David and Kristin Bousquet are this episode’s guests. They are the husband and wife filmmaking team behind RedGate Films in San Francisco, a company that has produced commercials for clients that include Nike, BMW, Samsung, Levi’s, Cisco, and Lucasfilm. They recently produced Lookouts, their first short film.

Lookouts is a fantasy film based on a comic series developed by Penny Arcade. The short has received positive buzz from sites like The Verge and nerdist.com. It is in the midst of its festival run and has screened at  L.A. International Short Film Festival, PAX West, and St. Louis International Film Festival.

The most difficult path is the most rewarding, so let’s just figure out how to make this  thing.”  – David Bousquet 

Some of the things that we discuss in this episode include

• How to land big clients
• Working with agencies to build a sustainable filmmaking career
• The advantages of bringing in a concept artist from the beginning of a project
• How to respond when a creative collaboration doesn’t work out
• When to use CG effects and when to use practical ones
• Working with effects companies from around the world
• What it takes to build a compelling creature
• How to light for extreme slow motion

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