This week Brent speaks with Kathryn McDermott, teacher at The Motion Picture Institute in Troy, Michigan, to learn how she went from being a secretary, to Vice President of Feature Productions at Columbia Pictures, to teaching the next generation of filmmakers.

You probably know this week’s guest as the sexy, sultry beauty from many horror movies.  But don't let her beauty fool you, this girl is whip smart and one of the top bug wranglers in Hollywood.  This week Brent speaks with Diana Terranova, Union Bug Wrangler, to find out what the life of a bug wrangler is like and how she got her start.

Handling labor relations and resolving disputes for a living takes a very special personality.  This week Brent speaks with Ed Duffy, Business Agent for Teamsters Local 399, to find out what the union does for its members and how it evolved over time.

Productions have hundreds of details that require attention.  One you don’t want to forget is production insurance.  When you remember it the day before your shoot, you’ll need a good agent who can analyze your needs.  This week Brent speaks with David Karubian, Lead Broker for Movie Insure, to learn how to assess a production’s risk.

Production is an industry with a lot of expensive toys and one that draws a lot of attention.  You want your crew and actors focused on their jobs, not worrying about gear walking away or on lookers ruining a shot it took hours to set up.  This week, Brent speaks with Anne Crew of Crew Protection Services for an inside look at the film security industry and what it takes to make a good guard.

So exactly how do you train a bird to hit several marks in succession and end up on an actor’s shoulder?  It’s not as hard as you might think, if you’ve been training them for years.  This week Brent speaks with Benay Karp, owner of Benay’s Bird & Animal Rentals, to learn how she developed this very specific skill set.

Film and video has all kinds of niche businesses and rental cars for the production industry is one of them.  This week Brent speaks with Ryan DeFlavio, Director of the Studio Division of California Rental Car to find out why the ‘white glove’ treatment matters and gets results.

All the work and half the glory, that’s the life of an assistant producer.  This week Brent speaks with James Cooper, Assistant Producer for Buck Productions, to learn why great producers are made, not born.

Creating sounds specific to moments in time on screen is the task of a foley artist.  This week Brent speaks with Leslie Bloom, one of the partners at Alchemy Post Sound in New York, to learn why foley is part performance art and part contact sport.

The advent of digital cameras gave birth to a new niche in the industry, the D.I.T.  This week Brent speaks with Robert Meacham, who’s been working with digital cameras since they first came about, to see what a day in the life of a D.I.T. is and how they got their name.