Interview with Dan Trachtenberg and Mike Zarin (Portal No Escape)

Dan Trachtenberg (Director) and Mike Zarin (Composer) come on to talk about their immensely popular, recent project, PORTAL: NO ESCAPE. The 7 minute short has already received over 6.2 million youtube views. The two discus the origins of the project; how they came to work on the project together, and the musical influences found in the Zarin's original score.

Episode Highlights

00:26 — Introduction and welcome

03:05 — What brought you two together?

07:10 — The "Inception" phenom

09:37 — Mansell, Nails, and 2001

14:20 — What was your working process like?

17:20 — The original goal for the short film

22:30 — No Deadlines?

24:40 — Twitter and Facebook questions

Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast)

00:00 — "Portal No Escape" (Portal No Escape) by Mike Zarin

06:25 — "Mind Control" (Inception Teaser) by Sencit Music

21:53 — "Portal No Escape" (Portal No Escape) by Mike Zarin

28:06 — "Portal No Escape" (Portal No Escape) by Mike Zarin

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