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Canned Air #551 ALYSM Films with Director/Cinematographer/Editor Thomas Angeletti

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A film festival used the same emotional song in two movies, and it ruined the second scene.

1. Canned Air: A Tribute to Pop Culture features Thomas Angeletti talking about Owsome Films and the Columbus short-film scene. 2. Jeremy Colley and Jack Doherty host Thomas Angeletti, who works as director, cinematographer, and editor for Owsome Films. 3. The episode asks how Thomas built a film operation that moves from local extras and crew into a larger production pipeline. 4. Thomas says he grew up on a 105-acre farm near Utica, Ohio, which he contrasts with his later work in Columbus. 5. He describes touring in a death metal band and doing country music before deciding he was tired of being poor and going to college. 6. Thomas says he bought a Sony a6500 for $1,700 without knowing how to turn it on or put a lens on it. 7. He traces his first filmmaking step to a joke project called Hill grillies, which started with a cell phone and then a second camera. 8. Thomas says his camera and photography work eventually pulled him into filmmaking after he first learned still photography. 9. He explains that Owsome Films came from research into the bubonic plague and a medieval condition called “awesome.” 10. Thomas says he wanted a name with history behind it, even though people often mispronounce or misread it. 11. He describes a festival experience where two films used the same emotional royalty-free song, which ruined the impact of the second scene for him. 12. That experience led him to insist on live music or original music for projects like Cowboy Christmas. 13. Thomas says Cowboy Christmas used only Columbus country musicians, including a credit song called “It’s Still Christmas.” 14. He says Cowboy Christmas was recorded live with no tracking or overdubs, using a few microphones in one room. 15. Thomas says he keeps a core crew of five to seven people but sometimes works with 40 or more on a production. 16. He describes test shoots, casting video submissions, and asking actors for body language and character questions instead of just memorized lines. 17. Thomas says his sets are structured around speed, pre-production meetings, one monitor in video village, and a rule that people are there to make a movie. 18. He says he prefers internal writing, weekly writer’s meetings, and funding through Indiegogo, grassroots support, showcases, or premieres. 19. Listeners who like Columbus indie filmmaking, crew-building, and production process details would probably enjoy this episode. 20. Listeners wanting celebrity gossip or a broad pop-culture recap would probably skip this episode.

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