January 26, 2020
Joining the Rogue's Gallery of Pizza & Pop Culture
On January 26, 2020 Keith Larsen joined as a co-host of his 5th podcast, Pizza & Pop Culture. Keith founded his first podcast in 2006, entitled "The Connecticut Production Scene". Co-hosted by Alan Spaulding, the hour long bi-weekly show featured production professionals from around the state talking tech, tips & tricks and stories from the front lines. To "legitimize" or gain national exposure, Keith recruited the talents of Intelligent Assistance's Philip Hodgetts out of Los Angeles to provide industry news. It worked. 15 episodes into the run, Creative COW came calling, acquired the show and re-branded it "The Red Hot Roundup".
Keith & Alan felt that the show wasn't quite the same under the COW brand, and resigned. Shortly thereafter, they approached Michelle Yamazaki at Toolfarm and pitched a new version of the show to her. Now, an inverse of "CT Production Scene", but still featuring Philip, and a new segment with Michelle, "Plugged In: The Digital Landscape" became a huge hit and continued into 2008. The grind of producing the show and meeting the sponsor obligations eventually had the hosts fatigued and they decided to shutter the show in late 2008. In 2012, after running the ProductionCONN trade show in late 2011, Keith decided to spin off ProductionCONN Radio continuing the tradition of industry podcasts with new host, Rit Campbell. The show didn't last long as podcasting had taken it's toll.
Now, nearly a decade later, Keith, Alan and an assorted supporting cast have launched a new show entitled, "Pizza & Pop Culture". The show is a bi-weekly serving of geek pizza with a rogue's gallery of hosts talking about movies, tv, music, comics, sports, and any other topical pop culture topic they find relevant. Each show will be broken into 3 segments of various topics so each episode will have something for everyone! The show is recorded on location at East Side Pizza in Wallingford, CT. It is often referred to as the "Cheers of Pizza" and the show aims to capture the energy of the place wherein employees and customers all join in the fun!
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November 15, 2016
Scratching the Surface
Pleased to announce that RKL Pictures is now a certified media vendor for Microsoft! Our first job with them is a 6-video series of customer experience videos that focus on the new Surface Pro Membership Program. The job will have us traveling to some great cities around the country such as Seattle, Phoenix, San Francisco, Dallas, NYC and Boston to name but a few. Keith and associates are thrilled to be part of Microsoft's media community for 2017 and beyond!
April 18, 2016
RKL, NAB & AJA
Come see us at NAB Show 2016 Booth #SL2505 April 18-21st in Las Vegas! Keith will be demoing new products from AJA Video Systems all week such as RovoCam, KiPro Ultra and other surprises!
April 01, 2016
RKL Pictures Returns!
After nearly two years away, RKL Pictures has returned with a new website design and full services for your creative needs!
September 14, 2014
Charlton Comics: The Movie
RKL Pictures is begining production on a feature-length documentary movie about Charlton Comics, the now defunct comic book publisher from Derby, Connecticut. The film will be in pre-production until early winter 2015, when principle photogrpahy will commence. Keith Larsen will be acting as Producer and Director of Photography on the project.
November 16, 2013
Ice Time with The Hanson Brothers!
We have launched a new Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a TV pilot starring the Hanson Brothers from the legendary film, "Slap Shot". The hope is to shoot a sizzle reel to pitch to more television networks after NBC has decided to put the project into turn around