Setting the Scene with Krista Koger

As a film technician, Krista Koger has created all sorts of imaginative set decorations, special effects, and props to make believable visuals for major films and TV series. In this episode of EstoCast, she reveals:

🎬how the blacksmithing and jewellery design skills she developed at Eesti Kunstiakadeemia led to working on major shows and movies

🎬the way that exchange rates affect the amount of work that the Canadian film industry does

🎬why crews are always filming “mayonnaise commercials”

🎬and much more!


Organizations, places, and content mentioned in this episode include:

-IATSE 873: https://www.iatse873.com/ 

-NSCAD (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) University: https://nscad.ca/ 

-Eesti Kunstiakadeemia: https://www.artun.ee/ 

-the departments of IATSE 873: https://www.iatse873.com/873-departments

-More about the term “Fraturday”: https://scottbaron.blog/2016/11/04/fraturday/#:~:text=What%20is%20Fraturday%3F,after%20the%20sun%20comes%20up 

-More about the film industry’s “Mayonnaise commercial” fib: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtfcjBNrBbw&ab_channel=Aputure 

-Kingston Penitentiary: https://www.kingstonpentour.com/ 

-Mayor of Kingstown, the show Krista worked on in Kingston, Ontario: https://tv.apple.com/ca/show/mayor-of-kingstown/umc.cmc.52b8sl24cni4kw4b75afuatt8

-Ontario locations in the show The Lake: https://torontolife.com/culture/every-ontario-location-that-shows-up-in-prime-videos-the-lake/ 

-12 famous movies filmed in Toronto: https://projects.thestar.com/filmed-in-toronto/ 

-The difference between haze and fog machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwcLCu6kf9Q&ab_channel=GetintheMix 

-An example of how the film industry uses deepfake technology: https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/deepfake-technology-future-of-film-industry/ 

-The difference between special effects and VFX: https://realtimeuk.com/blog/special-effects-vs-visual-effects/ 

-The Queen’s Gambit, another show Krista has worked on special effects for: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80234304 

-Cry of Silence, a recent horror movie that Krista has been involved with: https://www.cryofsilence.com/ 

-Krista Koger’s page on IMDb (the Internet Movie Database): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13108817/ 

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