The Cinematic Schematic

After an entire weekend full of movies, parties, and reunions at the 2018 deadCenter Film Festival followed by a week full of film reviews and interviews here at The Cinematropolis, our special deadCenter coverage comes to a close with a deadCenter 2018 recap discussion between our entire festival team, Daniel Bokemper, Kevin Tudor, Christopher Shultz, and myself. We are also joined by The Cinematic Schematic‘s ‘Sound Trek’ host and You People associate producer/Homecoming unit production manager, Alexandra Bohannon, who also attended the festival. Each of us discusses our favorite feature film, short film, documentary, and experience at the this year’s festival. To close out the festival, we’d like to send thanks out to the deadCenter staff including Lance McDaniel, Sara Thompson, Alyx Picard, and Kevin Ely along with Sunrise Tippeconnie, Krystal Yosef, Stephen Tyler, and the other phenomenal volunteers who continue to make this festival happen. Take a look at The Cinematropolis’s other deadCenter 2018 coverage Film Reviews from Christopher Shultz dC After Dark Shorts Offers A Variety Of Wild, Weird, And WTF! Delights  Femme Fatale Shorts Presents A Choice Selection Of Films Directed By Women Hearts Beat Loud Shows That ‘Coming Of Age’ Narratives Are Ageless Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Offers […]

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  Guest Kim Voynar CEO & Chief Imaginator deadCenter 2018 Oklahoma Icon     deadCenter 2018 Oklahoma Icon Kim Voynar joins The Cinematic Schematic to talk about her experience filming Homecoming: Seductionwith a 360 degree camera in order to showcase the short in virtual reality. Voynar talks about the unique benefits the cutting edge technology offers storytellers and filmmakers. Homecoming: Seduction Synopsis Homecoming: Seduction uses the language of dance to explore the challenges of avoiding addiction, the emotional rush of using, and the inevitable crash that always follows. Follow Kim Online  www.wonderteklabs.com

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    Guest Amanda Presmyk Producer of Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Follow Amanda on Twitter: @amandapresmyk         Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich producer Amanda Presmyk joins The Cinematic Schematic to talk about creating one of the most shocking and twisted horror movies in recent memory with writer S. Craig Zahler. In our review, Christopher Shultz described the use of violence as meaningful when he said  “this is gore for the sake of social commentary, in grand the tradition of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, Brian Yuzna’s Society, and Takashi Miike’s Audition, among other titles.” Amanda touches on how the 2018 context may have shaped the film’s ideas before detailing how the team worked with S. Craig Zahler to come up with the film’s most mind-blowing kills. She also discusses how the team at Cinestate approached this soft reboot in respect to the series creator Charles Band’s previous films. Listen to the full interview to hear more on the making of Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich.   Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Synopsis During a roadtrip to a convention for the 30th Anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders, a comic book nerd, his new girlfriend and his best friend come face to face with […]

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      Guest Kyle Roberts Director of The Grave       Director Kyle Roberts joins The Cinematic Schematic to talk about his experience working on the recent Noir superhero pilot, The Grave. Kyle discusses Oklahoma’s 1920s history with underground crime in addition to the exciting challenges he tackled with the film’s mature themes. The interview ends with big news for the future of the project. Listen to the podcast talk for the full story! The Grave Synopsis In 1920s Oklahoma City, few men are above the law. Fortunately, crusading reporter Walter Crim stands up to those who would oppress the innocent. When Crim can’t achieve his aims through the press alone, he becomes the dark avenger known as ‘The Grave’.   The Grave deadCenter Schedule – Okie Mediums  Sat, Jun 9th, 2:00 PM @ MidFirst Bank Theater at Harkins Bricktown Cinema Sun, Jun 10th, 1:00 PM @ MidFirst Bank Theater at Harkins Bricktown Cinema   Follow Reckless Abandonment 

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    Guest Ryan Bellgardt Writer / Director / Producer of The Jurassic Games     Writer/director/producer Ryan Bellgardt rejoins The Cinematic Schematic to talk about his experiences making his most recent visual effects extravaganza, The Jurassic Games, in Oklahoma. He also discusses how to balance the fun premise, the surprising commentary that emerged from his script, and the business behind making such a high concept film. List to the interview for the full story! The Jurassic Games Synopsis “Every year, 10 of the world’s most lethal death row criminals compete for their freedom in The Jurassic Games, a TV show where contestants must survive against ferocious dinosaurs and each other. The last survivor is granted freedom, fame, and fortune.”   The Jurassic Games deadCenter Schedule ONE NIGHT ONLY — World Premiere – Friday, June 8 – 7:00 pm   Where else to find The Jurassic Games Pre-order on Amazon Like the film on Facebook The film will be available VOD on June 12th

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    Guest Laron Chapman Writer / Director / Producer of You People   Guest Yousef Kazemi Executive Producer of You People   Writer/director/producer of You People and The Cinematropolis contributor, Laron Chapman, rejoins The Cinematic Schematic podcast along with executive producer Yousef Kazemi to talk about their social dramedy and Laron’s first feature film premiering at the deadCenter 2018 film festival in Oklahoma City. Laron talks about how recent events in the culture have helped shaped his film how he handled stepping into the role of director from production assistant on films like August: Osage County and Paul Dano’s upcoming film, Wildlife.  Yousef talks about how he served as an advisor and guided Laron through the process to ensure his vision was realized on the big screen. You People An intelligent, white-washed black youth adopted by a Caucasian family has a crisis of ethnic identity while growing up in white suburbia with his urban culture obsessed, white best friend.   You People deadCenter Schedule World Premiere –  Thursday June 7, 2018, 8:30 PM Encore Screening – Sunday June 10, 2018, 6:00 PM

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Time Stamps 2:01 – Deadpool 2 Review 27:17 – Deadpool 2 Spoilers 53:13 – ‘Sound Trek’ with Alexandra Bohannon – The evolution of film scores in superhero blockbusters   The Cinematic Schematic closes out our May theme of Blockbusters at The Cinematropolis with a review and deep-dive discussion covering of one of the most anticipated superhero films of the summer, Deadpool 2. In the second half of the show,  Alexandra Bohannon hosts a superhero blockbuster edition of ‘Sound Trek’ by selecting some of the most important films in the history of the genre. Hold on to your chimichangas, this is going to be a fun episode!   This month’s ‘Sound Trek’ selections “Jaws Theme” – Jaws “The Batman Theme” – Batman (1989) “Up the Cathedral”– Batman (1989) “Captain America March” – Captain America: The First Avenger “An Unlikely Alliance” – Thor: The Dark World “Earth to Asgard” – Thor “Where To!” – Thor: Ragnorok “Ragnorok Main Theme” – Thor Ragnorok “Immigrant Song” – Led Zeppelin 

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Time Stamps 2:05 – ‘Sound Trek’ with Alexandra Bohannon – The best of Spielberg directed/produced scores 56:24 – A talk with K.W. Jeter, author of the Blade Runner novel sequels. The Cinematic Schematic closes out our March theme by celebrating the road to Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One with a special episode of ‘Sound Trek’ from Alexandra Bohannon selecting some of the most unique and memorable pieces from his directed or produced films. In the second half of today’s show, Caleb and Alexandra were honored to sit down with legendary science fiction and fantasy author, K.W. Jeter, at Tower Theatre to discuss how he approached writing the novel sequels to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner before delving into his relationship with the iconic author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick.  K.W. Jeter shares powerful stories of his experiences as a writer and also offers a few tips to writers who are just getting started. The third and final part of this month’s episode, an in depth review and analysis of Ready Player One will be released next week. Special Guest   K.W. Jeter Science Fiction / Fantasy Author of: Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human Star Wars: […]

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The Cinematic Schematic returns with a roundtable review and breakdown of Marvel Studios newest film, Black Panther. Today’s panel consists of The Cinematropolis film critic and Cinematic Schematic host Caleb Masters, the writer/director of You People, Laron Chapman, and first-time guest Joshua Unruh from Pulp Diction Productions. In this discussion, we give our initial spoiler-free review followed by an in-depth spoiler discussion about the film’s plot, character arcs, and larger themes. Black Panther is written and directed by Ryan Coogler and is the eighteenth movie set in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, but the first to star a person of color. The film features an incredible cast including Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Daniel Kaluuya, and Andy Serkis. Disney and Marvel seem to have fully committed to the film but being the eighteenth entry in this long-running series, does the change of perspective shake things up enough to stay fresh? Tune in to hear our reviews, recommendations, and analysis of the film’s presentation of racial politics. Special Guest   Joshua Unruh Comic Book Scholar, Pulp Diction Productions Listen Up A-Holes podcast Twitter @JoshuaUnruh  Follow The Cinematic Schematic Podcast Hear all of this and more of our past and future episodes by subscribing to The Cinematic Schematic and […]

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Valentine’s Day is a right around the corner and we’re not leaving any Twisted Big Screen Romance unturned, including this past weekend’s most recent release, Fifty Shades Freed. In this special segment of The Cinematic Schematic, Caleb is joined by You People writer/director, Laron Chapman, and first-time guest Chelsea Ratterman from Geek Girl Features to review the third and final chapter of the hit romance series, Fifty Shades Freed.   Follow The Cinematic Schematic Podcast Hear all of this and more of our past and future episodes by subscribing to The Cinematic Schematic and leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts! Like The Cinematropolis on Facebook Follow The Cinematropolis on Twitter and Instagram @thecinematrop

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