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CHILCOTT: "Logan Schneider was the DP, and we would show up with our backpacks and cases, carrying the Alexa with us and two or three lenses — we were able to get the new Fujinon 19-90 lens for some of the shoot days, which is a beautiful lens and great for walking into situations where you don't really know what your environment will look like. "For the interviews, we would set up in 15 minutes or less. We had a very simple lighting set-up with a Kino and diffusion from one side as I wanted the faces to fall off a bit on the other side. We were always on the hunt for a glass office, and I interviewed individuals in front of glass with a very long lens, so the technology and the employees walking around the office would be out of focus, but the interview subject would be crisp and clean in the foreground. Being in a closed glass office helped us to contain the sound. We shot other footage in the office based on what the interview subjects talked about… such as collaborative coding, access to great food, and how cool all the office spaces are." POST: Who created the animations? CHILCOTT: "Juan Delcan at Click 3X in New York. When I did my first couple of inter- views in the city, I contacted them because I love Juan's work. I figured he'd say, 'You could have my assistant's assistant's intern (she laughs), but at one point in his life Juan thought about going into coding and was very intrigued by this project, so he agreed to do it.The producer Jon O'Hara and all the other people who worked on this at Click 3X were really great." POST: You have produced and directed, which do you prefer? CHILCOTT: "What I like about directing is you really are responsible for the creative vision. I feel that I actually have time to put my thoughts and heart into what I am doing. What I like about producing is I get to work with some of the best directors out there, which can be really gratifying. But I have caught the bug now and would like to pursue directing for the next few years. "Josh Lieberman, who I work with on commercials, produced this project with me. It was nice to have a producer to work with instead of doing it all myself. He did a really great job. He came out of the commercial world, so this was his first time doing something longer form." POST: How are you marketing the project? CHILCOTT: "After a week, over 11 million people had seen it online. It was all word of mouth, tweets, posts, and some on-air press. We had people from The While House tweeting, all the people in the film either Tweeted, posted, or sent emails. Al Gore Tweeted, as did the band Linkin Park; a whole array of kind people were very supportive. We also developed quotes on the Code.org home page from presidents of universities, many CEOs, actors, bands, prominent people in education, journalists and many others." POST: What's next? CHILCOTT: "Getting back to directing my feature documentary about privacy issues. I had started it, but put it on hold for this and some other things. I didn't think my timing was right last year, but now privacy issues have blown up, and now is the time." Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg was one of many high-profile tech leaders to talk coding. USED BY: BUNIM/MURRAY CBS SPORTS CNN NETWORKS COMEDY CENTRAL DISCOVERY FOX BUSINESS ESPN the vault A HIGHLY CURATED COLLECTION OF TRACKS FROM THE WORLD LEADER IN SONIC BRANDING. MTV/VH1 NAT GEO NBA TV TM SPEED CHANNEL TOP GEAR STEPHEN ARNOLD MUSIC / DALLAS / NEW YORK / SAN DIEGO / SANTA FE / 214.726.1600 STEPHENARNOLDMUSIC.COM/VAULT www.postmagazine.com Post0413_014-15-WHAT'S UPMLV3FINALREAD.indd 15 Post • April 2013 © STEPHEN ARNOLD MUSIC & MORE 15 3/26/13 2:26 PM

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