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Valentina Caniglia is a cinematographer that has worked on over 60 film productions, documentaries, music videos commercial work and more. She is known for her work on the film "The Stand" where her astonishing lighting and camera work caught the attention of American Cinematographer magazine which featured an exclusive article in March 2017 issue. 

As a DP (Director of Photography) Valentina is the real deal and brings her positive attitude to her work and life. We discussed the challenges of shooting on location in Palestine to being snowed in in New Jersey. Her eye for coloring and lighting are what makes Valentina’s work unique and why she’s won so many awards. As a female cinematographer success didn't come easy. 

"Pomegranates and Myrrh" winner of the Golden Dagger for Best Cinematography, premiered in USA at Sundance film Festival and received the Audience Award at Doha Tribeca Film Festival handed out by Robert De Niro.  

"Madeline's Oil” was the winner of the Best Cinematography award at the Louisiana International Film festival.

Valentina’s philosophy on Film Making

"I always adapt at filming each project with versatile visual style that best translates each story's unique concept into breathtaking moving images that unravel the characters' state of mind throughout the progression of the storytelling. Cinematography represents a concept of beauty that stands beyond the aesthetic aspects, something more intense that supports, follows and enhances the story where the camera can capture and show the transparency and the awareness of visuals drawn by the emotions." - Valentina Caniglia

Director, writer, producer, cinematographer this week’s guest has done it all. Dimi Nakov is a filmmaker’s filmmaker. This new Zealander is making a big splash in the indie film community. Dimi is a multi award winning filmmaker with a diverse body of work. 

Talking to Dimi couldn't have been a better way to kick off our next season of interviews. He runs a huge Facebook network called the FilmMakers Generation Next. He's filled with tons of inspiration. We talked about mental health and film making and his body of work that started in music videos. We hope you enjoy the interview with Dimi as much as we did and learn more about seizing your opportunities for yourself. 

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The Imperfect Podcast kicked off of its new sseason with a Facebook Live event that recaps the show's most memorable moments and behind the scenes from Seymour the Unfortunate Vampire. 

September 11th & Hurricane Irma Relief

We take a moment to remember Septemeber 11th and those who bravely gave their lives as well as the friends and famlies that were effected. We will also donate $1 to Hurricane Irma Relief for every new YouTube subscriber until Sunday September 17, 2017. Subscribe at http://youtube.com/hecklerkanecreations.

Top 10 Episodes

Interviewing over 40 guests the past year, made for great memories. Here are the 5 best, listen to the episode for the rest...

Inside The Killing Season with Josh Zeman

Veteran Actor Marshall R. Teague

The Neverending Story Childlike Empress Tami Stronach

Green Day Music Video Animator Ariel Costa

Cast & Creator of Indie Film Eyes of the Roshi

Inbeon Con is Long Island’s Comic Con for Artists! Featuring anime, comics, cosplay & gaming we met some amazing local artists, costume designers, animators & game developers. Featuring creator Eric Hutchison, we had the chance to learn what it takes for independent artists to make it. In it's 4th year, Eric has done a great job of assembling artists with passion and talent to create a community that's supporting each other. Watch the video for a special light sabre fight with the Sabre Guild Endor Temple.

Interviews include:

Eric Hutchison - Inbeon Con Creator

Experience Unknown - LiveHorrorShow.com 5D Horror Show Friday September 30th 2017 at The Cradle of Aviation

Antonio Mastria - Comic Book Artist & Illustrator

Regine Sawyer - Lockett Down Productions & Women In Comics Collective

Cristian Aluas - Artist, Designer, Writer, Film Maker & Speaker known for his graphic novel Big Boss: Gun for Hire

Jason Quinones - Cartoonist and Graphic Artist at Beer and Cookies Comics

Demon Boy - The World's Most Exciting Horror Rock Show

Chris Fehn - 501ECG.com Empire City Garrison part of the world’s premiere Star Wars costuming group.

Saber Guild Endor Temple - Choreographed light saber fights at cons, events and birthdays to raise money for charities

Brian Van Kuik - Stained glass artist at Taomoonsworkshop.com

Rich Drezen - Luckyzilla.com following the adventures of Bruce Deodato, alias Luckyzilla

Inbeon Con is Long Island’s Comic Con for Artists! Featuring anime, comics, cosplay & gaming we met some amazing local artists, costume designers, animators & game developers. Featuring creator Eric Hutchison, we had the chance to learn what it takes for independent artists to make it. In it's 4th year, Eric has done a great job of assembling artists with passion and talent to create a community that's supporting each other. Watch the video for a special light sabre fight with the Sabre Guild Endor Temple.

Interviews include:

Eric Hutchison - Inbeon Con Creator

Experience Unknown - LiveHorrorShow.com 5D Horror Show Friday September 30th 2017 at The Cradle of Aviation

Antonio Mastria - Comic Book Artist & Illustrator

Regine Sawyer - Lockett Down Productions & Women In Comics Collective

Cristian Aluas - Artist, Designer, Writer, Film Maker & Speaker known for his graphic novel Big Boss: Gun for Hire

Jason Quinones - Cartoonist and Graphic Artist at Beer and Cookies Comics

Demon Boy - The World's Most Exciting Horror Rock Show

Chris Fehn - 501ECG.com Empire City Garrison part of the world’s premiere Star Wars costuming group.

Saber Guild Endor Temple - Choreographed light saber fights at cons, events and birthdays to raise money for charities

Brian Van Kuik - Stained glass artist at Taomoonsworkshop.com

Rich Drezen - Luckyzilla.com following the adventures of Bruce Deodato, alias Luckyzilla

Welcome to the Imperfect Podcast special summer edition episode live from the red carpet at the Soho International Film Festival 2017. The Soho film festival is in its 8th year and we were invited by Eyes of the Roshi producer and actor Ethan Marten.

In anticipation of the Eyes of the Roshi screening we had the opportunity to interview Soho Film Festival Director Sybil Santiago who talks about how rewarding her job is and why the story is the most important part of getting your film selected for a festival like hers.

Casting Director Donna McKenna joined us for an interview who talks about Ethan’s dream of working with Eric Roberts and we all know how well that worked out for Eyes of the Roshi!

The Eyes of the Roshi cast stepped up to the mic to discuss the film and the festival. We were joined by actor Michael Carey, actress Amanda Dunn, Grandmaster Adam, actress Stacy Whittle and of course actor and producer Ethan Marten.

If you haven’t seen our full length interview with the Eyes of the Roshi crew you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqbPgglrHb8

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This past year has been a really cool run for Heckler Kane Creations and the Imperfect Podcast. We've been committed to bring you weekly interviews with indie film makers, actors and creative talent that helps support the indie film community. In this episode we have some really cool announcements we can't wait to share about our new home for the podcast at Blog Talk Radio, crowdfunding our web series Seymour the Unfortunate Vampire and shout outs to our supporters and guests who made all of this possible!

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This week's guests on the Imperfect Podcast are the women from REAL Pictures and founder Jacqueline Real. The REAL Brand NYC is a brand built on humanitarian, forward-thinking ideals. Their first company launch will be REAL Pictures, a production house helmed by #TheREALSisters that produces provocative, female-driven films with a purpose. Its premiere film will be ‘The Drive,’ written by Jacqueline Real & shot by Diana Matos. 

Jacqueline Real is a native New Yorker as well as a working SAG-AFTRA/EQUITY actress. After a year of activism and volunteer work, she has finally focused her passions and launched the company The REAL Brand NYC. The REAL Brand NYC  combines her love of activism, volunteering, and film making.  The most recent film she produced, 'How Far' (2016), was featured at the New York Short Film Festival. For more info on Jacqueline's multiple skills go to follow her on IG @JacquelineReal!

Jacqueline's sister, Nicole Real has worked in the film & television industry for almost 15 years, where she started as an intern on "The FBI Files" for the Discovery Channel and then later at Tribeca Productions; Robert De Niro’s production company. She graduated from The School of VISUAL ARTS in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in cinematography and later met a group of filmmakers who led her to work with Glass Eye Pix “one of the indie scene's most productive and longest-running companies.” - Filmmaker Magazine. 

Also feature in this weeks interview is Diana Matos, who is a New York based Director of Photography working regularly in LA and Miami. Once a Local 600 camera assistant, her credits include: The Amazing Spider Man, The Bourne Legacy, R.I.P.D., Winter’s Tale, The Other Woman, Annie and Ricki and the Flash. Prior to working on set, she was a technician at Panavision NY and is a graduate of the University of Miami. Talking to Diana about film gear was a real treat. Hell she even owns owns an Arri Alexa Classic with High Speed License!

Diana has shot with a

Today’s guest on the Imperfect Podcast is Robert Palmer Watkins who plays Dillon Quartermaine on NBC’s daytime series General Hospital. We talked to him about everything from his struggles as an actor to how landing the role on General Hospital changed his life. I think Robert is a really humble guy. His roots are on the east coast from the Carolinas and it just seems like he’s really dedicated to the work. He really understands what the fans want and what the commitment is to being a daytime actor on a soap opera like General Hospital.

He appreciates everything from the struggles he’s had and doesn’t take it for granted. It was interesting to talk to somebody about soap operas because honestly we weren't fans but watching his work and watching how it’s done you can see how people are literally addicted to soap operas. They’ve been around for decades. There’s only 4 left, General Hospital being one of them.

The character that he’s playing and the shoes he has to fill is no joke. We also talk a lot about the pressures he faced in taking on this role. Hope you enjoy the podcast and learn more about what it takes to be a soap opera actor.

Keep up with Robert Palmer Watkins on his website http://robertpalmerwatkins.com

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Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with writer, producer and distributor Sam Sherman. In case you missed it here's Part 1: Indie Horror Icon Sam Sherman. In this part of our interview with Sam, we discuss how film making and distribution has changed, his relationship with director Al Adamson and how films like Dracula vs Frankenstein came to be.

Sam Sherman attended New York’s City College Film Institute, where he ran “Flash Gordon” serials and “The Mask of Fu Mancho” in the student film program and made the 16mm short “The Weird Stranger” in a single day. The first picture he distributed was a re-release of The Scarlet Letter (1934) in 1964. He also worked in the publicity department of Hemisphere Pictures prior to forming the hugely successful production and distribution outfit Independent-International Pictures with Do-It-Yourself indie filmmaker ‘Al Adamson (I)’ in 1968. Independent-International produced and/or released a slew of movies in such genres as horror, Western, science fiction, comedy, action and even blaxploitation for the drive-in market throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.