The Pre-Pro Podcast K. Ross

In honor of International Women’s Day, we are celebrating with Anna Sagatov, a filmmaker interested in the intersection between art and science. Check out her short film, Bar Flies, about a neuroscientist who starts behaving increasingly like the fruit flies she studies - based on a real scientific study!

On this episode, we talk with Anna about being taken seriously as an artist, navigating the male-dominated science and film industries, making mistakes on set, and the alcohol consumption of fruit flies. “If you’re interested in something and you know the process of making a film, you can learn about whatever you want.” - Anna Sagatov 

Find Anna on Instagram at @ASagatov and connect with Kay at @K.ossWrites and @EmbraceZeKayoss on Twitter

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Guests mentioned during the podcast were: Bill Rea, find him on Instagram at @XRea3, and Nathan Norby (DP on Bar Flies) - check out his website and find him on Instagram at @NathanNorby

Podcast produced by Owl Echo, media production bridging the gap between wisdom and intelligence through entertainment. Follow OEE on Instagram at @Owl_Echo_Entertainment and @OwlEchoEnt on Twitter

Joining us today is a pre-professional and high school senior, Matthew York, from Woodbridge, Virginia. We also have two mentors today - Carol Stoil, retired computer specialist and federal employee, an expert in online and adult education, and an education consultant. And Dr. Michael Stoil, a retired consultant and a current tenured professor of Political Science at George Washington University.

Before we begin, please keep in mind the following episode is our proof of concept episode which was recorded in October of 2019, before the COVID-19 quarantine and the Black Lives Matter protests.

Disclaimer:  Also, just a heads up, these are teens and adults having adult conversations, so there is the possibility of adult language.

The Pre-Pro Podcast’s theme music is used with permission by the band Slidecamp – Check out Realmsweeper and other great tracks on the Slidecamp album. 

A great big thank you to the fine people at Bias Studios in Springfield, Virginia for recording today’s episode. If you’re in the DC area and need a professional recording studio, don’t hesitate to reach out to them – biasstudios.com.

This pilot episode of the Pre-Pro Podcast is a personal introduction to the host and moderator, K. Ross, and why she is uniquely qualified to foster mentorships in the TV, film, and broadcast media industry between guest speakers and teenagers, or as she prefers to call them, "Pre-Professionals".