Breaking Down the Color of Horror with LatinXorcists’ Ricardo Martinez

Ricardo Martinez is a multi-hyphenate Editor, Writer, Director. He is known for his award-winning documentary, The Wall, which won the 2010 SF Latino Film Festival and screened on PBS. If we had to describe Ricardo’s work, we would say he is an expert at “finding the horror and beauty in the reality” of everyday life. In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins speaks with filmmaker Ricardo Martinez to discuss: The LatinXorcists - a group made of latino screenwriters who love horror Why he was inspired to create the documentary film, The Wall Creating a horrifying video trailer for The Bloodstone  What we need to know within the first 5 pages of a script  What makes a good monster story Exploring the horror in our everyday human fears  Why Ricardo loves using Black Magic tools Color correction tips and tricks Our suggestions for some of the scariest movies Memorable Quotes “I think there’s beauty in horror as well.” [18:25] “Making sounds yourself is actually a lot of fun and a cheap way to boost up production costs.” [23:45] “Every good monster story is not about the monster. The monster means something, it represents something.” [31:49] “That dread is part of the joy of horror.” [32:48] “Horror can be so many different things. That’s the joy of horror. There’s such a wide spectrum of types of horror.” [41:12] Resources: About the LatinXorcists Citadel Scavenger Creators of Earth Seed to Strain Check out Ricardo's website The Bloodstone Comic The Handy Foundation The LatinXorcists website The LatinXorcists Instagram Ricardo's Instagram  The Bloodstone Instagram Burden of Dreams film  Find No Film School everywhere: On the Web https://nofilmschool.com/ Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool Twitter  https://twitter.com/nofilmschool YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool Send us an email with questions or feedback: [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices