For the first time ever, I did a live episode of The nsavides Podcast a few days ago, and what an honor it was to do that as an official event at SXSW 2018. What’s more I got to do the show with my friends and some of the most talented filmmakers I know in Louisiana: cinematographer Matt S. Bell, director-editor Misty Talley, and producer Sam Claitor.
All three are from Fable House, a production company in Baton Rouge that has produced over $2 million in content. Whether shooting commercials for Toyota and Airbnb, working with artists like Kendrick Lamar and 30 Seconds to Mars, directing films with all kinds of creatures (including the dreaded zombie shark!) or doing effects work for projects like Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Game of Thrones, and Star Trek: Into Darkness, Matt, Misty, and Sam truly have experiences that run the gamut of what film production involves.
This is a variation of the postcards we handed out at SXSW, which were designed by Shelby Criswell.
Some of our discussion topics include
- How Matt built a reputation by taking memorable band photos
- Developing an artistic sensibility by collecting samples of inspiring work from others
- What Misty learned as an editor that makes her a better director
- Why Sam transitioned from vfx work on massive projects to producing films with smaller budgets
- How Fable House works together to develop an effects-driven sequence
- Essential elements of a compelling shark film
Since it was a live show, we decided to change it up a bit. In other words, this episode is a little different than a typical one, but I hope that you’ll still get some practical suggestions and inspiration to keep your dreams alive.
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Want more coverage from SXSW? If so, you might be interested in the coverage I did at SXSW 2017, where I did a variety of interviews during the festival including New York Times best-selling author of The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger; director of an award-winning documentary at SXSW, Miao Wang; and esteemed film critic Leonard Maltin.
Show notes for that episode are here.
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Want to learn more about Fable House? Then check out this interview with Andrew Morgan Smith, the composer who has done the scores for a number of their films, including Zombie Shark and Ozark Sharks.
Show notes for that episode are here.
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Sponsor for this Episode
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Related Things
- Fable House‘s website
- Matt S. Bell‘s webite
- Misty Talley‘s website
- Sam Claitor on Behance
- West Without’s music video “Give Me Your Heart,” co-directed by Sam and shot by Matt
- CFX, the prosthetics company that made the remote-controlled shark fin on Ozark Sharks
Music for the show provided by Rob Costlow
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Films & Shows Mentioned
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
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Life After Pi
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Family Guy
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Ozark Sharks
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Sharknado
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Ten to Sing
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Zombie Shark
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Other People Mentioned
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Clay Achee, puppet maker and former guest on the show
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Daniel Lewis, COO of Active Entertainment, the company that has partnered with Fable House to produce a number of shark films
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Kolby Kember, Fable House’s vfx artist
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Natalie Kingston, the cinematographer on Ten to Sing
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