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Cinematiccss

by Tobi Pitan

Visual Arts Film Interviews

Season 1

How Wither and Bloom Aims to Portray the Personal and Political (w/ Gyani Wasp and JT Turner)

The podcast is rebranding! Introducing the Cinematiccss podcast. On this week's episode of the podcast I speak with filmmakers Gyani Wasp and JT Turner about their upcoming short film Wither and Bloom. Wither & Bloom follows a queer immigrant daughter navigating care, identity, and memory after her mother falls into a mysterious coma soon after they migrate to the U.S. You can learn more about the short here. Thanks for listening! Like the show? Donate to my ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/tobipitan Instagram: @cinematiccsspod Website: https://otbpitan.wixsite.com/toboroboproductions Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tobipitanmakingfilms?si=kv6SUGKvJiwm-t4d Email: otbpitan@gmail.com

Writing the Homestead in Film (w/ Nic Overbaugh)

This week's episode I speak with filmmaker Nic Overbaugh about how they channel their emotions into film specifically in their recent projects Ask the Birds and The Bread Knife, both of which they wrote and directed. We discuss the role that the homestead plays in their work and how they've been embracing the quietness of their post-grad life and some upcoming pieces they have in the works. Like the show? Donate to my ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/tobipitan Instagram: @cinematiccsspod Website: https://otbpitan.wixsite.com/toboroboproductions Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tobipitanmakingfilms?si=kv6SUGKvJiwm-t4d Email: otbpitan@gmail.com

Portraying the Personal in "Moving Room" (w/ Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui)

This week I speak with cinematographer and photographer Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui about their upcoming thesis film Moving Room. We talk about how they first developed an interest in film, spending their adolescence living with host families, and how those experiences led to this phenomenal project, their senior thesis film, Moving Room. Like the show? Donate to my ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/tobipitan Instagram: @cinematiccsspod Website: https://otbpitan.wixsite.com/toboroboproductions Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tobipitanmakingfilms?si=kv6SUGKvJiwm-t4d Email: otbpitan@gmail.com

Teaching Pop Culture (w/ Ryan Syblis)

On this week’s episode of the podcast, I speak with pop culture expert Ryan Syblis, a New York native and Sociology major at Tufts University. I speak with him about how growing up in Jamaica impacted his pop cultural intake and perceptions of America, and about the class he peer taught as a student at Tufts, The Kardashians: The Queens of American Culture. Tune in for a discussion on gender, race, classism, capitalism, and power, through a Kardashian lens and how he plans to incorporate pop culture into the rest of his career in Marketing. Like the show? Donate to my ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/tobipitan Instagram: @cinematiccsspod Website: https://otbpitan.wixsite.com/toboroboproductions Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tobipitanmakingfilms?si=kv6SUGKvJiwm-t4d Email: otbpitan@gmail.com

Visualizing Social Impact Through Film (w/ Joshua Seftel)

On this week's episode of the podcast, I speak with Joshua Seftel, a Tufts alumnus and veteran filmmaker whose films have been Academy Award and Emmy-nominated. Once Pre-Med, Seftel began pursuing filmmaking in his early 20s when a documentary he made about a Tufts professor struck the community and his career took off. We talk about his experience working in a variety of mediums, from reality TV to radio, growing up in dance, healing the world through film, and new projects on the horizon. Like the show? Donate to my ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/tobipitan Instagram: @cinematiccsspod Website: https://otbpitan.wixsite.com/toboroboproductions Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tobipitanmakingfilms?si=kv6SUGKvJiwm-t4d Email: otbpitan@gmail.com

Stagehanding for Boygenius and Thesis Films (w/ Abby Rhodes)

WYGMAS IS BACK! This week's episode I talk about my experience stagehanding for Billy Joel, Karol G, and Boygenius. Then I speak with Abby Rhodes about her upcoming thesis film Dykes and Their Phalluses. We talk about what it was like to write, produce, and direct the film and her launch plans once the film is released. Like the show? Donate to my ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/tobipitan Instagram: @cinematiccsspod Website: https://otbpitan.wixsite.com/toboroboproductions Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tobipitanmakingfilms?si=kv6SUGKvJiwm-t4d Email: otbpitan@gmail.com

Being Financial-Minded Early in a Film Career (w/ Piyu Somani)

This week's episode I speak with AC and film educator Piyu Somani about working out finances early on in a film career, pivoting from engineering to film, and finding joy in teaching film to youth. I also review Yorgos Lanthimos' KINETTA (2005, Greece). Like the show? Donate to my ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/tobipitan Instagram: @cinematiccsspod Website: https://otbpitan.wixsite.com/toboroboproductions Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tobipitanmakingfilms?si=kv6SUGKvJiwm-t4d Email: otbpitan@gmail.com

Writing in a Room and on Strike (w/ Jazz Pitcairn)

This week' s episode I am joined by Jazz Pitcairn a writer/director and we talk about what it's been like working as a director's assistant, in a Writer's room, and navigating the WGA strike as a writer/director. Like the show? Donate to my ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/tobipitan Instagram: @cinematiccsspod Website: https://otbpitan.wixsite.com/toboroboproductions Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tobipitanmakingfilms?si=kv6SUGKvJiwm-t4d Email: otbpitan@gmail.com

MAX and Music Videos: Balancing the Corporate and Creative (w/ Chima Egbuzie)

Topics covered: Supermodels by Claud, production roles on set, pursuing music videos as a career option. Plus a chat with Chima Egbuzie on working working for HBO. Like the show? Donate to my ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/tobipitan Instagram: @cinematiccsspod Website: https://otbpitan.wixsite.com/toboroboproductions Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tobipitanmakingfilms?si=kv6SUGKvJiwm-t4d Email: otbpitan@gmail.com

Film School: Is It Worth It? (w/ Marg Zhang)

This weeks episode I speak to writer, director, and friend Marg Zhang about their time as a student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. We talk film bros, studying screenwriting abroad and London, and ideas they have in mind for upcoming features. Like the show? Donate to my ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/tobipitan Instagram: @cinematiccsspod Website: https://otbpitan.wixsite.com/toboroboproductions Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tobipitanmakingfilms?si=kv6SUGKvJiwm-t4d Email: otbpitan@gmail.com

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