The Creative Scramble

Kieran Edwards is the operations director of creative agency agency Shoot The Moon. Shoot The Moon is a creative, design and photography agency who’ve worked with some massive brands including Pets at Home, Co Op and Tui.

We chat all about leadership and culture within a creative agency and how to gain respect from staff members double your age.

We dive into social media and how social has impacted society and brands over the past 10 years. Kieran shares in years of knowledge on content and why certain brands get engagement over others. If you want to get in touch with Keiran and discuss anything social then drop him a line to [email protected]

If you want to know more about the creators of the podcast visit www.deadpixelfilms.com

Charlie explains the process of pitching treatments for music videos, working with indie band Blossoms and his experience of being a professional film director.

Charlie gives tips for upcoming commercial directors and attributes his success to hard work, chatting to the right people and a bit of luck. His journey has only just begun with some huge projects coming out this year. We can’t wait to see what Charlie does next.

Website: www.charliewatts32.com

Representation: https://www.chief.tv/directors/charlie-watts

Instagram: http://instagram.com/charlie_j_watts

To find our more about the creators of the podcast visit www.deadpixelfilms.com

Joe Nattrass is a Sound Recordist, Sound Editor and 2nd Assistant Sound based in Manchester. Having only graduated from Futureworks Media School 6 years ago, Joe has gone onto to work on some major Hollywood features including Bohemian Rhapsody, Stan & Ollie, Paddington 2 and Overlord (to name a few!)

In this episode, Joe talks about his role on set whilst working on big blockbusters, compared to working on smaller indie projects; and offers his advice on the do's and dont’s of working in the sound department working at the highest level...and how he got his break into this world and how others can too!

If you would like to learn more and get in touch with Joe, you can check his website out here: https://earnourishment.com/

To learn more about the creators of the podcast visit: https://www.deadpixelfilms.com

Stu Thomson was once a professional mountain biker travelling the world. Mountain biking has always been a passion of his but the travelling got too much. He instead decided to transition into filming mountain bikers and building a video agency called Cut Media focusing on high end sports content.

He explains what it’s like working with world class athletes such as Danny McAskill, Matt Jones and Steve Peat. With some video stats reaching as high as 88 million views on youtube it’s easy to see why he attracted attention of the likes of Adidas and Redbull.

To learn more about the creators of the podcast visit

www.deadpixelfilms.com

Brother Film Co are a video production company based in London made of of 3 brothers and 1 brother from another mother. They’ve worked with the likes of Redbull, National Geographic and Kettle Chips. They produce all their own music in-house and even sell it online for others to use.

We caught up with Brother Film co to discuss working with high end clients, investing in the Red Gemini cinema camera and working together as brothers.

Check out their work below:

https://brotherfilmco.com/

To find out more about the creators of the podcast, visit

https://www.deadpixelfilms.com

In this episode we chat with producer/ director Leanne Gater about her latest documentary ‘The Tigers of Scotland’.

The Tigers of Scotland is a feature length (63 minutes) documentary by Wild Films Ltd and narrated by Iain Glen (from Game of Thrones). It focuses on the fragile existence of Scottish Wildcats, their status and what conservation efforts are being undertaken to ensure their survival. Bringing knowledge of their existence and awareness of their status to a wider audience is crucial to preventing their extinction.

Leanne and Cal discuss the production process, environmentalism, documentaries that have inspired both film makers and ultimately how to get a documentary commissioned for Netflix.

To find out more about the creators of the podcast visit:

www.deadpixelfilms.com

Simon Vacher is a wildlife cameraman who makes a living telling stories and capturing unique images from the hottest, coldest and remotest places on the planet.

He’s worked in places such as the icy cathedrals of Antarctica and South Georgia, to the rich reefs of the Indian Ocean, to the wonderful bird colonies of Ascension Island.

We delve into Simon’s adventures, environmentalism and even touch on Brexit.

Check out Simon’s website here:

http://www.simonvacherfilm.com

http://www.butterflyeffectfilms.com

Follow Simon on twitter @SimonVacher

Sam Highfield is a Manchester based Visual Effects Supervisor who has grown a career from starting knowing nobody in the industry, self-teaching himself software like Adobe After Effects and Nuke, to working with broadcast companies including the BBC, ITV and Disney.

In this episode, Sam shares the roles and responsibilities of a supervisor at a high level in terms of working on set, managing a team and navigating the sometimes tricky politics of working with different producers.

He also gives some fantastic advice that can be applied for all creatives to negotiate your rate, how to grow if you're not particularly business minded and finally; he talks about his latest invention that will revolutionise the way the industry will work on set with visual effects... (hint, check out http://imagineyeapp.com/)

To learn more about the creators of the show visit www.deadpixelfilms.com

Zack Kravits is a filmmaker and entrepreneur based out in LA (another International guest for our humble podcast!) He has grown a hugely loyal fan base on YouTube and Instagram where has over over 14k subscribers and over 5k followers respectively; and has worked with various influencers, including people like Lewis Howes. What makes Zack different is that although he loves filmmaking, he sees himself as an entrepreneur, selling his own online film-making course and has even recently started his own backpack Company 'Weylyn Bags'. 

In this episode, Zack shares with us how he changed his mindset from being a typical 'YouTuber' to think more as an entrepreneur and the importance of having multiple streams of income as a creator. He also discusses growing a quality loyal fan base, his thoughts on work/life 'integration' as he calls it, surviving in LA and why he decided to set up something very different in a backpack company. 

You can follow Zack's journey on:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ForeverInTraining

Instagram: @zackkravits

and his backpack company on instagram: @weylynbags 

To learn more about the creators of the show visit

https://www.deadpixelfilms.com

In this episode, Matty interviews Tiff Tyler - video and podcast producer for Lewis Howes' 'The School of Greatness' podcast.

Tiff gives us an insight into life working with Lewis and on a podcast which now has 80 million+ downloads! Having made the big move to LA from Florida, she also gives some great advice on networking effectively, taking advantage of social media and working with influencers/entrepreneurs as a creator; and the importance of staying healthy and not getting burned out - something which Tiff had to learn the hard way!

To learn more about the creators of the show visit:

https://www.deadpixelfilms.com