The Creative Jungle

Annabelle Mauger is a renown creative director from France who grew up surrounded by a world of art and cinema. So it's no surprise that her creative mind is dazzling audiences around the world with her immersive art exhibitions. Hear how Annabelle takes the works of masters like Vincent Van Gogh or Pablo Picasso and designs an immersive audiovisual showcase that frees audiences from the restrictions of frames and screens to become active explorers in the works of art surrounding them.

JP Bolles is the Vice President of Creative for Sandwich, an LA based video agency that's changing the way brands are creatively thinking about their video marketing content. With the success of their videos, it's no surprise that JP and the Sandwich team field a constant barrage of calls from clients asking for cookie-cutter versions of their previous work. But Sandwich isn't an assembly line, and today, JP explains how his team keeps their creative process fresh for themselves and their clients.

Jennifer Bonine was the first female Artificial Intelligence platform tech CEO and is here to tell us how she applies her creative process to the design, implementation and marketing behind her tech start ups. As the CEO of AI Appstore and recently launched virtual building platform, RedRex, Jenn's no stranger to imagining how AI can enhance the human experience. But you may be surprised at how important storytelling is to spreading this tech guru's message of making AI easier to understand for all ages.

Writer/Director Murphy McCann tells us all about the development and production of her first scripted short, Burning My Tongue, about the complications and comedy that comes with trying to flirt or date when you're LGBTQ. As a member of our internal team, Murphy is an essential part of our creative meetings. But it wasn't always that way. Find out how Murphy developed her creative process and how that helped her bring Burning My Tongue to life.

Josh Kirk is an independent writer, director, and editor whose dark comedy inspired work, Know Nothins, garnered award-winning praise on the film festival circuit. Hear Josh break down his creative writing process, how he developed his latest short, Hip Cat, and how he collaborates with a crew to bring his words to life on the silver screen.

Adam Weiner has seen his share of success as an indie rock act. His band, Low Cut Connie, has garnered praise from music legends like Elton John, Bruce Springsteen and even earned a spot on President Obama's summer Spotify music list. Hear how Adam went through his creative metamorphosis to become what he considers to be the entertainer he is today and how he sees his latest project during COVID, Tough Cookies, to be his most pure creative endeavor yet.

Creative courage is a theme we've stressed over the years with our Video Jungle Podcast. So we decided to follow our own advice, and revamp the show to focus on the creative process of people we think have creative courage in their field of work. All industry sectors apply here as we attempt to get to the root of creativity. What does it mean to be creative? How can someone else's creative process impact your own? Hear Arty and Justin's initial thoughts and what you can expect from our season 3 series.

A quick message from all of us at The Video Jungle Podcast. We hope you all enjoy your holiday season and here's to a better 2021 for us all!

The holiday season is a time family, friends, giving, and rewatching your favorite holiday themed movies. Whether you jump back into the 'Die Hard is a Christmas movie' debate, consider 'Nightmare Before Christmas' a Halloween movie, or desire a stop motion adventure with Yukon Cornelius and Rudolph, these are the films that we hold dear to our hearts. But what makes these films so special? And where do Hallmark films fall on the spectrum of classic holiday films? We search for answers in our last 2020 pod.