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Gremlins special effects and puppets workshop

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Gremlins special effects and puppets workshop

January 2019 – 3h

In 2019, at the request of the Cinéma de Massy (91), Frenetic Arts invites Sacha Feiner for a practical special effects and puppetry workshop devoted to Gremlins. In collaboration with Cinémassy, an art house cinema located in Essonne, Frenetic Arts invited spectators to create a brief special effects sequence inspired by the Gremlins saga, in the company of Alexandre Poncet and Sacha Feiner, director of the Gremlins Fan film. Gremlins Fan film. Totaling almost 900,000 views on Youtube, this tribute film has become a real reference for fans of Joe Dante’s films and the director himself.

Sacha Feiner came specially with several puppets. Workshop participants learned how to handle these creatures and film them effectively.

The footage shot during the workshop was screened that evening in Cinémassy’s main hall, as a prelude to a screening of the first Gremlins.Director Joe Dante, author of the original feature film, filmed and sent an introduction especially for the event.

Workshop for all
Duration : 3h

Massy Ma Ville

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Frenetic Arts in the media

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Frenetic Arts in the media

Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet and Dédo are regular contributors to the media.
Media make no mistake about it, and regularly invite our associates to explain the subjects that are close to their hearts.

Here are a few exemples:

On the radio

FRANCE CULTURE :
The Fabelmans (February 2023)
Gilles Penso is guest on the “Plan large” program with Antoine Guillot.
FRANCE INTER :
Wes Craven’s Freddy, Claws of the Night: a horror film that takes your guts out (August 2023)
Alexandre Poncet is one of the guests on the “Blockbusters” program with Frédérick Sigrist.
Evil Dead : Ash massacre (July 2023)
Alexandre Poncet is one of the guests on the “Blockbusters” program with Frédérick Sigrist.
Jaws (Mars 2022)
Guest of the show “Par Jupiter” Dédo tells us about the famous Spielberg film.
Indiana Jones : archeologist or adventurer ? (August 2020)
Alexandre Poncet is one of the guests on the “Blockbusters” program with Frédérick Sigrist.
We like “Grave” genre films (July 2017)
Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso are guests on the « On se fait des films » program with Guillemette Odicino.
The art of creating beasts and monsters of all kind (July 2017)
Alexandre Poncet is one of the guests on the “On se fait des films” program with Guillemette Odicino.
RFI :
Indiana Jones in search of lost time (June 2023)
Gilles Penso is the guest of the « Tous les cinémas du monde » program with Elisabeth Lequeret
and Sophie Torlotin.
EUROPE 1 :
Boasting with ghosts (November 2022)
Gilles Penso is the guest of the « Historiquement vôtre » program with Stéphane Bern
to evoke Conjuring : The Warren files.
Oh Oh Oh ! not pretty , pretty dolls… (September 2022)
Gilles Penso is the guest of the « Historiquement vôtre » program with Stéphane Bern to evoke the Chucky doll.

And also : RTL « Pop cinoche » with Vincent Perrot and many others !

For television

FRANCE 2 :
Indiana Jones (2020)
« 20h30 le samedi » program presented by Laurent Delahousse. Gilles Penso is invited to talk about the character : his origins, his costume, his flawse… while Alexandre Poncet has been consulted on the show’s content.
E.T. (2022)
« 20h30 le samedi » program presented by Laurent Delahousse. Alexandre Poncet was a consultant for the show’s content.
FRANCE 5 :
Les Gremlins – DVD release (April 2015)
Alexandre Poncet is invited in the “Entrée Libre” program to talk about Gremlins for the DVD release.

And also : des appearences in Quotidien, RTS, etc.

On the Web

THE VIGIL:
The pieces of the puzzle (13 february 2023 – #60)
As a kid, Alexandre Poncet was amazed by fantastic films. For the Vigil, he came to tell the story of how he came to be on the other side of the screen…
FEFFS 2019 :
Mad Dreams and Monsters (September 2019)
Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet are invited at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival for the release of their last documentary.

And also : Many written interviews to be found on various sites and channels (Fais pas genre, Lucas filles, etc.)!

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