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In We Need to Talk About Oscar you can hear interviews with filmmakers. We are trying to shed some light on a wide range of professions within the industry, so apart from the writers/directors/actors you can also get insights from editors, production designers, composers, and so on. Our aim is to provide an across the board picture on how our favourite films and tv shows come to life. The interviews are conducted by our two co-hosts, Áron and Szilveszter. The credit for the logo and the design goes to Réka Sereghy.
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Production designer Jess Gonchor on stepping into John Krasinski’s imagination for “IF”
In this episode, Áron interviews Jess Gonchor, the production designer behind the enchanting world of John Krasinski’s ‘IF’.The film follows a young girl navigating a tough time in her life, who begins to see the forgotten imaginary friends of those who have grown up.Jess shares his insights on creating the whimsical and poignant settings that bring this unique story to life. Drawing on his extensive experience, including his acclaimed work on films like ‘No Country for Old Men’, ‘Little Wome...
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The idea of a score with Sidd Koshla, composer of ‘The Idea of You’
In this episode, Áron sits down with Sidd Khosla, the talented composer behind the evocative score of 'The Idea of You'. While the boy band August Moon fills the film with infectious hits, it's Sidd's music that truly brings the quieter, more emotional moments to life. Join us as we explore how Sidd crafted a soundtrack that perfectly complements the highs and lows of the story, drawing on his rich experience from acclaimed projects like 'This Is Us' and 'Only Murders in the Building'.
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #6: Editor Viks Patel on his collaboration with Park Chan-wook for “The Sympathizer”
Today’s guest is no stranger to editing wonderfully constructed, tension-filled episodes or TV shows, since Vikash Patel has worked on projects like Ozark or Five Days at Memorial. This time we cover his work on HBO’s The Sympathizer, where he edited the first two and the fifth episode. Viks told Áron his experience from working shoulder to shoulder with Director Park, to realizing what’s written on the pages of the script in the editing room.
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'Monkey Man' composer Jed Kurzel
The score for Dev Patel’s directorial debut and true passion project, Monkey Man, has an authentic yet undeniably fresh feel to it. If you would like to go behind the scenes of the approach and process that led to the birth of the music playing in the background while Dev Patel’s character, Kid beats the sh*t out of everyone, you’re in the right place, as in this epsiode Szilveszter sits down with the film’s composer, Jed Kurzel.
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #5: Barry Ackroyd BSC on lensing “The Sympathizer” Ep4
The first three episodes of HBO's The Sympathizer showed us that even everything but rather nothing is as we see it... And then comes the fourth which is almost completely a standalone installment right in the middle of the limited series. However this is no accident, it's entirely deliberate. On today's episode cinematographer Barry Ackroyd joins Áron to talk about coming in for a single episode, his experience in shooting explosions and war, as well as who would play him in a movie.
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #4: ‘Shōgun’ Ep1&2, with director Jonathan van Tulleken and cinematographer Christopher Ross
By now you can stream the final episode of Shōgun and so the amazing FX show in its entirety as well.The whole buildup and evolution of Shōgun is an absolute work of art and in this episode you can listen to Áron’s chat with the first two episodes’ director and cinematographer, Jonathan van Tulleken and Christopher Ross.From the start of their work together on Misfits, onto Top Boy and now Shōgun, they covered the dynamics of their collaboration, preparing for the series, jumpstarting it, and...