Creativity

Acting Tips from Jennifer Plotzke

It’s about talent. It’s about relationships. It’s about charisma. The award-winning Jennifer Plotzke has it all. And she knows how to produce as well. Should we say she’s a quadruple threat?! This charming, smart woman has lots of tips for us about how she manages to keep working as an indy actress. We met her…

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David Valdez Presidential Photographer, On George Bush, 911, and Corvettes

David Valdez, interviewed on OWC Radio with Host Cirina Catania, is a former Presidential photographer who worked with George Bush 41. He also photographed LBJ, worked for the National Park Service, the Habitat for Humanities, and the Republican National Committee. On the morning of 911, he was only two blocks away from the U.S. Capital…

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George Edmondson, Seed Creative, Making Videos that work

George Edmondson and his team at Seed Creative have figured out how to keep their production clients happy, deliver great videos and still have a life with their families. How do they do it? What makes them tick? And why are authenticity and humor important? These topics and more kept the conversation going with our…

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Adam Sims, Champion Windsurfer and His OWC Gear

Adam Sims is a world-class professional windsurfer turned cinematographer and director. He travels the world filming, editing and curating content for famous brands involved in World and European tours in multiple action and extreme sports…and, he still jumps in when he gets tempted into an international competition.  We met Adam because he uses OWC gear,…

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Under the Hood On Atlas Memory Cards with Farshid Tabrizi

We all use MEMORY CARDS! OWC has an internal team made up of some of the industry’s best engineers and technical planing experts. Farchid Tabrzizi is their Senior VP of Flash Memory and Media Development. In this detailed “under the hood” discussion with OWC RADiO’s host, Cirina Catania, we examine the history of memory cards,…

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Skills for Better Screenplays with Jacob Kreuger

You’re staring at the blank page. Maybe you are on deadline. Maybe you just REALLY want to put your thoughts down on that page. But you are blocked. Jacob Kreuger, Founder of Jacob Kreuger Studio and host of the popular podcast, Write Your Screenplay, has the solutions. He talks with OWC RADiO host, Cirina Catania,…

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Tia Nolan – Advice for YOU from the Editor of Dr Strange in the Multiverse and Thunderforce

Yes, It’s a jungle out there, but Cirina Catania’s conversation with Tia Nolan, editor of major hits such as Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thunder Force gives us some very candid advice about how to build a story with examples from her films. And for those of you who are thinking you…

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Lee Herbet – Confessions of a Globetrotting Filmmaker

Lee Herbet and his team at Capture.ink have helped some of the biggest brands in the world tell their stories. He’s a cinematographer with a passion for teaching photography/video and editing and he delivers workshops all over the world. Lee also writes for a number of online photography and video sites on topics ranging from…

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“Happy Like Joplin” Movie from Director Jean-Baptiste Mauduit

“Happy Like Joplin,” is a movie from French director Jean-Baptiste Mauduit and we wanted to share it with you. Mauduit says, “I always wanted to make a short that encompassed all forms of filmmaking from live action to animation. During the development phase of ‘Happy Like Joplin, “‘ I could see how the internal expressive…

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A Lesson in Remote Production During the Pandemic, “We Can’t Go On”

The movie, “We Can’t Go On,” was filmed during the Pandemic entirely in one location, Amanda Dreschler and Michael Livingston’s apartment in Echo Park, California. Dan Kneece, DP’d and advised on the production, floating around on an iPad from room to room transmitted from his apartment near the beach. Michael Valinsky pitched in, exec-produced the…

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