Behind The Lens Radio Show – 08/24/2020 with special guests NENA ERB and RYAN BARTON-GRIMLEY

And what a show we’ve got this week thanks to our special guests, writer/director RYAN BARTON-GRIMLEY and Emmy-nominated Editor NENA ERB!

First up, RYAN BARTON-GRIMLEY “stakes” his place on the show to talk about the upcoming Dances With Films world premiere of his latest film – HAWK & REV: VAMPIRE SLAYERS! Always a fan of vampires and slaying, HAWK & REV is pure hilarity with fun performances and 80’s pop culture references (poor George Clooney), not to mention solid production values. And, in addition to writing and directing HAWK AND REV, Ryan stars in the film as Hawk, and does editing work as well. Listen between the laughter as Ryan talks about the concept, his love for the 70’s and 80’s films which are the basis for the design of the film, characters and casting, cinematography and working with cinematigrapher Sean Ayeres, the use of color, time-lapse, VFX and VFX, the importance of pre-vis and storyboarding, Robbie Elfman’s scoring, and more! HAWK & REV has its World Premiere on August 28th as the Midnight Feature on Opening Night of Dances with Films. It’s also closing the festival on September 5th! This is an absolute “Must See Festival Film”! (NOTE: Trailer updated 3/14/2021 for 3/16/2021 film release!)

And then Emmy nominee NENA ERB joins us to talk about her latest Emmy nomination for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series for her work on the multi-nominated HBO comedy series INSECURE. Take a listen as Nena talks about her process for editing a single-camera comedy series, selecting an episode for Emmy consideration – in this case, her Emmy nominated “Low Key Trying”, finding the balance between interpersonal comedy and drama, bringing “herself” into the editing, going with her gut, working with director Kerry Washington, the editing process and timeline of pressure from script to editor’s cut, mentoring, and so much more.