Talk Soon Team

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Amy Virginia Buchanan

(writer, co-director, executive producer)

As a performance artist, they’ve showcased work at HERE, Dixon Place, La Mama, The Tank, The Incubator Arts Project, 14th Street Y, The Brick, and The Whitney Museum. As a musician, they’ve written and produced two original albums. In 2012, Amy co-founded the creative agency Spring Street Social Society, which produced over 100 cultural events and experiences in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London until closing shop in 2018. Afterward, Amy spent time as a freelance creative director, working primarily in media (Refinery29 and NYLON) before moving on to a career in advertising strategy at McCann and then Ogilvy. 

This is their first film.

A young man wearing headphones and a cap standing in front of a camera crew, with one crew member holding a boom microphone and another operating a camera, in a dimly lit indoor setting.

Reagan Matthew

(co-director, executive producer, editor)

Reagan is a New York–based director, producer, and founder of Kind Studio. Before turning to film full-time, he spent over a decade in food and beverage building and shaping hospitality ventures—including Felix Roasting Company—a background that continues to inform his creative practice and shaped the lens through which he approaches both film and business.

Since 2021, he has created work around the world for brands and publications including Vogue, The New York Times, La Marzocco, Nespresso, Condé Nast, American Express, Porsche, and The North Face.

This is his first narrative short.

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Sean Funcik

(director of photography)

Sean is a Brooklyn-based photographer and director of photography whose practice spans commercial photography, branded films, and creative production. At Sean Funcik Studio, he has collaborated with brands and artists for over 13 years. In 2024, he founded Vitreous, a post-production studio specializing in retouching and color for advertising and fashion photography.


A man with shoulder-length hair sits at a mixing console in a recording studio, surrounded by audio equipment, with sheet music in front of him and a contemplative expression.

Trevor Welch

(composer)

Trevor began his career at 7-time Grammy Award winner Jim Scott’s studio and has since scored documentaries, feature length narratives and short films, including AXEL, winner of “Best Short” and “Best Composer” at Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival, and From Time Without Beginning, selected at over 20 film festivals. In 2024 he scored OBATA, directed by Adam Prieto, which has been selected for programs at the Asian American International Film Festival and screened at institutions including SFMOMA.

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Kayla Pleasant

(assistant director, producer)

Kayla is a New Orleans born Musician, Assistant Director, and Producer who moved to New York in 2012 to study Communications and Music Technology, later earning a Master’s in Marketing and Communications Management. Grounded in soulful Southern culture, she approaches filmmaking with a deep sensitivity to rhythm, structure, and collaboration. She has contributed to features and series including Chevalier, Genius: MLK/X, and SAMO LIVES, thriving in spaces where disciplined execution and creative vision move in harmony.

Film Credits

NEW YORK CREW

Writer: Amy Buchanan

Executive Producer and Director: Reagan Matthew

Executive Producer and Director: Amy Buchanan

Producer: Marlowe Holden

Assistant Director and Line Producer: Kayla Pleasant

Second Assistant Director, assistant Line Producer: Claudia J. Mayo 


Director of Photography: Sean Funcik

First Assistant Camera: Caleb Plutzer

First Assistant Camera(second unit): Gianna Llewellyn

Gaffer: Zach Ramey

Grip: Mark Jayson Quines

Steady Cam Operator: Kyle Derry

Audio Supervisor and Location Sound Recordist: Daniel Sheppard

Location Sound Recordist (second unit): Julia Martin 

Boom Operator: Bo Geddes

Hair and Makeup: Tarina Meaders

Costume Design: Cassandra Hsieh


Production Assistant: Sommers Bauman

Production Assistant: Alexandra Beard

Archival Photography Design: Joel Chapman

Still photography: Jason Sutherland Hsu

Title and Credit Design: Ben Wagner

FARGO CREW

Gaffer/Key Grip: Jason Bedard

Location Sound: Phil Kerr

MUSIC

Composer: Trevor Welch 

Score Mixer: Michael Gossard

Cello: Max Mueller

Piano: Trevor Welch 

Vocals: Hollis Howard

Featured Song:  “GHOST” by Hollis Howard Remix by Trevor Welch


POST PRODUCTION

Editor: Reagan Matthew

Film Mixer: Dan Sheppard

Color: Vitreous Post

SPECIAL THANKS

Zach Ramey
Sean Funcik Studio
Vitreous Post
Cindy Buchanan
C’Mon Everybody
Dead Horse Productions
Sugar Sack Studios
Randi Adkins
Johnny Starke
Hollis Howard and Monotone Inc.
Kazu Okuda
Nick Ozemba and In Common With