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Shifter Audio Diary #6 – What Is the Greatest Time Travel Movie Ever Made?
August 06, 2020

To celebrate today’s release of Planet Thunder Productions’ new film, Shifter, writer/director Jacob Leighton Burns and Zachary Burns rejoin The Cinematic Schematic to discuss a few of their favorite time travel films before we each make the case for t...

Built in Dreams: The Inception 10th Anniversary Special – The Cinematic Schematic
July 16, 2020

Imagine a world where the mind is the scene of the crime inspired by the works of Stanley Kubrick, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, The Matrix, and James Bond films that captures the best elements of an Oceans Eleven heist. On July 16, 2010,

The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2020 Closing Recap
June 22, 2020

After 10 days of films streamed at the 2020 deadCenter Film Festival for the event’s 20th anniversary, The Cinematropolis concludes our special coverage with a festival recap discussion between our entire festival team, Jo Light, Daniel Bokemper,

deadCenter Executive Director Lance McDaniel Champions Local Film and Arts Community – dCFF20
June 19, 2020

Special Guest Lance McDaniel Executive Director, deadCenter Director of Send Me Wings In this special interview on The Cinematic Schematic podcast, we talk with deadCenter’s executive director, Lance McDaniel,

Engineering a Virtual Film Festival with Stephen Tyler, deadCenter’s Director of Technology – dCFF20
June 18, 2020

LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW BY PUSHING PLAY ABOVE! Special Guest Stephen Tyler Director of Technology, deadCenter Founder of Mostly Harmless Media In this special interview on The Cinematic Schematic podcast,

Charles Elmore Shares the Secrets Behind Directing the Darkly Humorous ‘The Chest’ – dCFF20
June 16, 2020

Special Guest Charles Elmore Director/Producer of “The Chest“ In this special interview on The Cinematic Schematic podcast, we talk with “The Chest” director/producer Charles Elmore about how he and his writer Tony DeLesDernier found just the right com...

Director Sev DeMy Dreams Big with ‘Black Title Here’ – dCFF20
June 15, 2020

Special Guest Sev DeMy Writer/Director/ Producer of {Black Title Here} In this special interview on The Cinematic Schematic podcast, we talk with Black Title Here writer/director/producer Sev DeMy about how he approached creating his short film as a TV...

Cheryl McDonough Brings the Spirit of Activism to Oklahoma with ‘Parkland Rising’ Documentary – dCFF20
June 14, 2020

LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW BY PUSHING PLAY ABOVE! Special Guest Cheryl Horner McDonough Director of Parkland Rising On February 14, 2018, a shooter opened fire on the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, killing 17 people.

Shifter Audio Diary #5 – A deadCenter Homecoming – dCFF20
June 11, 2020

LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW BY PUSHING PLAY ABOVE! It’s been four years since Planet Thunder Productions, writer/director Jacob Leighton Burns and producer Zachary Burns won deadCenter’s Best Oklahoma Narrative Feature Film in 2016.

Shifter Audio Diary #4 – The World Premiere
March 05, 2020

After more than a year and a half of fundraising, pre-production, filming and, post-production VFX, The Cinematropolis co-founders Jacob Leighton Burns and Zachary Burns are premiering their new time-travel body horror film, Shifter,