The New Deal

Episode 2 shares the experience of two awesome women who helped make Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp. First up, we have Valerie Wicks. Based out of Atlanta at the time, she was hired as the Associate VFX Coordinator and worked during production to make sure everyone had what they needed to make the many effects in this film possible. She also writes middle-grade fantasy novels! She is currently working in Los Angeles on Disney's Mulan.

Welcome to The New Deal, a podcast designed to capture the filmmaking experiences of FSU alumni. Each episode will feature an interview with graduates of the film production program at Florida State, delving into their stories and insights from working in the filmmaking industry. We hope you'll come along for the journey to learn more about movies and the incredible people making them. Get to know your hosts Nikki and Rin better in this bonus material segment to Episode 1 where they discuss their first year out of film school. The casual conversation provides insight on the choices they made and how those decisions impacted their careers so far. They discuss moving home after school, living in NYC and LA, balancing personal creativity, and making adult choices to stay afloat.

Welcome to The New Deal, a podcast designed to capture the filmmaking experiences of FSU alumni. Each episode will feature an interview with graduates of the film production program at Florida State, delving into their stories and insights from working in the filmmaking industry. We hope you'll come along for the journey to learn more about movies and the incredible people making them. Episode One is divided into three parts, each featuring a FSU film student who graduated a year ago and is now working in one of the three major industry cities: New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. The third part features Shandton Williams, a literary assistant for Circle of Confusion living in Los Angeles.

Welcome to The New Deal, a podcast designed to capture the filmmaking experiences of FSU alumni. Each episode will feature an interview with graduates of the film production program at Florida State, delving into their stories and insights from working in the filmmaking industry. We hope you'll come along for the journey to learn more about movies and the incredible people making them. Episode One is divided into three parts, each featuring a FSU film student who graduated a year ago and is now working in one of the three major industry cities: New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. The second part features Jared Hopkins, a union set lighting technician living in Atlanta. He's recently worked on the hit shows Atlanta and Insatiable.