TRANSMISSION #5 //10 Questions With…
10 QUESTIONS WITH…
Scotty Carlson: Creative Director – Juicy Studios, Rossland, BC
1. WHAT DO YOU DO?
I’m the Creative Director of Juicy Studios. A small studio at the base of a big mountain. A dormant volcano to be exact.
2. WHY DO YOU DO IT?
It’s the closest thing to reliving childhood. Drawing every day. Using your imagination every day. Telling Stories. All of the above.
3. READING WATCHING PLAYING ANYTHING GOOD LATELY?
I just finished watching ‘The Killing.’ Awesome. Holder is a great character. I just got into ‘Fringe. I am surprised it didn’t find a bigger audience. Good shit. I’ve been reading a book called ‘Pandoras Star’ for the last 3 years. It’s an amazing Science Fiction novel loaded with ridiculous detail, but it’s working me a bit. I’m a big fan of Game of Thrones.
4. BEST GIG EVER?
The start of every project is amazing. Anything is possible. Beer is consumed, ideas flow. Then you enter production and a lot of those ideas are crushed.
So for me the best gig ever is the one where the beer stained idea made it through production. It’s a little marketing video called ‘Red Sucks’ we created for Red Mountain Resort. Its nothing flashy or fancy and it was pretty quick to produce, but the client let us run wild with our idea and even encouraged our reckless behavior. They also trusted us to create a promotional video telling the world they sucked. Awesome.
5. WHAT SCARED YOU AS KID (PLACE, MONSTER, THING, FOOD, ETC)?
I’ve always had a fear of the deepest darkest corners of basements, usually where the monstrous furnace raged. Something about the huge size of the old furnaces, their demonic sounds. Clangs and bangs. I also was terrified of my grandmas canning room (which was also in dark basement corner.) To me all the canned fruit looked like eyeballs and organs. I still am afraid of basements.
6. GOT ANY SIDE PROJECTS GOING ON?
Always. I have been working on a few short film scripts as well as a kids television show. I really like the idea of reliving childhood through art. Books, films, TV series. This is where I spend a lot of my free time.
7. STAR WARS OR STAR TREK?
I am the youngest of 3 brothers. My oldest brother was obsessed with Star Wars. He had matching curtains, bed spread, and pillow case. It was awesome. I spent a lot of time in his room laying on his bed and pretending to be in Star Wars. My middle brother was a huge Star Trek geek. He controlled the remote control and every day after school we would watch Star Trek. I really had no choice but to become a fan of both worlds. Star Wars to me always felt bigger, more fleshed out, more realized. That effected me as a kid.
8. WHO DO YOU WANT TO HAVE DINNER WITH AND WHY?
I think Sam Raimi is the boss. I report to him directly. He has had such an amazing career, yet he seems incredibly humble in every interview I have seen of him. I really like his approach to filmmaking and how he builds a story. I would love to crush some dinner with him.
9. GUILTY PLEASURE?
Rapping in the shower. Just feels right.
10. PARTING THOUGHTS?
Listen to more Rock & Roll.
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