Pulling Focus

Two Simultaneous One-Takes Make A Unique Split Screen Feature Film Experience

Our second interview on Pulling Focus is with writer, director, producer Gavin Michael Booth. We discuss the film he co-wrote and directed, the very unique Last Call. Last Call is a feature drama shot simultaneously from two perspectives in split screen. But this is no gimmick. The purposeful presentation is a wholly unique story telling method that delivers the films drama perfectly. Acted beautifully by Sarah Booth and David Wilkins, Last Call is an incredible film experience and a bright reminder of the abundance of creativity in independent cinema. Kudos to Gavin Michael Booth and David Wilkins, writers of Last Call.

Last Call is an official selection at the 8th Annual Skyline Indie Film Fest and will be available through Skyline September 10-13, 2020. Tickets available early August.

Links for Clicking

* Making of: Last Call* Other Films by Gavin Michael Booth

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Don’t Miss Out

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

* Ep 63: Filmmaker Showcase #3 with Jack Gordon, R. Jay Molina, Dina Laura & Giulia Aguiar, and Cory Mason & Derek PattersonSeptember 5, 2022

* Ep 62: Filmmaker Showcase #2 with Hyten Davidson, Al Julian, Aslak Danbolt, and Frank Mosley & Hugo De SousaAugust 29, 2022

SkIFF Selections, Carl & Rob Reiner, Hamilton, All I Can Say & so much more!

This week we go into great detail about the selection process for Skyline Indie Film Fest and the hell it is to choose what’s in and what’s out. The pressure is real, my friends!

We have a fond and wandering remembrance of Carl Reiner that takes us down the road of zombie movies of all places. Which is good because Mick found an Australian zombie flick and said it’s the best he’s every seen. And it’s probably call UNDEAD. Maybe. Ultimately we end up on a Rob Reiner movie rant because someone said the writer director of so many beloved films was no good! With regard to pretentiousness in filmmaking we have no patience.

Hamilton made its television debut and I think the whole world watched. Mick had never seen the show or heard the music. I’ve had the music memorized for years now but had never seen the show. We both loved it!

We discuss other movies but go pretty deep into ALL I CAN SAY, the Shannon Hoon/Blind Melon doc from Oscilloscope. It turns out Blind Melon had a huge impact on me and I was never really aware of it until I found myself watching this doc, crying on the couch. Emotions are wild, man.

As always, there is is huge amount of new content on The Scene Snobs Channel on Soundcloud and YouTube so check them out because its the right thing to do!

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Don’t Miss Out

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

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Father’s Day Favorites, Drive-Ins Ramping Up & Cinemas Open This July

This week on Pulling Focus Mick and Brian go hard on some of their favorite movies to watch with their fathers and about great movie dads. From John Wayne and Disney classics to some real tear-jerking dramas and a few Anderson-cult fare. Some you’ll find obvious but you might find a few that are a surprise.

Drive-Ins coming to the rescue, filling the cinematic void with repertory film and we’re loving it! It’s not the best cinematic experience but the it’s the experience we need. Besides it’s a piece of Americana that can’t be denied!

Finally we discuss the proposed opening of cinemas on July 15, 2020. Safety precautions they plan to take and how likely are Brian and Mick to jump back into theaters. Well, it depends…

Point of interest for this episode, the audio is a little rough for about the first 50 seconds of the show, it gets better so hang in there. Also, things change quickly in this crazy world and we discuss theaters opening up on July 15 and not requiring masks for the audience as part of their safety protocol. Well that didn’t last 24 hours and now it’s every corporate theaters’ plan to require masks in their auditoriums. As they should.

Got a hot take on what we discuss? Then make sure to comment on social or send us an email. Also, new indie fare at Skyline and new shows at The Scene Snobs, check them out!

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Get Caught Up

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

* Ep 63: Filmmaker Showcase #3 with Jack Gordon, R. Jay Molina, Dina Laura & Giulia Aguiar,

Black Live Matter, Diverse Film Crews, Black Cinema Streams for Free & Films to Decompress To

The chants can be heard in the streets and the call can be found in film. Black lives matter is not a new sentiment. In the archives of cinema, from the very beginning there are films about the plight of Black Americans. Criterion is streaming black cinema for free all of June. Warner Brothers has made the heart wrenching film Just Mercy free on all platforms this month. Other studios, streaming services and online platforms are being added to the list daily. Streaming for free is great but everyone doesn’t have access. Consider supporting these films and filmmakers if you can by buying the discs and donating to your local library. Share the word.

The lighter fare this week to decompress from 2020’s continued onslaught included Starship Troopers, Minority Report and the entire Underworld franchise. Fun, mindless popcorn flicks to help unwind and decompress. Brian and Mick follow the rabbit hole and wind up discussing movies like Wolf Creek, Tusk, Shawshank Redemption where the fear lies in the vulnerability of being imprisoned and tormented. Horror, ain’t genre grand?!

Skyline is streaming some of our favorite short films from 2019. Click the link below to stream for free. This month’s selections are: AFTERMATH, All That Roams Below, Manhood, Masters, Psychosis and Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing). New selections available in July.

Mick is busy over at TheSceneSnobs.com with two new episodes featuring Ariel Baska and Rusty Gilligan and he’s about to break two new live shows. Sounds like it’s going to be fun!

Links for Clicking

* Diversity in film crews.* Criterion, Warner Brothers’ Just Mercy and others make Black Films Free to stream.* Minority Report: the novel.* Stream Skyline Indie Film Fest Titles for Free.* The Scene Snobs has new episodes and two new show coming soon!

Lynn Shelton, Fred Willard, Reading Scripts and Getting Back Into Theaters

This week we celebrate the lives and work of Lynn Shelton and Fred Willard and the talent and inspiration they have given to so many people.

Skyline Indie Film Fest has some great news! We have partnered with Eventive to go virtual for out 8th festival. That’s right, Skyline continues in 2020 and we are super excited for the new opportunities that this new platform provides. We have big plans and can’t wait to share them with you. Brian and Mick go deep into script reading, script doctoring and delve into outlines and treatments finally landing in the television spec writing world.

We revisit getting back to theatrical viewing. The cinematic experience is under a critical eye from many. The Scene Snob and I discuss our varying takes on our experiences pre-quarantine including the revival of drive-ins due to the quarantine and we share a heartfelt love letter to cinema.

Finally, we share our indie film recommended watch for this week, two movie from the 1990s you should not miss.

Links for Clicking

* Celebrate Lynn Shelton and Fred Willard.* Skyline Indie Film Fest Goes Virtual with Eventive!* Script Reading, Script Doctors, Outlines and Treatments.* Read Angel Heart and Check out Script to Screen.* Revisiting the Theatrical Viewing Experience, Again. The James Mangold Article.* Mirandum Pictures’s Love Letter to Theaters.* Join The Scene Snobs as they head up push on our local Alamo.* Our Indie Watch Recommendations:* Mick’s Pick: Permanent Midnight (1998).* Brian’s Pick: The Cube (1997).

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Two Writer/Directors, Four Actors, Three Crew: The Indie Filmmakers of COSMOS

This week Pulling Focus has our first guest interviews. Brian and Mick have a great chat with the sibling writer/director team Elliot and Zander Weaver. Joining us from their library in Birmingham, UK and they are delightful! You’ve rarely met such down to earth, charming and grateful people this talented. Pulling Focus expects great things from these two in the future and they deserve it.

We get into the story of their incredible indie feature COSMOS, how it came about, how it was made over 5 years on a next to nothing budget and so much more.

Mick and I can’t recommend this film enough and we are queued up for COSMOS merch as soon as it’s available. Once you see this sci-fi feature you’ll want some for yourself, too!

Keep your ears open and on frequency 1420.163 listening for #astro-nuts and #jurassiccampground, it’s worth it!

Get All The COSMOS Goodies

* Where to watch COSMOS* See the official COSMOS trailer* Make sure to watch the BTS Featurette* Read the article on No Film School* Official COSMOS Site* Even more goodies* Socials for Elliot and Zander and all things COSMOS

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Get Caught Up

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

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Two Writer/Directors, Four Actors, Three Crew: The Indie Filmmakers of COSMOS

This week Pulling Focus has our first guest interviews. Brian and Mick have a great chat with the sibling writer/director team Elliot and Zander Weaver. Joining us from their library in Birmingham, UK and they are delightful! You’ve rarely met such down to earth, charming and grateful people this talented. Pulling Focus expects great things from these two in the future and they deserve it.

We get into the story of their incredible indie feature COSMOS, how it came about, how it was made over 5 years on a next to nothing budget and so much more.

Mick and I can’t recommend this film enough and we are queued up for COSMOS merch as soon as it’s available. Once you see this sci-fi feature you’ll want some for yourself, too!

Keep your ears open and on frequency 1420.163 listening for #astro-nuts and #jurassiccampground, it’s worth it!

Get All The COSMOS Goodies

* Where to watch COSMOS* See the official COSMOS trailer* Make sure to watch the BTS Featurette* Read the article on No Film School* Official COSMOS Site* Even more goodies* Socials for Elliot and Zander and all things COSMOS

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* Pulling Focus Ep 18: The Hangover Show, aka Don’t Be Dumb and a Whole Lot MoreSeptember 15, 2020

* Pulling Focus Ep 17: Cobra Kai & Karate/Kung Fu Movies,

Getting on with it, Missing theaters, COSMOS & Loglines

Mick and Brian are back again to discuss coping without theaters during quarantine. You can’t binge enough, cook enough, sleep enough to fill the void that going out to the theater fills. But we must power through and podcast, pontificate, speculate and just laugh at the world and ourselves. This episode ran long and we considered breaking it up into two but then again, why? Why break the flow? It was a good time and we hope you enjoy our chat.

This Week We’re Discussing

* Coping with quarantine: mowing, cooking, binging…* Missing the theater experience.* Movies that made us love movies. One of us is Star Wars, the other is Jurassic Park. Can you guess whose is whose?* Fandango buys VUDU.* What will theater play if they open before new content is ready?* Film Festivals becoming more than annual events…* COSMOS, an indie delight! Don’t miss the BTS Featurette.* Screenwriting:* Loglines, you only get one chance to make a first impression, you better be prepared.* Young Screenwriters free 5 week screenwriting class is still available, Brian is on week 3.* Winchester Book Gallery & Pulling Focus offer 15% off a wide selection of books on screenwriting* Use code PFPSHOW at checkout.

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Get Caught Up

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

* Ep 63: Filmmaker Showcase #3 with Jack Gordon, R. Jay Molina, Dina Laura & Giulia Aguiar, and Cory Mason & Derek PattersonSeptember 5, 2022

The greatest book ever written on screenwriting?

Brian and Mick are back again remotely with the latest episode of Pulling Focus. We can’t wait to get back into the studio together but we’re still remotely podcasting the show because we are highly responsible adults and we are in self quarantine. You should be, too! This one would have been a great conversation in person because Mick is so passionate about screenwriting.

This Week We’re Discussing

* Friday the 13th VI: Jason Lives on SHUDDER* Cursed on SHUDDER* Analysts fear the worst for AMC* Film Festival Day 2020* Stream PHOENIX, OREGON and support festivals* Schedule backups at studio lots* Screenwriting:* Mick goes off on an article author!* Young Screenwriters & John Warren offer 5 week screenwriting class for free!* Winchester Book Gallery & Pulling Focus offer 15% off a wide selection of books on screenwriting* Use code PFPSHOW at checkout

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Get Caught Up

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

* Ep 63: Filmmaker Showcase #3 with Jack Gordon, R. Jay Molina, Dina Laura & Giulia Aguiar, and Cory Mason & Derek PattersonSeptember 5, 2022

* Ep 62: Filmmaker Showcase #2 with Hyten Davidson, Al Julian, Aslak Danbolt, and Frank Mosley & Hugo De SousaAugust 29, 2022

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