Episode #1

Are you a storyteller? Whether or not you identify as one, if you want to be a successful filmmaker you need to know how to have a full and balanced story with the four pillars firmly in place. Today’s guest has the insight, advice, and software to help you create your most powerful story yet.

Patrick Moreau is the co-founder of StillMotion and founder of the Muse Storytelling process & software. Oh, and he’s also a three-time Emmy award-winning filmmaker. Patrick is passionate about the psychology and art of storytelling and shares his wisdom and insights into what makes for a good story and why it is essential to have a repeatable system that helps you create amazing and impactful stories time and time again. In this episode, Patrick shares some of that knowledge with us, to help us craft better stories, starting with our next project.

We also discuss why it is important to have clarity of purpose with clients and clarity of intention with yourself so that you can avoid unhappy clients and you, yourself, becoming miserable. If you have ever felt frustrated with your clients making tons of changes or losing sight of the story itself than this episode will help start off on the right foot with your clients and avoid these issues altogether.

• Why does story have so much power?
• The importance of psychology in storytelling, and what you need to know
• Identifying the 4 pillars of a story
• The “Muse Storytelling” process and how can it help you craft better stories
• Why is it important to have clarity of purpose with clients
• The importance of having personal keywords and how they can help guide you in business, storytelling, and life
• How community can help you to become a better storyteller and creative

 “It starts with you understanding your own story and what you’re about and what you want to do, then communicating that effectively to connect the right people.” (15:26)

“I deeply started experiencing and understanding the idea that the expectation and experience matter more than the content itself.” (32:51)

“It’s not the questions that I ask you or the lighting or the cameras. It is the interpersonal connection that I create that will determine how strong and powerfully moving our experience is.” (34:25)

“If you always look at the people that have more, or the people that make more, or that are doing work better than you, and you say that’s what you need to be, then you will never be happy and truly won’t live a lot of your life. But, if you go I am doing sh*t that I love now, every day is just so much fuller.” (39:12)

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Episode #2

Have you ever dreamed of booking destination wedding after destination wedding? Maybe you struggle setting prices that you feel are worth your talent and the product you deliver. This week on the podcast, we’re stoked to have our old friend and wedding filmmaker extraordinaire Ray Roman on the show, who just happens to be an expert in…well, pretty much every area of the wedding film industry, but especially destination weddings and the typically dreaded business side of what we do.

For those of you who don’t know of him yet, Ray is widely considered one of the top wedding and event cinematographers in the world. Ray routinely travels the globe documenting weddings for high profile clients and discerning couples, as well as numerous star athletes. Ray has been the official wedding cinematographer for the Trump family, royal weddings and the highly publicized $20 million redwood forest nuptials of social media mogul Sean Parker.

So many wedding videographers struggle to book the type of clients they want, and command the prices they feel their work is worth. Ray shares some of his philosophies on what gear you should be investing in (it’s not where you think!), and what skills you should be building to set yourself apart from the pack.

Ray also offers us a peek inside his mindset when it comes to business, something that so many creatives struggle with, but is definitely one of the big reasons for Ray’s success.

Also, stick around for the end of the episode where you can find out where to catch Ray on his upcoming world workshop tour, a life changing event for many of his attendees!

• Ray shares the hilarious story of the first wedding he ever shot, back when he was still working his day job as a cop.
• The ideal scheduling mindset to avoid the dreaded “Backlog Monster”.
• Why Ray believes women have an advantage over men in this industry, and what men need to focus on to catch up.
• Which mental blocks still hold Ray back today.
• Ray’s philosophy on setting your rates, including coming up with your own “Happy Price”.
• How to get into the destination wedding scene.

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Episode #3

As filmmakers, gear is an essential part of what we do, and while there’s no denying that fact, it’s important to remember that gear isn’t everything. Kraig Adams, a certified gear nut, joins us today and shares how he’s adopting a minimalist mentality when it comes to gear, and the benefits that the switch is having on his workflow.

Kraig is a 25 year old, Brooklyn based filmmaker who, in addition to filming weddings himself, runs the website and Youtube channel Wedding Film School, where he offers tutorials, gear reviews, and teaches wedding filmmaking to others.

Kraig shares how he quickly gained a high end client base, his current minimalist gear setup, and how he got arrested for flying his drone in the city!

• How to fast track your way to finding clients in your local wedding film industry
• Some of the common mistakes Kraig sees beginner filmmakers making
• The challenges presented by filming in a major center like New York, and how Kraig has adapted his – workflow to suit them
• Some important indicators that you should be tweaking your price structure
• The importance of saying “No”

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