How did you get into filmmaking and video editing? Where does one start? How do you find the time to do all the editing that is required?

Where do you get creative inspiration from? How do you find the drive and vision to pursue your passion and calling?

What is this history of Spain project you're working on? Are you trying to document the history of Muslim civilization in Spain? What is the Falcon of Spain?

How do you decide whether you're going to dabble and try things out versus going all go all in on your passion. How do you navigate the demands of family life with your goals and pursuits?

In this episode I answer a question from a listener, "Why is a clap or clapperboard sound required for syncing when you could just sync it using the rest of the audio?"

To answer this question, I get into a little bit of cinema and film making history.

I received the following question:

If you already have a YouTube channel, then what is the value in having the podcast? I understand having multiple channels of distribution, but is there anything particularly valuable with podcast distribution that you find attractive enough to create unique content just for that platform?

Our job is to be as clear and articulate in our messaging. This is the practice and philosophy of those in the field of marketing and advertising.

Our job is not to convert anyone.

Rather, our job is to get the message out to enough people, have enough awareness, enough attention so that perhaps if we get in front of someone whose mind is open to understanding might embracing what we're offering.

The only thing that we need to understand is for us to do our job. That job is to absorb the knowledge, internalize it, and articulate it to people.

There are two common scenarios when it comes to communication. Either we feel like we don't know what to say when we're asked a question. Or, we have an ask to make, but don't have the courage to go ahead and make the ask. In marketing and sales, one of the reasons people fail commonly is because a big part of sales is asking for that offer.

What do you think about just equally spacing out all the shots, something like every 40 seconds or so?

I don't have a green screen, can I use a black or white backdrop and manipulated in post production and editing the way I can do a green screen?