{"id":429,"date":"2017-06-03T09:14:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T09:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danyusports.com\/?p=429"},"modified":"2024-12-11T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:55:35","slug":"catching-up-with-pitch-perfect-3-director-trish-sie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danyusports.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/03\/catching-up-with-pitch-perfect-3-director-trish-sie\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up with Pitch Perfect 3 Director \u2013 Trish Sie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Trish<\/a>Later this year the world will be treated to the hotly anticipated Pitch Perfect 3, which I\u2019m pretty sure is going to be aca-amazing and what a great opportunity we had to speak with the incredibly talented director of the new film, Trish Sie.\u00a0 This will be her second feature film, following her directorial debut of Step Up All In (<\/em>2014).<\/p>\n

Sie comes with a host of experience, starting out as a choreographer she helped direct hit videos for OK Go, including most recently the world\u2019s first zero gravity music video “Upside Down & Inside Out<\/em>“.\u00a0 Sie also directed the band’s breakout video, “Here it Goes Again<\/em>\u201d winning her a Grammy Award for Best Music Video. \u00a0Not only has Sie directed, she\u2019s also produced and written short films. With all this experience, it is easy to see why she is the perfect choice to direct the latest Pitch Perfect film.<\/p>\n

So, firstly a huge thanks Trish for taking the time to talk with the NFF. Our first question…<\/p>\n

NFF:\u00a0 You have had the opportunity to direct one of the most anticipated films of the year – Pitch Perfect 3. At this stage what can you tell our readers about the film?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TS: <\/strong>The Bellas are back! Out of college and out in the real world, they get together for one more adventure by taking off on an international USO tour. Lots of great music, absurd moments, quirky characters, and some unexpected twists and turns. It’s a bigger, weirder, more exciting Pitch Perfect world then we’ve seen yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Above – The Pitches: Anna Kendrick<\/a>, Brittany Snow<\/a>, Rebel Wilson<\/a>, Anna Camp<\/a>, Hana Mae Lee<\/a>, Chrissie Fit<\/a>, Ester Dean<\/a>, Kelley Jakle<\/a>, and Shelley Regner<\/a> in Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) Image source: IMDB<\/a><\/p>\n

NFF: The Pitch Perfect cast is an incredible bunch of ladies \u2013 what was it like to direct them? And what was your main objectives when working with these actresses?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TS: <\/strong>They’re incredible– so devoted to this franchise and their characters… true professionals and artists. They work really hard at the singing and dancing, of course. But they also work really hard at developing their story arcs, navigating the nuances of their performances. They think through every line and each scene; they help each other imagine the possibilities; they offer each other ideas and inspiration. It was really collaborative and exciting. At this point, the actors are so close as friends and they’ve been through so much together, it really feels like family. My main objective was to foster an environment where they feel safe to try things and make suggestions, to minimize stress and drama so that everyone can enjoy the process and let their natural joy and creative energy drive the movie. Pitch Perfect 3 is an exuberant buddy movie about friendship and supporting one another, so those themes had to be present in our every-day process in order to saturate the film in an authentic way. So mostly, I felt like I was the “protector,” creating a bubble where we could play and be totally honest.<\/p>\n

NFF: How did you feel taking over a sequel in a hugely successful series? Was your approach to directing any different because \"Twitter<\/a>it’s a sequel?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TS: <\/strong>I had big shoes to fill, of course. On the one hand, it’s nice to walk into a project that has so much momentum and character baked into it already. It’s also a little daunting, obviously. It was important to shepherd the world of Pitch Perfect to a new place– to let it grow and mature– but also to honour and respect the existing framework and characters. I want to meet the expectations of fans, but part of that means giving audiences the right number of surprises and left turns so they can be pleasantly challenged. Ultimately, this was about taking Pitch Perfect to the next level, but in a way that feels satisfying to all the people who adore these characters and their stories.<\/p>\n

NFF: The Pitch Perfect series has an amazing back catalogue of songs already, how did you go about choosing tracks for the new film? We’re you tempted to get your brother involved the music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TS<\/strong>: <\/strong>Picking music for this movie was one of the most delicious challenges of all. There are so many excellent songs in the world. New songs, old songs, every genre and tone. It was important to us to give our ears variety– pick songs from as many different categories as possible. And sometimes, reinvent the songs so they sound different from the original, while other times try to play it straight. We wanted a lot of songs our young audience will recognize and sing along to, but also a few vintage throwback tracks that their parents (or even grandparents) will dig. The music team was fantastic at digging deep to find songs and then arrange them for whatever scenario we needed.<\/p>\n

NFF: You won a Grammy for the brilliant music video \u201c<\/strong>Here we go again<\/strong><\/em>\u201d for the band OK Go. How did winning this award help with your career? Do you feel this helped to provide a stepping stone to other opportunities?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TS: <\/strong>For sure! I would never be here, doing this, without that video. I never fancied myself a director or aspired to make movies. I just liked creating things and capturing interesting moments or events on film or video, for posterity. It never occurred to me that this impulse is the basis for all filmmaking.<\/p>\n

NFF: I wanted to ask you about another incredible music video with OK Go called \u201c<\/strong>Upside Down & Inside Out<\/strong><\/em>\u201d. This is the world\u2019s first Zero Gravity music video,\u00a0tell me how it all came together. I\u2019m intrigued about the logistics of this and who was responsible for the idea?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TS: <\/strong>My brother, Damian, and I had been imagining a music video in weightlessness ever since we got the opportunity to fly in the US plane that simulates zero-g down in Florida. It seemed like it would never be feasible to actually accomplish our dreams because it would require so much time in an airplane, flying the special manoeuvres and creating a space where we could experiment adequately to make something truly new and different, something that didn’t feel random but could be rehearsed and replicated, over and over. It wasn’t until S7 (the Russian airline) came to OK Go asking for pitches that we realized maybe it could become a reality after all. And sure enough, S7 was willing to take the leap of faith and make this crazy thing that no one could exactly picture until we were practically finished.<\/p>\n

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