Filmtalkz

Our guest this week is Fabio Bedoya, who is a film restoration artist and colorist in Peru.    Thanks to the DAFO grant that provides some small local companies funds to digitize and restore the film heritage of their nation, Fabio has been able to restore projects like Color de Mujer, Caminos de Liberación, and Viento del Ayahuasca.   Fabio openly talks about the struggles of getting into this industry in South America, why restoration is so important in protecting Peruvian heritage, and why he is proud to be one of Filmworkz's 'Incredibles'.   Follow us for more on   Instagram   Twitter   Facebook   Linkedin

What does a DIT actually do? In this episode, we chat to Andy, better known as Elvis, about his journey into the world of digital imaging, starting as a trainee and working his way up to live grade technician. From recreating Live Aid for Bohemian Rhapsody to the car chases in The Batman, Elvis has seen the magic happen from behind the monitor. We talk about set life, live grading, working with DPs, and why the behind-the-scenes world is so addictive.

In this episode, we sit down with filmmaker duo Jack Margerison and Maxwell Bamber to talk about WOOTTENS—a beautifully shot short film capturing generations of boatbuilders working along the River Thames. We explore the emotional depth behind the project, the dynamics of their creative partnership, and the power of telling quiet, character-driven stories. Jack and Max share what it's like to collaborate as freelancers, why passion projects are essential to surviving (and thriving) in the creative industries, and how simply getting involved—paid or unpaid—can shape your future. Whether you're a filmmaker, creative, or someone who appreciates stories of legacy, craftsmanship, and resilience, this is a conversation that will leave you inspired to pick up your camera and start creating. Watch the film: WOOTTENS – Short Documentary Follow Jack: @jackmarge Follow Max: @pentimax91

In this episode of Filmtalkz were re-joined by Max Goldini, Senior Colorist at Picture Shop UK, who returns to the podcast a year after our first discussion.   This time, we dive even deeper into the art and science of color grading, exploring how Max approaches scripted and unscripted content, handles post-production challenges, and adapts to new technology like AI and remote collaboration. We'll also discuss his work on acclaimed projects such as Passenger and Welcome to Hell Camp and why Manchester is thriving as a production hub. Whether you're a film enthusiast or an industry insider, this episode offers a vibrant look behind the scenes. Follow Picture Shop on Instagram @pictureshop for Scripted and @unscriptedbyps for Unscripted and LinkedIn for more information. Have you got a story to tell? Sign up to the Filmworkz Academy to find out more:

Chris Grubb, Creative Director at Whisper TV, has been shaping compelling sports documentaries and live broadcasts for years. With a background at the BBC and ITV, Chris has brought his expertise to award-winning projects like Sven and Ben Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes. At Whisper, Chris oversees a diverse range of projects, from sports to branded content, working with a team that spans the globe. His passion lies in telling stories that resonate beyond the field, blending archival footage and emotional narratives to capture audiences' imaginations. In our conversation, we dive into the making of Sven and Ben Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes, explore the unique power of archive footage, and discuss how the world of sports media is evolving. Chris also shares the challenges and rewards of creating documentaries that balance athleticism with deeply personal stories. Have you got a story you want to tell? Sign up to the to find out more ways we can support you.   Follow us for more on… Instagram  Linkedin  Letterboxd  Twitter  Facebook 

Hyun Jin Cho, a programmer for the London Film Festival, has been curating captivating content for over four years. Collaborating closely with colleagues, she has helped bring some of the world's most beautiful films to England's second-oldest film festival.    Currently, Jin is leading the Experimenta Strand, focusing on artistic movements, shorts, documentaries, and select feature films.    In our conversation, we explore what the festival means to Jin, the relationships she fosters along the way, and the intricate process behind curating one of the world's most iconic film festivals. She shares how rewarding it is to see the films she champions light up the screen.    'Create Incredible' has now changed to 'Filmtalkz', but fear not, all episodes are still available here.    Have you got a story you want to tell? Sign up to the Filmworkz Academy to find out more ways we can support you.     Follow us for more on:  Instagram  Linkedin  Letterboxd  Twitter  Facebook 

Randi Altman built postPerspective from the ground up, working as Editor-in-Chief after founding the Leading Digital Magazine for the Post Production & Production communities 11 years ago.   She has found her niche in interviewing the guys behind the screens, the ones who help bring all the magic together in post.   The vision was to create an Architectural Digest of the films you see - 'how do you create these big gorgeous things but with tools that you can afford. I wanted to show what the big guys were doing to encourage the smaller guys that they could do that as well'.   From Editors on Netflix hits to Colorists on your favourite blockbusters, Randi shares who she was most excited to interview, how the technology has changed in the time she's been in the industry and whether she would go into this world herself…   'Create Incredible' has now changed to 'Filmtalkz', but fear not, all episodes are still available here.   Have you got a story you want to tell? Sign up to the Filmworkz Academy to find out more ways we can support you.   Follow us for more on: Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook  

Filmtalkz is joined by documentarian, filmmaker, archivist, and founder of Dvarchive, Rick Ray. Having adopted a solo-traveller lifestyle early on, Rick has explored the far reaches of the world with his camera. From here, he developed a stock footage collection so that content can be accessible by anyone. It's a mixture of his own adventures and a scavenger hunt through public records in the hopes to amass an extensive library.   We chat about why licensing footage can make you more money than the project itself, how AI could affect the future of stock imagery, and how he deals with filming in a war zone.   'Create Incredible' has now changed to 'Filmtalkz', but fear not, all episodes are still available here.   Have you got a story you want to tell? Sign up to the Filmworkz Academy to find out more ways we can support you.   Follow us for more on: Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook  

Alex Churnoff is a lead colorist at Pictureshop, working on some of the most exciting sport docuseries on Netflix, like Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Tour De France: Unchained, and Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story.   Reigning at the top of the Netflix charts, Drive to Survive has had an unprecedented impact on the world of racing, boosting viewer number over 50%, year on year and introduced a new American audience. Nail-bitingly tense, addictively dramatic, Forbes called the show 'The Real Housewives Of Monte Carlo', offering a behind-the-scenes insight to the drivers' lives as they take on their most daunting races.   Why do we keep going back for more? How did a show get newcomers so invested in the championship? Alex explains that 'at the core of it, they're all human stories and the sports is just a backdrop to the events'.   Alex takes us through the colour changes he'll make to dramatise these shows, why he uses Nucoda for image correction, and his tips on how to ahead of the game.   'Create Incredible' has now changed to 'Filmtalkz', but fear not, all episodes are still available here.   Have you got a story you want to tell? Sign up to the Filmworkz Academy to find out more ways we can support you.   Follow us for more on: Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook

What started with a need to choose a film on Friday night transpired into a business - Ben Polkinghorne has fixed our cinematic indecision through AI with moveme.tv.   Unlike content based algorithms that look at your previous choices, or collaborative filtering which recommends popular content, moveme.tv focuses on how a viewer is feeling in that moment with ground-breaking AI technology assessing your emotions.   Moveme.tv is available to try here. 'Create Incredible' has now changed to 'Filmtalkz', but fear not, all episodes are still available here.   Have you got a story you want to tell? Sign up to the Filmworkz Academy to find out more ways we can support you.   Follow us for more on: Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook

In this episode, we chat with Andres Aparicio, a music artist from Bakersfield with over 50,000 monthly listeners and four albums under his belt.   Andres knew he had a love for creating music early on with his life, picking up his first violin when he was only just eight years old. Influenced early on by bands such as My Chemical Romance, Dance Gavin Dance, Drake, and Say Anything.   He speaks about the styling of his videos, which tend to have a retro vibe helping it create a nostalgic feeling to his art, as well as how he goes about developing concepts and his love for music.   You can listen to all Andres music on spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/artist/1kHRymNPmogG52AtyIJKQF   'Create Incredible' has now changed to 'Filmtalkz', but fear not, all episodes are still available here.   Have you got a story you want to tell? Sign up to the Filmworkz Academy to find out more ways we can support you.   Follow us for more on: Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook

Where do you encounter an acidic Mayfair glitz with a noughties Notting Hill bohemian look tied together with a strong sense of aristocracy? You come to Saltburn.   In this episode, we chat to Set Director Charlotte Dirickx and Art Director Caroline Barclay about their work on Emerald Fennell's Saltburn (2023). A sticky, uncomfortable, hedonistic riot, this film explores desire, wealth, and power in an aristocratic family home one summer.   Fake bathroom's were built, themed parties were thrown. Between them, they take us through the living, breathing mood boards they created to direct their vision, why the house itself became a character, what artists they drew inspiration from, and much more.   Saltburn is available in cinemas in the UK from 17th November.   'Create Incredible' has now changed to 'Filmtalkz', but fear not, all episodes are still available here.   Have you got a story you want to tell? Sign up to the Filmworkz Academy to find out more ways we can support you.   Follow us for more on: Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook

Filmworkz speaks with with Max Goldini, a colorist at Pictureshop, as he takes us through his journey into the industry, his experience grading BBC's 'Ambulance' and 'Everything I Know About Love', and why your greatest tool in post production is communication.   'Create Incredible' has now changed to 'Filmtalkz', but fear not, all episodes are still available here.   Have you got a story you want to tell? Sign up to the Filmworkz Academy to find out more ways we can support you.   Follow us for more on: Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook

Filmtalkz catches up with Rowan Woods, the London Film Festival's Series and Episodic Programmer for the BFI, just as the festival is about to begin, to chat about what we can expect, the months of planning that goes in to it, and how it caters to all audiences.    We touch on the infamous Don't Worry Darling (2022) drama and the impact social media has had in democratising film festivals, the new generation of film critics with apps like Letterboxd, and how the role of the film festival has changed in a post-streaming service world.   The London Film Festival runs from 4-15 October 2023, and boasts talks from Martin Scorsese and Greta Gerwig, as well as showing some of the most exciting recent films, like Emerald Fennell's Saltburn (2023) starring Jacob Elordi and Barry Keogahn, Foe (2023) starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers (2023) with Mescal again as Andrew Scott's love interest, The Kitchen (2023) with Daniel Kaluuya, Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) with Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio, Yorgos Lanthimos' much-anticipated Poor Things (2023) with Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe, and Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023).    'Create Incredible' has now changed to 'Filmtalkz', but fear not, all episodes are still available here.   Have you got a story you want to tell? Sign up to the Filmworkz Academy to find out more ways we can support you.   Follow us for more on: Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook  

On our final episode of this season of Create Incredible, we go back to where we began by interviewing first time director Maya Katherine. Last time she was taking us through how her first short film Moishe came together and what it was like trying to break into the industry - this time we catch up on its progress since then and how it's been in post production.    And she's not alone!    She's joined by a few of the key figures in this film coming together, including Jaxon Knopf who plays the lead character Moishe giving his perspective on filming, Diego Peña the films colorist, and Daniel Broch, founder of Everyman and Filmworkz to talk about how the Filmworkz Academy came together to help create this film. Follow us for more on   Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook

We all love to watch a classic nature documentary, there's nothing quite like it - especially for Picture Shop's Colorist Dan Gill.     BBC's 'Blue Planet II' was what first got him inspired, and now he's grading hit shows like Netflix's Our Great National Parks, Wild Babies, Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale and BBC Two's Natural World: Florida - America's Animal Paradise.     Since the show is filmed over many months, lots of different shots are put together which might look different in tone and color, and Dan uses Nucoda to make seamless transitions for an overall smooth and stunning look into our natural world.   Host Sophia Stanford takes a trip to his studio in Bristol and gets down to business, chatting about how he got into the industry (with the intention to work in Audio Production!), working with Aidan Farrell on TV favourites like Downton Abbey and Utopia, and what it's like knowing Barack Obama has narrated alongside your work.   Follow us for more on Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook

This year's Cannes Camera D'Or winner, 'Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell' (2023), has been hailed by Variety for its 'meticulous, intricately staggered compositions (that) paint in the rich, wet greens of the surrounding forest, the mineral blues of weather-heavy skies and the interrupting gauze of mist over everything...'    It's a poignant tale of grief and love, a man must return his nephew to his rural village in Vietnam whilst grappling with his own ghosts and desires.   Color and symbolism were key - this is where Mark Song comes in. As a Senior Colorist and Finishing Artist for Mocha Chai in Singapore, he was able to translate what the Director felt through color despite speaking different languages and even wrote a two page essay when he first watched it to understand its meaning.   Join us on the 'Create Incredible' podcast to hear about how he experiments with tropes in film to subvert genre expectations, what its been like working on an in house project, and his experience on other projects like 'Shadows' (2020) which was delayed for years because of Covid.   Follow us for more on   Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook

Restoration artists Michael Coronado and Pedro Morelos joins 'Create Incredible' from the Duplitech offices in LA, to talk about the growing industry of restoration, how they got into this world, tips for starting out, and what draws them to restoring old footage.    With both having some great titles under their belt, films like Legally Blonde, The Hurt Locker, Captain America, and Belladonna of Sadness, these two have a strong grasp and understanding of the restoration industry and why it's so important to share the incredible work that film restoration can do.    Follow us for more on   Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook

Oliver Schmitz is a South African director and screenwriter, who found fame in 1988 with the release of 'Mapantsula'. It is considered to be the first anti-apartheid feature film by, for and about black South Africans, and tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system.    The film originally debuted in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival to massive critical acclaim and is often studied in film schools due to its artistic value and expression of the South African struggle.    Since it was filmed under apartheid, Oliver had to provide a fake script to the authorities to gain approval for its filming. Since then, Oliver has made several other feature films, including 'Shephards and Butchers' starring Steve Coogan, and 'Life Above All', which was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.    'Mapantsula' has been recently restored and was shown at the Berlinale earlier this year under its Classics Section - Oliver takes 'Create Incredible' through the process of putting this film back together, how working in a nightclub influenced his politics, and the ways that his team had evade the authorities whilst filming 'Mapantsula'.   Follow us for more on   Instagram Linkedin Letterboxd Twitter Facebook

Peter Doyle is an innovative and pioneering colorist, currently at Post Works in New York, renowned for his creative and original approaches to color grading that has played a part in changing the industry itself.    His career spans iconic and much loved franchises to award winning blockbuster films like Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Gentleman, Fantastic Beasts, Paddington, The Hobbit, The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Theory of Everything, and the latest Creed.    The list goes on: chance's are, you've probably seen something he's worked on…   On 'Create Incredible', Peter talks about what it was like working on set of these franchises, his musings on the future of the film industry, his advise for creatives entering the industry, and much more.   Follow us for more on  Instagram  Linkedin  Letterboxd  Twitter  Facebook