Make Better Wedding Films Ben Journee

Entering the luxury market is both an elusive and enticing goal for many filmmakers, but the road to get there involves unlearning a lot of what we’ve known to be true in our careers so far. On today’s show, Taylor and Kelly from the Level Up Co are popping the hood on the luxury wedding film market and sharing their secrets on how to build the business of your dreams.



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The Road to Luxury - free workshop happening June 5-7 (in the US) 

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Live videos happening at 10am PT, replays available until 6/13



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You, my friend are a beautiful, wonderful artist. A pure creative at heart. But you’re also a business owner and often those two modes of operating can so often get confused and get in the way of one another, so on today’s show, I’m talking with Daren Smith on the concept of cultivating a creative business mindset and how we can build the systems that support that. 

Download a free copy of Daren's book:https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ju94i4tev5utp3/Craftsman%20Creative%20PDF%20epub%20mobi.zip?dl=0Other links mentioned in the show:scorecard.craftsmancreative.coworkshops.craftsmancreative.co

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2023 as seen a flood of interest around the advancements and capabilities of A.I. technology, and things seem to be changing by the day. In fact, mere hours after this interview was recorded, news dropped about a Premiere Pro plugin that could do some of the things we were speculating about in this discussion.

On today’s show Narrative CEO and founder James Broadbent and I sit down to discuss the potential future of A.I.s role in video editing, we talk about how these software’s and machine learning models are made, the difference between predictive and generative A.I.s and about the very nature of creativity and creative authorship itself. 



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This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE



This episode is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/ 

The longer you’re in this line of work, the business of capturing people and moments on camera, the more you realise that the craft is more in the people than in the camera.

Connecting with, empathising with and falling in love with your subjects is the only way to truly make work that resonates and stands the test of time.

On today’s show, I’m sitting down with Andrea and Eugene from The Drakes to hear how they obsess over the process of connecting with their couples and how this allows them to create the unique and award winning films they are known for.

As Annie Leibovitz puts it “A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.” 



https://www.wearethedrakes.com/

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This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE



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The more we develop our careers, our techniques, our craft, it’s easy to focus on flashy visuals and cinematography and loose sight of the real reason people are willing to spend their hard earned money on a wedding film.

On today’s show, Riccardo Fasoli shares his wisdom on creative expression, staying authentic to ourselves and reminds us of an important perspective that is all too often forgotten. What if it was your wedding? What would you want to see?

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Want to see Riccardo Fasoli in the flesh? As of the release of this podcast you've got just a few more days to grab a ticket for Lonely Hearts Film Camp!!!! Don't miss out on the chance to hear from, hang out with and learn from the best in the biz! 

Last 5 tickets available here:  https://www.lonelyheartsfilmcamp.co/

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This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE



This episode is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/ 

Another year, another season of the MBWF podcast! This year I’ve got the Aussie duo we all know and love @bottlebrush films joining me back on the airwaves on a regular basis and we’re kicking off the year with a bit of reflection, some predictions and some hopes for what wedding films might look like in 2023 and beyond.

List of filmmakers mentioned in today's show: Henry Martens, House on the Clouds, Unique Wedding, Artem Korchagin, Jackson Grant, Films by Madeline, Kreativ Wedding

✨ Lonely Hearts Film Camp ✨

Make sure you guys grab the last few tickets that are left!

Don't miss this incredible line up ft.

Riccardo Fasoli

Dear Vincent

The Costa Sisters

Tim Whiting

Dave Le Page

Rick Liston

White in Revery

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This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE

This episode is sponsored by FilmConvert - Take the guess work out of colour correction and grading with FilmConvert Nitrate and CineMatch. Get 10% off when you use the promo code MBWF10: https://www.filmconvert.com/purchase/?promoCode=MBWF10