April Live Series Kicks Off!
Join us for a great live interview with IndieFlix CEO Scilla Andreen! Click here to listen to the episode on Monday, April 5th at 7:00pm PST.
Episode Thirty-Three: The Creators of In the Darkness
Producers Jenna Edwards and Jeremy McGovern and Writer/Director Andrew Robinson of In the Darkness join us to talk about the making of their movie. In the Darkness was the first narrative feature to release exclusively on Hulu.
Live show with the creators of In the Darkness
Join us as we speak to Andrew Robinson, Jenna Edwards and Jeremy McGovern to discuss the release of their new film In the Darkness.
Episode Thirty-Two: Web World
In the world of entertainment, no medium is more exciting these days than the World of the Wide Web. This still-new outlet is breaking new ground everyday and changing the way we view television and movies. The Web has even sparked its own new format and no, we’re not talking about clips of cats playing piano. What we are referring to is the webisode, which is, episodic content made just for the Web. One of the most popular Web shows is The Guild, which is a show about a group of online gamers who decide to take their virtual friendships to the next level by meeting in the “real world”. Join us as we speak with the director of The Guild, Sean Becker and ask him what it’s like to be apart of this exciting new medium.
Sean Becker- Director/Editor
Sean Becker is an Emmy award-winning director as well as a Streamy Award-nominated director and editor. After graduating from San Jose State University in 2003, Sean directed video segments for a variety show which aired on the UPN network. This resulted in a regional Emmy award in 2005 for the short film Parallel/Parallel. In 2006, Sean co-founded Awkward Pictures along with producing/writing partner, Payman Benz. Together they created Comedy Gumbo for Sony Pictures’ online division, Crackle.com. Just recently, Sean completed production on season 3 of the popular Microsoft-Sponsored online series, The Guild, and is currently in production on a new sketch show entitled The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour.
The Guild Website
Awkward Pictures Website
Sean’s Twitter Page
Episode Thirty-One: Directing Your PR Campaign
We feel that we really can’t talk too much about publicity since it is the key to getting your film seen and distributed. In this digital age there are many opportunities to take advantage of new publicity mediums such as social networking tools. Come listen as we banter with director Jenine Mayring about press releases, Twitter and our OT topic, Star Wars.
Jenine Mayring- Producer/Director/Writer
Born and raised in the Big Apple, award-winning multi-hyphenate Jenine Mayring began her career as a stage actor. Today, she is a producer/director/writer and President of Brooklyn Girl Productions. Jenine has won numerous awards including a Davey Award and a Telly Award. Her producer/director credits range from theater in New York to films and commercials in Los Angeles. Simone, a psychological thriller that she wrote, produced and directed, had its world premiere at the 2009 LA Femme Film Festival and was nominated for Best Short Thriller at the 2010 Trail Dance Film Festival. Jenine produced the award-winning documentary From Silence to Sound (Best Inspirational Documentary, New York International Film Festival) which tells the miraculous story of a deaf man who hears for the first time at age 27 (available on IndieFlix and Amazon). A former American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter and instructor, Jenine’s credits as an ASL consultant include the hit TV shows ER and Nip/Tuck. Jenine earned her bachelor’s degree in Theater Arts (Acting & Directing) from the State University of New York at New Paltz (alma mater of John Turturro) in only three years. Prior to that, she graduated with honors from the prestigious Brooklyn Technical High School with a major in Graphic Communications.
A certified SCUBA diver, tennis player and four-time marathoner, Jenine lives in West Hollywood.
To find out more about Jenine or her projects, please see one of the following links:
Brooklyn Girl Productions Webpage
Brooklyn Girl Productions Twitter Page
Jenine’s Twitter Page
From Silence to Sound
Getting Started on Twitter
Jeremy McGovern- Producer
Jeremy McGovern was born and raised in Pueblo, Colorado. From a young age McGovern showed a knack for the arts and his interest was cultivated by his Grandmother (a prominent local artist). In Colorado McGovern was accepted to and finished several rigorous art programs with honors. After graduation McGovern took his first independent leap into the business world when he owned and operated his own successful business and founded a non-profit organization while attending Colorado State University where he studied Clinical Psychology and Biology.
Episode Thirty: Kick it!
Making an action movie could be a good way to start your career in the film industry…that is if you are practical about what type of action you want and you hire the right person to coordinate your stunts. There are different specialties within the stunt world as well so the guy who will set up your explosions may not be the same guy who coordinates your fight scenes. Fernando Chien stops by to tell us all about being a stunt coordinator in the world of film.
Fernando Chien – Stunt Performer, Stunt Coordinator, & Actor
Fernando Funan Chien was born in Taipei on October 6th, 1974 and has followed a diverse road consequently landing him in Hollywood as a budding Asian actor. Fernando immigrated to Toronto, Canada from Taiwan in 1978. At the age of 17, Fernando reluctantly moved to Montreal and attended McGill University where his interest in performance and film was sparked. While majoring in Evolutionary Biology, Fernando took film courses, attended circus school, studied martial arts, worked as a personal trainer and was a member of Canada’s top breakdance crew Mtl Redmask. In his junior year, Fernando was approached to play a small part in a film called False Pretense. This sparked his film career. In 2000 landed a role in The Art of War starring Wesley Snipes. During the filming Fernando was impressed with the stunt performers and befriended actor Ron Yuan. Yuan encouraged Fernando to move to LA to pursue a career in stunts.
In the winter of 2002, Fernando relocated in Los Angeles to pursue his dream. He began his training first at the Lee Strasberg Academy then at the Howard Fine Acting Studio to develop his craft. During this time he also began to train under legendary Gene Lebell and Gokor Chivichyan at the Hayastan Academy in Mixed Martial Arts. In 2004, Fernando studied Wushu Kung Fu and met Sam Hargrave and created Reel Kick Films, an underground martial arts stunt team. Impressed with Sam’s action skills they wrote, filmed and produced many underground action shorts when between jobs. In 2005 at the referral of Sensei Gene, Fernando was cast as Saul the Augment in Star Trek Enterprise. This launched his professional stunt career with titles such as Crank, Flags of Our Fathers, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, The Mummy 3, Monk and various commercials for Diet Pepsi where he doubled Jackie Chan.
What set Fernando apart from others was his ability to act. In 2008, Fernando was cast in the web-series The Guild which allowed him to act and display his action skills. Since then he has appeared in NBC’s My Own Worst Enemy and The CW’s Melrose Place as an actor. 2009 has been his break-out year as an actor playing in the remake of Red Dawn as Lt. Yee and in Lionsgate’s MMA film Warrior as gym-rat Fenroy which will be released in 2010.
Episode Twenty-Nine: The Skype Experiment
For this episode, Jenna and Cindy do something a little different and record the show via Skype. They review what’s been covered so far this season and talk about what a “day in the life” of a producer is like half-way through pre-production. Come join us for THE SKYPE EXPERIMENT.
