Zebra Home Cinema Spotlight: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the Zebra Home Cinema Podcast series, hosted by Managing Director, Dr Atif Ghaffar. šFeaturing interviews with special guests from film, tv and music post-production as well as other lifestyle interests including interior design, fashion and fast cars. š¬ š¶ š š We discuss the magic of music and movies and share gems of wisdom in between, particularly in business and mentoring. šš½So come and join us for a fun ride! You wonāt be disappointed! š¤©
In this episode, weāre in conversation with
Pedro Eustache, a world-class flute and winds player, winds synthesist and electronics soloist. He tours with Hans Zimmer Live, Game of Thrones-Live Concert Experience and The World of Hans Zimmer.
Heās worked with artists such as Paul McCartney and John Williams.
Pedro is also a composer, lecturer, educator, researcher, and instrument-maker, with extensive academic studies and over 45 years of professional experience.
His work features in over 150 film, TV & videogame soundtracks and his distinctive performances will be heard in movies such as Prey, Dune, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kung Fu Panda, Ice Age, Syriana, Encanto, Coco and many others.
During our discussion, we touch upon the origins of Pedroās career, what it means to have a calling and pursue oneās dreams as well as aspects of purpose and spirituality. This is by far the most intimate and touching conversation in our series.
In this episode, weāre joined with Academy Award and BAFTA Award-winner, Mark Mangini. Mark is Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, and Re-recording mixer at Formosa Features. Heās also an avid musician and lecturer. He won an Oscar Award for Best Sound Editing for Mad Max: Fury Road and was Oscar-nominated for Best Sound Effects Editing for The Fifth Element and Aladdin. His most recent work featured in the epic sci-fi reboot of Dune for which he received an Oscar and BAFTA award.
āHaving grown up a musician guitarist, I am avowed of the idea that all organized sound is music - I see my work in movies every bit a composition as those of Beethoven and the Beatles. I just happen to use dissonance, spacious melodic content and arrhythmia to its fullest advantage. My works are no less considered, designed, creative or manipulative. They just arenāt hummable.ā During this podcast, we discuss Markās passion for music and sound design and some of the weird and wonderful places that recording his taken him. We also talk about his worldwide lecturing role, and his advice for achieving success and weāre also treated to a couple of surprises! We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did!
Links:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005625/
Patrick Hogan is an award-winning film-maker and a highly accomplished sound editor and
supervising sound editor with more than 100 television shows and movies to his credit
including hit Netflix series, Cobra Kai.
Heās earned seven Emmy nominations and three Golden Reel Awards for his work on shows
such as HBOās Six Feet Under and Foxās Family Guy.
His award-winning short films include sci-fi/romantic drama Virtually and horror/sci-fi Killing
Time.
During this episode, Patrick discusses the art of film-making during a pandemic, technical
challenges within sound editing and ADR, essential qualities for success within the TV and
the film industry and some of the audio magic behind Cobra Kai for its latest season.
Links:Ā
IMDB Profile: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389596/
Cobra Kai Season 5 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUR9PYwlNaA
Virtually Movie: http://omeleto.com/255807/
Killing Time Trailer: https://www.leedsfilm.com/archive/fanomenon-shorts-sci-fi-2021/killing-
time/
JohnHog Danger Productions: https://jhdanger.com/
Written Q&A (2021): https://zebrahomecinema.com/kicking-the-competition-qa-with-
patrick-hogan/
We had the pleasure of speaking with Abraham āAbeā Martinez, Director of Photography for
the much loved Netflix hit TV series, Queen Of The South.
Abe has always loved the art of storytelling through images in the frame. Although
based in Los Angeles, he has worked and traveled all over the world. He assisted
behind the camera on movies such as Flight Plan, Spider-Man 3, and Fast and
Furious, to name a few, covering over twenty feature films.
Working on films has proved more than simply an adventurous career but has
triggered a passion to impact culture and shoot compelling stories along the way.
In this episode, we discuss his earliest influences into photographs, how he developed
his career behind the lens, the nomadic life of a āreal-world photographerā and
managing family life as well as sharing his pearls of wisdom for filmmakers.
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553437/
Website: https://www.abemartinez.com/
We sat down with Pawel Pogorzelski, Director of Photography for the film Nobody, starting Bon Odenkirk.
Born in Poland and raised in Montreal, Pawel shares some of his stories - switching from studying sciences to becoming a filmmaker, his most influential cinematographer, balancing work-life with long weeks shooting and traveling, choosing lenses, and working with Bob Odenkirk.Ā
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1850507/
Main website: pawelp-dp.com
Welcome to Episode 4 of Zebra Spotlight.Ā
In this episode we caught up with Producer and Director, Phil Turner.
Phil has directed a plethora of British documentaries such asBenefits Street, Famous Rich & Homeless, Make Bradford British as well as 9 seasons of SAS Who Dares Wins.Ā
Heās currently filming the surfing docuseries, Make or Break for Apple TV.Ā
During our podcast, we discussā¦.
- The Great Escape from Yorkshire to Perth
- Frontline filmmaking
- Directing people
- Mental health and resilience
- SAS-WDW - behind the scenes
Links:
Phil Turner Website:
Home - cubikolympic
In this episode, Iāve joined Larry Benjamin, Re-recording mixer at Signature Post in Burbank, California.
He has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards, five for Better Call Saul, two for Ozark and one for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
To celebrate the finales of Better Call Saul and Ozark, we got in touch with Larry to explore the world of audio post-production and staying on top of his game.Ā
In this episode we discuss:
- How a beautiful climate, a great mixing stage and an awesome team are conducive to excellence
- Storytelling through sound, helping the producers and directors achieve what they intended to captivate their audience
- Sharing gems of wisdom about entering the industry and making waves in the right way
- Deep dive into the sound mixes for Better Call Saul and Ozark
- How to best enjoy the work that Larry and his team produce
Links:
IMDB:Ā
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071323/
Signature Post:
Signature Post ā Your Style, Your Signature
Written Q&A:
Storytelling - The Essence of Sound Design - Q&A with Larry Benjamin - Zebra Home Cinema
Welcome to Episode 2 of Zebra Podcasts.
Weāre joined by Lauren Miller, internationally-published Costume Designer for Film & TV.
Lauren is perhaps best well-known for her work on Sky TVās Bulletproof (South Africa & Season 2), ITVās Sanditon and Netflixās Top Boy.
In this podcast, we discussed:
- earliest influences in fashion and how this led to an illustrious career in costume design for TV and Film.
- guidance and tips for young folk wishing to embark in the fashion industry.
- āa day in the life ofā and the actual process of working on a production
- āgetting it rightā - designing for period dramas, current times and adapting to the scene
- the nuances of branding vs fashion parade for popular TV, merch and style influence
- why do men seem to wear blue all the time, keeping your sneakers clean, how not to split your pants if youāre James Bond, Tim Burton, Barbie, and more!
Hope you enjoy! Info links are below.
Lauren Miller Website: https://www.stylingbylauren.com/
Crep Protect: https://crepprotect.com/
Zebra Home Cinema - Q&A Interviews: https://zebrahomecinema.com/news/
Zebra YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3TtvwlteQJOKgRnusP1Pg/featured
Welcome to our first official episode where we interview Simon Hayes, an award-winning Sound Engineer from London.
Simon has vast experience in the film industry and has worked alongside Ridley Scott, Matthew Vaughn, and Guy Ritchie. His work has featured in films such as Guardians Of The Galaxy, Layer Cake, Snatch, Aladdin, and most recently, he received his ābadge of honorā for working on Bond 25: No Time To Die.
In this podcast, we discuss life as a teenager, the Acid House scene of the 80s, film-making, the art of recording sound, mentoring, music, audiophile passions, and Brazilian Jiujitsu!
We hope you enjoy listening and would welcome your feedback and comments.
Please like, share, and subscribe to enjoy some really exciting content coming soon!
Links:
Simon Hayes Website
Zebra Home Cinema Intro
Zebra Home Cinema Website
Tony and I attended the auspicious 'The Signature Awards Birmingham', held at the ICC, hosted annually by Nachural.
He kindly invited me to his on-the-fly live interview towards the end of the evening.
Here I talk about the balancing act between NHS GP work and my home cinema and high end audio business.
Links:
Tony Adams: https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2021/news/journalist-joins-press-club-board-as-he-takes-up-new-local-role/
Radio XL: https://www.radio-uk.co.uk/radio-xl
Nachural: https://nachural.co.uk/the-signature-awards-birmingham/
Zebra Home Cinema Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXoSPTXsif8
Website: https://zebrahomecinema.com/
Photo credit: Edwin Ladd - http://mrladd.co.uk/