What’s Your Reel?: Recent Episodes
What’s Your Reel?
What’s your reel is a podcast where we interview with industry-leading creatives to learn their story about who they are, how they got there and where they want to go.
Will is a filmmaker out of Burlington Vermont with a background in narrative and documentary filmmaking.
Tom Preska is a High School Film Teacher. He grew up on a farm, but moved away to venture out on his own to pursue a career in Art. He shares how he got started in art school and how he built his career in art education. In this podcast Tom shares memories of the 50 hour film content and the direction of the film class in Essex and photography as a hobby and craft in this day and age where everything is easy to capture, publicly posted, and easily accessible. Towards the end of this episode he shares the pros and cons of this career choice, managing family and relationships especially during the beginning of the pandemic.
Watch the interview on YouTube https://youtu.be/I-6xslxkj00
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Dale is a filmmaker who spent time shooting professional supercross and now fills his time shooting motocross and weddings when he’s not working as a dairy farmer in Vermont. Dale went to the boot camp of film school (Full Sail) in Florida to learn his chops. Growing up shooting videos with his buddies he really knew nothing about the industry before jumping in. We talk about the lessons learned from college, all night labs, and the feasibility of self teaching yourself video. Life as a freelance filmmaker in Vermont can be diverse. Dale grows sweet corn, does cow vet work, dairy farm management, for the family farm. He’s passionate about bringing the camera on the farm and sharing what happens on a modern dairy farm.
Dale's Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0of798hWRKZLgl-kpKFJjw
Watch the interview https://youtu.be/7nO2wmNP9vE
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In this episode we chat with Mel about what it takes to be a voice artist. From starting out stuttering with a lisp to landing voice projects all over the globe he shares his story about how he’s making it in the creative field. We are introducing you to Mel Allen a voice over artist, radio host, podcaster and father. He went to school for art and psychology but found his passion was using his voice and working behind the mic. You can bet this is by far the best sounding guest we’ve had on the show!
Mel's Website https://therealvoice.com
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Watch the Interview on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMdChuijQKVCWiTpQ7OgHNQ
Jack shoots commercial videos for top brands based out of Vermont working for Driven Studios. These include familiar names like Burton, Ben and Jerry’s, Cabot & Seventh Generation. He shares what he does as a director of photography and how he works with his team.
In this episode Jack shares the benefits of working for a production company as opposed to doing freelance video, and shares a few stories of how filmmaking provided him travel opportunities while staying based in Vermont.
Jack’s Website http://www.jackwhitneyvisual.com/
Jack’s IG https://www.instagram.com/jackwhitvt
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Sarah handles the communications, advertising, social media and graphics for Essex Alliance Church. In this episode we sit down and learn how she got into this role and developed her career. We talk about everything from demographics, logistics, and how she develops her graphical skills. Sarah has also been a part of the worship team at her church for many years and she talks about her experiences on leading worship for the congregation especially during the pandemic.
Jo Lord is a two-time Emmy winning motion graphics artist based out of Burlington, Vermont who grew up in Maine teaching himself motion graphics as a teen and quickly scored international clients. He now dabbles in all forms of content creation including videography and photography.
Jo had a goal in college while attending The Savannah College of Art and Design to create work where millions of people would see it, in this episode he shares how he landed the job working in New York City for The Today Show.
Jo shares his tips on negotiation, pricing and how he's landed big gigs and prices the value of his content creation work.
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This episode we meet with Brady Bessette, a filmmaker, photographer, and (now) lighting guru. Join the conversation as we learn his background and how he got started in video. We had this conversation just before his YouTube channel really took off and we talked about how he was finding business as an independent.
Checkout Brady’s Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/BradyBessette
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Work with us at https://sixfivefilms.com or https://sparetimevideo.com
Watch the interview on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMdChuijQKVCWiTpQ7OgHNQ
In episode 3 we chat with Chad and Tyler Sowards of Mass Anthem now PUNCH PARADE! Musicians that started out as worship leaders now living in Nashville and pursuing the music dream as a Pop band. We learn about how they got started in music, how they do it full time and where they want to go in the music space.
Listen to Punch Parade on Spotify!
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4bcQd...
https://www.punchparade.com/
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMdChuijQKVCWiTpQ7OgHNQ
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In this episode we sit down with Levi Smith. He's a worship leader, photographer and filmmaker. We nailed him down literally hours before moving. Welcome to episode 2. With Levi we talk about setting up remote locations for church services, finding creativity, and tracking energy levels to refine when he can be the most productive. Levi shares some great tips like how to be a great communicator, using film as ministry and addressing not using what you majored in.
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMdChuijQKVCWiTpQ7OgHNQ
Our first guest on the show is Trevor Contois! In Ep1 we talk with Trevor about creating music for video games, achieving higher education without going to college, and how to manage a busy schedule using a pie chart. Trevor is an incredible music producer who has taken his education in his own hands and uses his skills to teach others how to play instruments and make beautiful audio art and not just play the old classics nobody knows.
Work with us at https://sixfivefilms.com or https://sparetimevideo.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMdChuijQKVCWiTpQ7OgHNQ