The Sizzle Reel

By Shishkin Productions

Stories, conversations, and (sometimes) insights from working-class post-production cogs.

Hosts Chris Eastman and Alexei Shishkin walk you through their day-to-day in the video editing world. From we... more

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How many episodes does The Sizzle Reel have?

The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.

The Sizzle Reel episodes:

June 21, 202138: Don’t Talk About Chris’s Tail! w/ Bill Waters (@billwaters_)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Bill Waters (@billwaters_) to talk partying with the Moscow Ballet, digging through police scanners for Citizen, and ghostwriting on a major label album!

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Show Stringout:
Our scandalous thoughts on Beacon, NY

The Jellyfish and why it’s awesome -- big s/o to JJ Powell!

Our ire at our current ISP

Bill Waters joins us!

Making money as a musician vs making money as an audio engineer

Playing shows at private colleges

Good ways to do PR and do outreach for booking, without a dedicated PR department

Bill’s gig working on a H.E.R. album

Networking and how to do it better

We reveal Chris’s absolute OBSESSION with joe rogan

Least favorite pods and how we got into the audio world

How far does $1.26 go in Dust Bowl America?!

Bill scored a short film aka double music video

SPOILER ALERT: he had to learn ballet

Learning choreography and how to look like a bad dancer on purpose

We dig back into Chris’s 8mm porn days

Bill’s first ever job in audio/music/film

Partying/doing audio with the Moscow Ballet

Working at the Citizen app and digging through police scanners

Chris’s work as a nightcrawler

AI is crazy

Chris’s volleyball game

Stability vs fulfillment

Bill’s super hot, scalding take on Michael Jackson

Things get pretty wild toward the end

Check out Bill Waters on Spotify or on Apple Music
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58min
June 14, 2021 37: I’ve Got The Pizzas! w/ Braxton Brown III (@braxtonbrowniii) and Vince Alvarado (@airvince1)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Braxton Brown III (@braxtonbrowniii) and Vince Alvarado (@airvince1) to talk social media platforms, the misleading nature of metrics, and of course, Braxton’s podcast!
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Show Stringout:
The Sizzle Reel Bubble! Our condensed recording schedule
We need a good contractor
INTERRUPTED: by Anthony the pizza man!
He needs some videos made
A new show we’re working on, we’ll see how it goes!
The fate of Complex’s Hot Ones game show
Introducing once again: Braxton Brown III!
Braxton’s podcast The Group Text -- and the intricacies of producing it
The art of ~~writing things down~~
Braxton’s art: https://thepettysburgaddress.com/
AirVince1 joins us!
He tells us all about what he’s been up to and what he’s learned
The concerns of editing yourself
How endless and infinite the act of editing can be
The relevance/irrelevance of social media platforms
Vince’s story about an intern doing big work for free
Metrics and how misleading they are
The constantly evolving nature of data tracking
Chris got sold a local car!!!
A truly dystopian model: 1-of-1 ads
Braxton used to be an actor!
Vince stops paying attention and gets into his phone
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57min
June 07, 202136: Crashing The Boards II w/ Joe Nanna (@joenanna1)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Joe Nanna (@joenanna1) to crash the online message boards, discuss all the content that has been lost because of changing storage standards, and create their Filmmaking 101 lesson plans!

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Show Stringout:
Our hotline is actually a coldline, brr! 🥶

Chris’s increased desk real estate

Standing desks vs Seated desks

We recap our Red Lobster Extravaganza

Joe Nanna brings us a truly, Florida-level dumb, standing desk saga

Short form vs long form (more specifically 3 min vs 7 min vs 15 min vs 45 min)

The digital dark ages

Joe’s time in THE VAULT

The new commercial Joe is filming where a dog drives a car

Reels: do they really matter?

Networking during the covid era

Crafting a lesson plan to teach filmmaking

Joe Nanna’s Sisyphusian Filmmaking 101 course

Podcasts about media

Chris thinks our pod is ZANY

Matt King complains about Google Drive -- oh the sweet sweet irony
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1h 5min
May 31, 202135: The Shape of Red Lobsters to Come
Chris & Alexei are joined by the Red Lobster contest winner, as they prepare to go to the land of the Cheddar Bay Biscuits! Also, they talk Amazon + MGM, sports betting companies getting into media, and flipping your monitors!

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Show Stringout:
As we prepare to go to Red Lobster, we decided to do the pod pre-meal!

We’re finally in the new office -- we discuss what we’re doing with the space

Chris vs the Office Couch

Office Desk Feng Shui

How is feels to be a freelancer, feeling like you’re being watched by the management

Corporate productivity surveillance is a PROBLEM

Trying to re-train your brain when you flip your screens around

Chris uses TWO MOUSES at the same time!

The Red Lobster contest winner joins us!

We hear his SCATHING voicemail

Amazon buys MGM

WarnerMedia does their Discovery thing

Bally Sports becomes a thing

What the hell is happening

Sports media goes the way of gambling $$$

Our relationship with The Gameday, and our hopes for new shows

Oklahoma’s newfound filmmaking incentives

BIG NEWS from the Sizzle Reel (hint: we’re moving again)
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48min
May 24, 202134: Movin’ On… Up? w/ Amy Gasaway (@smells_likebk)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Amy Gasaway (@smells_likebk) to talk their big move to the new office, starting up a new photography hobby, and the stories of the sky (aka flight attendants’ tales)!

Leave a message on the SIZZLE REEL HOTLINE: 332-333-4361 or send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message

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Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/shishkinproductions

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Show Stringout:
Tannyr Lifestyle (@TannyLifestyle) joins Chris to talk about his recent Bali trip

Best new lenses, B&H partnerships, and Michael Bay

How stuff developed while Chris ran the ship

Amy Gasaway (@smells_likebk) joins us!

We reveal vaguely where our new office is (hint: not Laguardia)

Amy goes through the trials and tribulations of how we signed on it

Miles the cat calls in asking about his plants

Chris wants to become a photographer for real

We delve into why that is, and what his goal with his photography is

A new flight attendant-focused podcast we’re looking to launch later this year

Why do some people look like slobs when they fly?

Our upcoming Treefort Music Festival coverage this year

Chris’s Los Angeles trip horror story
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54min
May 17, 202133: Of Patreons and Pirate Festivals
Chris & Alexei talk circus jobs, managerial philosophies, and the living hell that has become searching for an office!

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Show Stringout:
Call in to the SIZZLE REEL HOTLINE - 332-333-4361

Alexei is out of town, so Chris is running the ship

The old days where Chris would steal the space heater

Chris got mercury poisoning from eating too much tuna

Managerial philosophies - Step 1: show up to work

Pre-planning vacations

For example: a 10 year in advance Vegas trip

Chris was the George W Bush of a yogurt shop in many ways

Lots of Chris in this episode

He goes on to absolutely SLANDER Mike Bliss

Training new editors on a crunch

Knowing the subject matter when it comes to a new project

Oh by the way, we got a Patreon -- patreon.com/shishkinproductions.com

If you could do any circus job, which would you choose?

Chris’s circus adventure -- the one time he has ever been

Gasparilla: Florida’s pirate festival

The FLIP… is OVER

The hell that has been our office search

Our dream podcasts to launch later this year

Improv vs standup
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52min
May 10, 202132: Crashing The Boards w/ Mike Bliss (@michaeldbliss)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Mike Bliss (@michaeldbliss) to crash the online message boards, talk creative imposter syndrome, and disrespect oysters, those little salt water slimes!

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Show Stringout:
Alexei is late again, but Chris fills time w/ his mate Alan!

Alan gets the AstraZeneca vaccine

Chris introduces Mike Bliss to Alan

We learn which soccer team Alan supports!

Getting to the bottom of the Shishkin Productions accounting department

The British pound is losing value; decentralized currency is the future

Chris fat shames Alan behind his back

Johnny Editseed

Learning from the content you edit

Editing is like cooking, which is a lot like the Heimlich Maneuver

Oyster theatre

Salt water slimes

Can you “farm” oysters??

Mike Bliss is basically a real estate expert at this point

Update on our Million Episode goal

We CRASH THE BOARDS -- finding some filmmaking/editing message board posts and addressing them

Editor imposter syndrome -- does creativity even exist?

Organization is A MAJOR KEY

Desperate editors working for free -- does that make sense??

Producers and directors don’t always remember what was shot, so don’t overthink the first cut

Mobile editing, a LIVE distraction, and our outdoor loudspeaker

“Evergreen” edits… aren’t they all?

Our terrible social media consistency (or lack thereof), and a little bit of Sting, baby
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1h 2min
May 03, 202131: Trickle Down Flick-onomics
Chris & Alexei talk VR remakes of popular movies, what the Oscars really mean, and how much big media execs earned in 2020!

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Show Stringout:
Chris’s singular Hollywood trip -- he ate a cheeseburger

We spin THE TOPIC WHEEL

Learn the secret password(s) to the Sizzle Reel Hotline!

Movie theaters are opening back up in NYC, and we can’t wait

Recapping this year’s Oscars ceremony (or at least what we know about it)

Movie-going culture -- blockbusters vs random movies

What movies would you like to see as VR remakes?

The streaming wars and how Alexei accidentally ended up with 6 months of Paramount+

All of these fucking streaming services, smh, this is basically cable all over again

Chris absolutely goes OFF on Peacock

The ease and appeal of piracy when everything is fragmented

Chris guesses how many millions of dollars big media mogul/CEOs earned in 2020

Spoiler alert: the CEOs still made tons and tons of money, despite paycuts etc

Read all about it here: https://variety.com/2021/biz/news/hollywood-executives-disney-netflix-fox-1234962314/

Not gonna lie folks, it gets pretty “business”-y in the second half

In a nutshell, it’s a bunch of rich, old people running shit (but you already knew that)
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51min
April 26, 202130: Working Hard, or Hardly Working? w/ Braxton Brown (@braxtonbrowniii)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Braxton Brown (@braxtonbrowniii) to talk how HR works, the hiring process and how it relates to freelancers, and Braxton administers a real job interview!

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Show Stringout:
We unveil our latest goal -- 1 MILLION EPISODES

We play a few of the voice mails we’ve received so far!

The result of our official **Red Lobster Challenge**

Time-traveling robots

It’s been a busy April -- our podcast network is growing!

If you haven’t checked them out, have a listen to Ask Not Me Anything, The Allships Podcast, and Rounds of Sound!

Chris’s history with job interviews and his hellish work schedule early in his career

Alexei’s crazy cross-country job interview in San Jose from New York

HR Correspondent / Chief Merch Officer Braxton Brown joins the show!

Chris’s Bitcoin trevails -- smh

Is it ethical to give “test projects” when hiring editors?

The “swim lane” method of job interviewing

Basically, if you listen to this episode, you’ll probably ace any job interview you have coming up

Chris and Alexei get JOB INTERVIEWED **LIVE** on the pod, by HR Professional Braxton

Nepotism at its finest!

Chris knocks the first lane out of the park with some enthralling answers about his day-to-day

Alexei bullshits his way through the second “swim lane” of VP questions

Chris is ON THE FENCE -- he needs to go through the last round of questions to see if he gets the job!
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53min
April 19, 202129: Music to Our Ears (Our Favorite Music Library Artists)
Chris & Alexei discuss their favorite music library artists, unveil a key tip for career success, and Chris finally gets an iPhone!

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Show Stringout:
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Chris gets iced!

How difficult is must be to be a composer for music libraries

The one time Chris went through 150 songs for one video

The time Alexei met a composer randomly at a bar

Our tips and tricks for editing music/what we look for in a song

One KEY TIP for career success! (hint: buy followers)

The Sizzlers are coming for us, pitchforks in tow

Chris kicks us off with the legend Cody Martin

Alexei leads off with Caleb Etheridge

Can’t believe we’re giving all this away in the show notes, but then it’s Ballpoint

The ALL-TIME GOAT, composer extraordinaire Sarah, The Illstrumentallist

And there’s a bunch more, you’re gonna love them, some “beats to study to”-type shit, some electronic-type stuff, really anything you can think of!

You can license all these artists via Soundstripe or Epidemic Sound!

A big shout-out to everyone making music for video out there, you make our lives so much easier :)
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50min

FAQs about The Sizzle Reel:

How many episodes does The Sizzle Reel have?

The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.