About this episode
Filmmaker Sevan Najarian discusses his new film 'Mars' and various challenges in production, including ethical dilemmas and personal anecdotes.
This week we invite filmmaker and Channel 101 show runner Sevan Najarian, to talk his new film "Mars" by The Whitest Kids U' Know. He goes pretty deep into the internals of producing a movie with a lot of challenges, breaking his back during a wedding proposal, managing 20 employees working out of his house, and why every video editor is secretly obsessed with making broth. There's also an extended detour into the ethics of using AI to resurrect the voice of a cast member who died during post-production, the cult-like aspects of growing up in a religion that forbids philosophy classes, and why holding your breath during podcast intros is actually very bad for your kidneys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Guest: Sevan Najarian
Topics covered
- filmmaking
- AI ethics
- religion
- video editing
- comedy
Keywords
- filmmaking
- AI
- ethics
- video editing
- religion
- comedy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Whitest Kids U' Know
Books & works: Mars
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