Below the Line

Welcome to Below the Line, where we talk about making movies from the crew perspective. My name is Robert ”Skid” Skidmore, and I worked in Hollywood as an Assistant Director for the better part of eight years. For the podcast, I invite my production friends – both old and new – to tell stories from their time on set. We do our best to make it accessible, with the larger goal of providing some insights as to what really happens behind the scenes. Each episode is organized around a specific film, television show or some other theme relevant to working in Hollywood. I hope you enjoy hearing the stories as much as we enjoy telling them. Thanks for listening, and I welcome your feedback = skid@belowtheline.biz

A critique of the horror genre that often rings true is its tendency to rely on the “male gaze”, where the film both presumes and caters to the heterosexual male viewer. “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin”, which recently concluded a 10-episode season on HBO Max, is doing something different. Cinematographer Anka Malatynska talks with me about reinterpreting horror tropes from a female perspective and the collaboration required to deliver on this idea.