Matt Sohn directs from screenplay by lead Lisa Brenner.
Electric Entertainment has announced at AFM that Linda Lavin from Being The Ricardos has joined Lisa Brenner on the cast of new AFM sales title One Big Happy Family.
Matt Sohn’s (The Muppets Mayhem) film is based on a screenplay by Brenner about a woman who embarks on a journey with her mother to find her real father after a mail-in DNA test reveals the man she thought was her father for 40 years is not her biological parent.
One Big Happy Family is expected to be completed by the end...
Electric Entertainment has announced at AFM that Linda Lavin from Being The Ricardos has joined Lisa Brenner on the cast of new AFM sales title One Big Happy Family.
Matt Sohn’s (The Muppets Mayhem) film is based on a screenplay by Brenner about a woman who embarks on a journey with her mother to find her real father after a mail-in DNA test reveals the man she thought was her father for 40 years is not her biological parent.
One Big Happy Family is expected to be completed by the end...
- 11/1/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
It wasn’t easy to make The Office look as seamless as it did. The premise was that a documentary crew was filming the staff of Dunder Mifflin. NBC actually hired professional TV cameramen, but they simulated the look of a documentary. That led to some complicated maneuvering to keep each other out of the shot.
Randall Einhorn | Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Cinematographer Randall Einhorn was a guest on Brian Baumgartner’s Off the Beat podcast on June 22, 2021. Einhorn explained to The Office cast member how he coordinated with the other cameraman.
The reason you never saw another camera on ‘The Office’
The Office was a fake documentary but they never wanted to see the camera. The premise suggests that only one camera crew was capturing Dunder Mifflin at a time. Television necessarily requires multiple cameras, but they didn’t want it to look like a studio shoot.
Randall Einhorn | Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Cinematographer Randall Einhorn was a guest on Brian Baumgartner’s Off the Beat podcast on June 22, 2021. Einhorn explained to The Office cast member how he coordinated with the other cameraman.
The reason you never saw another camera on ‘The Office’
The Office was a fake documentary but they never wanted to see the camera. The premise suggests that only one camera crew was capturing Dunder Mifflin at a time. Television necessarily requires multiple cameras, but they didn’t want it to look like a studio shoot.
- 3/25/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Office made comedy legends of its cast. Steve Carell already came from The Daily Show and movies, but John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Craig Robinson and more all got a boost from working at Dunder Mifflin. When one comedy legend came to direct an episode, he was out of his element.
L-R: Kate Flannery, Steve Carell, and Brian Bamgartner | Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Cinematographer Randall Einhorn was a guest on Brian Baumgartner’s Off the Beat podcast on June 22, 2021. Discussing the unique camera work on The Office, Einhorn explained why this director’s plans didn’t work for the show.
Harold Ramis directed 4 episodes of ‘The Office’
Harold Ramis ended up directing three season 3 episodes and another in season 4. The director of Caddyshack, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Groundhog Day and other comedy classics, The Office cast and crew were excited...
L-R: Kate Flannery, Steve Carell, and Brian Bamgartner | Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Cinematographer Randall Einhorn was a guest on Brian Baumgartner’s Off the Beat podcast on June 22, 2021. Discussing the unique camera work on The Office, Einhorn explained why this director’s plans didn’t work for the show.
Harold Ramis directed 4 episodes of ‘The Office’
Harold Ramis ended up directing three season 3 episodes and another in season 4. The director of Caddyshack, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Groundhog Day and other comedy classics, The Office cast and crew were excited...
- 3/21/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Office is a comedy, but filming it sounds as intense as action-packed shows like 24 or NCIS. Randall Einhorn was a cinematographer on the first six seasons of The Office. Einhorn helped make the camera a character on ‘The Office,’ and therefore the cameraman too. With his experience in reality TV shows like Survivor, Einhorn brought new innovations to the faux documentary format. Sometimes those innovations put Einhorn in harm’s way.
L-r: Matt Sohn and Brian Baumgartner | Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Einhorn was a guest on Brian Baumgartner’s Off the Beat podcast on June 22, 2021 to discuss their work together on The Office. Baumgartner remembered a precarious scene and prompted Einhorn’s memories of the camera assistant who saved the day.
Brian Baumgartner knocked ‘The Office’ cameraman down but 1 assistant picked him up
Baumgartner remembered the fire drill episode of The Office. His character,...
L-r: Matt Sohn and Brian Baumgartner | Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Einhorn was a guest on Brian Baumgartner’s Off the Beat podcast on June 22, 2021 to discuss their work together on The Office. Baumgartner remembered a precarious scene and prompted Einhorn’s memories of the camera assistant who saved the day.
Brian Baumgartner knocked ‘The Office’ cameraman down but 1 assistant picked him up
Baumgartner remembered the fire drill episode of The Office. His character,...
- 3/20/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Office paved the way for many other “documentary style” TV comedies. It was based on the British format, and shows like Trailer Park Boys predate the American Office too. But, the success of The Office meant shows like Parks and Recreation or Modern Family could get away with it on broadcast. The creators of the American The Office said they were inspired by reality TV.
L-r: Director Ken Kwapis, camera operator Matt Sohn, and John Krasinski | Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images
Ben Silverman and Greg Daniels were on a Television Critics Association panel in 2005 for The Office. They shared what the comedy got from reality TV. People still binge The Office on Peacock thanks to jokes like these.
‘The Office’ was more reality TV than sitcom
The premise of The Office was that a documentary crew was making a film about the employees of Dunder Mifflin.
L-r: Director Ken Kwapis, camera operator Matt Sohn, and John Krasinski | Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images
Ben Silverman and Greg Daniels were on a Television Critics Association panel in 2005 for The Office. They shared what the comedy got from reality TV. People still binge The Office on Peacock thanks to jokes like these.
‘The Office’ was more reality TV than sitcom
The premise of The Office was that a documentary crew was making a film about the employees of Dunder Mifflin.
- 2/9/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The U.S. version of "The Office" came along at a key point in the history of reality TV. At the end of the 20th century, the format had only recently been the target of ridicule and satire in the movies like "The Truman Show" and "EDtv." However, by the time "The Office" premiered in 2005, reality series like "Big Brother" and "Survivor" had come to dominate the airwaves. So rather than trying to fight the tide, "The Office" creator Greg Daniels embraced it, even going so far as to seek out a director of photography with personal experience in this newfangled form of entertainment.
Like the original British sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the U.S. version of "The Office" is a mockumentary series about the daily lives of the employees at a fictional paper company in Scranton Pennsylvania called Dunder Mifflin. Mockumentary TV was, of course,...
Like the original British sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the U.S. version of "The Office" is a mockumentary series about the daily lives of the employees at a fictional paper company in Scranton Pennsylvania called Dunder Mifflin. Mockumentary TV was, of course,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for May 2018, including "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina", "Project Blue Book", "Van Helsing" and a whole lot more:
Feature Film
Airborne
Local Production Company: Siberian Productions Ltd.
Producer: Michael Bederman
June 18/18 - Jul 27/18
Red Snow
Local Production Company: Zhoh Daatsik Pictures Inc.
Director: Marie Clements
Producer: Lael McCall, Michelle Morris, Jonathan Tamuz
Mar 20/18 - May 28/18
The Art Of Racing In The Rain
Local Production Company: Tcf Vancouver Productions
Director: Simon Curtis
Producer: Patrick Dempsey, Neal H. Moritz, Tania Landau, Joannie Burnstein
Apr 30/18 - Jul 23/18
Untitled Ali Wong/Randall Park Project
Local Production Company: Anaheim Productions
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Exec. Producer(s): Ali Wong, Randall Park, Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Ali Wong, Randall Park, Brendan Fergusen
May 29/18 - Jul 21/18
TV Pilot
Search And Destroy
Local Production Company: Bell Red Road Productions
Director: Carrie Brownstein
Producer: Ron French
May 07/18 - May 16/18
TV...
Feature Film
Airborne
Local Production Company: Siberian Productions Ltd.
Producer: Michael Bederman
June 18/18 - Jul 27/18
Red Snow
Local Production Company: Zhoh Daatsik Pictures Inc.
Director: Marie Clements
Producer: Lael McCall, Michelle Morris, Jonathan Tamuz
Mar 20/18 - May 28/18
The Art Of Racing In The Rain
Local Production Company: Tcf Vancouver Productions
Director: Simon Curtis
Producer: Patrick Dempsey, Neal H. Moritz, Tania Landau, Joannie Burnstein
Apr 30/18 - Jul 23/18
Untitled Ali Wong/Randall Park Project
Local Production Company: Anaheim Productions
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Exec. Producer(s): Ali Wong, Randall Park, Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Ali Wong, Randall Park, Brendan Fergusen
May 29/18 - Jul 21/18
TV Pilot
Search And Destroy
Local Production Company: Bell Red Road Productions
Director: Carrie Brownstein
Producer: Ron French
May 07/18 - May 16/18
TV...
- 5/1/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
After nine seasons, The Office is finally closing its Dunder Mifflin doors as the series finale will air tonight on NBC. Besides the laughs and memorable characters, what really has stood out about the comedy is how it gave the nameless careers most actors could only dream of, John Krasinski being one of them. Working as a waiter during the time of his audition, the now 33-year-old looked back recently on what's it been like to play the adorable Jim Halpert for all these years during a conference call with creator Greg Daniels. Check out his top 10 answers, including his thoughts on never looking at the camera again, his favorite episodes, and what the very last shot of the show turned out to be.
Seriously, it's tough saying goodbye to Jim and that face of his.
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| Related: The Office Cast Say Their Goodbyes On...
Seriously, it's tough saying goodbye to Jim and that face of his.
| Related: The Office Series Finale Photos |
| Related: The Office Cast Say Their Goodbyes On...
- 5/16/2013
- by Stephanie Webber
- TVology
New Girl, Season 2, Episode 22: “Bachelorette Party”
Written by Kay Cannon & Sophia Lear
Directed by Matt Sohn
Airs on Tuesdays at 9pm on Fox
In terms of comedy New Girl delivers a fairly average episode this week but all of the characters get to shine, including Winston and Cece. The episode begins with Nick walking around in a hideous orange tracksuit that belonged to his late dad. His mother has sent it and he refuses to take it off, claiming a “dead dad pass”. This means he can do whatever he wants whenever he wants as his dad has passed away. When Winston delivers Cece’s wedding invites, Jess takes it upon herself to throw a surprise bachelorette party and Schmidt is outraged because he hasn’t got a plus one and the episode begins.
In preparation for the bachelorette party, Jess asks Nick and Winston to kidnap Shivrang for...
Written by Kay Cannon & Sophia Lear
Directed by Matt Sohn
Airs on Tuesdays at 9pm on Fox
In terms of comedy New Girl delivers a fairly average episode this week but all of the characters get to shine, including Winston and Cece. The episode begins with Nick walking around in a hideous orange tracksuit that belonged to his late dad. His mother has sent it and he refuses to take it off, claiming a “dead dad pass”. This means he can do whatever he wants whenever he wants as his dad has passed away. When Winston delivers Cece’s wedding invites, Jess takes it upon herself to throw a surprise bachelorette party and Schmidt is outraged because he hasn’t got a plus one and the episode begins.
In preparation for the bachelorette party, Jess asks Nick and Winston to kidnap Shivrang for...
- 4/11/2013
- by Catstello
- SoundOnSight
Arriving on DVD and Blu-ray late this summer will be the fifth season of NBC's "The Office." You can expect to see box sets of the comedy on store shelves on September 8, 2009. 5 Disc DVD Set: * Anamorphic Widescreen * English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround * English and Spanish Subtitles Special Features - Weight Loss Commentary with Randy Cordray, Michael Gallenberg, Brian Wittle, Nick Carbone, Ben Patrick, Alysia Raycraft, Kelly Cantley, and Jake Aust - Business Ethics Commentary with Bj Novak, Peter & Vartan, and Sergi* & Alan - Employee Transfer Commentary with Dave Rogers, Anthony Farrell, Veda Semarne, Chuck Canzoneri, Kyle Alexander, and Phil Shea - Customer Survey Commentary with Stephen Merchant, Paul Lieberstein and Mindy Kaling - Moroccan Christmas Commentary with Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, and Brian Baumgartner - The Duel Commentary with Rainn Wilson, Rusty Mahmood, Jennifer Celotta, and Dean Holland - Dream Team Commentary with Bj Novak, Aaron Shure, Charlie Grandy, and Matt Sohn...
- 5/27/2009
- by Link
- BuzzFocus.com
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