Welcome back to Department Spotlight! In this episode, we continue our scroll down r/Filmmakers on Reddit, answering any questions we feel we can tackle! Want more filmmaking-related questions and answers? Don't forget to go back and check out part 1. If you'd like to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

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r/Filmmakers - FILMMAKERS answer questions from on REDDIT Pt.2 | Department Spotlight

Welcome back to Department Spotlight! In this episode, we cover a multitude of departments as we scroll down r/Filmmakers on Reddit and answer any questions that we feel we can tackle. If you'd like to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Filmmakers answer questions from r/Filmmakers on Reddit Pt.1 | Department Spotlight

This episode we talk business! We talk all about starting and running a production company. We share advice and tips on making corporate videos, growing your name, connections, client relations and more! If you'd like to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Running a PRODUCTION COMPANY | Department Spotlight

In this podcast, we tackle the "boring" stuff - the admin, the hidden considerations - BUT, it's definitely not boring and very, very essential stuff to consider when making your short film! We talk about catering, hidden costs, finding a crew, (we also go on a funny tangent about absurd riders), and caring for your cast and crew! If you'd like to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

HIDDEN COSTS when making a SHORT FILM | Department Spotlight

In this episode of Department Spotlight, we carry on answering the questions we found in an article called "10 Questions to Get Film Lovers Arguing" by James Cateridge as a part of the "Dummies" brand. Do you have your own takes on these topics? Leave them down in the comments below! Check out the article: https://www.dummies.com/art-center/performing-arts/filmmaking/10-questions-to-get-film-lovers-arguing/ If you'd like to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Film Lovers Questions for Dummies Pt.2 | Department Spotlight

In this episode of Department Spotlight, we thought it'd be fun to go through an article we found called "10 Questions to Get Film Lovers Arguing" by James Cateridge as a part of the "Dummies" brand. Sounds like the perfect questions for a podcast with a buncha dummies, right? In fact, we enjoyed it so much that this is part 1 of 2 podcasts covering our answers to these questions. If you'd like to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Film Lovers Questions for Dummies Pt.1 | Department Spotlight

In this episode - Jaco, Mark, and Kyllian head back to the cinema! They discuss going back to the cinemas, the effect of the pandemic on the industry, and how the relationship between cinema releases and streaming has become even further intertwined. Disclosure - this was recorded before the third wave of coronavirus hit particularly hard in South Africa. Please, please stay safe out there, folks! If you'd like to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Cinemas and Streaming - Movies during the Pandemic

In this episode, we have Pieter Du Plessis on the podcast! He's finished up his first feature film 'Dust' - so we go into its creation, and its tumultuous release due to the pandemic. Lots of great insights into making a feature film. Follow Pieter: https://www.instagram.com/pgdejonge/ https://twitter.com/PGdeJonge. If you'd like, to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Pieter Du Plessis - Making His FIRST FEATURE FILM - DUST | Department Spotlight

Jaco got injured in a robbery! So, in this episode of Department Spotlight, Jaco explains what happened, and we thought that we'd take this as a chance to go over safety on set. Then we go into other topics such as getting locations for your short film, and corporate video making. If you'd like, to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Safety on Set, Locations, and Corporate Videos / Jaco got INJURED?! | Department Spotlight

In this episode of Department Spotlight, we're trying out a new format! We moved our setup to a couch-y situation, let us know what you think of it. In this episode, we started off with the goal to talk about the conception of ideas, to words on a page, to visuals on the screen, but we ended up going on interesting tangents. These tangents include the responsibility of screenwriters when writing stories based on historical events and biopics. If you'd like, to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Adapting real-life events & Writing for the Screen | Department Spotlight

In this episode, we carry on our conversation with SUPP founder Lydia Stander. We chat all about the great tools for collaboration that are available to filmmakers on the platform, future goals for the platform, and their very own film festival - Afterlife Film Festival. Check out SUPP here: https://www.supp.co.za And check out the Afterlife Film Festival here: https://www.afterlife.film. If you'd like, to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

SUPP.co.za - Collaboration Tools & Afterlife Film Festival

Some of you may be wondering where you can find our short films. Well, they are up on the brilliant, exciting, and new platform SUPP! In today's episode, we talk to Lydia Stander - the founder of SUPP - about what exactly SUPP is, why it was created, how it works, and why you should upload your film to SUPP! If you'd like, to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Get paid for your Short Films - Supp.co.za

Today we talk to Sans Moonsamy, an established South Africa Actor, Comedian, Director, Writer, who has been running Sandman productions for the last 20 years. He tells us all about his directing debut as well as how he's been doing projects during covid and his outlook to the future! If you'd like, to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Directing & Producing with Sans Moonsamy [PART 2] | Department Spotlight

Today we talk to Sans Moonsamy, an established South Africa Actor, Comedian, Director, Writer, who has been running Sandman productions for the last 20 years. He tells us all about his early experiences in the industry and how one project lead to another and eventually landed him some of the best and genuinely funny roles that has performed very well commercially. If you'd like, to see more from us, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures or visit our website at www.loopedpictures.com

Sans Moonsamy [PART 1] | Department Spotlight

In part 2 of our talk with Evan Wigdorowitz, an up and coming director/writer originally from Johannesburg, but now living in Cape Town. He explains his process from the writing stage through to post production. He also explains why he sees editing more like a conversation than a technical job. Follow Evan in instagram: @evanwigdorowitz. If you'd like, to see the films we make, feel free to check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/LoopedPictures

From Writing to Mastering, Evan Wigdorowitz's process | Department Spotlight [PART 2]

In this show, we talk to our film making collaborators and friends about their experiences working on our Looped Pictures 6ShortsIn6Weeks project, as well as in the South African Film industry and gain some insight into how to be a short film maker.

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