Cirina Catania

“Happy Like Joplin” Movie from Director Jean-Baptiste Mauduit

“Happy Like Joplin,” is a movie from French director Jean-Baptiste Mauduit and we wanted to share it with you. Mauduit says, “I always wanted to make a short that encompassed all forms of filmmaking from live action to animation. During the development phase of ‘Happy Like Joplin, “‘ I could see how the internal expressive…

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A Lesson in Remote Production During the Pandemic, “We Can’t Go On”

The movie, “We Can’t Go On,” was filmed during the Pandemic entirely in one location, Amanda Dreschler and Michael Livingston’s apartment in Echo Park, California. Dan Kneece, DP’d and advised on the production, floating around on an iPad from room to room transmitted from his apartment near the beach. Michael Valinsky pitched in, exec-produced the…

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OWC’s Larry O’Connor – News on Docks, Hubs, Envoys, and Steamrollers

Let’s talk about the external peripherals that drive pre-production, production and post, and manage our data via the entire ecosystem of our companies, no matter the type. Larry O’Connor, the Founder and CEO of Other World Computing (OWC) talks with our host, Cirina Catania, about some of their new and proven go-to solutions. They went…

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TV Thought Leader Philip Gilpin on the Status of the Industry

Philip Gilpin is the Founder and CEO of Catalyst Stories, the home of the Catalyst Content Festival. Our host, Cirina Catania, is on the Advisory Committee for that festival and she wrangled Philip for a live stream to a theatre of young filmmakers in Lake Forest, Illinois. The information was so valuable that we thought…

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Maxim Jago – What is Creativity?

Our OWC RADiO host, Cirina Catania, is also the Executive Director of the non-profit, High School Media Collective (HSMC), and she is sharing her recent interview with Maxim Jago, the Founder and Director of the Creativity Conference. Brilliant creatives from all over the world share their ideas at the Conferences, and open our eyes to…

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David Borish on Data-Driven Storytelling and the Importance of Caribou Herds to the Inuit

Since this interview with David Borish about his movie, “Herd – Inuit Voices on Caribou,” the film has been picked up for a Canadian broadcasting release beginning with a live screening on CBC Atlantic on Saturday, August 6th 2022 . The film will also be available on CBC Gem for free across Canada beginning the…

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BJ Morgan_Preserving History at the NAMM Museum of Making Music

This is NAMM “week” and we’re excited to tell you more about the NAMM Foundation’s Museum of Making Music located in Carlsbad, California. BJ Morgan, Marketing Manager is also a musician and he loves to talk about his work with the Museum. Cirina and BJ and a great conversation and you, our loyal OWC RADiO…

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Will Driscoll – creating digital humans

Digital Humans are no longer just for movies. In fact, in the media space, they are in play extensively throughout our daily world. Will Driscoll is the co-founder and CEO of Wild Capture, and his technology company creates these amazing creatures! As he puts it, “We help build the bridge between volumetric video and digital humans for robust media and tech production needs.” I’ve been fascinated by this for years and it was fun to find out more about how it is done. Stay tuned! Will is truly amazing!

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Chris Brown on the New and Improved NAB 2022

Arriving at the new and improved NAB facing West Hall, we were amazed at how great it felt to be back. Chris Brown, Executive VP and Managing Director, Global Connections and Events for NAB took a few minutes from his very busy day to interview with our show runner and host, Cirina Catania. Listen in….

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How You Can Help the Ukrainians. HF Productions Has boots on the Ground.

This is an urgent message with information on how you can directly help the efforts to aid the Ukrainian military and refugees in Ukraine via the heroic efforts of HF Productions. Listen in as Cirina Catania interviews Henrik Friis in Poland and Benn Wiebe in London regarding the urgently needed supplies they are delivering to…

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