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On Monsters & Disney Magic: Crypt TV’s Kate Krantz

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Kate Krantz, the Chief Content Officer for Crypt TV, began her career by working for William Morris Endeavor. From there, she went to work for Walt Disney Studios in live-action production. That gave her a chance to observe how Disney developed characters and intellectual property beloved by millions around the world. Those observations helped her manage Crypt TV’s universe of monsters, which have brought Crypt TV over 1.5 billion worldwide views on social media and led to prominent partnerships with Netflix, Facebook, and more.

Kate Krantz from Crypt TV on NICKSAV Film & Music SHOW

Kate was also one of the panelists at a SXSW 2019 producers roundtable. Some of the things we discuss in this episode include

  • How to build relationships at film festivals and other industry events
  • Smart things that Disney does to keep their IP relevant for generations
  • How filmmakers can partner with Crypt TV to build long-term careers
  • What a compelling monster movie involves
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CFX is a special effects and silicon mask-making company in Baton Rouge that has made masks and props for films like 2 Guns, Treme, and Twilight. I got to interview some of their team and put together this video of their mask-making process.

 

 

More on monster movies in this interview I did with Dan Laustsen, the cinematographer on The Shape of Water, Crimson Peak, and John Wick 2:

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Crypt TV’s The Birch won a Webby for Best Drama: Individual Short.

 

Additional music for the show provided by Rob Costlow.

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Other Films & Shows Mentioned

  • The Babadook  
  • Bride of Frankenstein
  • Christopher Robin
  • Crimson Peak 
  • Dracula
  • Edward Scissorhands 
  • The Elephant Man
  • Frankenstein 
  • Get Out 
  • It Follows 
  • Maleficent
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • Star Wars 
  • Van Helsing 

 

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On Masks with CFX, a Silicone Mask & Special Effects Studio

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Composite Effects (CFX) is a Baton Rouge company that makes some of the most realistic and expressive silicone masks on the market. They’ve done work on films like 2 Guns, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Treme, and Twilight, and some of their masks are also used by 13th Gate, a nationally recognized haunted house in Baton Rouge. CFX also produces officially licensed pro silicone masks for HBO’s Game of Thrones and for some of the characters in the Marvel universe.

This is a video I made that shows how CFX makes masks.

Diana Branton, CFX’s creative director, gave me a tour of their facility. Then she sat down with me and Christopher Hamburger, one of the company’s shop technicians, to talk about their mask making process, what distinguishes an excellent mask from a mediocre one, and why masks captivate our imagination.

 

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Related Things

  • CFX’s website: cfxentertainment.com
  • The Boxtrolls website, theboxtrolls.com. (Be sure to stay for the end to see the year’s best animated philosophical discourse!)
  • The most compelling theatrical show I’ve seen involving masks was produced by this theatre company: faustwork.ca.
  • The Fast Company interview with James Cameron
  • This is the video CFX made in partnership with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge to raise awareness for the arts. See if you can spot me in there somewhere:

(A mad scientist is one more character to add my semi-illustrious acting resume. Other characters I’ve played include a bumbling caveman and a racist musician, and for both of those I was told that I was perfect for the part.  I’ve also played a bad poet, a conniving assistant, and a gangster. The one time I got to play a decent character in a bigger production was when I played Montano in a production of Othello, but that one is of course a tragedy. I’m not focused on pursuing an acting career, but I wouldn’t mind getting asked to play a decent character in triumphant story, just once.)

 

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