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Gary Goldman, 1st AD/Associate Producer for the HBO show Entourage, covered a lot of material tonight. One of the things that was special for me about this episode was Gary was kind enough to let me come down to the Entourage set prior to the interview to watch him work. It made for some extra insight into his and the show's process. Everyone was fantastic to me on the set and is a very well oiled machined that manages to have a lot of fun as well. During the interview, we definitely talked some Entourage and what it's like on the set, how he works in conjunction with the director, the director of photography and the rest of the crew. Of course we covered being a 1st ad and compared film to tv work. (Some of Gary's film credits include: "Below", "Crazy Beautiful", "Escanaba in da Moonlight") Aside from 1st AD stuff we talked about the Directors Guild of America (DGA), what crew positions are covered by the guild and what you have to do and how you can get into it.

Iron Man II Camera Operator Joseph Cicio talked with Filmnut host Jeff Schubert about working on set of both Iron Man films. He broke down one scene in particular shot on a race track in Monaco and all of the different cameras used, different speeds/ fps they were shooting at and why, placement of cameras and what a 00 camera could do that the more expensive cameras could not! Cicio also talked about the difference in the role of a camera operator in England versus the USA What the first unit camera unit shoots versus the second unit. A couple of great viewer questions for Joe involved his opinions on 3D and where its going as well as his thoughts on the shooting device of shaking the camera.

A look back at 100 episodes of Filmnut the above and below the line show where since January 24th 2007 we have been talking about the making, marketing and distribution of film, television and new media. We have been very fortunate to have great guests like Emmy winning director Michael Lembeck, actors, Jonathan Bennett, Cristine Rose, Gregory Itzin, Renee O'Connor, Tim Russ, President of IATSE and director of Photography of Donny Darko and The Box, Steven Poster, Oscar winning writer Bob Moresco, Oscar winning makeup artist Jeff Dawn, President of the WGAw and emmy winning writer, Patrick Verrone, Kill Bill stunt coordinator Keith Adams, stunt double/ actress Zoe Bell and too many to list... On tonights show we aired aa best of highlight reel and executive producer Brian Gramo and I went over some of our favorite clips... Oh and of course your live instant message questions/ comments... The show would not be the same with you guys!