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Even while working in a small space, stunt work is a necessary and meticulous craft...

You guessed it, we're deep into the world of Apple TV once more with the fantastic show 'Masters of the Air' as we dive into the stunt work on the show with stunt coordinator Lee Morrison.

A veteran of the industry we talked with Lee about getting involved in the project, the challenges of staging stunts in a cockpit set and so very much more....

Masters of the Air is on Apple TV+ now.

The saying that "It takes a village" to get these things made is so true in documentary filmmaking....

On this episode we are back in the throws of the Apple TV+ streaming service looking at the documentary 'Girls State'.

From Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, Girls State takes teenage girls from wildly different backgrounds across Missouri navigate a week-long immersive experiment in American democracy, build a government from the ground up, and reimagine what it means to govern.

A fascinating watch and a must see, we had the pleasure of sitting down with some of the cinematography team that was boots on the ground shooting all this; Thorsten Thielow and Laura Hudock.

We talked about getting the job, the nature of the shoot any challenges they encountered along the way and so very much more.

Girls State is available now on Apple TV+

You've always gotta be on, looking for that right piece of music....

On today's episode we dive back into the world of Apple TV+ that just happens to have one of the coolest shows on recent TV there right now in 'Sugar'.

The show takes us to private investigator John Sugar(Colin Farrell) who examines the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Siegel, the granddaughter of a legendary Hollywood producer.

Leaning hard on its style, in many ways Sugar plays like jazz.  We had the unique pleasure of sitting down with music supervisor Gabe Hilfer about his work on the show, working with the composers hand in hand, always being on the look out and what that can truly mean at any given moment.

Sugar is on Apple TV+ now.

The art of costuming is so vital and so incredibly underrated...

On this very special episode we are going back into the sky with 'Masters of the Air' which is on Apple TV+ now.

It's often forgotten, but the work that goes into costume design for characters on a show like this is so detailed.  Not only in making sure that they are period accurate but also accurate to their individual characters.

We had the unique pleasure sitting down with award winning costume designer Colleen Atwood to talk about the job, her work on the show and so very much more....

Masters of the Air is available on Apple TV+ now.

When world building, attention to detail is more vital then most of us can truly appreciate...

On this episode we're back in the saddle with Apple TV+ and taking a look behind the scenes at their show 'Lessons In Chemistry'.

Set in the 1950s, and based on the novel of the same name, the show takes us to the life of chemist Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson) who is fired from her lab, and subsequently takes a job as a host on a TV cooking show.

It's an ambitious and multi layered show that truly tracks the compelling evolution of feminism in the time period and allows us to revel in a complicated tapestry that was still trying to figure itself out.

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Production Designer Cat Smith and Set Decorator Lori Mazuer about the complexities of the job, how they got into the industry and where the creative pay off of it all lands for them...

Lessons In Chemistry is on Apple TV+ now.

There's always two sides of the coin when world building in our favorite films and TV shows....

Once more on this episode we dive head first into the world of Silo which is available on Apple TV+ now.

We've talked music and we've talked production design but to complete our behind the scenes trilogy on Silo we go into the world of visual effects talking with Daniel Rauchwerger about how they crafted this uniquely claustrophobic thriller and it's all encompassing environments...

Silo is on Apple TV+ now.

The task of world building on some of these shows can be pretty daunting....

On this episode we are back once again in the worlds of 'Silo' which is on Apple TV+ now.

Production design on a show like this is always going to be a tricky beast because it's always going to be a blend of the practical and the VFX.

We had the pleasure of talking with the production designer of the show; Gavin Bocquet about the challenges of the job and making so many of these worlds marry together.

Silo is streaming on Apple TV+ now.

It is very often the music that makes the thing...

We're beginning a deep dive into Silo which is on one of our favourite streaming services Apple TV+.  

It's the story of a group of men and women living in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface.  Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson), an engineer, begins to look into the underground silo that she and thousands live in after the murder of someone she loved.

It's an incredible tense ride and we had the unique pleasure of sitting down with composer Atli Örvarsson to talk about the process of crafting music for a show like this and so very much more....

Silo is streaming on Apple TV+ now.

There are parts of the TV and movie making process that can be a lost art....

On this episode we go behind the curtain on the TV show 'HiJack' which is streaming on Apple TV+ now.

Hijack is the story of business negotiator Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) who is compelled to use his skills to save passengers on a hijacked airplane in the seven-part thriller created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith.

Think of it kind of like 24 on airplane, it's that kind of intense.  It's got a very unique title design to it's opening sequence and it really adds to the layers of the show. 

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Main Title Designer James Robertson about what goes into the art of doing something like this.  We ask him how long it takes, the kind of creative freedoms they have and so very much more....

Hijack is on Apple TV now.

Sometimes it only takes a simple shift in perspective to truly change the game...

On this one we're playing a little bit of catch up but it's for a good one that is still doing great business heading into it's second weekend.  It's time for 'In A Violent Nature'.

When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year-old crime, his body is resurrected, and he becomes hellbent on retrieving it. The undead golem hones in on the group of vacationing teens responsible for the theft and proceeds to methodically slaughter them one by one in his mission to get it back – along with anyone in his way.

Through the simple idea of shifting the perspective of the narrative to the killer we get to see a genre in an entirely new light and it's fascinating.

We had the pleasure of sitting down with "Johnny" to talk about the film but thankfully he's played by friend of the show the one and only Ry Barrett.

We talked with Ry about stepping into the mind of a killer, the nature of how they shot the film in the great outdoors, some of the wild kills and his journey as an actor up to this moment.