7/1/09
Joey Figueroa and Zak Knutson, from Chop Shop Entertainment, will be doing a panel at DV Expo in Pasadena, California on September 22nd -24th.
Making DVD Special Features That Are Actually Special
Zak Knutson and Joey Figueroa of Chop Shop Entertainment - an award-winning L.A.-based production company specializing in on-location EPK, Internet Webisodes and DVD added-value content - discuss their recent work on the special issue DVD release of Kevin Smith's comedy Chasing Amy, as well as their collaborations with the director on the Clerks II, Clerks X and Zack and Miri Make A Porno DVD releases. Discussion with include their production and post approach, creative tools and how to best interface with the production crew while shooting EPK material.
3/13/09
Chop Shop Entertainment Panel at SXSW 2009
Crash the Server - How to Market your Movie by Achieving Webisode Awesomeness
- Christina Cooper SXTXSTATE.com - The Crash the Server: Webisode Awesomeness panel was in fact awesome. Panelists Zak Knutson and Joey Figueroa of Chop Shop Entertainment were brutally honest and a cynically funny. I enjoyed every minute of it!
3/13/09
Variety Online review of Chop Shop @ SXSW 09
http://weblogs.variety.com/technotainment/2009/03/from-sxsw-promote-your-film-with-webisodes.html
11/18/08
DV.com article on Chop Shop Entertainment
http://www.dv.com/features/article/45744
SOLD OUT: A THREEVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH
- News Askew - Outstanding. A great addition to Kevin Smith's Live DVD series.
- We Rate Stuff - Outstanding
- We Are Movie Geeks - Any Kevin Smith fan will want to most definitely add this to their View Askew collections. You will be more than hooked in a heartbeat.
- DVD Report - Highly Recommended. Hilarious.
- Crave Online - This is a MUST SEE - DVD. Highly Recommended
- DVD Movie Guide - An almost non-stop run of good material that lasts almost 5 hours.
- Movieman's Guide to Movies - Sold Out is a great addition to Kevin Smith's popular "stand up" comedy series, and is a fantastic DVD.
- Collider - Extraordinary. By far the best looking of Smith's stage outings thus far.
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO DVD REVIEWS
- Chris Gore G4TV Attack of the Show - BUY IT! The documentary that's on the disc gives your more insight into Kevin Smith's process than anything else I have ever seen done on him. Its great! And it's really fun to see that "fly on the wall" stuff. Put it on your shelf.
- DVD Verdict - Popcorn Porn is no mere EPK-style featurette, but rather an in-depth feature length documentary that covers every aspect o film and features interviews with everyone. I'd say I enjoyed the bonus features more than the actual film.
- Film Jabber - With the combination of movie and bonus features, this makes for one of the great packages of 2009.
- IGN - The DVD's epic collection of webisodes make this 2-disc set a stand out as one of the best presentations Smith's work has seen.
- Slant Magazine - Get more bang for your buck with the 2-disc special edition, which is jam-packed with plenty of titillating bonus features.
Clerks II DVD
- Film Four - Back to the Well represents a new high for making-of documentaries.
- DVD Town - A brilliant making of documentary - Back to the Well Clerks 2 - is one of the better making of documentaries I've seen.
- News Askew - Zak Knutson and Joey Figueroa return to make their own sequel to the triumphant Snowball Effect doc from the Clerks X disc, and yet again prove that if you want a documentary done right for your film, these are the guys to hire.
- Hi-Def Digest - Back to the Well Clerks 2, I loved! By far one of the best documentaries I have seen in years. "Back To The Well" is the heart of the many supplements on the Clerks II Blu-ray.
- Movie Web - The mother of all DVD documentaries. It's a must-see!
- DVD Talk - Back To The Well is the best extra on the disc. Outstanding.
- DVD File - This is the best documentation of a film on a disc, and considering the vast quantity of good ones, that's saying a lot.
- The Washington Post - Unlike the fawning making-of-mini-docs that studios often slap together for DVD, this one features revealing interviews, lots of footage from the set and delicious pieces of trivia that hardcore fans will relish.
Back to the Well: Clerks II documentary awards
Entertainment Merchants Awards 2007
Award for Best DVD Extras - indie
Title - Clerks II
DVD extras by Chop Shop Entertainment
Clerks II "Train Wreck" Internet Production Diary press
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