BEHIND THE LENS #305: Featuring Tenney Fairchild

Fun and sci-fi fantasy come together in this expanded episode of #BTLRadioShow as we take a look at VIKES with writer/director TENNEY FAIRCHILD, and VOYAGERS with writer/director NEIL BURGER. Joining us live is writer/director TENNEY FAIRCHILD talking about his coming of age romp, VIKES. And while VIKES may have some sweet charm to it, the film also deals with some timely and topical issues and themes which are even more important today than in 2016-17 when the film was shot. Listen as Tenney talks about his process for story development and subsequently taking the words on the page and translating them into visuals, the casting process, shooting location, the importance of visual detail, and more. And we're talking VOYAGERS thanks to two of my favorite filmmakers, writer/director NEIL BURGER and production designer SCOTT CHAMBLISS. Listen to my prerecorded exclusive interviews with each of these gentlemen as we dig deep into the genesis of the film and Neil's process for crafting a world for a multi-generational space mission visually, thematically, and emotionally. While Neil discusses themes of good vs evil, human nature, science, etc., casting (among the cast, Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, and Colin Farrell), and more, Scott talks about the importance of the production design in furthering the vision of the story and the challenges of creating a physical design to not only embrace the story and visual concepts, but incorporate necessary technical elements for cinematographer Enrique Chediak. (Be on the lookout for my exclusive interview with Enrique on BehindTheLensOnline.net.) And how about a research trip to enlighten and "experience" space travel?? http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com