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That's a Take

That's a Take

By: Bruce James Bales
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An educational filmmaking podcast focused on specific topics and projects, That's a Take is comprised of conversations with experts, case studies, and topic focused episodes. The podcast is hosted by Cinematographer Bruce James Bales.

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  • Take 6 - Kaitlyn Busbee on Advantages of Graduate Film School
    May 5 2025

    Take 6 - Kaitlyn Busbee on Advantages of Graduate Film School

    Kaitlyn Busbee joins us to discuss her experiences at Graduate Film School. From start to finish, Kaitlyn lays out the advantages of a graduate film school program and how the program helped her to grow as a filmmaker. We also discuss how New York City inspired her, what it was like having access to top of the line gear, and how the program began with simplicity and grew from there.

    Runtime: 58 minutes

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    That's a Take is an educational filmmaking podcast focused on specific topics and projects. That's a Take is comprised of conversations with experts, case studies, and topic focused episodes. The podcast is hosted by Cinematographer Bruce James Bales.

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    58 mins
  • Take 5 - Case Study: Chiefsaholic
    Apr 21 2025

    Take 5 - Case Study: Chiefsaholic

    Director Dylan Sires and Producer Kristian Day join the podcast to talk about their experiences making Amazon Studio's Chiefsaholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothing. We talk about how the story first came to Dylan's attention, what is was like to follow Xaviar around, how the film came together in post production, and what it was like chasing this story from a producer's perspective.

    Runtime: 77 minutes

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    That's a Take is an educational filmmaking podcast focused on specific topics and projects. That's a Take is comprised of conversations with experts, case studies, and topic focused episodes. The podcast is hosted by Cinematographer Bruce James Bales.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Take 4 - Tarrell Christie on Basics of Visual FX
    Mar 31 2025

    Take 4 - Tarrell Christie on Basics of Visual FX

    Tarrell Christie joins us to discuss the basics of Visual FX. We discuss how he got started, what inspired him, the sub categories of Visual FX, how he uses them in his films, and some philosophies behind the craft. We reference Tarrell's Godzilla films, along with his films "FLAVA" and "MILES."

    Runtime: 69 minutes

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    That's a Take is an educational filmmaking podcast focused on specific topics and projects. That's a Take is comprised of conversations with experts, case studies, and topic focused episodes. The podcast is hosted by Cinematographer Bruce James Bales.

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    1 hr and 9 mins

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