the most important are creating badass stunts whilst keeping everyone as safe as possible. Welcome Wade.

On our 10th episode, we host Eric Reasoner, an ex-music editor and a current professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Before becoming a professor, he worked on some major films such as Lethal Weapon 3 and 4 and Die Hard With A Vengeance. Welcome to the show, Eric. 

One of the most intriguing aspects of film has to be the use of color. Color brings out so much in a story.  Sudip Shrestha is a digital cinema colorist from Nepal. Sudip has worked on hundreds of projects, spanning feature films, commercials, and tv shows. He currently resides in Abu Dhabi the capital of the UAE where he works as a freelance colorist under Twofour54.  Welcome to the show, Sudip.

Sudip's website: https://digitalcinemacolorist.com

Flipbooks have always intrigued me as a kid, drawings that vary gradually from page to page are all stacked together, and when flipped through in quick succession, the images appear to animate by simulating motion. On today’s episode we have Chris Sauvé. A traditional animator from Canada. He has worked on some amazing projects, ranging from Disney Classics such as Pocahontas and the Hunchback of Notre Dame, to the new Mary Poppins movie. We have a lot in store for you, so sit back in and enjoy. Welcome, Chris. 

On today’s episode, we have Junior Lucano. A Peruvian steadicam operator based out of China. If you’re active on Instagram, and follow any film production pages, you have most likely seen his distinctive split post content… one showing the smooth camera shot from the steadicam, and a wide angled camera onto himself. Welcome to the show, Junior.

Matthew Mungle is an academy award winning make-up artist, known for his work on CSI, The Irishman, Schindlers List, and Dracula where he won the Oscar for best makeup. With over 250 film and television credits, he is recognized as one of the top masters of his field. He may be retired but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing work on some major projects, through his own shop. 

Mark is an Australian born cinematographer based in Dubai, where he works as a freelance DOP. With humble beginnings back in Australia, Mark started working on music videos and color grading projects, but it wasn’t until love had brought him to Finland where upon arrival he was working as a photographer. However, it wasn’t until a breakup gone wrong that forced him to rethink and seek more work to survive. As a result, Mark began taking on bigger and bigger projects, and eventually led to him forming his own media company. He know resides in Dubai, whilst still traveling the world for some major projects.

Peter Baert, a film and media composer from Belgium. He resides in Belgium where he runs his own sound studio, writing music for Belgian media and advertisement. His late father, had been a principal at a musical school, consequently exposing Peter to music at a young age. Through his classical music upbringing, it led Peter to the timely discovery of film music, and most prominently the Star Wars soundtrack by John Williams. Years later, after the passing of his mother, he wanted to reconnect to his younger self and decided to pursue film scoring as a career. He recently had the pleasure of working on his first Hollywood feature film, with director and actor David Oyelowo.

Website:
www.peterbaert.com

English director, Joey Lever, is well known in the fan-film industry for his Spider-Man movies. He’s collected nearly 60 million views on YouTube because of them. Joey brings us along his journey and talks about copyright, YouTube, and social media.

Joey's Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/joeythedirector/

Joey's YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIA_T4Y0OQoBEtS8YHYxAVA

Born in India and raised in Dubai, Aastha was thrown into a multicultural world right from the start. With such a mixing pot of different backgrounds, Aastha became captivated and inspired by different stories, which has led to her growth not just as a filmmaker but as a person.

Connie Grayson takes us through her inspiring journey of her career. Now working at Legacy Effects she has worked on movie  such as Pirates and The Avengers. She gives us a glimpse of the unforgiving side of Hollywood and talks about the rise of CGI. 

In our modern day lives, we are constantly bombarded with visual and auditory stimuli, may they be ads, films, interviews, series, you name it. But have you ever wondered, how projects like these are ever created? Or who is involved? Don’t worry we’re here to change that. My name is Lorenzo Eelen and I’m the host of The Production Specialist, a podcast series of personal accounts from individuals and companies in emerging and frontier production industries. In each episode, we chase the hidden stories of production professionals and their experiences in the production industry.