Producers' Happy Hour

In this episode...
Kestrin Pantera's new feature film, “Mother’s Little Helpers” World Premiered at SXSW 2019 which was scheduled to release just before the pandemic hit.  Instead of shelving the film until a safer time, she adapted with a digital release, and is working on creating a mobile drive in experience rather than a theater tour.

https://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-government-confirms-film-and-tv-production-can-restart-within-social-distancing-guidelines/5149750.article

Join our Crew Safety Roundtable so Producers and Production Companies can hear your voice on what you need to see for set safety in order for you to feel comfortable enough to return to work.

Email us at [email protected]

Topics
Covid-19, Stay at Home, Commercials, Film Production, Director

Interview Guest
Kestrin Pantera
Writer & Film Director
https://www.kestrin.com

Take Action
www.producershappyhour.com/take-action

Rob Bluemke - Sound Mixer/Engineer
Show Editor
www.robertbluemke.com

Christopher Daniels - Creative Director
Logo & Artwork Design
www.misterstyles.com

Kyle Puccia - Commercial/Theatrical Music Composer
Intro/Outro Music
www.kylepuccia.com

Follow the Hosts
Sister Christian
Insta: @sisterchristianrocks
Website: www.sisterchristianproduces.com

Lawrence T. Lewis
Insta: @lawrenceltl
Producing: www.lawrencetlewis.com
Voice Over: www.voiceoflawrence.com

Share Your Story
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In this episode...
Today is our 2nd Crew Safety Roundtables. Today's guests:

Frankie Pagnotta
DGA 2nd AD (LA)
[email protected]

Amit Gajwani
Wardrobe Stylist (NYC + LA)
http://www.amitgajwani.com

Margina Dennis
Makeup Artist (NYC + LA)
www.marginadennis.com

Join our Crew Safety Roundtable so Producers and Production Companies can hear your voice on what you need to see for set safety in order for you to feel comfortable enough to return to work.

Email us at [email protected]

Topics
Covid-19, Set Safety, Film Crews, Film Production, Producers

Take Action
www.producershappyhour.com/take-action

Rob Bluemke - Sound Mixer/Engineer
Show Editor
www.robertbluemke.com

Christopher Daniels - Creative Director
Logo & Artwork Design
www.misterstyles.com

Kyle Puccia - Commercial/Theatrical Music Composer
Intro/Outro Music
www.kylepuccia.com

Follow the Hosts
Sister Christian Kendrick
Insta: @sisterchristianrocks
Producing: www.sisterchristianproduces.com

Lawrence T. Lewis
Insta: @lawrenceltl
Producing: www.lawrencetlewis.com
Voice Over: www.voiceoflawrence.com

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In this episode...
Kyle is the founder of documentary film project One Day on Earth, which produced the first film made in every country of the world with the support of thousands of volunteer filmmakers, dozens of Non-Profits and the United Nations. He is repped at HeLo as a film director and experiential designer.

SAG-Aftra & IATSE Virtual Town Hall with Adam Schiff:
https://youtu.be/XcHMP_z9o2o

Join our Crew Safety Roundtable so Producers and Production Companies can hear your voice on what you need to see for set safety in order for you to feel comfortable enough to return to work.

Email us at [email protected]

Topics
Covid-19, Stay at Home, Commercials, Film Production, Experiential Production, Docuseries

Interview Guest
Kyle Ruddick
Film Director & Experience Designer
https://www.kyleruddick.com/

Voice Memo
AJ Winslow
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-winslow-5641081a/

Take Action
www.producershappyhour.com/take-action

Rob Bluemke - Sound Mixer/Engineer
Show Editor
www.robertbluemke.com

Christopher Daniels - Creative Director
Logo & Artwork Design
www.misterstyles.com

Kyle Puccia - Commercial/Theatrical Music Composer
Intro/Outro Music
www.kylepuccia.com

Follow the Hosts
Sister Christian Kendrick
Insta: @sisterchristianrocks
Website: www.sisterchristianproduces.com

Lawrence T. Lewis
Insta: @lawrenceltl
Producing: www.lawrencetlewis.com
Voice Over: www.voiceoflawrence.com

Share Your Story
Email: [email protected]

In this episode...
Shaun Campbell is an Executive Producer at VMLYR Atlanta and has produced award-winning campaigns for major brands. We discuss how the pandemic has affected his personal life and how he sees how each of us can be a part of the silver lining.

Roadmap to Adjusting the Safer At Home Order in Los Angeles
https://corona-virus.la/SaferLA

SAG-Aftra Chief says Production Won't Return to Normal Until Vaccine
https://deadline.com/2020/05/on-industry-unions-media-call-sag-aftra-chief-says-production-wont-return-to-normal-until-vaccine-testing-tracing-are-in-place-1202927429/

Join our Crew Safety Roundtable so Producers and Production Companies can hear your voice on what you need to see for set safety in order for you to feel comfortable enough to return to work.

Email us at [email protected]

Topics
Covid-19, Stay at Home, Commercials, Film Production, Ad Agencies, Brands

Interview Guest
Shaun Campbell
Executive Producer, VMLYR
https://www.vmlyr.com/en-us/united-states

Take Action
www.producershappyhour.com/take-action

Rob Bluemke - Sound Mixer/Engineer
Show Editor
www.robertbluemke.com

Christopher Daniels - Creative Director
Logo & Artwork Design
www.misterstyles.com

Kyle Puccia - Commercial/Theatrical Music Composer
Intro/Outro Music
www.kylepuccia.com

Follow the Hosts
Sister Christian Kendrick
Insta: @sisterchristianrocks
Website: www.sisterchristianproduces.com

Lawrence T. Lewis
Insta: @lawrenceltl
Producing: www.lawrencetlewis.com
Voice Over: www.voiceoflawrence.com

Share Your Story
Email: [email protected]

In this episode...
Today is our first of many Crew Safety Roundtables. Today's guests:

Dave McCabe
Gaffer (NYC)
[email protected]
Insta: @hardcore_dave

Chris Wiesehan
Key Grip (NYC)
[email protected]

Rob Bluemke
Location Sound Mixer (NYC)
www.robertbluemke.com
Insta: @robbsalad

Join our Crew Safety Roundtable so Producers and Production Companies can hear your voice on what you need to see for set safety in order for you to feel comfortable enough to return to work.

Email us at [email protected]

Topics
Covid-19, Set Safety, Film Crews

Take Action
www.producershappyhour.com/take-action

Rob Bluemke - Sound Mixer/Engineer
Show Editor
www.robertbluemke.com

Christopher Daniels - Creative Director
Logo & Artwork Design
www.misterstyles.com

Kyle Puccia - Commercial/Theatrical Music Composer
Intro/Outro Music
www.kylepuccia.com

Follow the Hosts
Sister Christian Kendrick
Insta: @sisterchristianrocks
Website: www.sisterchristianproduces.com

Lawrence T. Lewis
Insta: @lawrenceltl
Producing: www.lawrencetlewis.com
Voice Over: www.voiceoflawrence.com

Share Your Story
Email: [email protected]

In this episode...
Becky Morrison is an award-winning film and TV producer based in New York. She is the owner and EP of The Light, and her company ethos is one of diversity, sustainability, and agility.

Cuomo announces PSA contest on wearing face masks.
https://abc7ny.com/health/gov-cuomo-announces-psa-contest-on-wearing-face-masks/6153644/

Join our Crew Safety Roundtable so Producers and Production Companies can hear your voice on what you need to see for set safety in order for you to feel comfortable enough to return to work.

Email us at [email protected]

Topics
Covid-19, Stay at Home, Commercials, Film Production

Interview Guest
Becky Morrison
The Light
https://www.thelight.nyc/

Take Action
www.producershappyhour.com/take-action

Rob Bluemke - Sound Mixer/Engineer
Show Editor
www.robertbluemke.com

Christopher Daniels - Creative Director
Logo & Artwork Design
www.misterstyles.com

Kyle Puccia - Commercial/Theatrical Music Composer
Intro/Outro Music
www.kylepuccia.com

Follow the Hosts
Sister Christian Kendrick
Insta: @sisterchristianrocks
Website: www.sisterchristianproduces.com

Lawrence T. Lewis
Insta: @lawrenceltl
Producing: www.lawrencetlewis.com
Voice Over: www.voiceoflawrence.com

Share Your Story
Email: [email protected]

In this episode...
Today we chat with Rupert Reynolds-MacLean and Sam Chitty from Biscuit UK. We talk about what is happening in the UK, and the importance of set safety as we slowly start returning to work.

LA Stay At Home order will not lift entirely on May 15th
https://www.dailynews.com/2020/05/01/garcetti-says-he-wont-lift-safer-at-home-on-may-15-but-some-things-could-open/

Film LA Update
https://www.filmla.com/covid-19/

Penn Wharton Budget Model reopening states will result in an additional 233,000 deaths from the virus.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/reopening-states-will-cause-233000-more-people-to-die-from-coronavirus-according-to-wharton-model-120049573.html

Join our Crew Safety Roundtable so Producers and Production Companies can hear your voice on what you need to see for set safety in order for you to feel comfortable enough to return to work.

Email us at [email protected]

Topics
Covid-19, Stay at Home, Film LA, Commercials, Ad Agencies, Film Production

Interview Guest
Rupert Reynolds-MacLean
Sam Chitty
https://www.biscuitfilmworks.com/

Take Action
www.producershappyhour.com/take-action

Rob Bluemke - Sound Mixer/Engineer
Show Editor
www.robertbluemke.com

Christopher Daniels - Creative Director
Logo & Artwork Design
www.misterstyles.com

Kyle Puccia - Commercial/Theatrical Music Composer
Intro/Outro Music
www.kylepuccia.com

Follow the Hosts
Sister Christian Kendrick
Insta: @sisterchristianrocks
Website: www.sisterchristianproduces.com

Lawrence T. Lewis
Insta: @lawrenceltl
Producing: www.lawrencetlewis.com
Voice Over: www.voiceoflawrence.com

Share Your Story
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In this episode...
Annie Saunders is a director and live artist. Her company, Wilderness, has presented “The Day Shall Declare It” in a disused warehouse in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District with Los Angeles Performance Practice and in London with Theatre Delicatessen in the former BBC Studios and the Bush Theatre. She is currently repped as an Experiential Director by HeLo. We chat with her about how this pandemic has shifted her creative lens.

Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart Workers Organize a Historic Mass Strike
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7j8zw/amazon-whole-foods-instacart-workers-organize-a-historic-mass-strike

Ad buy revenues are down:
https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/tv-ad-sales-execs-worry-the-biggest-covid-19-revenue-losses-are-still-to-come/

Grappling with the Ethics of Social Distancing
https://bioethics.jhu.edu/research-and-outreach/projects/grappling-with-the-ethics-of-social-distancing/

84% of freelancers who had applied for government relief had not yet received any money.
https://blog.freelancersunion.org/2020/05/01/may-day-fix-pandemic-unemployment-assistance-now/

Join our Crew Safety Roundtable so Producers and Production Companies can hear your voice on what you need to see for set safety in order for you to feel comfortable enough to return to work.

Email us at [email protected]

Topics
Covid-19, Front Line Workers, Experiential, Theater, Immersive, Interactive, Ad Buys, Ethics, Crew Safety.

Interview Guest
Annie Saunders
Director & Live Artist
http://thisisthewilderness.com/
https://www.flyhelo.com/annie-saunders

Take Action
www.producershappyhour.com/take-action

Rob Bluemke - Sound Mixer/Engineer
Show Editor
www.robertbluemke.com

Christopher Daniels - Creative Director
Logo & Artwork Design
www.misterstyles.com

Kyle Puccia - Commercial/Theatrical Music Composer
Intro/Outro Music
www.kylepuccia.com

Follow the Hosts
Sister Christian Kendrick
Insta: @sisterchristianrocks
Website: www.sisterchristianproduces.com

Lawrence T. Lewis
Insta: @lawrenceltl
Producing: www.lawrencetlewis.com
Voice Over: www.voiceoflawrence.com

Share Your Story
Email: [email protected]

In this episode...
It's time for a change of pace. A little bit of happiness and hope is due, so we are featuring a Los Angeles based Singer/Songwriter, Jasmine Ash, who, with her filmmaker husband, made a music video for her new single "Same Sun". It features her neighbors in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles, dancing along to her song in their own home. Shot from driveways and through windows, it's a little piece of Silverlake sun and fun.

Gavin Newsom criticized for his handling of the coronavirus response with regard to seniors and people with disabilities.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-29/gavin-newsom-coronavirus-response-criticism-nonprofits-legislators

Hollywood versus the Virus. Are we anywhere close to being ready to go back to work?
https://medium.com/@jimmycthatsme/hollywood-and-the-virus-24bdbf782001

Join our Crew Safety Roundtable so Producers and Production Companies can hear your voice on what you need to see for set safety in order for you to feel comfortable enough to return to work.
Email us at [email protected]

Topics
Covid-19, Gavin Newsom, Testing, Set Safety, Film Production, Music, Silverlake.

Interview Guest
Jasmine Ash
Artist/Singer/Songwriter
https://www.jasmineash.com/

Take Action
www.producershappyhour.com/take-action

Rob Bluemke - Sound Mixer/Engineer
Show Editor
www.robertbluemke.com

Christopher Daniels - Creative Director
Logo & Artwork Design
www.misterstyles.com

Kyle Puccia - Commercial/Theatrical Music Composer
Intro/Outro Music
www.kylepuccia.com

Follow the Hosts
Sister Christian Kendrick
Insta: @sisterchristianrocks
Website: www.sisterchristianproduces.com

Lawrence T. Lewis
Insta: @lawrenceltl
Producing: www.lawrencetlewis.com
Voice Over: www.voiceoflawrence.com

Share Your Story
Email: [email protected]

In this episode...
Yehuda Duenyas is a Primetime Emmy award-winning Experiential Director with a focus on immersive new media, storytelling, and technology. He also works as an Intimacy Coordinator and Director for film, TV, and theater. Today we chat with him about the future of experiential, and how pleasure and intimacy could help us all right now.

Antibody tests are being rolled out across New York City:
https://nypost.com/2020/04/28/antibody-tests-are-being-rolled-out-across-new-york-city/

A controversial funeral draws massive crowds in NYC:
https://www.newsandguts.com/video/hasidic-community-draws-crowds-controversy-at-brooklyn-funeral-nyc-mayors-response-criticized/

Join our Crew Safety Roundtable so Producers and Production Companies can hear your voice on what you need to see for set safety in order for you to feel comfortable enough to return to work.
Email us at [email protected]

Topics
Covid-19, Testing, Set Safety, Film Production, Experiential Production.

Interview Guest
Yehuda Duenyas
Experiential Director & Intimacy Coordinator
https://xxxyehuda.com/
https://www.xxxydirectsintimacy.com/

Take Action
www.producershappyhour.com/take-action

Rob Bluemke - Sound Mixer/Engineer
Show Editor
www.robertbluemke.com

Christopher Daniels - Creative Director
Logo & Artwork Design
www.misterstyles.com

Kyle Puccia - Commercial/Theatrical Music Composer
Intro/Outro Music
www.kylepuccia.com

Follow the Hosts
Sister Christian Kendrick
Insta: @sisterchristianrocks
Website: www.sisterchristianproduces.com

Lawrence T. Lewis
Insta: @lawrenceltl
Producing: www.lawrencetlewis.com
Voice Over: www.voiceoflawrence.com

Share Your Story
Email: [email protected]