Scott Nielsen: From 48-Hour Chaos to Cinematic Control

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A 48-hour film sprint on a horse rescue ranch. Cowboy kung fu. Seven hours of beautiful footage left on the floor. That’s where our talk with New Orleans filmmaker Scott Nielsen kicks off—and it only gets wilder from there. Scott breaks down the kind of pre-production you can and should do before you even have a script: scheduling people, page targets, asset wrangling, and designing coverage that respects the clock. He walks us through how tight lenses, aggressive blocking, and “shoot-for-the-timeline” thinking can turn chaos into a finished film that already breathes.

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1. Scott Nielsen: From 48-Hour Chaos to Cinematic Control (00:00:00)

2. Meet Scott Nielsen (00:00:12)

3. 48-Hour Film Fest Lessons (00:00:35)

4. Cutting for Time and Coverage (00:02:43)

5. Blocking, Action, and On-the-Fly Shots (00:03:26)

6. Stunts, Ranch Set, and Cowboy Kung Fu (00:05:04)

7. Bullying Memories and Redemption (00:06:58)

8. Scott’s Path: Theater to TV to Film (00:08:57)

9. Gear, Formats, and Visual Rules (00:10:16)

10. Lighting for Emotion, Not Reality (00:12:13)

11. Feature Spotlight: Night of the Otter (00:14:12)

12. Why Make an Exploitation Musical? (00:16:26)

13. Next Project: The “Howcatchem” (00:18:08)

14. Freelance Hustle and Getting Work (00:19:40)

15. Marketing, Promos, and Persistence (00:21:54)

16. Premiere vs DaVinci: The Switch (00:23:51)

17. Color, Fairlight, and Fusion (00:25:58)

18. Craft Talk: Color Space and References (00:27:57)

19. Festival Plans and Outro (00:29:53)