Episode Sixty: Pre-Production in a Nutshell
You thought this day would never come, but it’s here! The release of the last episode of our Pre-Production Season! For this episode we recap the previous season in all of its glory. Producers Jenna Edwards, Aydrea ten Bosch, and John Paul Rice join me to revisit the season and discuss just how important pre-production is and how to lay the best plans to make your film a success!
Aydrea ten Bosch- Writer/Producer
Aydrea, a former news reporter, has been a freelance writer for Nickelodeon and Hawaii Film Partners, a staff writer for Disney and currently has a feature film in post production with Highlander Films. Aydrea has been a finalist in the AAA Creative Screenwriting Contest and while at Disney, one of her scripts was chosen to represent the network before the Emmy Nominating Committee. She also runs the blog The Oreo Experience.
For more information about Aydrea or to contact her please visit her website at www.theoreoexperience.com
Jenna Edwards- Producer
Jenna Edwards began her film career in Minnesota where she was signed on as talent with Easter Hailey. Quickly after being signed Edwards was hired by the agency as a full time employee giving her a head-start on her Hollywood education. After two years of rising through the Minnesota film community Edwards made the move to Los Angeles.
Soon after Edwards moved to Los Angeles she was hired by Agent Jamie Ferrar. It was while Edwards was working for Ferrar that she developed an interest in the casting process, before long she had moved from talent agencies to working in casting with such industry leaders as Sally Steiner (Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Boy Meets World), Barbie Block (Jonas, Pepper Dennis) and Allison Jones (Super Bad, The Office). During this time Edwards was also able to gain valuable production experience working on shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm in the Middle, and working with studios like Disney, MTV, FOX and CBS.
After several years of successfully navigating her career through the Hollywood studio system Edwards made the leap to independent film with her first feature April Showers. After her success with April Showers Edwards formed Mattoid Entertainment with partners Jeremy McGovern and Andrew Robinson where they made, In the Darkness, the first narrative feature to ever premiere on Hulu.com. Most recently Edwards made her way back to Nebraska, where she shot April Showers, to team up with some new filmmakers on a comedy film called Trunk’d.
John Paul Rice- Producer
John Paul Rice attended Georgia State University in 1997 with a focus on Business. In 1999, while at college, Mr. Rice was given a rare opportunity to work on Jerry Bruckheimer’s Remember the Titans. After working almost three months on the film, John returned to school and directed his studies toward learning the history of cinema. He moved to Los Angeles in January 2001 to pursue a career in film production. By mid 2001, John landed a position at the Los Angeles division of the German distribution company Senator International (which later became Mandate Pictures) lead by industry veteran Joseph Drake (Juno, The Grudge, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, 30 Days of Night, American Psycho). Under Joe’s mentoring, John developed an interest and dedication to producing feature films. John left Mandate in the fall of 2005 to form No Restrictions Entertainment LLC with filmmaker Edgar Michael Bravo. In 2008, John produced his first feature One Hour Fantasy Girl with Edgar Michael Bravo directing, Levi Obery co-producing. In 2009, the team produced formed a new production entity, Bravo-Obery-Rice Productions, producing their second feature film now in post production, (psychological thriller) The Magic Stone, a journey into the mind of a homeless man who is trying to stay connected with reality as he struggles to protect a runaway boy and a girl he loves. John Paul Rice produced his third feature, Mother’s Red Dress, an unusual love story, last summer.
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Episode Fifty-Nine: S3LA Event with Film Method Part 2
On November 11th, 2010 Film Method and Mental Eclectic held their first joint Shorts ‘N Spirits Showcase together. The event featured many different web series and shorts and included industry speakers as well. Film Method was there to capture it! This is part two of the interviews we conducted at the event with filmmakers Tom Konkle and Thor Melsted from the short film Destiny’s Stop, director Doug Cwiak and the cast of The Unemployment of Danny London and actor and artist Alexander Polinsky who was one of the speakers at the event.
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Tom Konkle- Actor/Writer/Producer
Tom is apart of an acting and writing team with David Beeler, often performing as a British sketch duo in shows Good Night and Double Act. They are currently developing and writing several television series and download-able content and mobile TV through their company Pith-e Productions. Tom was the founder of the infamous sketch troupe, McFwap. He also writes comic short films with Gino C. Vianelli.
Recently partnered with John Cleese as a performing team on a sketch comedy TV special. Developed three television series pilots with Beeler as well as two series with Brittney Powell.
Thor Melsted- Filmmaker
Thor was born in Iceland, where he lived until age 24, at which point he moved to LA and went to film school and eventually earned a degree in Cinema. He has worked on several projects, doing visual effects for multiple projects, including one feature film. He met David Beeler and Tom Konkle in 2003 when he worked on their short film, Secret to Happiness is a Bad Memory. He became fast friends with the comedy duo, and has been associated with the “Dave and Tom” team in one way or another since then. Mostly behind the scenes in various roles, but ventured in front of the camera once as a Viking opposite Tom Konkle’s time traveling documentarian. The surreal western Destiny’s Stop is the first Dave and Tom project Thor has directed.
Doug Cwiak- Producer/Director
Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Doug went to college at the University Of California, Los Angeles and received his bachelor’s degree in Film and Television. His short film, The Beginning of December (2008), premiered at the GIAA Film Festival in New York and went on to play at 7 other film festivals. He has been professionally involved in the industry since 2000, working on projects in capacities including writer, director, director of photography, producer, and editor. He owns Industrial Media Arts a production/post-production company.
Alexander Polinsky- Actor/Writer/Producer
Alexander has been a working actor in Hollywood for 27 years. As the youngest actor on the set of Charles in Charge (1987), Alex often found himself with nothing to do between takes. As a result he got into arts and crafts and just kept going with it. When the series ended, he got a job making movie-prop collectibles such as replicas of the mask worn by Jim Carrey in The Mask (1994). He trained to be a master mold maker with a special-effects company.
In addition to teaching acting and voiceover Alexander is also a songwriter. He’d also like you to know that, “I make art for fun, I’m never bored, have a terrier, and I love Kombucha Tea!”
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