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Filmmakers Rose Tucker + Matthew Salleh

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Filmmakers Rose Tucker + Matthew Salleh

 

 




Introduction to Rose Tucker + Matthew Salleh.   1:26 min.  Interview:  Raymond Elman.  Post-Production:  Sidney Peralta.  Music: YouTube Audio Library,  Recorded via Zoom:  5/20/2021, Miami.

 

ROSE TUCKER AND MATTHEW SALLEH are a Brooklyn, NY-based director/producer team named Urtext Films that has created award-winning films, and award-winning commercials. They are focused on honest and authentic content, with a global and cinematic scope. Rose Tucker is a producer, sound recordist, and editor. Matthew Salleh is a director, cinematographer, and editor.

Originally set for its World Premiere in competition at SXSW 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19), their film “We Don’t Deserve Dogs” was selected for over a dozen leading film festivals throughout the year including Warsaw Film Festival, and Miami Film Festival GEMS.  The film was released theatrically and online globally in April 2021, appearing on many recommendation lists (including Washington Post, USA Today, and SF Gate) and topping iTunes Documentary best-selling charts — #1 in Canada, #1 in Australia, #5 in the United States, and #8 in the UK.

Their debut documentary, “Barbecue,” premiered at SXSW 2017, where it was picked by Netflix for a three-year global release. The project saw Matt & Rosie travel to 12 countries, uncovering the mysteries of the universe through the age-old process of cooking meat over fire. Global and cinematic in perspective, grand and daring in scope, the film’s Netflix release brought the film to an audience of over 100 million viewers in 190 countries, and in 20 languages. The film received a prestigious James Beard Award for Best Documentary.

Previously based in Australia, the team has produced a number of short documentaries that have played at leading Australian and international film festivals. Pablo’s Villa and Central Texas Barbecue both had world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival in 2013 and 2014 respectively and were also selected for the Melbourne International Film Festival.

 

— https://www.urtextfilms.com/about-us/

 

The videos below were recorded via Zoom, are organized by Success Factor, and run between 30 seconds and 4 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.

 

 

 

EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES:   1:49 min.




Where did you grow up and what was your first awareness of art of any discipline?

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:   2:25 min.




How do you develop the music for your films?

 

PERSEVERANCE FURTHERS:  2:39 min.




What was your first awareness of cinema and when did you first think of it as a career possibility?

 

EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES:  1:03 min.




Who are your role models and influencers in regards to making documentary films?

 

SERENDIPITY:  2:30 min.




I’m surprised that you were analyzing film scenes in high school. Were you in a film studies course?

 

CRITICAL THINKING:  2:02 min.




Why do Millennials refuse to watch black & white movies and any movie made before World War II?

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:   3:35 min.




What was the inspiration for your films “Barbecue” and “We Don’t Deserve Dogs” ?

 

SERENDIPITY:  2:53 min.




It seems like there is a lot of serendipity in the way you select specific segments for your documentaries.

 

CRITICAL THINKING:  0:52 sec.




You seem to avoid filming experts and celebrities in your documentaries. Is that a strategic decision?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:  3:24 min.




One of the most powerful segments of “We Don’t Deserve Dogs” was about the Ugandan soldiers’ comfort dogs.

 

CRITICAL THINKING:  2:03 min.




Why was it important to include the segment on people in Vietnam eating dogs?

 

UNDERSTANDS THE AUDIENCE’S PERSPECTIVE:  0:58 sec.




Why did you ignore seafood in “Barbecue”?

 

CRITICAL THINKING:  1:48 min.




How did you come up with the brilliant title “We Don’t Deserve Dogs”?

 

CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY:  2:15 min.




Describe the variety of filming techniques you employ.

 

OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED:  2:54 min.




What were some of the challenges of filming in sometimes remote locations, all over the world?

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:  2:44 min.




Talk about the power of the medium to elevate a message.

 

RESILIENCE:  2:52 min.




Are you working on any new projects?

 

UNDERSTANDS THE AUDIENCE’S PERSPECTIVE:  1:59 min.




Do you think “We Don’t Deserve Dogs” can attract a wider audience than “Barbecue” because of the emotional connection humans have with dogs?