BEHIND THE LENS #263: Featuring Lise Raven

An exciting #BTLRadioShow this week as we welcome back writer/director LISE RAVEN to talk about her wonderful film SNAELAND, plus our prerecorded exclusive interview with creator/writer/showrunner MARK BOMBACK talking about the riveting mini-series on Apple TV – DEFENDING JACOB. First up is our prerecorded exclusive interview with MARK BOMBACK, the creator and writer of the acclaimed hit mini-series, DEFENDING JACOB! Now before you take a listen, be warned – SPOILERS! Mark and I discuss all aspects of the show, including spoilers for those who haven't yet seen it, and because of that we purposely decided together to hold this interview until after the series finale aired this past weekend. Listen as we talk about everything from adapting William Landay's novel and some key changes to the story to Mark tackling a series versus a feature film to casting (and potential Emmy noms for Jaeden Martell and Cherry Jones) to the wearing of a very wide-brimmed production hat to deviating from the novel with some truly surprising results. This is an absolute "Must See"! Catch it now on Apple TV at https://apple.co/_DefendingJacob. And then a big welcome back to LISE RAVEN and SNAELAND. Lise joined us last August as SNAELAND was just coming onto the festival circuit and we knew then it was going to be making a big splash. Making the rounds since then, SNAELAND is currently screening in the Brooklyn Film Festival which is being done virtually – and it's FREE! You can watch SNAELAND and 147 other terrific films 24/7 just by logging into the festival site! Take a listen as Lise talks about how this virtual film festival concept is working for her as a creator and filmmaker, plus, of great interest to filmmakers will be Lise's thoughts on the viability and feasibility of making a film with sanitation and social distancing during life in the time of Covid. Interesting is that for indie filmmakers with smaller crews, Lise thinks any new protocols put into place for production will be not that difficult to implement and execute. Of course, important to Lise is the filmmaking carbon footprint and we talk again about SNAELAND being shot in Iceland and done purposefully in order to minimize its carbon footprint, but also how minimizing the carbon footprint plays into potential new production protocols for social distancing and sanitizing. But particularly timely and topical is our discussion on the issue of journalism and an individual's right to tell their own story. http://behindthelensonline.net http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com