Oct 12, 2026 · 54 min · 13 segments
Would you help someone you loved before they turned into a zombie? Nasty Neal talks with the team behind UNTIL THE END, a horror short blending zombie-apocalypse terror with the heartbreak of a…
Ben RockGuestAlison Star LockeGuestGina HendryGuestZena Leigh LoganGuestNasty NealHostSo Alison, for people, uh, who, who ask, "What does a producer do?" What, what would you say a producer does, and what does a producer do?
Well, like, I, I, I always love this question because it's basically, uh, a producer ends up being kind of the, uh, the, the glue and the momentum, uh, for any project.
And, uh, so I started with everything from, like, helping us find a, a, a director to, you know, suggesting some little rewrites, 'cause Zena had it.
And then, uh, moving on to finding heads of department and picking times and running a Kickstarter campaign and making sure we get the Kickstarter fulfilled and written and all of those steps, and then finding heads of department and all the crew and paying them and making sure food was gonna get there on time and [laughs] you know.
I think a good producer kinda backs off and just sort of occasionally goes, "Hey, Ben, might wanna..."
Uh, you know, "Hey, Zena, just might wanna..." You know, just, like, just little stu- like, a little, "Eh," 'cause, you know, you should have hired, uh, people that you believe in and that are smart and really talented and get the overall vision all together, and then you're kind of there to, "Eh." Which is something that Zena I think especially was really great on this, was, like, she was so great through every part of the process of, of doing that, of being like, "Hey, don't forget about over here.
Hey, tonally we're a little bit over here." You know, just kind of helping adjust.
And, and also I think the producer, uh, even more sometimes than the director because we're the one who was really, [clears throat] excuse me, interfacing with every single person, is, uh, setting the tone of how a production's gonna go, 'cause then that's part of what we've kind of already mentioned.
It's very important to all of us how a movie is made, um, as much as how the movie turns out, because you can never predict people's reaction to things, you know, uh, or how, how well a movie will be seen or received.
But you can, you can hopefully mostly control how everyone feels about how they made it, and so that's a big, important thing for all of us.
So Alison, for people, uh, who, who ask, "What does a producer do?" What, what would you say a producer does, and what does a producer do?
Well, like, I, I, I always love this question because it's basically, uh, a producer ends up being kind of the, uh, the, the glue and the momentum, uh, for any project.
And, uh, so I started with everything from, like, helping us find a, a, a director to, you know, suggesting some little rewrites, 'cause Zena had it.
And then, uh, moving on to finding heads of department and picking times and running a Kickstarter campaign and making sure we get the Kickstarter fulfilled and written and all of those steps, and then finding heads of department and all the crew and paying them and making sure food was gonna get there on time and [laughs] you know.
I think a good producer kinda backs off and just sort of occasionally goes, "Hey, Ben, might wanna..."
Uh, you know, "Hey, Zena, just might wanna..." You know, just, like, just little stu- like, a little, "Eh," 'cause, you know, you should have hired, uh, people that you believe in and that are smart and really talented and get the overall vision all together, and then you're kind of there to, "Eh." Which is something that Zena I think especially was really great on this, was, like, she was so great through every part of the process of, of doing that, of being like, "Hey, don't forget about over here.
Hey, tonally we're a little bit over here." You know, just kind of helping adjust.
And, and also I think the producer, uh, even more sometimes than the director because we're the one who was really, [clears throat] excuse me, interfacing with every single person, is, uh, setting the tone of how a production's gonna go, 'cause then that's part of what we've kind of already mentioned.
It's very important to all of us how a movie is made, um, as much as how the movie turns out, because you can never predict people's reaction to things, you know, uh, or how, how well a movie will be seen or received.
But you can, you can hopefully mostly control how everyone feels about how they made it, and so that's a big, important thing for all of us.
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