Month: February 2016

Interview with Oscar Nominated Production Designer Michael Corenblith (Apollo 13, The Blind Side)

What an honor it was to talk with the amazing Production Designer Michael Corenblith. His resume is filled with some of the best movies in the last 20 years, including: Saving Mr. Banks, The Campaign, Game Change, Dinner for Schmucks, The Blind Side, Frost/Nixon, Apollo 13.

Read interviews from the top film crew members working in Hollywood today.

Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
Read the best of Interviews this week.  Interviews from Matthew Toffolo  from WILDsound Interview with 1st AD Mathew Dunne (War for the Planet of the Apes) https://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/01/24/interview-with-1st-ad-mathew-dunne-war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes/ Interview with Storyboard Artist Kurt Van der Basch (Star Wars Episodes VII and VIII) https://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/01/23/interview-with-storyboard-artist-kurt-van-der-basch-star-wars-episodes-vii-and-viii/ Interview with Foley Artist Marko Costanzo (Silence of the Lambs,…

Deadline Feb. 5th – First Scene Screenplay Festival

Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
FIRST SCENE SCREENPLAY CONTEST New Years Special Deadline February 5th. Submit and get your first 10 pages performed! Go to: http://firstscenescreenplay.com/ and submit Watch over 50 1st Scene Screenplay Festival Winners: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Are you just starting…

Interview with Storyboard Artist Stephen Forrest-Smith (Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Dark Knight)

There really is no normal to my job anymore. Every project seems to be different and now and asks for different. A film project could call on a storyboard artist at any stage from pre-pre production, ( when the film is trying to get funding) right the way through to post production for VFX, (after principal photography has been completed). The bulk of my work tends to be early in the pre-production taking the first pass at sequences to get the ball rolling on them. Usually I’d start with a chat with a Director, though it could be VFX supervisor, production designer and then work on from there. I use to expect to finish when filming starts but now i might stay almost to the end of shooting then be called back for reshoots and post production.

Interview with Festival Director Mark Mos (Los Angeles Short Film Festival)

Originally posted on Festival Reviews:
Don’t miss Los Angeles Short Film Festival Sat-Sun, March 5-6 Promenade Playhouse, Santa Monica CA smarturl.it/lsff I recently sat down with the Festival Director Mark Mos to chat more about the festival. Matthew Toffolo: What is the Los Angeles Short Film Festival succeeding at doing for filmmakers? Mark Mos: We invite specialists…

Interview with Line Producer Alton Walpole (Crazy Heart, The Spirit, Baraka)

A unit production manager (UPM) is responsible for the administration of a feature film or TV production. A line producer is a type of film producer that functions as the key manager during the daily operations of a feature film, television film or an episode of a TV show. I was honored to sit down… Continue reading Interview with Line Producer Alton Walpole (Crazy Heart, The Spirit, Baraka)

Interview with Festival Director Carey Westbrook (L.A. Neo Noir, Novel, Film & Script Festival)

Originally posted on Festival Reviews:
Now in it’s fourth year, L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film and Script Festival has been hailed by L.A. Weekly as the fest with “The World’s Sexiest, Darkest, Crime Short Films.” Founder Carey Westbrook has helped many filmmakers find success in Hollywood, including the Academy Award nominated producers of Blue Valentine…