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Launched over the Covid 19 lockdown, The Sanj Surati Talks Podcast is a channel for Sanj’s discussions with people he knows and a few discussions with himself. There is no agenda but hopefully some healthy debates. Feel free to tweet your thoughts using the hashtag #sanjsuratitalks on Twitter and instagram, and we’d love it if you could rate, review, listen on all the podcast places including iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher and the lot. These Podcasts will also be running on Youtube.
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Sanj Surati Talks: Episode 25 - Sara Pope
Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 25
Date: Saturday 14th October 2023
This is the twenty fifth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring award winning contemporary artist, Sara Pope. Sara Pope is well known for her bold, seductive paintings of voluptuous lips. Sara’s work has been shown in numerous solo exhibitions and art fairs across London and internationally, including Next Street Gallery, Paris, The Saatchi Gallery, London, The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts and SCOPE Miami. Sara is also the first British female artist in over 70 years to have a piece of work accepted into the Vatican collection. In this podcast, Sara talks about how she became an artists and talks through some of the production processes.
Sara can be contacted via:
http://sarapopeart.com
https://www.instagram.com/sarapopeartist
What we talked about:
Sara Pope - http://sarapopeart.com
Mathematics
Modern art
Painting
The Vatican - https://m.museivaticani.va/
Saatchi Gallery - https://www.saatchigallery.com
Communication
Creativity
Rolling Stones - https://rollingstones.com
Ronnie Wood - https://www.ronniewood.com
Katie Piper - https://katiepiperfoundation.org.uk
Pope Francis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis
Shaun the Sheep - https://www.shaunthesheep.com
Wild in Art - https://wildinart.co.uk
The Martlets - https://www.martlets.org.uk
Places:
Shoreditch
Italy
Rome
Brighton
Hove
Advice:
Listen to the authenticity of what you are doing and why you are doing it.
Give your creativity time and support.
#sanjsuratitalks
https://www.twitter.com/sanjsurati
https://www.instagram.com/artistryinsentiment
https://www.facebook.com/therealsanj
Launched over the Covid 19 lockdown, The Sanj Surati Talks Podcast is a channel for Sanj’s discussions with people he knows and a few discussions with himself. There is no agenda but hopefully some healthy debates. Feel free to tweet your thoughts using the hashtag #sanjsuratitalks on Twitter and Instagram, and we’d love it if you could rate, review, listen on all the podcast places including iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher and the lot. These Podcasts will also be running on YouTube.
The podcast is downloadable from:
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Sanj Surati Talks: Episode 24 - Denson Baker
Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 24
Date: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
This is the twentieth fourth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring award winning cinematographer, Denson Baker recorded on Wednesday 23rd August 2023. In this podcast, Denson highlights how he entered the film industry and his experience as a cinematographer helped him understand the perspective of an actor. Denson also talks about working with Jordan Peele and what being accredited by the Australian Cinematographers Society has done for his career.
Denson can be contacted via:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/densonbaker/
Website – www.densonbaker.com
What we talked about:
Cinematographer
Director of Photography Film
Lighting
Camera
Grips
Visual Style
Cinema
Australian Film Television and Radio School - https://www.aftrs.edu.au
Australian Cinematographers Society - https://cinematographer.org.au
35-millimetre film
Siemens - https://www.siemens.com
World Expo Hanover - https://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/2000-hannover
Steve Pasvolsky - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1099262
BMX Bandits - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085204/
Nicole Kidman - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/
Deck Dogz - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389911/
Tony Hawk - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005000/
The Black Balloon - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865297
Toni Collette - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001057
Elissa Down - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1171959/
Berlin Crystal Bear - https://www.berlinale.de/en/festival/awards-and-juries/awards-generation.html
Sky - https://www.sky.com
BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk
Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/
Tone meetings
Jordan Peele - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443502/
Get Out - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052448/
Toby Oliver - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002947/
Blumhouse - a href="https://www.blumhouse.com/" target="_blank"... -
Sanj Surati Talks: Episode 23 - Phill Webster
Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 23
Date: Friday 28th April 2023
This is the twenty third episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast with Phill Webster, mystique and author of “Letting Glow”. This podcast was recorded on Friday 28th April 2023 in front of a live studio audience at “Books on the Rise” in Richmond Upon-Thames. In this podcast, Phill talks about how he experienced mysticism and what was the stimulus that led up to the writing of his first book. Phill also talks about loss and how the creative process of writing the book helped him to heal through his personal tragedy. This is the first time Sanj Surati Talks has been recorded in front of a live studio audience and was created in partnership with Shure microphones. “Letting Glow” is published by O-Books and available at all good independent retailers.
Phill can be contacted via:
https://phillwebster.com
https://www.instagram.com/phillwebster/
Letting Glow can be purchased from:
https://bit.ly/4214j1X
What we talked about:
Letting Glow - https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/o-books/our-books/letting-glow-intuition-spirituality
Books on the Rise - https://booksontherise.com
O-Books - https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/o-books/
Shure - https://www.shure.com/en-GB
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9419884/
Track 96 – www.Track96.com
Oxford University – https://www.ox.ac.uk
Oxford Imps - https://www.oxfordimps.com
Esoteric
Spiritual
Grief
Clairvoyance
Pandemic
Mediums
Indigenous Cultures
Shamanism
Eckhart Tolle - https://eckharttolle.com
Sylvester Stallone - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000230/
Jason Statham - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005458/
Acting
Drama School
Tom Cruise - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000129/
Mission Impossible - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9603212/
Bruce Campbell - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132257/
Mick Cobb - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13026340/
Film
Benedict Cumberbatch - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212722/
Alternate Universes
Places:
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Sanj Surati Talks: Episode 22 - Florence Andrews
Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 22
Date: Thursday 20th April 2023
This is the twenty second episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast with visibility coach, business mentor and actor, Florence Andrews recorded on Thursday 20th April 2023. In this podcast, Florence talks about her journey into acting, working with Ridley Scott and how being a dynamic creative has helped her to create her own mentoring and coaching agency that is helping to empower women to set up their own businesses.
Florence can be contacted via:
https://www.instagram.com/florence_andrews_coaching/
https://florenceandrewscoaching.com
What we talked about:
Theatre
Guildhall School of Music & Drama - https://www.gsmd.ac.uk
Film & TV
Covid
Stage fright
Acting
MGM - https://www.mgm.com
Singing & Dancing
Opera
Trevor Nunn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Nunn
Musical
Performance psychologist
Alma Thomas - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alma-thomas-a1109941
The House of Gucci - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11214590/
Jenny Gucci
Lady Gaga - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3078932/
Adam Driver - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3485845/
Al Pacino - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/
Ridley Scott - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000631/
Jared Leto - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001467/
Storyboarding
Halle Berry - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000932/
Gucci Wars - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gucci-Wars-Survived-Intrigue-Biggest/dp/1844545326
My So Called Life - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108872/
Queen of the Night aria - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Night_aria
Coaching
Mindset
Entrepreneurship
Business
Group Coaching
Impact Accelerator Business
NLP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming
Manifestation works
Being a Mother
Mental Health
Places:
Surrey
East Sussex
United Kingdom
United States
Italy
Milan
Rome
Lake Como
London
Ibiza
Advice:
Don’t be shy about what you can offer
You can’t control the casting process – Play to your strengths
Nerves are good – lose the perfection and... -
Sanj Surati Talks: Episode 21 - Cinthya Klein
Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 21
Date: Wednesday 20th July 2022
This is the twenty first episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring Argentinian actress, Cinthya Klein recorded on Wednesday 20th July 2022. Cinthya was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She began acting as a child in minor stage productions at Escuela Escocesa San Andrés. While in her final years of studying Business Administration at Universidad de San Andrés she rekindled with acting and started taking classes again. In 2019 she went on to do her Acting Conservatory at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in LA and after graduating, moved to London, UK. In this podcast, Cinthya highlights how an existential crisis brought her to acting and how her journey through the artform has brought her such a diverse skillset and a wealth of experience.
Cinthya can be contacted via:
Email: cinthyaklein@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cinthyaklein/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cinthyaklein/
What we talked about:
Acting
Business Management
Existential crisis
Writing
Art
The Lee Strasberg Method - https://strasberg.edu
Stanislavski - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Stanislavski
Merit Scholarship
Bertolt Brecht - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht
Stella Adler - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Adler
Sanford Meisner - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meisner_technique
Angelina Jolie - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001401/
Producer
Community
Mental health
Improvisation
Vera Brittain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Brittain
Testament of Youth - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441953/
World War 1
Oxford University - https://www.ox.ac.uk
Your parent’s expectation
Sexism
Racism
Pandemic
Culture
Royal Academy Dramatic Arts - https://www.rada.ac.uk
Neuroplasticity
Twickenham Film Studios - https://www.twickenhamstudios.com
Dry Lab - https://www.drylab.io
John Mahtani - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmahtani
Warner Bros - https://www.warnerbros.co.uk
Sales
Places:
Argentina
Bueno Ares
Los Angeles
London
Advice:
Every teacher has their own perspective and that is useful as it gives you another view on how to create your character.
Try to focus on your learning and hone your craft.
Get your work balance right
When creating a character, know how to get into the character and more importantly how to get out of the character.
Now what you love and what makes you happy.
Be patient and empathetic.
Never give up.
Make noise and make your voice stand out.
Trust your preparation
Be yourself and be confident... -
Sanj Surati Talks: Episode 20 - Katy Schutte
Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 20
Date: Tuesday 14th June 2022
This is the twentieth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring Improvisation Guru, Katy Schutte recorded on Tuesday 14th June 2022. Katy Schutte has performed and taught improvisation in over twenty countries across five continents. She is a Head Teacher and Curriculum Writer for Hoopla, the UK’s biggest improv school. A Funny Women finalist and both nominee and winner of the Brighton Festival Fringe Best Comedy Show award, Katy also stars in BAFTA winning online educational series History Bombs. In this podcast, Katy talks about how she got into improvisation, working with Augmented Reality in the arts and going out to the Arctic Circle to live on a boat for three weeks.
Katy Schutte can be contacted via:
www.katyschutte.co.uk
https://www.instagram.com/katyschutte/
What we talked about:
Improvisation
Performance
Coaching
Drama
Writer
Edinburgh Fringe - https://www.edfringe.com
Long form improv
The May Days - https://www.themaydays.co.uk
Rachel Blackman - https://www.vibrantbody.co.uk
Art
Second City - https://www.secondcity.com
Short form improv
Hoopla - https://www.hooplaimpro.com
Steve Roe - https://www.linkedin.com/in/roezone/
Maria Peters
Chris Mead - https://twitter.com/mrchrismead
Track 96 - https://track96.com
A Harold Improvisation style
Uber Eats
YouTube
Google
Welcome Festival - https://welcome.huddersfieldsu.co.uk
Music
Jazz
Rock
Mental health
Brené Brown - https://brenebrown.com
Inclusion
Joe Morpurgo - https://www.josephmorpurgo.com
Cards Against Humanity - https://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com
Augmented Reality
XR
Virtual Reality
Fred Deakin - https://freddeak.in/about/
Lemon Jelly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_Jelly
Rob Armstrong - https://www.fandco.xyz
The Theatre & Tech Awards - https://www.theatreandtechawards.com
Science Fiction
Galactical Implosions
Flipside - https://flipside.ai
The Arctic Circle Residency - https://thearcticcircle.org
Places:
Germany
America
Edinburgh
Brighton
Chicago
London
Rome
Italy
Iceland
Arctic
Norway
Svalbard
New Zealand
Hollywood
Advice:
When coaching improv, ask questions about what your students want.
Regarding reviews, develop your filter
Know what you want your show to achieve
Sometimes surrender control
Understand what your focus is
Think about what you are excited about
Know when to take a break
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