Friend and filmmaker, Emil Mancero, joins me in the studio today to promote his debut feature length film, Hindrance. Yes you heard that correctly, feature-length! This is a project that Emil has been working on for some time now and we go through his process of taking his idea and putting it on the screen!

Check out Hindrance out NOW!

Thanks for tuning in to another week of Take The Shot. I'm so glad to have my friend Jason Santos on the pod this episode. Jason is an incredibly talented content creator with an eye in basketball. We talk about storytelling through the lens and getting work in the freelance world.

On this week's episode, I talk to my former head football coach, Andy Rondeau. I pick his brain about coaching at the Division II level, and what mentality needs to change at this level. He's a really well spoken man and I loved hearing his perspective of football.

Today, I am joined by my friend Justin Saluzzi. Both a filmmaker and editor, we talk about how he got interested in filmmaking, AI use in editing, and a bunch of other off topic pieces. Be warned, we take preworkout during our conversation so we this episode turned into an off-brand Hot Ones segment.

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IG: justinsaluzzi

TikTok: just.vibe.in

First guest of the show! My good friend Luke Porteneuve joins me today as we talk about being once teammates, then content creator partners, and sharing similar stories within our collegiate athletic careers. It was great catching up with Luke and he was the first person I thought of to be a guest on the show.

I encourage you to check out his IG where he posts most of his content. Reach out to him if you're in the Southern California area!

Luke's Instragram: lvkephoto

My Instragram: mr.mendez.productions

This week, I talk about storytelling throughout sports. How players can become the characters we follow, the different story beats throughout games, and how sports media helps tell the stories of different teams.

Kept this episode short this week. Next week, we start to have guests!

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And here we go. It's my first episode of this podcast, Take The Shot, and I'm glad you took the chance to listen...to the beginning at least. In this first episode, I'm going to talk a little bit about my journey through sports media so you can get to know me just that much better. I hope you have a good time listening as I will be having guests on in the future.

Feel free to reach out to me on social media with questions, comments, or just to connect. I made this show for that exact reason!

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I love sports. I love working with cameras. I'm Miles Mendes, a former player and now content creator of my own. Let's meet the players, photographers, coaches, social media managers, and more that make up a successful team. Whether it's on the field, on the court, or behind the glass, I'm here to say, take the shot.