EP. 23: INTERVIEW WITH JASON KOITER, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER OF CRIMINAL MINDS

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EP. 23: INTERVIEW WITH JASON KOITER, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER OF CRIMINAL MINDS
This week on SyncRiffs, Charles interviews associate producer of CBS’s Criminal Minds, Jason Koiter. A fourteen year veteran of post production, Jason Koiter has worked on over 270 episodes of network and streaming TV, as well as music videos, web series, feature films and short films. He got started in the entertainment business as a professional musician, and soon became a recording engineer, working for many years at studios around Los Angeles.
Topics
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Jason’s Background
0:58 Jason’s start as a musician and recording engineer
2:26 Working as a PA for “Charmed” (2019)
2:55 The challenges of working on “Charmed”
3:22 Working on CBS’s Bull (Final Season)
3:52 The role of an associate producer
4:37 The steps of post production
7:33 Spotting Sessions with Music Supervisors + Editors
8:33 The various departments in Post Production and elements
9:27 Budgeting for a television series
10:36 Locking in an episode with music
10:53 Working with a composer with re-edits
11:59 The role of a sync agent and One Stop Rep. Music
12:43 Managing songs and working with Music Supervisor Kevin Edelman
13:42 Dropping in replacement songs
14:14 Sync Agents and Music Supervisors
15:16 Showrunners and the creative music process
15:43 Music cues for Criminal Minds
17:11 The creative flow for a show
18:01 Working with the same creative team
18:26 Working 16 seasons of Criminal Minds
19:42 Actors from Criminal Minds taking a directing role
20:43 Examples of shows directed by actors
21:33 How being in the music industry prepared Jason to be an AP
23:14 Providing vocal + instrumental mixes
24:04 The importance of instrumental mixes
25:25 Mixing and mastering your songs
27:41 Standards and practices and their role
29:37 Editing out expletives
31:10 Ripped from the headlines
34:49 Music matching topical themes
37:44 Criminal Minds evolution
38:52 Preparing to work in post production
44:17 Working in post production
45:18 Internships and your resume
48:04 Vancouver and Los Angeles for post production
49:26 A.I. and the future of production
52:12 Wrapping up
Follow Jason Koiter on YouTube: @jasonkoiter9555
Follow on IG: @jasonkoiter
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