Join Nikita and Saadgi in their spontaneous chats with film technicians and filmmakers worldwide. They make the details accessible to everyone, demystifying the industry and getting to the heart of what drives them.
Welcome back to another episode. In today's episode, we have Karuna & Gouri who have worked and rose up in ranks through Assistant Direction. In this episode we discuss the following:
1. What does a Creative producer do in the Bombay film industry?
2. Overview of what an AD does and how different people pursue this particular career (assisting) differently.
3. Discussing being on a Christopher Nolan set as an AD (Gouri).
4. What you need to learn from assisting about becoming a Director?
5. First film experience & learning the basic things on set.
6. Discussing money & struggle to find work.
8. Skillset in Advertising Vs a Feature long
9. Discovering Guru Dutt as a filmmaker later in life & growing up around world cinema.
Karuna's IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4435585/
Gouri's IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7365121/
If you are someone who is struggling to navigate the Hindi film industry with work or questions regarding a specific department, you can get in touch with us on takeswildtapes@gmail.com
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20 Mar 2022
Khamkha - BTS Photographer
In this episode we sit down with Khamkha to talk about his experience as a BTS Photographer in the Hindi Film Industry and so many other things.
He has worked on projects like Chhapaak, Manmarziyan, The White Tiger, Rashmi Rocket and so many more.
Overview of the episode:
1. How he ended up on a movie set through MAMI (Mumbai Film Festival)
2. How much of his earlier work & education has an impact on his photographers now.
3. What it's like to be an observer of everything on set, mostly the chaos.
4. The archival value of his work.
5. What are the kind of briefing he receives from producers, marketing and sometimes, directors before the film shoot begins.
6. His relationship with crew members on set, especially actors.
7. And absolutely important discussion about IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) that exist in every crew members contract and how much this holds self value and how we view our own work.
You can check out his work on below links:
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19 Jan 2022
Film Appreciation with Harshit Bansal (Humans of Cinema)
In this episode of Wild Tapes, the face and voice of the famous Humans of cinema, Harshit Bansal.
He started Humans of Cinema on Instagram as way to share movies impact on people's life and now he runs a podcast where he interview different filmmakers on their process of filmmaking.
In this episode, we speak to Harshit about:
- Beginning of his Podcast, Humans of Cinema and pandemics effect on it.
- What is it like to be a Cinephile.
- The boom of film appreciation pages on Instagram.
- The value of commercial and branding in content making.
- His podcast with Anand Gandhi.
- Milestones of Humans of Cinema.
- Future of Humans of Cinema.
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Humans of Cinema Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4eSllaGhsxuLPoHA25fZu3?si=8XpAb13ERV2SYM-mvQJQHA
Humans of Cinema Instagram - https://instagram.com/humansofcinema?utm_medium=copy_link
Humans of Cinema Youtube - https://m.youtube.com/c/HumansofCinema
26 Oct 2021
Shubham - Writer & Associate Director of Eeb Allay Ooo!
In this episode of Wild Tapes, we have with us multi-skilled Shubham who is the writer, director and actor.
He was the writer and associate director of the well-acclaimed feature film Eeb Allay Ooo. The film has been well received at film festivals and has won The Golden Gateway Award and the Young critics Choice Award at MAMI 2019.
In this episode with Shubham, we tap into:
1) The juxtaposition of filmmaking culture between the film industry and a film school.
2) The challenges one faces working with a small crew.
3) The process of writing Eeb Allay Ooo! and other commercial projects.
4) Is it necessary to be a professional writer to write a film?
Trailer of Eeb Allay Ooo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7HDLJMtwww (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7HDLJMtwww)
Eeb Allay Ooo streaming on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/search?q=eeb&jbv=81354909 (https://www.netflix.com/search?q=eeb&jbv=81354909)
DISCLAIMER: The audio quality of this episode is poor.
2 Sept 2021
"Is Bombay requisite to be an artist?" with Anurag Minus Verma
WELCOME BACK TO SEASON 2! In this episode we have Anurag Minus Verma who is a multimedia artist and also a Podcaster. He runs Anurag Minus Verma Podcast which is available on multiple platforms like Spotify & Apple podcasts.
In this episode we speak to Anurag about
1) His journey & relationship with Mumbai, JNU & FTII.
2) His experience & process of working with Amit Dutta as an editor for Drawn from Dreams.
3) The making of his video diaries and where does the style come from?
4) Capturing the mundane in everyday life in his work & why issue based subjects get easily picked by everyone.
5) The idea of being called "socio-political" artist on social media and why he isn't one.
6) Response to his work on social media, stories on the first video that went viral and how the love from the audience makes it all worth it.
7) Assisting in the Hindi film industry and how it is an oppressive and corporatized system.
8) Caste and class inside the Hindi film industry and the structure of distribution where you rarely see diversity.
6 Nov 2020
"The Direction Team of Mirzapur 2 X Wild Tapes Podcast"
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For the very first time, WTP called an entire team of Assistants for the podcast!!
The Direction team of Mirzapur 2!
In this episode, Saadgi and Nikita converse with Raghuvanshi Malik, Zara Mann, Suraj Paraswani, Rohit Babu & Swayam Khanna specifically about what was it like working in Mirzapur 2 after the huge success of the first season.
They share various stories and anecdotes from the sets of Mirzapur 2 from working in difficult terrains, actor handling, fucking up on sets and how working on the show ended up becoming a school of life.
Produced by Saadgi & Nikita
Podcast Edit by Nikita Nevatia
Creatives by Vikas Singh
Original Music by Devraj
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27 Oct 2020
"Making things work like clockwork" Feat Mrinal on Line Producing
In the latest episode we dive in with Mrinal Chodankar on Line producing for advertising in India. We tap into: 1) What does a Line producer do? Difference between the Producer, EP and LP. 2) Advantages and disadvantages of being a female Line...
13 Oct 2020
"Going for a Wild Take!" Feat. Aniruddh, Nikita & Saadgi
In this episode (banter) Nikita, Saadgi & Aniruddh talk and laugh through various topics such as:1) Madhur Bhandarkar.2) The decision of opening the theatre halls in midst of the Pandemic. 3) Working since the Film Industry is resuming work.4)...
28 Sept 2020
"Sleepless in Bombay" Feat. Kavish Handa
In this episode, we took a dive in the Art Department of films & shows like Mirzapur, Leila, Hitchki, Pari, Sui Dhaaga along with our guest Kavish Handa. He has not only worked as a graphic designer but is an assistant production designer himself now. Through this episode we speak about how irreplaceable and unnoticed the work of the Production Design Team's work is while touching upon: - How does one enter the Art Dept and what it takes. - Graphic Designing for Film. - The collaboration of Vfx and Props on set. - The jugaad on the has to be prepared for. - And of course, some Mirzapur & Leila behind the scenes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kavish's IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10975348/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr47 Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildtapespodcast/ Join us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wildtapespod Website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1231913 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced by Nikita & Saadgi Editor & Executive Producer: Aniruddh Ramjiwal Logo and Graphics: Vikas Singh Music: Devraj Bhaumik You can find our teammates on Instagram. Feel free to reach out these talented people for any sort of work. Support us by sharing this Podcast with someone who is interested or is thinking of joining us in Bombay! If you are a Apple user please don't forget to subscribe and rate us!
22 Sept 2020
"Glamourous Costumes on Big Sets!" Feat Prarthana Ravikumar
In this new Episode, Nikita and Saadgi converse with Prarthana Ravikumar who works in the Bombay Film Industry as a Wardrobe Supervisor/ Associate Designer. Having worked on some of the biggest Bollywood films like Padmaavat, Bajirao Mastani, Dangal...
14 Sept 2020
"NYFA to Safina's house in Gully Boy!" Feat Rudra Joshi
In this episode we converse with Rudra Joshi who has worked as a Production Assistant on films like Gully Boy and Toofan (upcoming). He is a graduate of New York Film Academy.We talked about: - If and how a Film School background helps in landing a job...
8 Sept 2020
"Commercials & Film Unions" feat. Sagar Rao
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1 Sept 2020
Assisting as a Cinematographer feat. Durga Chitrak
In this episode, we speak to Durga Chitrak about assisting as a cinematographer on sets of Newton, Bhavesh Joshi, Bhaagi 2 and how much of a creative liberty we as assistants have. Also, we touched upon one of the barriers of being a minority in a majority world and how can we work beyond that. And between all of this we took the oppurtunity to discuss the question of who gives a CLAP on a movie set!
17 Aug 2020
"DK Bose Gaana Band Kar!" feat. Ella Jaiswal
In this episode, we bring to you Ella Jaiswal who has worked in films and web shows like Neerja, Bhavesh Joshi, Ghoul and so many more. We speak to her about her journey of transition from being a 3rd AD to a 1st AD and how team is everything that matters on a set!
17 Aug 2020
Introducing Wild Tapes feat. Saadgi & Nikita
Wild Tapes brings to you some of the assistants and associates to talk about working in various films, commercials, web shows. Let's hear what it takes to execute a film and everything in between!
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