Episodes
Scott Edwards is the EVP of Fox Creative Advertising where he oversees the “formula-free process” of creating the campaigns from first-look trailers, launch promos, current-show episodics, key art one sheets or billboards, custom social content, and anything else on the horizon to help ignite hits such as 9-1-1 LONESTAR, ACCUSED, BOB’S BURGERS, THE CLEANING LADY, CRIME SCENE KITCHEN, FAMILY GUY, KRAPOPOLIS, LEGO MASTERS, THE GREAT NORTH, THE SIMPSONS, THE MASKED SINGER, SPECIAL FORCES, and an...
Published 05/08/24
Published 05/08/24
In this edition, we have a rock star in the making, Matthew Zuckerman, trailer editor at X/AV, who's already finished some of the coolest pieces over the last few years including Furiosa, House of the Dragon Black and Green trailers, Sexy Beast, Memory and so much more The conversation dives into his approach to editorial; his journey from studying at Columbia College Chicago to getting a shot at X/AV, detailing his evolution from intern to full editor; and his work on all those great...
Published 04/24/24
We've got the team that brought you the CALL OF DUTY, ASSASSINS CREED and BATMAN ARKHAM TRILOGY campaigns and so much more! That's David Wilson, Executive Producer / Co-Head of Immersive Media at Aspect (Los Angeles); Ryan Vickers, Co-Head of Games at Aspect; and Ashley Vong, Games Producer at Aspect and Women in Games Ambassador.   It's been so cool to track with folks like Ryan Vickers and David Wilson from when they were working their way up at that legendary, groundbreaking team at Ant...
Published 04/09/24
Trailers, Indie Film and AI... plus Special Shoots with FX, MAX and more!   This conversation, we did a deep dive with the Chief Creative Officer of Mocean, Greg Harrison. You'll hear us delight in the art of mixing the perfect Sazerac; what it's like to be onset with the likes of Ben Stiller, Larry David, John Oliver, Samantha Bee, John Travolta and how Greg got some good acting out of LeBron James; the long road to making his first indie film, Groove, and then his second film, November;...
Published 03/27/24
We were joined on this episode by Peter Stark, the Head of Print at AV Squad, and Brian Lauzon, the Creative Director there at AV Print.   Peter shares about how one goes from serving in the Peace Corps to running print at one of the most successful shops in the business. Brian gives us a glimpse at how a guy could get from Buttzville, NJ (jk, he's actually from Long Valley, NJ - Buttzville was just a place he visited for the hot dogs) to working on some of the most kick-ass posters we've...
Published 03/13/24
We brought in three industry heavyweights Kenny Gravillis, Dawn Baillie, and Noël Claro to discuss a collaboration between Netflix and Otis College of Art and Design. ACCESS was launched to help historically underrepresented students unlock their "peak potential and shape the future of entertainment marketing." We also explore Noël, Kenny and Dawn's respective careers and views on the industry, underlining the value of education and practical experience. We also candidly address some of the...
Published 02/28/24
In this much anticipated conversation, we had the joy of sitting down with Dwight Caines, President of Domestic Marketing for Universal Pictures. With a career that evolved from being an aspiring scriptwriter to high-profile marketing roles, Dwight generously shares about his personal and professional experiences and what he learned along the way that helped shape his success in the industry. We discuss his early interest in film; freelancing on production gigs around NYC on TV and film...
Published 02/14/24
Joined on this episode by Ben Snyder, the owner, chief creative officer and editor of Rogue Planet. So of course we talk about some of Ben's killer work such as  LOGAN  BUMBLEBEE and TETRIS ...among others. We also talk about the early part of this brilliant creative's career like getting a shot from Goktug Sarioz and learning from Skip Chaisson. Ben was also super candid about learning from his mistakes, his approach to the work now vs when he was younger, the importance of relationships...
Published 01/31/24
We're joined on this episode by Darnell Brisco, Patricio Hoter and Drea Althoff of BOND. Darnell is the EVP of Growth; Patricio is Creative Dir. in A/V; and Drea is SVP, Creative Dir. in Print.    We got many nuggets of wisdom and heard a ton of passion for the work. We discussed What it means to be "unanimously collaborative" to create the best cut, the best comp or arrive at the best idea; How virtues like empathy and grit have been necessary to get through the last few years and will...
Published 01/16/24
This is a special Twenty Thousand Hertz presentation of THE BOOJ STRIKES BACK!   This episode was written and produced by Abigail Barr. In the 80s and 90s, movie trailers were ruled by “voice-of-God” narrators who used stock phrases like, “In a world…” Today, movie studios have a different trick up their sleeves: epic sound design. In this episode, Professor James Deaville explains the history of trailers, and Youtuber Craven Moorhaus crafts a hilarious takedown of the overused clichés of...
Published 01/05/24
Dallas Taylor is the host and creator of Twenty Thousand Hertz, a lovingly crafted podcast revealing the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. Dallas is also the Creative Director of Defacto Sound, where he has led thousands of high-profile projects ranging from blockbuster trailers and advertising campaigns to Sundance award-winning films and major television series. At Defacto Sound, they're experts at everything from making dialog crystal clear to creating...
Published 12/21/23
We were fortunate to be joined by Senior Global Marketing Executive Dana Flowers and Writer, Producer, Marketer Kelly Turner for this discussion. And yeah, it was dopetey f'in' dope!   We talked about how Dana, Kelly and others are helping the industry evolve to be more representative of the diverse audiences this industry markets to; who's doing good work and leading the way in this regard; what kind of progress still needs to be made; the importance of mentoring so more people of color...
Published 12/12/23
Who better to have our first one-on-one after the long hiatus? HELEN AHN, of course! Coming off of her well-deserved Clio Entertainment Impact Award, Helen came back on the show to discuss Mentorship (and whether there's a better word for that); How our best work is still in us - "I don't know if I could have done that until this very day;" Her passion to leave a lasting legacy, specifically in the realm of social justice; The wonderful organizations Helen is a part of such as Good City...
Published 11/28/23
For today's panel discussion, we were joined by three leaders from Ignition Creative, Jaclyn Thomas, SVP AV and Creative Director; Dhruv Kumar, Assoc. Creative Dir. and Sr. Editor; and Eric Breshears, Creative Dir. of Print; (with a cameo from Wayne Watson, Pres. and Exec. CD) to have a candid conversation about how we're all doing. We've all been through a lot as an industry, collectively and individually. So, how are you?   We also discussed how Jaclyn, Dhruv and Eric each got into the...
Published 11/13/23
We're Baa-aaack... It's been a minute! A little longer than we first planned. But we're glad to be back with the next chapter of Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods.  Host and Exec. Producer, Corey Nathan hops on to say hello again and to give a rundown on the exciting new direction the program will be going including panel discussions on topics folks in entertainment advertising care about, subscriber segments, workshops and get togethers. And yes, we'll still be doing one-on-ones with some of...
Published 10/30/23
Sean Uyeoka, Editor at Aspect, arrived on the scene with quite a splash with a BLACK MASS teaser that garnered so much industry recognition that he finished when he was still an assistant. Since then, Sean hasn't looked back having gone on to contribute to a diverse range of top notch pieces such as trailers for ANNABELLE CREATION, MOXIE, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, FIVE FEET APART, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, WOLVES AT THE DOOR, FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE, THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA and many more.
Published 07/12/21
In Part 2 of our convo with David Kim, Sr. Editor at Zealot, we talk some more about his time with Transit and the great team there; Helen and David get into some spirited debates about k-pop; we go deep on some more projects including PARASITE, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE and TEA WITH THE DAMES; David shares about what makes Zealot's culture so great; and then we talk some more k-pop!
Published 07/05/21
This is Part 1 of our 2 part conversation with David Kim, Senior Editor at Zealot. David has done such a diverse range of work from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to The Willoughbys, from Central Intelligence to I, Tonya; New Order, Parasite, Hacks and so many more. We discuss growing up in SoCal, how much of a hero his mom is, how he spent time in other jobs before he ever got into the trailer industry and, of course, we talk plenty about his incredible trailer work.
Published 06/28/21
This is our latest installment in our series of speaking with folks who've gone from making fan trailers and mashups to being rising stars in the trailer industry. On this episode, we have both Joel Walden of Mark Woollen + Assoc. and Lyle Goodale of Giaronomo. Joel's had several standout projects including work on I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, JOJO RABBIT and HIGH LIFE among others. Lyle's also contributed to great pieces on campaigns for WESTWORLD, INGRID GOES WEST, LIFE, DON JON and many...
Published 06/21/21
Kate Cox and Gregg Ostrin are two of the most prolific writers in the trailer industry. Kate has freelanced for many agencies, mini-majors and major studios. She shares about her early work such as how she collaborated on the campaign for PLATOON, as well as more recent projects like with FOCUS FEATURES. Gregg is a staff writer at InSync PLUS. Greg reveals much about how he got into the industry, developed his process and the discipline to moonlight as a writer of screenplays, tv shows and...
Published 06/14/21
This is part 2 of our conversation with Christian Capello-Colon. "Triple C" is Sr. Editor at Trailer Park and has cut such standout pieces as the BABY DRIVER “TeKillYah” trailer, LUPIN, KNIVES OUT, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, DOCTOR STRANGE and so many more. In this part of the conversation, we talk about where Christian came from, how he got into the industry and of course we talk about some of the work.
Published 06/07/21
This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation with Christian Capello-Colon. "Triple C" is Sr. Editor at Trailer Park and has cut such standout pieces as the BABY DRIVER “TeKillYah” trailer, LUPIN, KNIVES OUT, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, DOCTOR STRANGE and so many more. In this part of the conversation, we talk about where Christian came from, how he got into the industry and of course we talk about some of the work.
Published 05/31/21
Miguel Branco and Clark Zhu are both rising star trailer editors - Miguel is cutting at Rogue Planet and Clark is at Wild Card. Miguel and Clark were both doing fan trailers and mashups as passion projects before they ever got into the trailer industry. Their stuff online got a ton of attention, justifiably so, because they’re really good. In both their cases, they were able to turn their passion into their profession and represent the next generation of great creative contributors to the...
Published 05/24/21