Founder/Executive Producer
Quriosity
Survey, Part 1. The Pandemic
1) Quriosity shot a project on location in Nashville for Edelman with director David Gil for a pharmaceutical brand.
2) Absolutely the project pushed our muscle as the nature of virtual and remote shooting continues to evolve. The crews are becoming more accustomed and the clients are also getting used to the virtual workflow. If I compare the first virtual shoot we did to this now. It would be night and day. We got it down and it can be done.
3) We made smart decisions to utilize long lenses in advance of the shoot. We discussed only having one talent or talent that had quarantined together. We discussed remaining outside vs inside the home. So our input definitely helped shape the creative. We made sure our zoom calls were effective. David worked alongside our agency partner to ensure our storyboards matched the intricate details they wanted us to capture.
4) We scheduled our days allowing for technological challenges. We also made sure that we were fully COVID compliant to create a safe space for all of our crew and our talent. We broke our crew into zone and made sure that we utilized hand sanitation stations and COVID safety officers enforcing a safe space agenda.
5) Make sure you are transparent with your clients. They understand the constraints in our current environment. Over communication is always key, but it can be done and in the end everyone will leave feeling that they’ve accomplished their goals-client, agency and the director.
Survey, Part 2. Emerging filmmaking talent
1) Learn to pitch director’s treatments via video platforms. I think the days of presenting via the phone are gone. Invest in zoom presentation skills.
2) Virtual organization is key to a successful COVID shoot. Solid client communication within the zoom or text is key. Create a winning environment to have a winning team. There is no room for anyone on the team not pulling their weight. Even more now having skilled labor is crucial.
3) Always have back up internet in our current environment.
4) Yes for sure. Minority Owned. Always Diverse.
5) Loved this piece we did. Hyper creative and fun. It was directed by Quriosity director Mike Maes during the pandemic.
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Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More