Their names are in every producers' rolodex: the unsung heroes of entertainment. They put the twinkle in the starlet's eye and the bang in every explosion. Editors, special effects artists, set designers and other below-the-line talent can make or break any production. These are their stories.

CREDITS:
Host: Geoff Gresh

In this tutorial, Certified Apple Instructor Jonathan Perl discusses the guitar processing power of Mainstage and provides an overview of the controls and options available inside Logic Studio's Guitar Amp Pro plugin.

Created as homage to the tongue-in-cheek B-movies of 1970s drive-in theaters, The Wild Man of the Navidad is not your everyday horror film. Filmmakers Justin Meeks and Duane Graves based their story on the real-life journals of Texan Dale S. Rogers, who has supposedly personally encountered the beast that has been sighted in Texas since the 1830s – the Wild Man. Zoom In’s Jim Rohner caught up with Meeks and Graves during their busy Tribeca schedule to talk with them about their creative influences, working with legendary horror producer Kim Henkel, and the restrictions and freedoms of their low-budget shoot.

CREDITS:
Host/Producer/Editor: Jim Rohner

Traction is a San Francisco based advertising and marketing agency with the blood of a design firm. Referred to as forward thinking, distinctive and clever, Traction’s work serves clients as diverse as Bank of America, The Institute for Practical Underpants, SAP, LightFull Foods and Sun Microsystems.

This episode of Designing Minds features this intimate, non-traditional firm which aggressively courts creativity in all shapes and sizes (even from those engineering types). Traction embraces the latest technology with enthusiasm, a trait which contributed to two of their latest projects; furniture as works of art and pens that don’t need ink.

Credits:

Producer: Megan Cunningham, Sam Ward
Associate Producer: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
DP: Yoav Potash
Editor: Lance Edmands
Music: Music Box

Eric Avery is one of the unsung heroes of the alternative rock movement in the late 80s and early 90s. As one of the two founders of Jane's Addiction, Avery along with Perry Ferrell helped define the So-Cal sound that brought light to bands like Sublime and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, bringing the era of hair metal to an end. Now, nearly 20 years removed from Jane's apex, Avery is striking out again with a self-produced solo album, Help Wanted.

In this episode of Rehearsal Space, Eric discusses the disillusion that led him to leave Jane's Addiction and how his interest in technology brought him back into the musical fold. He goes on to discuss the inspiration and production technique that went into Help Wanted.

Credits:

Producer: Mike Raffensperger
Associate Producer: Matthew Hendershot
Director of Photography: Claudia Woloshin
Editor: Matthew Hendershot, Megan Cunningham
Production Assistant: Katie Camosy