Back To Back Films

Our first episode in what will become an on-going war series! We're kicking out off with an old school classic and a new school classic. We talk about the practical production aspects, the crazy dogfight scene in Hell's Angels, and a lot about Christopher Nolan. We also disagree on what makes a good war film!

Films: Oats Studios Shorts - Rakka, Fire Base, Zygote, Cooking with Bill, and God

Byron is gone again so Jacob and Keith do another short episode focusing on Neill Blomkamp's Oats Studios and the new business model they are trying to create outside of the Hollywood system. Their focus is to engage more directly with their audience and fans while supplying filmmakers, artists, and VFX creators with Oats' own high end virtual assets than can be used for whatever you want! The films are gnarly so viewer discretion is advised!

In this episode we follow Reefer Madness from its inception as a propaganda film to its most recent remake as a made for TV musical. We also talk about Okja, Cannes, Christopher Nolan, Pedro Almodovar, and answer a big this or that question.

A fair warning that this episode is more off topic than our usual discussions but it's good to mix things up every now and then! (We talk about that too!)

In this episode we discuss the digital intermediate: what it is, why it's used, what color grading, correction, and timing are, and the power of LUTs. It's a more technical episode with some history thrown in!

In this episode we cover all things Peplum a.k.a. sword-and-sandal films, an Italian genre in the 50s and 60s. We cover the historical significance of the films, cover some film history, and laugh our asses off comparing ourselves to Backstreet Boys!

In this episode we cover film budgets: the cost of movies, how budgets affect movies, and what you can do for your film if you're working on a minimal budget. We also discuss Ron Howard directing the new Han Solo film and Byron's two movies watches.

We wrap up our Tarantino Masterclass with his two most recent films. We discuss the new editor, Tarantino's issues with the Hateful Eight, and how masterfully lit both films were! We had some technical difficulties with this episode so we apologize to all the listeners!

Films: For The Birds and Piper

Aaaahhh real life! Byron has overtime, Keith is going on vacation, and Jacob.....is being Jacob. Real life has caught up to us the past couple of weeks so in an attempt to stay on track we're recording what will likely become the first of many mini episodes. In this episode Jacob and Keith cover two Pixar short films talking about the history of Pixar, some insight into why these films are such high quality animations, After Effects advice, and some advice on how to get yourself to write! We'll be back in two weeks with the last part of our Tarantino special!

In this episode we look at Tarantino's least popular film Death Proof and the film that introduced the world to Hans Landa and Christoph Waltz: Inglourious Basterds. We look at Death Proof within the Grindhouse framework, why it's considered his least popular film, the stunts, the structure of Inglourious Basterds, digital vs. film, Tarantino's thoughts on Landa, and more!

In this special episode we finally get together in the same room to drink and watch An American Werewolf in London while commenting on the film, discussing facts about the films, and talking about our past together as we were going through school!