Going Rogue Tansy Gardam
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- TV & Film
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A podcast about the film industry that looks at both the films, and the industry. STRIKING OUT chronicles the 07/08 Writers Strike through the films and shows it affected, while GOING ROGUE and GOING SOLO cover the writing, rewriting, shoots and reshoots of the first two Star Wars standalone films, and try to not only find out what happened, but why. Hosted by film writer Tansy Gardam, Going Rogue is all about the context and complications of making content, and the often wild reasons that films are... like that.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl has gotta be the only good film to come out of IP mining.
I cannot recommend Dan Golding’s video essay A Theory of Film Music enough, and also highly recommend his book Star Wars After Lucas (he also has a great talk on Nostalgia Piano, but I think that one might have just been a conference exclusive)
You can follow the show on Twitter (@goingrogue_pod), Instagram (@goingrogue_podcast), or Tumblr or Bluesky (@goingroguepod) or for slightly less hinged content, follow @tansyclipboard on twitter or @tansyg.bsky.social on Bluesky.
If you want to get in touch, you can email goingroguetansy@gmail.com
CLIPS USED:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Walt Disney Studios)
Audio Commentaries for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Writers Commentary
- Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — The Making Of An Epic At Sea
Dan Golding: A Theory of Film Music
All Access: Klaus Badelt (Film.Music.Media)
Hans Zimmer: Making of Pirates of Caribbean Soundtracks
Becoming Captain Jack
Composer Ramin Djawadi on working with Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt (TelevisionAcademy.com Interviews)
Interviewing Stuart Beattie, screenwriter of Pirates of the Caribbean & Collateral (Syd Field - The Visual Art of Storytelling)
Screenwriter Jay Wolpert on creating tension in action scripts & game shows (WGA West)
MUSIC:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Score Excerpts:
Fogbound
Barbossa Is Hungry
Moonlight Serenade
One Last Shot
He’s A Pirate
Jack’s Escape
4:56AM Demo Suite
Hans Zimmer Score Excerpts:
Muppet Treasure Island: Treasure Island
The Rock: Main Theme
Gladiator: Barbarian Hoarde
The Ring: Closing Credits
Pirates of the Caribbean Suite (Live)
“Waltz: Tchaikovsky Op. 40”, “Adventures in Adventureland”, “Captain Scurvy”, “Division”, “In The Hall Of The Mountain King”, “Crossing the Chasm”, “Cut Trance”, “Eternal Terminal”, “Expeditionary”, “In The Path of The Goblin King”, In The Path of The Goblin King v2” “Dirt Rhodes”, “Loopster”, “Peaceful Desolation”, “Crypto”, “Rising”, “Vibing Over Venus”, “Industrial Cinematic”, “Kusami Groove Flugelhorn”, “Celtic Impulse”, “Unanswered Questions”, “Danse Macbre”, “Gloom Horizon”, “Screen Saver”, “Thinking Music”, “Enter The Maze”, “Morgana Rides”, “Odyssey”, “Lost Frontier”, “Ever Mindful” & “Deep Haze”
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
“The Buccaneer’s Haul” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com -
Robin Hood
Nottingham was a high concept spec script that reimagined the Robin Hood legend from the perspective of the Sheriff of Nottingham that asked whether we should follow the law, or our heroes. Robin Hood is a movie where Robin Hood does not rob from the rich or give to the poor, but his dad did write the Magna Carta.
This is the story of how Nottingham became Robin Hood.
You can follow the show on twitter or tumblr @goingroguepod, or for slightly less hinged content, follow @tansyclipboard on twitter or @tansyg.bsky.social on Bluesky.
If you want to get in touch, you can email goingroguetansy@gmail.com
CLIPS USED:
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood
PODDYWOOD: Cyrus Voris & Ethan Reiff (Part 3)
RUSSELL CROWE Interview for Robin Hood (BlackTree TV)
Russell Crowe Talks Robin Hood (IGN)
Russell Crowe Reunited With His ‘Gladiator’ Horse (The Late Show)
Napoleon (dir. Ridley Scott, 2023)
Robin Hood (dir. Ridley Scott, 2010)
The Castle (dir. Rob Sitch, 1997)
Democracy Manifest
MUSIC:
“Loopster”, “The Descent”, “Thinking Music”, “Five Armies”, “Oppressive Gloom”, “Virtutes Instrumenti”, “Minstrel Guild”, “Stormfront”, “Eternal Terminal”, “Night Vigil”, “Unanswered Questions”, “Volatile Reaction”, “Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Intermission”, “Peaceful Desolation”, “Midnight Tale”, “Odyssey”, “Protofunk”, “Raw”, “Morgana Rides”, “The Path of the Goblin King”, “Floating Cities”, “Hiding Your Reality”, “Black Vortex”, “Minima”, “Decline”, “Clean Soul”, “Anguish” & “Magic Forest”
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
“Suspended Animation”, "Space Race", "Bossy Boots", "Synapse" & "Through the Woods" by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com -
Don't Worry Darling
This is not the first podcast about Don’t Worry Darling.
But this is one of the few that discusses the film, and its transformation from a Black Mirror-esque spec script written by Dick Van Dyke’s grandsons into a beautiful but poorly paced film with a confusing message. And somehow, between those two, there was a solid, compelling script. But it was paired with a directorial intention that was fundamentally opposed to the story, and the film began to unravel from there.
CONTENT WARNING: this episode involves discussion of sexual assault, sexual violence, suicide and misogyny.
You can follow the show on twitter or tumblr @goingroguepod, or for slightly less hinged content, follow @tansyclipboard on twitter or @tansyg.bsky.social on Bluesky.
If you want to get in touch, you can email goingroguetansy@gmail.com
CLIPS:
Don’t Worry Darling (New Line Cinema, 2022)
The Directors Cut Podcast: Don’t Worry Darling with Olivia Wilde and Reed Morano
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Script to Screen: Booksmart with Katie Silberman (screenwriter)
Olivia Wilde & Katie Silberman: Don’t Worry Darling Q&A With Pete Hammond
MUSIC:
"Slow Burn", "Crinoline Dreams", "The Dread", "In Your Arms", "Thinking Music", "Echoes of Time V2", "Volatile Reaction", "Metaphysik", "Bossa Antigua", "Bleeping Demo", "Screen Saver", "Crypto", "Night In Venice", "Samba Isobel", "Unseen Horrors", "Lobby Time", "Shadowlands 1: Horizon", "Penumbra", "Leaving Home", "Floating Cities", "Expeditionary", "On The Cool Side", "Walking Along", "Clean Soul", "Vibing Over Venus", "This House", "Sunset Over Glengorm", "Black Vortex", & "Scissors"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Suspended Animation" by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com -
How To Train Your Dragon
In October 2008, Chris Sanders was asked to take over a troublesome film with a March 2010 release date. He immediately called his old co-director Dean Deblois. Somehow, despite everything we've ever discussed on this podcast, the film they made is good.
How To Train Your Dragon is the opposite of almost every film we've covered before - an instant classic that pushed the animation form and made bold calls on a tight deadline, and actually stuck the landing. But to understand how it pulled that off, we need to cover early Dreamworks, renaissance Disney, and a little picture book called The Big Bear Aircraft Company.
You can follow the show on twitter or tumblr @goingroguepod, or for slightly less hinged content, follow @tansyclipboard on twitter or @tansyg.bsky.social on Bluesky.
If you want to get in touch, you can email goingroguetansy@gmail.com
CLIPS:
The Story Room: The Making of Lilo and Stitch
The Making of How To Train Your Dragon: Going Into The Story
Chris Sanders - Director of How to Train Your Dragon + Lilo & Stitch Cartoons!!! (Directing Animation Podcast #39)
Animation Part 3 with Dean Deblois (Team Deakins Podcast Episode 12)
All Star - Smashmouth
Forbidden Friendship - John Powell (How To Train Your Dragon)
Coming Back Around - John Powell (How To Train Your Dragon)
Fairytale - Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell (Shrek)
Short Hair - Jerry Goldsmith (Mulan)
Your Father Would Be Proud - Michael Giacchino (Rogue One)
A Place in The Sky - Hans Zimmer (The Creator)
MUSIC:
"Bicycle", "Adventures in Adventureland", "Hard Boiled", "Waltz - Tschikovsky Op. 40", "Chill Wave", "Loopster", "Cherry Blossom", "Whimsey Groove", "Odyssey", "Quirky Dog", "Screen Saver", "Crypto", "Nonstop", "Ascending The Vale", "Enter The Maze", "Tenebrous Bros Carnival - Intermission", "Energizing", "Divertissement", "Leaving Home", "Hall of the Mountain King", "Oppressive Gloom", "Magic Scout - Farmhouse", "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", "Prelude & Action", "Concentration", "Ever Mindful" & "Tempting Secrets"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Suspended Animation" by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com -
The Creator
Seven years after Rogue One, Gareth Edwards is back with his new film The Creator, an original science fiction blockbuster about robots, AI and true love. The film has been surrounded by breathless reporting of its $86 million budget, the $4000 camera it was shot on and the future of blockbuster filmmaking - but, like most film reporting, the truth is far more complicated than the headlines. And it's oddly fitting for a film about AI to have its human artists so quickly erased.
You can follow the show on twitter or tumblr @goingroguepod, or for slightly less hinged content, follow @tansyclipboard on twitter or @tansyg.bsky.social on Bluesky.
If you want to get in touch, you can email goingroguetansy@gmail.com
CLIPS:
'Rogue One' Director Gareth Edwards Talks Making 'The Creator' On His Own Terms (Cinemablend)
Gareth Edwards Discusses Shooting The Creator on Sony FX3 (San Diego Comic-Con 2023)
The Creator: Gareth's Vision (20th Century Studios)
Glass Onion
Monsters
A Place in The Sky - Hans Zimmer (The Creator)
Cornfield Chase - Hans Zimmer (Interstellar)
MUSIC:
"Ever Mindful", "Lost Froniter", "Hiding Your Reality", "Bleeping Demo", "Screensaver", "Loopster", "On The Cool Side", "Decisions", "Bicycle", "Beauty Flow", "Crypto" & "New Direction"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Suspended Animation" by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com -
Striking Out: Dr Horrible's Sing-along Blog
Dr Horrible’s Sing-along Blog was born from the 2007 Writers Strike as a bold new way to take power back from the studios. Or at least, that’s one version of the story. Another involves a long-gestating podcast project. Yet another involves Jeff Bezos.
A 42 Minute webseries that apparently earned Joss Whedon more money than The Avengers, Dr Horrible was released almost six months after the Writers Strike but is indelibly tied to it. But was it the first of many, or lightning in a bottle?
CONTENT WARNING: Joss Whedon has been accused of abuse, harassment, racism, bullying and gaslighting, by a number of former co-workers and his ex-wife. He denies all suggestions of misconduct.
CLIPS:
Dr Horrible’s Sing-along Blog
The Making of Dr Horrible's Sing-along Blog
Commentary! The Musical
Dr Horrible’s Sing-along Blog Panel - Paleyfest 2009
Dr Horrible’s Sing-along Blog Reunion Panel - SDCC 2018
Kath and Kim (2008) (the bad one)
TV writer David Simon weighs in on the Writers Guild of America strike - NPR’s All Things Considered (19 May 2023)
MUSIC:
“C-Funk”, “Enter The Party”, “Deep Haze”, “Industrious Ferret”, “Fuzzball Parade”, “Odyssey”, “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys”, “Crypto”, “Tech Live”, “Crossing the Divide”, “Study and Relax”, “Thinking Music”, “Cut Trance”, “Walking Along”, “Leaving Home”, “Loopster”, “Floating Cities”, “Bleeping Demo”, “Groove Grove”, “On The Cool Side”
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
“Bossy Boots” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Customer Reviews
Tansy Gardam: the ultimate synthesizer
Tansy Gardam is such a good storyteller! This podcast could risk feeling like an elongated Wikipedia article, but instead is this fascinating character-driven set of stories about people usually trying their best to make a movie.
I’d give this a sixth star just for the ship horn sound effect (listen to season 3, I couldn’t do the horn justice if I explained it here).
Well-Researched
The WGA series was well-researched, and extremely timely considering the 2023 Writers Strike. She's uncovered stories about filmmaking that appreciates the craft of filmmaking, while acknowleding the hardships and missteps of certain productions. An excellent listen!
Excellent podcast, very thorough
This is a very interesting, thoroughly researched podcast that immediately becomes the next episode I watch as soon as it comes out and I finish whatever existing podcast episode I am watching. I’ve learned tons about the “Solo” movie, the writer’s strike in 2007, and “Rogue One” (very timely with “Andor” out).