Interview with Dan Trachtenberg and Mike Zarin (Portal No Escape)

Interview with Dan Trachtenberg and Mike Zarin (Portal No Escape) Dan Trachtenberg (Director) and Mike Zarin (Composer) come on to talk about their immensely popular, recent project, PORTAL: NO ESCAPE. The 7 minute short has already received over 6.2 million youtube views. The two discus the origins of the project; how they came to work on the project together, and the musical influences found in the Zarin's original score. Episode Highlights 00:26 — Introduction and welcome 03:05 — What brought you two together? 07:10 — The "Inception" phenom 09:37 — Mansell, Nails, and 2001 14:20 — What was your working process like? 17:20 — The original goal for the short film 22:30 — No Deadlines? 24:40 — Twitter and Facebook questions Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast) 00:00 — "Portal No Escape" (Portal No Escape) by Mike Zarin 06:25 — "Mind Control" (Inception Teaser) by Sencit Music 21:53 — "Portal No Escape" (Portal No Escape) by Mike Zarin 28:06 — "Portal No Escape" (Portal No Escape) by Mike Zarin Download the episode here Subscribe and more info here