{"id":2640,"date":"2015-06-30T19:47:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T19:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2015\/06\/30\/langara-grads-netflix-show-goes-international-with-some-assembly-required\/"},"modified":"2015-06-30T19:47:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T19:47:34","slug":"langara-grads-netflix-show-goes-international-with-some-assembly-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2015\/06\/30\/langara-grads-netflix-show-goes-international-with-some-assembly-required\/","title":{"rendered":"Langara grads\u2019 Netflix show goes international with \u2018Some Assembly Required\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Owen Munro \/ The Voice<\/em><\/p>\n

Netflix has picked up Some Assembly Required<\/em>, a show that includes two Langara College film artsgraduates, for international release starting this summer.<\/p>\n

Langara College connection toys around<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actor Travis Turner and writer Nadiya Chettiargraduated from the program in 2012, in time to join the show for its first season. Now in its second, Some Assembly Required<\/em>\u00a0is YTV\u2019s number one show on the network. The show follows a group of teenagers who run a toy company called Knickknack Toys, and is shot in front of a live audience in Burnaby.<\/p>\n

Turner plays Aster Vanderberg, a creative, confident kid who creates fashions for various things such as humans and dolls. Turner called working for the show a dream come true because of the way the show is set up and the ability to perform in front of a live audience.<\/p>\n

Live in three, two, one\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAster is a fun character. I\u2019m always trying to find ways to relate to him and even find a part of me that really likes fashion,\u201d Turner said. \u201cAll of the characters are really individual, the writers are great and the jokes are funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chettiar said the ability to write comedy and for a live audience is something she really enjoys. She said that it was a huge transition getting into a writing room with other people since she never written collaboratively before this job.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore, I was writing by myself, writing samples,\u201d Chettiar said. \u201cYou\u2019re hoping you get good enough that the right person hands it to the right person and you might get a job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Langara grads have what it takes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both Chettiar and Turner credit the film arts program at Langara as a major factor in finding jobs relatively quickly after graduation. The eight-month program is highly intensive and comprehensive, said Langara film arts instructor Garwin Sanford and it\u2019s aimed at giving students experience with industry practices and principles.<\/p>\n

Sanford said he remembers Turner and Chettiar as individuals with a lot of skills and even more focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re ideal students. They were always on time, always showing up to class. It\u2019s all positive,\u201d Sanford said. \u201cTravis just kept improving, and that\u2019s always a sign. Nadiya was the same thing. It\u2019s one of the things we look for right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a really good program for a lot of reasons I think,\u201d Turner said. \u201cThey\u2019re good at preparing you in the really short amount of time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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