Summary: Interview with Dan Trachtenberg and Mike Zarin (Portal No Escape) Dan Trachtenberg (Director) and Mike Zarin (Composer) come on to talk about their immensely popular, recent project, PORTAL: NO ESCAPE. The 7 minute short has already received over 6.2 million youtube views. The two discus the origins of the project; how they came to work on the project together, and the musical influences found in the Zarin's original score. Episode Highlights 00:26 — Introduction and welcome 03:05 — What brought you two together? 07:10 — The "Inception" phenom 09:37 — Mansell, Nails, and 2001 14:20 — What was your working process like? 17:20 — The original goal for the short film 22:30 — No Deadlines? 24:40 — Twitter and Facebook questions Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast) 00:00 — "Portal No Escape" (Portal No Escape) by Mike Zarin 06:25 — "Mind Control" (Inception Teaser) by Sencit Music 21:53 — "Portal No Escape" (Portal No Escape) by Mike Zarin 28:06 — "Portal No Escape" (Portal No Escape) by Mike Zarin Download the episode here Subscribe and more info here
