Category: Film

Director Amy Adrion Discusses Her Debut Docu “Half The Picture” – A Must See!

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“Half The Picture” Director Amy Adrion stops by the podcast to talk about her amazing, insightful film. HALF THE PICTURE consists of interviews with high profile women directors including Ava DuVernay, Jill Soloway, Lena Dunham, Catherine Hardwicke and Miranda July, among many others, who discuss their early careers, how they transitioned to studio films or television, how they balance having a demanding directing career with family, as well as challenges and joys along the way.

Buy/rent/watch everywhere, like iTunes. Check out the trailer:

HALF THE PICTURE trailer from amy adrion on Vimeo.

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Jordan

This runs 90 minutes.
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Copywriter/ACD Tal Wagman Fights Sexual Misconduct With Rotten Apples.

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I love chatting with innately funny people, and Tal Wagman is one such a person. We met shooting our wildly popular “Built To Amaze” campaign for Toyota via Saacthi. Now Tal has moved his humor mill over to Zambezi working on Vitaminwater and Venmo.

We chat about RottenApples, a website database that informs us whether or not a film or show is tied to a person accused of sexual misconduct. It’s a great resource. I love this spot of Tal’s and wish I directed this sly performance: 

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Jordan

This runs 90 minutes.
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How Filmmakers Can Deliver Gorgeous Treatments With Katniss of The Moon Unit.

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The Moon Unit is a creative services boutique that helps storytellers develop ideas into words, gorgeous visual treatments, mood boards and pitch decks and more. Katniss and I skyped to cover a lot of ground. After describing a great pitch and treatments, we dive into how a director can best manage her career.

Katniss and The Moon Unit team put out great ebooks for free.
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Jordan

Commercial Directing Bootcamp is August 25th, 2018 in LA so sign up now. Oh yeah, Voodoo is on Audible. More on that later.

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This episode is an hour and 15 minutes of bliss.

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Mr. Marc Kelly Shares How The Filmmaking Team Of “Blindspotting” Made Their Magic.

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Mr. Marc Kelly is a Director, 1st AD and more. When I saw his name role up in the credits of “Blindspotting,” I cheered and had to hear more about this film. Marc takes us behind the scenes with filmmaking tips and tidbits, working with Director Carlos López Estrada, Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal and the crew. Then we delve into race, inclusion, gentrification, and karaoke. The opens this weekend.

Please support this film so it goes wider to audiences that need to laugh and learn.

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Jordan

Commercial Directing Bootcamp is August 25th, 2018 in LA so sign up now. Oh yeah, Voodoo is on Audible. More on that later.

Use the code RTP10 and get 10% off Shane Hurlbut’s Cinematography: Mastering The Image

This episode is an hour and 15 minutes of bliss.

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Commercial Directing Voodoo is at Amazon.

Commercial Directing Bootcamp is August 25th, 2018 in LA. Free Voodoo when you sign up!

Oso Delicious Hot Sauce is sold out!

Filmmaker Liz Hinlein Directs Commercials, Branded Films, VR and Features With Aplomb & Grace.

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Director Liz Hinlein shares how she has successfully navigated her career making brand films, VR gigs, tons of spots and her feature, “Other People Children.” You’ve seen Liz’s Dove Real Beauty starring Shonda Rhimes, I promise. We chat about the commonality in directing these various gigs, staying humble while leading, and the fun in teaching others when we’ve learned. And because she’s also a talented cinematographer, she gives y’all plenty of tech talk in this episode. Check out these spots or see her reel at her shoppe Durable Goods:

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Jordan

This episode is an hour and 25 minutes of bliss.

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Filmmaker Ramaa Mosley On Creating One’s Own Opportunities.

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Filmmaker Ramaa Mosley directs commercials, documentaries, feature narratives and more. Like myself, she believes we do different jobs for different reasons and creates her own opportunities. You’ll love the part of this chat when she explains how originality is overrated. I disagreed but then came around.

Ramaa is also the Executive Creative Director and one of the Founders of Adolescent Content, fostering filmmaking careers of Gen X and Gen Y filmmakers.

Check out Ramaa’s work here and enjoy this spot, just one of many I love and ask her about:

Kinectimals from Ramaa Mosley on Vimeo.

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Jordan

This is a brisk 90 min that you’ll love. And be sure sign up for my Bootcamp before it sells out. Links below.

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Hollywood War Stories: How To Survive In The Trenches with Veteran Comedy Director Rick Friedberg.

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Veteran comedy director Rick Friedberg has written a book you must buy. You learn and laugh as this “rule book” for success tells you, as the title says, how to survive the Hollywood machine. It’s aptly called “Hollywood War Stories: How To Survive In The Trenches” and I love it.

We chat comedy, managing a career, and a long-lost project we shared together and so much more. Buy the book on Amazon, click here or off www.rickfriedberg.com today!

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Jordan

This is a whopping one hour 30 min that you’ll love. Here’s the sponsor-links and my stuff, I implore you to check out. 

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Why Ad Agency Creatives Make Excellent Filmmakers With Comedy Directing Duo Jeff and Pete.

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Dynamite directing duo Jeff & Pete, aka Jeff Gonick and Peter Novosel, are following their dreams by leaving their cushy advertising agency jobs as creatives to become helmers of comedy commercials. And boy are they good. Landing at top shoppe Caviar, they’ve helmed funny stuff for Dr. Pepper, SunTrust and more. Plus their fun fellows.

After their origin story, we chat about their process and how they love the treatment phase of pitching. (Huh?) And collaboration, not just with each other but with the crew, agency and client, seems to be their mantra. Please check out their comedy spots, especially the American Eagle work that makes me drool with envy.

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Jordan

This is a whopping one hour 40 min that you’ll love. Here’s the sponsor-links and my stuff, I implore you to check out. 

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Why I Reluctantly Cut A Montage Of My Visual Effects & Filmmaking Trickery.

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Commercial Directors are not well-served by montages, the collection of coolest shots of their career. Advertising agency folks and clients want to see you can tell a good story in :15, :30 or :60 seconds. So for years, I have resisted the montage reel. But friends, this weekend I succumbed to the siren of the montage. After listening to the new breed of filmmakers, like Oren Kaplan and Matt Enlow (Of Just Shoot It Podcast fame) and others, I realized it’s part of the schtick of being a director. And who knows, maybe I’ll get a gig from someone seeing this?

As a comedy director, my work with CG characters, trickery and even critters, must be done with deft collaboration among the entire team. Starting agency creatives come up with these concepts, and then I do a mind-meld with production and post. My wonderful friends at Arsenal Creative did the all post for the Toyota work, and House Special did the newly launched Thryv!

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Jordan
 
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There Are Dreamers, Doers and Finishers, Director Tony Ladesich Is All Three.

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Filmmaker Tony Ladesich proves my point you do not have to live in New York or LA to be a working filmmaker. Tony shoots national commercials for Sprint,  all while living in beautiful Kansas City. We discover we know some of the same filmmakers there, as well as we share a positive outlook toward balancing personal projects with our professional ones. A great chat. Click his name to see his great stuff.

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Jordan

Next Commercial Directing Bootcamp is August 25th in Santa Monica. Free copy of my sensational book Commercial Directing Voodoo when you sign up. It is only $10 on Amazon. Buy it today and review please. This episode is an hour and a 12 minutes.

Commercial Actor/Director David Lautman Charts His Own Course For Success.

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Whenever he’s shooting a commercial, actor David Lautman spends his time between takes studying every crew member’s job and how she or he does it. This film school by astute observation, combined with his infectious personality has helped David branch into directing. What a great perspective we get from a working actor! David adn chat about writing our own stuff to shoot, doing those Tongal contest spots and the importance of not waiting for the golden ticket. I love that his sketch video YouTube group was called Spoof Troupe. Here’s his current commercial acting demo reel:

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Jordan

Next Bootcamp is August 25th in Santa Monica, and Respect The Process fans a whopping save $50 off my wildly popular Commercial Directing Bootcamp when you sign up before June 1st, 2018 with the coupon RTP. My book Commercial Directing Voodoo is only $10 on Amazon. Buy it today and review please. This episode is an hour and some minutes.

Joeseph Matsushima Tells Us All About Blocker AR Viewfinder App for Filmmakers.

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Joseph Matsushima stopped by to talk about the Blocker AR app. Blocker is an augmented reality director’s viewfinder. It makes it easy for filmmakers to communicate their vision. Place 3D characters on set or in your living room, frame your shots. The website says to then create storyboards to share, but I’ll use it more for previsualization. I tried it and it is badass and in the iTunes store. Here’s the demo:

Thanks Joesph for walking us through the app.

Thanks,

Jordan

Next Bootcamp is August 25th in Santa Monica, and Respect The Process fans a whopping save $50 off my wildly popular Commercial Directing Bootcamp when you sign up before June 1st, 2018 with the coupon RTP. My book Commercial Directing Voodoo is only $10 on Amazon. Buy it today and review please. This episode is 25 minutes. Nexxt Commercial Directing Bootcamp is August 25th, 2018 in Los Angeles. Plan your summer and step up your filmmaking game.

Social Content Creator Demetris Campbell and Doughnut Media Are Crushin’ It.

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Filmmaker Demetris Campbell started shooting with the fabled Fisher-Price PixelVision 2000, an early video camcorder that recorded onto audio cassette tapes. Then his wife got him shooting for her wedding clients. Now Demetris runs Doughnut Media and has gathered a slew of clients. His social videos are top-notch. We also chat about diversity in filmmaking and creating one’s own opportunities, a subject near and dear to my heart.

Mia's Cold Brew: Commercial from Doughnut Media on Vimeo.

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Jordan

Commercial Directing Voodoo is only $10 on Amazon. Buy it today and review please. This episode is one hour and 9 minutes. Nexxt Commercial Directing Bootcamp is August 25th, 2018 in Los Angeles. Plan your summer and step up your filmmaking game. This is the ONLY seminar taught by a working commercial director, and that would be me. Enjoy.

How Self-Taught Filmmaker Robjn Taylor Landed A Quirky Coleman Commercial.”

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Commercial and content director Robjn Taylor has always made films sense he can remember. And that passion is still alive. You hear it in his tone when we talk about career, being a DIY filmmaker, and tricks of the trade. I love how Robjn is finding his voice as a filmmaker and honing that with each spot he makes. Very evident in his work. Check out one of his spots we chat up:

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Jordan

Commercial Directing Voodoo is only $10 on Amazon. Buy it today and review please. This episode is 9 minutes.

How Going Off The Grid Improved My Filmmaking.

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By going off the grid for just 72 hours, I returned with a fresh attitude towards my work. Look folks, I love the hustle and thrive off it, but clearly I needed a reminder that human connection is vital to a rich, fulfilling life. My lovely and talented wife, filmmaker Jeannette Godoy, showed her film “Free 2 Be Me” to open the Esalen Inspirational Film Festival this week. They also screened “I Am Battle Comic”, so that is always fun. But with no cellular service nor internet, we got to reconnect, have meaningful conversations with other filmmakers about their projects, and just chat with total strangers from all walks of life.

It’s easy to get swept away online, and get lost in work, so please take time to be present every now and then, and connect with your fellow humans. 

Enjoy.

Jordan

Commercial Directing Voodoo is only $10 on Amazon. Buy it today and review please. This episode is 9 minutes.

Comedy Directors Matt Enlow & Oren Kaplan School Me On Growing Up Digital.

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Filmmakers Matt Enlow & Oren Kaplan are not a team, they have thriving careers as comedy directors independent of one another. But they do host a stellar podcast all about filmmaking called “Just Shoot It”. I love their show so when they had me on, we decided to share the dual interview. More a conversation really.

Learn about branded content, promos, pitching and working in the digital branded space. It’s a great chat. Check out their sites by clicking on their names. But watch these spots now:,

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Jordan

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How To Make A True Viral Video With Tiny Hamsters And Filmmaker Joseph Matsushima.

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Joseph Matsushima, Co-Founder of Denizen Company, makes true viral hits for big brands like Disney, Warner Bros., Star Wars or just for the fun of it. We chat about his company ethos and how they operate. Check out their work and case studies and soak it up like a sponge. I love how they thought to put Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow on the Pirate of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland and marvel at those tiny burrito eating hamsters.

Check it out, 12 million views:,

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Jordan

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How Copywriters & Art Directors Hire Commercial Directors In The Digital Age With Associate Creative Director Dan Birney.

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I shot a ton of fun Buick work with the talented copywriter Dan Birney and his equally dashing art director/partner Dan Councilor of Engage M1, and together we knocked it out the park. You’ve frequently heard me on the show bless the creatives for coming up with the stuff for us to shoot, and here we dive into how the creative team chooses you shall helm their project.

We also discuss the new age of :06 second “snacks” and shooting both vertical and landscape at the same time with my patent-pending two-headed dragon system. Our work played more on Facebook and Instagram than on Youtube. Interesting times. Check out “New Girl” and “Game Night” star Lamorne Morris in our spots, both formats shot at the same time. Optically, each format is unique cuz, well, I think the subtle diffence makes a difference:,

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Thanks,

Jordan

Commercial Directing Voodoo is only $10 on Amazon. This episode is an hour and 22 minutes.

Director-Copywriter Relationship Explored w Creative Director Pat Pujolas.

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Northlich Creative Director Pat Pujolas is a writer, be it novels,(Jimmy Lagowski Saves the World), jingles, witty commercial copy, or quirky sitcoms and animation. Pat has done it all and done it well. We talk about collaboration, specifically ours working on the Scooter the Neutered Cat spots for givethemten.org to save cat lives.

Pat’s confesses he went insane in a wintery cabin while writing a book, and it’s a barrel of laughs hearing him tell the story. Here’s a spot from my reel that Pat penned:

Daddy’s Lil Girl from Jordan Brady on Vimeo.

Enjoy.

Jordan

This episode last a bit over an hour. Commercial Directing Bootcamp is April 21st and only a few spots are open so do not delay. Thanks. Click to purchase my book, “Commercial Directing Voodoo” on Amazon.

Why I Wrote My Filmmaking Book “Commercial Directing Voodoo”.

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Commercial Directing Voodoo is my first paperback book, really a handbook, packed with valuable tips and filmmaking tricks I’ve learned making commercials for twenty years now. It’s $10 on Amazon and you’ll love it. Free when you attend Commercial Directing Bootcamp, by the way.

It’s meant for you to scribble in and jot down notes during your projects. Hope you like it!

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Jordan

Jordan

This episode is 3 minutes. Commercial Directing Bootcamp is filling up fast for April 21st. Again, this new handbook, “Commercial Directing Voodoo” on Amazon, is free when you attend Bootcamp.
This is an hour and a half. Hey Commercial Directing Bootcamp is April 21st, 2018 in Santa Monica, California. You can’t get what I’m throwing down anywhere else on the planet. Click here for “I Am Battle Comic” dvd’s and digital downloads. Buy it today!