December 30, 2024 • 22 mins
On this week's episode:
James talks to New England native and independent film director Colin Langford. "Whispers" is the title of his latest project that is set to begin filming in March of 2025.
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James talks to New England native and independent film director Colin Langford. "Whispers" is the title of his latest project that is set to begin filming in March of 2025.
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New England's film industry is booming with multiple projects constantly under production. Projects include commercials, television shows and full-length feature films. Jamie and James are hosts of The Hub on Hollywood, an iHeartRadio podcast.
The Hub on Hollywood discusses New England's growing film industry, as well as entertainment news and reviews.
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Welcome back to the hav On Hollywood. I'm Jamie Blonco.
I am joined by Allin Langford, a local filmmaker creative.
We are very excited to have you on the show.
You are a Massachusetts native and right now you are
working towards a project, a film for next year called Whispers.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Correct, Yeah, that's correct. Whispers start production in March of
twenty twenty five, which is.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Really really exciting. So I'm going to give folks a
quick overview of what this project is about and then
we'll dive right in. So, Whispers is about a young
woman who reconnects with her tragically divided family and begins
to unravel horrifying secrets about her own lineage and the
true nature of her rapidly developing pregnancy. So this sounds
(01:04):
to me like horror and scary movies. Is that sort
of your your genre de jure of choice?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
No? Actually not. I could probably count on two hands
how many horror films I've genuinely, really really enjoyed. This
one just kind of came together organically. It's not I
think most horror films, for lack of a better phrase,
or just you know, gore porn or you know, cheap
(01:36):
jump scares or things of that nature. And this one
came together. I've always liked if you put all of
the horror films that I really love in a room,
if you stripped the supernatural elements away, it still functions
as a really gripping story, you know, for instance, like Hereditary, right,
that's that's a pretty recent, pretty classical one. If you
(01:57):
take away the supernatural elements, it still works. Is a
really a really great drama, you know. And this one was, yeah,
really cool. There's a lot of more psychologically driven elements
to it, which I was really excited about getting into
(02:18):
just kind of you know, the ambiguity and the the
sort of the mystery and the fears and whatnot of
becoming a parent, you know, and there's a lot of
symbolism around that. And yeah, yeah, that's a a short question,
(02:42):
a lot of a lot of really cool, sort of
more subtle, more sinister elements that I was really pleased with.
How everything all kind of came together.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
That's perfect.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
So my my co host, James, he's big into horror
and scary and psychological thriller. I also more enjoy like
the psychological character driven sort of stories. Tell us a
little bit about this project. You said it's getting underway
in March. Do you have an indie go go? Do
(03:12):
you have you know, a group together that's ready to
film and create this. Tell us a little bit about
what's where you are in the process.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah, yeah, we're you know, a round and third headed
her home. As far as just getting all of our
ducks in a row. Got an amazing team, amazing team.
Ayana Lynn de Simone is our lead. She's going to
be supported by Michelle Faith and Francesca Miervidi as well
as John Potman. Got a badass cinematographer from Los Angeles.
(03:48):
His name is Coustoll Christopher. He's won some awards that
he's very much into the horror genre. So I'm just
out of my mind excited to work with him. Alex
Krause working as an ac as well, and from Crosshouse Productions,
and uh yeah, just really really awesome group of girls,
(04:12):
guys and just contagious energy. You know. I just really
excited to work with everybody.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Excellent. And So tell us a little bit more about
your background as a filmmaker. You and I fell how
with through Andight here in northern Massachusetts, I feel like
we need to be making more movies in northern mass
like everything is in southern and in Boston. Tell us
how you got started? Have you always been here in
Massachusetts or what? And what got you into filmmaking.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Yeah, there's there's no epic story behind it. When it
came time to you know, go to college, a lot
of my friends were going to and you know, cool,
I just I wanted to drop myself into a completely
new ironment where I didn't know anybody and it was
kind of by myself. Went out to a small little
place in the Midwest, took some theater classes and just
(05:08):
fell in love with it, you know, ended up coming
back and I had heard that if you wanted to
become a better writer or just you know, a better
anything in filmmaking, you should do stand up. So I
just started hitting up you know, open mics and just
you know, saying stuff that I thought was funny. Ended
(05:29):
up meeting some guys, some like minded creatives, and you know,
you just like bounce ideas off of people, and those
ideas started to become scripts and outlines and things of
that nature. And I settled on one that was it
was like it was a crime thriller, and I didn't
(05:51):
know what I was doing. I didn't know what a
shot list was, I didn't know anything. I was just like,
I'm just gonna, you know, throw the kitchen sink at
it and see what happened. And just took roped in
some resources and threw myself into it. And it was
my first baby, and it was just an incredible, incredible experience.
(06:13):
And then the world shut down, and that's when the
pandemic hit, so things started opening back up, and I've
been fortunate enough to be able to thrust myself back
into it, and I have done two or three shorts
like you know, twenty twenty minutes and some change in
(06:33):
that arena. And then this, this opportunity presented itself and
I just I couldn't have said yes fast enough.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
That's that's incredible. Where can people see some of your
work that some of the things that you've done so far?
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Yeah, I I have some stuff like I'm so anti
like socials, it's ridiculous, Like I don't have really much
of any thing I've you know, I'm the only reason
I'm on Facebook is you know, so I can network
with people like yourself and and things like that. I
(07:11):
post most of my my links right in my bio,
you know, just like you know, trailers, reels, clips, things
like that. But you gave me a homework assignment. I
definitely need to portfolio a little bit. You know.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
We'll make sure that we have your your links down
below so that people can find you and help contribute
to you know, your projects and things like that, and
follow the things that you are doing. Uh So, tell
me a little bit about working in Massachusetts. A lot
of what we talk about here on the Hub on
Hollywood is the film industry in New England. You know,
it had been booming and now we're in a little
(07:48):
bit of a lull. And talked to me about working
here and the kinds of talents and creatives you've been
able to connect with here in my Mastachusetts.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Yeah, that's a great question. That is a really really
great question. I think there's a lot of just looking back,
you know, there's a lot of rich history in New England,
Massachusetts Boston specifically, right Like some of the great films
of all time took place here. You know, you've got Goodwill,
(08:22):
Hunting and Jaws in the town and the lighthouse, and
there's just I think it gets overlooked a lot because
I think you know, of course, we sort of associate
filmmaking with you have to go to LA and you know,
win a golden ticket and know somebody who knows somebody,
(08:44):
and you know, I think there's just a lot of
really clever, creative, hardworking people out here, you know that
are you know, you're seeing more and more of people
they're just like, you know, what, to hell with it, right,
like I'm just going to bootstrap this and do it myself,
you know, which is really contagious. And that's really cool
(09:05):
to see, right because you know, there's more ways to
access things as far as you know, online or streaming
or you know, theaters are still alive, and well, you know,
it's just really cool to see people that. The word
(09:27):
that comes to mind is like fearless. You know. One
of my mentors, one of the coolest things he ever
said to me was, you know, if you want to
get into this game, there are people out there who
have more resources than you, They're more talented than you,
and they work harder than you. Knowing that, do you
(09:48):
still want to do this? And this is where the
money people usually fall off, right, Like, yes, you want
to make a career out of it and all those
good things and take care of your family and things
like that. But that's just you know, going to networking
events and film festivals and you know things like that,
(10:09):
you just meet people that they just bleed this stuff,
you know what I mean, Like they just they just
it just makes sense to them, right, And there's just
a hunger and a desire, and people are just getting
really smart and really innovative. And you know, they're shooting
Blockbuster I think twenty eight years later is coming out.
(10:29):
They shot that on an iPhone, you know, so people
just start are taking no for an answer less and less,
you know, right, And that's really really cool to see.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I love that. I love that description because I've I've
encountered those people myself, especially here, and that's that's when
we're called the hulb on Hollywood, because Hollywood is here.
Those is like Hollywood East now. So it's really exciting
to see not only just the like the big blockbusters
like like you were talking about, but the the indie filmmakers,
(11:05):
the up and comers with great ideas and great energy.
And it's such a robust sort of community that we
have here in New England. A big shout out to Julia,
who we met through who runs The Friendly Filmmaker, which
(11:27):
is a great little resource connecting folks who want to
make movies, act in movies and and and whatnot. So
it's just it's really beautiful to see that kind of
community come together. But Colin, what's the ultimate dream? Where
where are you fighting towards?
Speaker 2 (11:47):
I would say the ultimate dream? I think, what's like
everybody's got that one thing, you know, we're just I
think it's from Goodwill Hunting. I remember the scene in
Goodwill Hunting where he goes I could always just play,
(12:09):
you know, and this just makes sense to me. I
think for us, this just makes sense to us. And
sometimes it is hard to quantify. But this might sound
a bit of a cop but ultimately there's going to
come a day where we're not here anymore, like physically right,
(12:29):
and you know the idea of financial freedom and seeing
your name up in bright lights like that's cool, don't
get me wrong, Like I don't think anybody would say
no to that. But being able to create something that
lives past your physical being, you know, and creating something
(12:51):
that lives beyond you, I think that's really fascinating, you know,
and too, you know, a hundred years from now, when
you and I are both you know, onto the next life.
If there's a kid somewhere who sees a film that
you made or just like a scene and just for
(13:13):
a second they think it's possible to do whatever it
is they want to do, that's a that's a really
really cool thing to think about. You know.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
I agree, that's a really cool thing.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
To think about, because you know, I'm sure you get
inspiration from a variety of places, right whether it's you know,
a song you hear on the radio, or maybe you're
watching a movie and that inspires you to go talk
to this person, or even like just small little or
you know, you're just you're in a rut, you know,
like you're just you're really struggling, and you turn on
(13:52):
like bugs Bunny or something just to feel better for
five minutes. You know, I think those little moments are
really really cool. I think that would be the ultimate
dream is too, And it's a great responsibility, I would say,
to create something that lives beyond yourself.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Yeah, I love that. I think. Yeah, if you can
touch even one life, you know, you change someone you
share that story you expret you know, that's that's worth it.
Do you have a favorite story that you like to tell?
Is there is there a kind of story that that
is your favorite or a kind of character.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Or Yeah, I would say I mean stories that aren't
afraid to show you they're they're not afraid to be authentic,
you know, stories that like I don't think audiences like
(14:53):
being preached to, right, And you know, we talked about
like the culture shift away from Hollywood. I think that's
why people aren't really responding as well to what's coming
out of traditional Hollywood now. It's because they're being told
what they should believe in, what they should think, and
that's why people are kind of averse to that. I
think films or any sort of media that just shows
(15:17):
you something and then asks you what do you think?
What do you make of this? I like films and
stories that ask questions, you know, questions that and sometimes
there's not always a clear answer. It's not always this
or that, right. Yeah, characters that you know just are
(15:47):
like you know, they're like us. They're deeply, deeply flawed,
you know, simple characters. Oftentimes it's not that complicated what
somebody wants. You know, the complications arise and like, you know,
the obstacles that arise in the manner in which we
(16:08):
have to go get it right, but the idea is
usually pretty simple. Yeah, that's yeah. Character driven, character, Yeah,
I think I mean, in general, character driven I think
works better than plot driven. Like, for instance, if I said, oh,
this is a World War two story about the Operation Phoenix,
(16:31):
or this is a story about three young kids who
want to be war heroes, it's the same story. It's
all quiet on the Western front, right, But the second
one that description would grab that resonates with people more, right, Right.
But yeah, I would say simple stories the best ones are,
(16:52):
you know, and just kind of a simple question that
gets asked and then you know, if you can have
your audience members walking out of the theater still thinking
like geez, I don't know, like what you know, if
they start putting themselves in those situations, I think those
are the films that really survive and the ones that
(17:13):
resonate the strongest people.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
There we go and hopefully that's that's what we're going
to be seeing from Whispers.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Right, hopefully we will up to it.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Yeah, So Whispers is going to be in production starting
in March, you said of twenty twenty five, so a
lot to look ahead, look forward to in the coming year.
James and I are going to be talking about some
of the other things that we are most looking forward
to in the twenty twenty five in terms of media.
Is there anything that you're looking out for that you're
(17:45):
obsessed with or that you are you know, really want
to see in the coming year as far as movies
or TV that's coming out besides your own projects.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
This is purely the fan in me. But Arcan season
two Arcane? Yeah, did you see the first season?
Speaker 1 (18:01):
No? No?
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Oh my gosh, wow, So I was. It was recommended
to me, and it's an animated series based off of
a video game. And I heard that. I was like, man,
I don't I'm not really that doesn't sound like something
I would like. And they just they would like, dude,
promise just the second you get bored, you can turn
it off. And I just I ended up watching the
whole thing in two dates.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
I was just blown away by it. So Arcane Season two,
from a fan perspective, I'm really interested to see. I'm
not certain if I'm going to pronounce his last name,
but John Keo. He has the Dead of Winter or
(18:45):
Film Festival that's coming up in February, I believe. I'm
not certain on the exact dates, but just hearing him
talk about that, he shares the same sort of passion
that you do for you know, bootstrap filmmaking and you know,
making it happen here and that sort of you know,
just enthusiasm towards the creators. And I'll be there. I'm
(19:07):
excited to see what that that's going to be like,
that's right around the corner. I'm really excited for that.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Wonderful. Yeah, I gotta get I've got to get to
more of those film festivals, you know, running around with
the two kids not always possible, but definitely I am
going to be trying to get down there to more
of those local events, you know, representing the hub on
Hollywood and trying to get more voices heard and scene
and all of that jazz. In the coming year, gosh,
(19:39):
I think in terms of media, you mentioned our Kam
which is animated. I'm looking forward to the live action
one piece season two, which is coming out next year
because I'm kind of obsessed with anime and things like that.
But but all good things. We're excited for the coming year.
We're very grateful that you were able to take the
(20:00):
time to be here on the Hub on Hollywood, Colin,
if you had one piece of advice to leave us with,
or anyone who is trying to either start their career
continue who loves filmmaking, one piece of advice, what would
you give them?
Speaker 2 (20:14):
Man, these are such good questions, I would say, So
it's kind of a two parter. I would say, be
very careful where you get your advice from, because I
(20:36):
think naturally, like you want people to like well, like
you want people to like your movie. You want people
to like your script, right, But if you show it
to twenty people, you're gonna get six people that say
this and five people that say that. You know, and like,
you're always going to have this bombardment of different sort
of perspectives. So I would say, be very deliberate in
(20:59):
what you you ask for it for feedback. Right. So,
for example, if you have a script and you show
somebody a part of that scripts, don't ask them do
you like it?
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Right?
Speaker 2 (21:13):
Right, because either they're going to be your friend and
say yeah, that's great and that does nothing for you,
or they'll offer you feedback and you'll just never be
able to You're just plugging leaks in a roof, right,
ask them can you follow the action in this seat?
Like could do you understand what's happening here? Just as
an example, right, you know, I always say the best
(21:36):
idea wins, So Carrie, just you know, continue to be
a student and stay humble. But once you have something
where you're like, that's a film I would watch, stop
taking ideas. Yeah, you know, otherwise you're you're going to
go through so many iterations. It's not even going to
(21:57):
be yours anymore. Right, you can get you and you'll
never know when it's good, you know, because oh you
should change the ending. You should change this, you should
change that. It would be really cool. And now you
just you don't even know what the answer is anymore,
you know. So yeah, be very careful where you get
your advice from. Be very deliberate with what you ask
for for feedback.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
All right, All right, Colin Langford, thank you for being
here on the hob on Hollywood. Best of luck with Whispers,
and we hope to have you back again sometime soon.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Yeah, definitely anytime. This is a blast. Thank you so much,
Welcome back to the hav On Hollywood. I'm Jamie Blonco.
I am joined by Allin Langford, a local filmmaker creative.
We are very excited to have you on the show.
You are a Massachusetts native and right now you are
working towards a project, a film for next year called Whispers.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Correct, Yeah, that's correct. Whispers start production in March of
twenty twenty five, which is.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Really really exciting. So I'm going to give folks a
quick overview of what this project is about and then
we'll dive right in. So, Whispers is about a young
woman who reconnects with her tragically divided family and begins
to unravel horrifying secrets about her own lineage and the
true nature of her rapidly developing pregnancy. So this sounds
(01:04):
to me like horror and scary movies. Is that sort
of your your genre de jure of choice?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
No? Actually not. I could probably count on two hands
how many horror films I've genuinely, really really enjoyed. This
one just kind of came together organically. It's not I
think most horror films, for lack of a better phrase,
or just you know, gore porn or you know, cheap
(01:36):
jump scares or things of that nature. And this one
came together. I've always liked if you put all of
the horror films that I really love in a room,
if you stripped the supernatural elements away, it still functions
as a really gripping story, you know, for instance, like Hereditary, right,
that's that's a pretty recent, pretty classical one. If you
(01:57):
take away the supernatural elements, it still works. Is a
really a really great drama, you know. And this one was, yeah,
really cool. There's a lot of more psychologically driven elements
to it, which I was really excited about getting into
(02:18):
just kind of you know, the ambiguity and the the
sort of the mystery and the fears and whatnot of
becoming a parent, you know, and there's a lot of
symbolism around that. And yeah, yeah, that's a a short question,
(02:42):
a lot of a lot of really cool, sort of
more subtle, more sinister elements that I was really pleased with.
How everything all kind of came together.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
That's perfect.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
So my my co host, James, he's big into horror
and scary and psychological thriller. I also more enjoy like
the psychological character driven sort of stories. Tell us a
little bit about this project. You said it's getting underway
in March. Do you have an indie go go? Do
(03:12):
you have you know, a group together that's ready to
film and create this. Tell us a little bit about
what's where you are in the process.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah, yeah, we're you know, a round and third headed
her home. As far as just getting all of our
ducks in a row. Got an amazing team, amazing team.
Ayana Lynn de Simone is our lead. She's going to
be supported by Michelle Faith and Francesca Miervidi as well
as John Potman. Got a badass cinematographer from Los Angeles.
(03:48):
His name is Coustoll Christopher. He's won some awards that
he's very much into the horror genre. So I'm just
out of my mind excited to work with him. Alex
Krause working as an ac as well, and from Crosshouse Productions,
and uh yeah, just really really awesome group of girls,
(04:12):
guys and just contagious energy. You know. I just really
excited to work with everybody.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Excellent. And So tell us a little bit more about
your background as a filmmaker. You and I fell how
with through Andight here in northern Massachusetts, I feel like
we need to be making more movies in northern mass
like everything is in southern and in Boston. Tell us
how you got started? Have you always been here in
Massachusetts or what? And what got you into filmmaking.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Yeah, there's there's no epic story behind it. When it
came time to you know, go to college, a lot
of my friends were going to and you know, cool,
I just I wanted to drop myself into a completely
new ironment where I didn't know anybody and it was
kind of by myself. Went out to a small little
place in the Midwest, took some theater classes and just
(05:08):
fell in love with it, you know, ended up coming
back and I had heard that if you wanted to
become a better writer or just you know, a better
anything in filmmaking, you should do stand up. So I
just started hitting up you know, open mics and just
you know, saying stuff that I thought was funny. Ended
(05:29):
up meeting some guys, some like minded creatives, and you know,
you just like bounce ideas off of people, and those
ideas started to become scripts and outlines and things of
that nature. And I settled on one that was it
was like it was a crime thriller, and I didn't
(05:51):
know what I was doing. I didn't know what a
shot list was, I didn't know anything. I was just like,
I'm just gonna, you know, throw the kitchen sink at
it and see what happened. And just took roped in
some resources and threw myself into it. And it was
my first baby, and it was just an incredible, incredible experience.
(06:13):
And then the world shut down, and that's when the
pandemic hit, so things started opening back up, and I've
been fortunate enough to be able to thrust myself back
into it, and I have done two or three shorts
like you know, twenty twenty minutes and some change in
(06:33):
that arena. And then this, this opportunity presented itself and
I just I couldn't have said yes fast enough.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
That's that's incredible. Where can people see some of your
work that some of the things that you've done so far?
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Yeah, I I have some stuff like I'm so anti
like socials, it's ridiculous, Like I don't have really much
of any thing I've you know, I'm the only reason
I'm on Facebook is you know, so I can network
with people like yourself and and things like that. I
(07:11):
post most of my my links right in my bio,
you know, just like you know, trailers, reels, clips, things
like that. But you gave me a homework assignment. I
definitely need to portfolio a little bit. You know.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
We'll make sure that we have your your links down
below so that people can find you and help contribute
to you know, your projects and things like that, and
follow the things that you are doing. Uh So, tell
me a little bit about working in Massachusetts. A lot
of what we talk about here on the Hub on
Hollywood is the film industry in New England. You know,
it had been booming and now we're in a little
(07:48):
bit of a lull. And talked to me about working
here and the kinds of talents and creatives you've been
able to connect with here in my Mastachusetts.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Yeah, that's a great question. That is a really really
great question. I think there's a lot of just looking back,
you know, there's a lot of rich history in New England,
Massachusetts Boston specifically, right Like some of the great films
of all time took place here. You know, you've got Goodwill,
(08:22):
Hunting and Jaws in the town and the lighthouse, and
there's just I think it gets overlooked a lot because
I think you know, of course, we sort of associate
filmmaking with you have to go to LA and you know,
win a golden ticket and know somebody who knows somebody,
(08:44):
and you know, I think there's just a lot of
really clever, creative, hardworking people out here, you know that
are you know, you're seeing more and more of people
they're just like, you know, what, to hell with it, right,
like I'm just going to bootstrap this and do it myself,
you know, which is really contagious. And that's really cool
(09:05):
to see, right because you know, there's more ways to
access things as far as you know, online or streaming
or you know, theaters are still alive, and well, you know,
it's just really cool to see people that. The word
(09:27):
that comes to mind is like fearless. You know. One
of my mentors, one of the coolest things he ever
said to me was, you know, if you want to
get into this game, there are people out there who
have more resources than you, They're more talented than you,
and they work harder than you. Knowing that, do you
(09:48):
still want to do this? And this is where the
money people usually fall off, right, Like, yes, you want
to make a career out of it and all those
good things and take care of your family and things
like that. But that's just you know, going to networking
events and film festivals and you know things like that,
(10:09):
you just meet people that they just bleed this stuff,
you know what I mean, Like they just they just
it just makes sense to them, right, And there's just
a hunger and a desire, and people are just getting
really smart and really innovative. And you know, they're shooting
Blockbuster I think twenty eight years later is coming out.
(10:29):
They shot that on an iPhone, you know, so people
just start are taking no for an answer less and less,
you know, right, And that's really really cool to see.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I love that. I love that description because I've I've
encountered those people myself, especially here, and that's that's when
we're called the hulb on Hollywood, because Hollywood is here.
Those is like Hollywood East now. So it's really exciting
to see not only just the like the big blockbusters
like like you were talking about, but the the indie filmmakers,
(11:05):
the up and comers with great ideas and great energy.
And it's such a robust sort of community that we
have here in New England. A big shout out to Julia,
who we met through who runs The Friendly Filmmaker, which
(11:27):
is a great little resource connecting folks who want to
make movies, act in movies and and and whatnot. So
it's just it's really beautiful to see that kind of
community come together. But Colin, what's the ultimate dream? Where
where are you fighting towards?
Speaker 2 (11:47):
I would say the ultimate dream? I think, what's like
everybody's got that one thing, you know, we're just I
think it's from Goodwill Hunting. I remember the scene in
Goodwill Hunting where he goes I could always just play,
(12:09):
you know, and this just makes sense to me. I
think for us, this just makes sense to us. And
sometimes it is hard to quantify. But this might sound
a bit of a cop but ultimately there's going to
come a day where we're not here anymore, like physically right,
(12:29):
and you know the idea of financial freedom and seeing
your name up in bright lights like that's cool, don't
get me wrong, Like I don't think anybody would say
no to that. But being able to create something that
lives past your physical being, you know, and creating something
(12:51):
that lives beyond you, I think that's really fascinating, you know,
and too, you know, a hundred years from now, when
you and I are both you know, onto the next life.
If there's a kid somewhere who sees a film that
you made or just like a scene and just for
(13:13):
a second they think it's possible to do whatever it
is they want to do, that's a that's a really
really cool thing to think about. You know.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
I agree, that's a really cool thing.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
To think about, because you know, I'm sure you get
inspiration from a variety of places, right whether it's you know,
a song you hear on the radio, or maybe you're
watching a movie and that inspires you to go talk
to this person, or even like just small little or
you know, you're just you're in a rut, you know,
like you're just you're really struggling, and you turn on
(13:52):
like bugs Bunny or something just to feel better for
five minutes. You know, I think those little moments are
really really cool. I think that would be the ultimate
dream is too, And it's a great responsibility, I would say,
to create something that lives beyond yourself.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Yeah, I love that. I think. Yeah, if you can
touch even one life, you know, you change someone you
share that story you expret you know, that's that's worth it.
Do you have a favorite story that you like to tell?
Is there is there a kind of story that that
is your favorite or a kind of character.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Or Yeah, I would say I mean stories that aren't
afraid to show you they're they're not afraid to be authentic,
you know, stories that like I don't think audiences like
(14:53):
being preached to, right, And you know, we talked about
like the culture shift away from Hollywood. I think that's
why people aren't really responding as well to what's coming
out of traditional Hollywood now. It's because they're being told
what they should believe in, what they should think, and
that's why people are kind of averse to that. I
think films or any sort of media that just shows
(15:17):
you something and then asks you what do you think?
What do you make of this? I like films and
stories that ask questions, you know, questions that and sometimes
there's not always a clear answer. It's not always this
or that, right. Yeah, characters that you know just are
(15:47):
like you know, they're like us. They're deeply, deeply flawed,
you know, simple characters. Oftentimes it's not that complicated what
somebody wants. You know, the complications arise and like, you know,
the obstacles that arise in the manner in which we
(16:08):
have to go get it right, but the idea is
usually pretty simple. Yeah, that's yeah. Character driven, character, Yeah,
I think I mean, in general, character driven I think
works better than plot driven. Like, for instance, if I said, oh,
this is a World War two story about the Operation Phoenix,
(16:31):
or this is a story about three young kids who
want to be war heroes, it's the same story. It's
all quiet on the Western front, right, But the second
one that description would grab that resonates with people more, right, Right.
But yeah, I would say simple stories the best ones are,
(16:52):
you know, and just kind of a simple question that
gets asked and then you know, if you can have
your audience members walking out of the theater still thinking
like geez, I don't know, like what you know, if
they start putting themselves in those situations, I think those
are the films that really survive and the ones that
(17:13):
resonate the strongest people.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
There we go and hopefully that's that's what we're going
to be seeing from Whispers.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Right, hopefully we will up to it.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Yeah, So Whispers is going to be in production starting
in March, you said of twenty twenty five, so a
lot to look ahead, look forward to in the coming year.
James and I are going to be talking about some
of the other things that we are most looking forward
to in the twenty twenty five in terms of media.
Is there anything that you're looking out for that you're
(17:45):
obsessed with or that you are you know, really want
to see in the coming year as far as movies
or TV that's coming out besides your own projects.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
This is purely the fan in me. But Arcan season
two Arcane? Yeah, did you see the first season?
Speaker 1 (18:01):
No? No?
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Oh my gosh, wow, So I was. It was recommended
to me, and it's an animated series based off of
a video game. And I heard that. I was like, man,
I don't I'm not really that doesn't sound like something
I would like. And they just they would like, dude,
promise just the second you get bored, you can turn
it off. And I just I ended up watching the
whole thing in two dates.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
I was just blown away by it. So Arcane Season two,
from a fan perspective, I'm really interested to see. I'm
not certain if I'm going to pronounce his last name,
but John Keo. He has the Dead of Winter or
(18:45):
Film Festival that's coming up in February, I believe. I'm
not certain on the exact dates, but just hearing him
talk about that, he shares the same sort of passion
that you do for you know, bootstrap filmmaking and you know,
making it happen here and that sort of you know,
just enthusiasm towards the creators. And I'll be there. I'm
(19:07):
excited to see what that that's going to be like,
that's right around the corner. I'm really excited for that.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Wonderful. Yeah, I gotta get I've got to get to
more of those film festivals, you know, running around with
the two kids not always possible, but definitely I am
going to be trying to get down there to more
of those local events, you know, representing the hub on
Hollywood and trying to get more voices heard and scene
and all of that jazz. In the coming year, gosh,
(19:39):
I think in terms of media, you mentioned our Kam
which is animated. I'm looking forward to the live action
one piece season two, which is coming out next year
because I'm kind of obsessed with anime and things like that.
But but all good things. We're excited for the coming year.
We're very grateful that you were able to take the
(20:00):
time to be here on the Hub on Hollywood, Colin,
if you had one piece of advice to leave us with,
or anyone who is trying to either start their career
continue who loves filmmaking, one piece of advice, what would
you give them?
Speaker 2 (20:14):
Man, these are such good questions, I would say, So
it's kind of a two parter. I would say, be
very careful where you get your advice from, because I
(20:36):
think naturally, like you want people to like well, like
you want people to like your movie. You want people
to like your script, right, But if you show it
to twenty people, you're gonna get six people that say
this and five people that say that. You know, and like,
you're always going to have this bombardment of different sort
of perspectives. So I would say, be very deliberate in
(20:59):
what you you ask for it for feedback. Right. So,
for example, if you have a script and you show
somebody a part of that scripts, don't ask them do
you like it?
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Right?
Speaker 2 (21:13):
Right, because either they're going to be your friend and
say yeah, that's great and that does nothing for you,
or they'll offer you feedback and you'll just never be
able to You're just plugging leaks in a roof, right,
ask them can you follow the action in this seat?
Like could do you understand what's happening here? Just as
an example, right, you know, I always say the best
(21:36):
idea wins, So Carrie, just you know, continue to be
a student and stay humble. But once you have something
where you're like, that's a film I would watch, stop
taking ideas. Yeah, you know, otherwise you're you're going to
go through so many iterations. It's not even going to
(21:57):
be yours anymore. Right, you can get you and you'll
never know when it's good, you know, because oh you
should change the ending. You should change this, you should
change that. It would be really cool. And now you
just you don't even know what the answer is anymore,
you know. So yeah, be very careful where you get
your advice from. Be very deliberate with what you ask
for for feedback.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
All right, All right, Colin Langford, thank you for being
here on the hob on Hollywood. Best of luck with Whispers,
and we hope to have you back again sometime soon.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Yeah, definitely anytime. This is a blast. Thank you so much,
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