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By Dawn Januszkiewicz
He developed his film production skills at Five Towns College, where he earned a B.A. in film and video. Now instead of holding down a desk, pushing pencils or bagging fries, Goldberg went on to produce shorts and feature films. The majority of his films are shown online and at film festivals.
His pioneering effort in filmmaking was a feature entitled Dead End Massacre, which was "never produced but taught [him] a lot about independent filmmaking." From there he created several films including The Day They Came Back and All I Want for Christmas. Right now he's working on Nightmare and The Forest Hills. Having a website that features his shorts and joining film festivals such as the Long Island Film Festival this past month, he is really starting to receive some positive exposure.
"Things are really coming together," he said. "I love shooting on Long Island ... Shooting on Long Island is excellent." Goldberg enjoys shooting on Long Island not only because of the environment but also because the public is very supportive. But he has also shot a film in Upstate New York and Pennsylvania.
Why horror? "Because that's what I grew up on!" he said. Goldberg said that the horror genre is one that is not only fun but has great potential for a raw quality. He feels that so many horror films are overproduced, unrealistic and mainstream. Horror films resonate more in a minimal and realistic production; they have the greatest threshold for original, realistic and scary stories.
Goldberg's two greatest priorities in filmmaking are being "creative and original." Whether he is working on a short, feature, horror, drama or comedy, he needs to be creating an original story with a creative storyline. He started a new breed of Christmas films with All I Want for Christmas, where he portrays a perverted, masturbating, rapist Santa in a psychological, but comedic, thriller.
One of Goldberg's favorite original horror films is Texas Chainsaw Massacre because of its psychological component. You're essentially tricked into believing there is more blood and gore than there really is, he said. "Original horror films make the genre!"
Creepshow is another achievement in the horror genre that influenced Goldberg, not just for its visual appeal or for any of its unique plots but also for its music. The background music plays a large role in creating the effect of the movie. This is yet another point where mainstream horror films lose their realistic effect. Lighting was also very natural in Creepshow and the role of the supernatural didn't predominate the story as it often does today in mainstream horror films. These are all elements that Goldberg considers in his own filmmaking.
In terms of the steady paycheck, Goldberg has found a way to avoid the 9-5 by shooting weddings and bat mitzvahs. He said that the 9-5, rat race is "not what [he] feel[s] [he's supposed] to do."
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t's just like a writer/director to shroud his life in mystery from birth. Scott Goldberg emerged from the unknown, leaving Texas with his adoptive parents to live in Glen Cove, NY. It's there where he now projects the horrifying images haunting his imagination onto the screen for public enjoyment.
