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Making Blockbuster | Special for Dell Technologies Small Business PodFerence

Before the release of Season 2, creator Matt Schrader is joined by sound designer Peter Bawiec and producer Elena Bawiec to discuss the origin of Blockbuster (new season coming June 2020) and discuss their own entrepreneurial struggles in this special release for Dell Technologies Small Business PodFerence, a virtual conference of podcast creators. Matt details how he left his career in broadcast journalism with CBS and NBC to self-finance his own feature documentary (2017's Score: A Film Music Documentary, a New York Times Critics Pick), and the challenges the Blockbuster team faced tryiing to create a new model of high-end "biopic podcast" (biopod) storytelling, which parallels some of the struggles of many entrepreneurs, not to mention filmmakers George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

English
  • Originally Aired May 4, 2020
  • Special Position Airs after season 1
  • Special is Critical to Show's Story Yes
  • Created October 12, 2022 by
    Bigmack3000
  • Modified October 12, 2022 by
    Bigmack3000