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Reel Life Podcast Season 1 Episode 6
Episode 06: Jeff Cerulli - Tasteless, Hungry On this episode, New York City based stand-up comedian and documentary filmmaker Jeff Cerulli joins host Dan Napoli to talk about the craft of documentary filmmaking. Jeff shares an unfettered look at creating two of his...
Reel Life Podcast Season 1 Episode 5
SEASON 01, EPISODE 05 - Billy Corben - Director of Cocaine Cowboys: Kings of Miami, Screwball, and ESPN 30 for 30s The U, and Broke On this episode, Dan visits with the immensely talented director Billy Corben really talk shop of documentary filmmaking, while...
Media Management: Six Rules to Prevent Media Loss
“I think it got deleted.” These are the five worst words any producer or director can hear. Production shoots are chaotic and high-energy spaces where things are moving at a million miles an hour. This is especially true for documentaries, live events and sports, or...
Reel Life Podcast Season 1 Episode 4
SEASON 01, EPISODE 04 - Deedle Lacour + Justin Wilson - Filmage: The Story of Descendents / All On this episode, Dan visits with Deedle Lacour and Justin Wilson –two of the four filmmakers who created the documentary Filmage: The Story of Descendents / All. The trio...
Camera to Cloud: Frame.io’s Latest Workflow Innovation
“Shoot, Look, Share.” These are the steps that Michael Cioni, Global Senior Vice President of Innovation at Frame.io, says we all experience when sharing moments of our lives through pictures and video. “We see something interesting, we shoot the picture, we look at...
Reel Life Podcast Season 1 Episode 2
Reel Life Podcast with Dan Napoli - S1 E02 : Scott Crawford Dan visits with Scott Crawford, the director of two incredible music documentaries - Salad Days: 1980-1990: A Decade of Punk In Washington, D.C & Creem: America's Only Rock N' Roll Magazine.Speaker 1...
A Deep Dive into “The Snyder Cut”
Ah, the “Snyder Cut.” Originally, this blog post was going to cover a more macro event in the industry—that was, AT&T/Warner Bros decision to disrupt the standard path of theatrical releases for 2021 by going directly to HBOMax subscribers, and the fallout and...
Reel Life Podcast Season 1 Episode 1
The Reel Life Podcast with Dan NapoliSEASON 01, EPISODE 01 Director Taylor Morden The Last Blockbuster / Pick It Up: Ska In the ‘90s Today’s guest is Oregon based filmmaker Taylor Morden. Taylor’s released two films in the last two years. Pick It Up: Ska in the 90s,...
The Bitter Sweet Side of Upgrading to the Sony FX9
I remember the last time I bought a new car. Not a “new” new car, but new to me. Of course, there was the excitement of a new driving experience and getting a car with a few upgrades. The first few days of ownership, I was trying to find any excuse to drive. “We need...