![]() Scott Conditt and Jeremy Tremp, the writers, directors, and producers, (CineForge Media) had written a short film called Show No Mercy, starring my father and me. ![]() The inception actually started two years before this film was written. ![]() This is a great project that I’m very excited about. Along with a mysterious masked man and his two best friends, Liz and Reggie, Max must figure out how to beat the Nether at its own game before its Game Over for humanity. Unbeknownst to Max, the game bears a “Curse of The Ages”, and in playing it, he has just unlocked the Nether, an ancient malevolent force of evil from the cartridge, upon his small hometown. NYFA: Can you tell us about Max Reload and the Nether Blasters ? What drew you to this project?Ī small town video game store clerk must go from zero to hero after accidentally unleashing the forces of evil from a cursed Colecovision game… Max Jenkins’ gaming fantasies collide with reality when a legendary “lost” installment of the Nether Game series appears on the store counter of his workplace, Fallout Games. In the industry, relationships are everything! The fondest memories were the relationships and time I had with fellow students - who I am still friends with today. JK: There are so many memories of when I was at NYFA. NYFA: Do you have any favorite NYFA moments from your time studying with us? This is so important, these tools create great filmmakers! It is the knowledge and technology of filmmaking, and they’ve got it down! This was very special, and I was so grateful for NYFA to allow us to do that.Īlso just truly understanding how a digital camera works - the inner workings and technical aspects of all cameras. JK: What I loved so much about NYFA that I didn’t get enough of on film sets was actually learning the basics and history of film cameras, and actually shooting on real film. NYFA: Growing up in a show-business family, was there anything that you learned in your time at NYFA that surprised you? I would also copy what I saw in classic movies that my father and I would watch together, The Seventh Samurai, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, and Casablanca, all the classics! Making movies is in my blood and its been my passion since early childhood. This was the best education a young filmmaker could get and I was very fortunate to have these opportunities.īack home I would make my own little movies with action figures and G.I. I would watch the filmmaking process as well, and ask lots of questions. I would travel on my own and walk around and look at all the backdrops and different film sets and feel right at home. They filmed in Hyderabad, where they literally have a city just for filmmaking. It was always something different, whether in the future or going back in time to the West, I always loved it. It was like going to Disneyland for me, the make-believe. I was six months old and on movies sets, and I still remember vividly today all the different film sets I’ve been on around the country, and the world that my father brought me along with - traveling with him or visiting him when he was on location was always my favorite thing. JK: My journey started as a young boy growing up in the film business around my father, ( Martin Kove). NYFA: First, can you tell us a little bit about your journey and what brought you to the New York Film Academy? The film recently wrapped in Arizona, and Kove took the time out of his busy schedule to tell the NYFA Blog more about his work, his exciting projects, and what’s next. ![]() It’s not easy forging your own path in independent film, but New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking grad Jesse Kove has blazed a trail straight into the hearts of video game and ‘80s film fans with the upcoming adventure flick Max Reload and the Nether Blasters. ![]()
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