Reframed The Podcast

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"Reframed" is a show that helps growing filmmakers learn from the creators behind inspiring new work, offering real insights, practical tools, and a stronger sense of connection within the film community.

  1. A Student Film That Looks Like a High End Commercial - Leon Liehr

    30 APR

    A Student Film That Looks Like a High End Commercial - Leon Liehr

    ▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/3QFEmUS▶ About This Episode:Director Leon Liehr joins Dylan Hahn to break down a spec commercial featuring Headspace that was made as a student project. Leon shares how a small team used location choices, practical effects, and VFX to create the illusion of ceilings closing in, all within a three-day shoot. They talk through previs, lighting strategy, in-camera solutions, and the process of aligning a spec piece closely enough to a real brand that it gets their attention.

    53 min
  2. How Young Replicant Shoots Music Videos

    25 APR

    How Young Replicant Shoots Music Videos

    ▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/4tywEKA▶ About This Episode:Director Alex Takacs returns to break down his music video Brush Me Like a Horse, a simple but striking concept built around a man running on a treadmill over a cliff. Alex shares how the idea expanded into a full world through production design, performance, and careful visual choices. They get into the realities of the shoot, including difficult locations, rattlesnakes on set, a broken treadmill, corrupted footage, and a last minute pickup shot that brought the piece together. It is a conversation about problem solving, trusting your instincts, and finding a way to finish the project when things go wrong.

    56 min
  3. How Morgan Le Faucheur Shot This on an iPhone

    16 APR

    How Morgan Le Faucheur Shot This on an iPhone

    ▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/3ODQSU9▶ About This Episode:Director Morgan Le Faucheur joins Dylan Hahn to break down his cycling campaign and the detailed process behind creating a high-end commercial look with limited resources. Morgan explains how he developed the treatment, pitched the idea in person, and used a combination of moto crane, drone, handheld camera, and practical lighting to build a strong black and white visual language. They discuss multiplying riders with subtle VFX, mixing stabilized and imperfect movement to preserve energy, and even capturing product shots using an iPhone with the Blackmagic app. The conversation also explores the balance between craft and new tools like AI, and why strong ideas still matter most when trying to stand out as an independent filmmaker.

    45 min
  4. How Scott Secco Makes Small Budgets Look High-End

    10 APR

    How Scott Secco Makes Small Budgets Look High-End

    ▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/4cg6MMh ▶ About This Episode: Director Scott Sacco joins Dylan Hahn to break down his Outdoor Research film Moments, a five-day shoot across British Columbia built with small crews, lightweight rigs, and a practical approach to getting cinematic images in remote locations. Scott shares how he balances directing, shooting, and editing his own work, how improvised rigs help create dynamic shots, and why flexibility in the field often leads to stronger ideas. They talk ultrawide lenses, POV camera setups, location strategy, shaping natural performances, and the ongoing challenge of making resourceful productions feel bigger than they are.

    32 min
  5. Creating a Video Game World in Real Life with Oscar Hudson

    1 APR

    Creating a Video Game World in Real Life with Oscar Hudson

    ▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/4v2Bn8H▶ About This Episode:Director Oscar Hudson joins Dylan Hahn to break down his Coinbase campaign created for the Oscars, a project that builds a believable video game world almost entirely through practical techniques. Oscar explains how the team translated digital logic into physical design using printed textures, flattened costumes, miniature environments, and carefully controlled camera movement to create an uncanny game-like reality in camera. They discuss the isometric camera language, materials testing process, choreography inspired by NPC movement, and how simple physical solutions helped achieve complex visual ideas without relying heavily on CG.

    50 min
  6. How Cinematographers Light for Black and White - Cyan Mariani

    24 MAR

    How Cinematographers Light for Black and White - Cyan Mariani

    ▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/4c1YKHR▶ About This Episode:Cinematographer Cyan Mariani joins Dylan Hahn to break down the bold black-and-white music video that’s been gaining attention online. Cyan shares how he created striking contrast with minimal lighting setups, balanced hard and soft sources through a single window, and unified footage from four different cameras using film scans. They also get into working fast with limited resources, adapting when locations fell through, and how constraints helped shape the final look of the piece.

    43 min
  7. How to Shoot for The North Face

    17 MAR

    How to Shoot for The North Face

    ▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/478c22O▶ About This Episode:Cinematographer Patrick Pickler joins Dylan Hahn to break down his North Face commercial, shot high up in the mountains on glaciers near France. They go shot-by-shot through the film, explaining what was actually filmed on location versus what was built later in a studio. Patrick shares how they carried full camera setups up the mountain, shot on 35mm in extreme weather, and used tools like thermal cameras, miniatures, and motion control to pull off specific shots, all in pursuit of images that could only exist somewhere between the real world and something imagined.

    44 min
  8. What Enabled This Ridiculous Shot - Rowan Biddiscombe

    9 MAR

    What Enabled This Ridiculous Shot - Rowan Biddiscombe

    ▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/3Ns61qW ▶ About This Episode:Cinematographer Rowan Biddiscombe and Dylan Hahn break down the viral shot from his latest commercial for Ardbeg Whiskey. They reveal the unconventional lens, Steadicam work, and blend of practical effects and VFX that brought the image to life. Rowan shares how the team tackled shooting in remote natural locations with a small crew, the meticulous prep behind technically ambitious shots, and the tiny details filmmakers obsess over but audiences rarely notice. It’s a conversation about craft, problem solving, and why showing the real process behind an image matters more than ever in an era where viewers increasingly assume everything is AI.

    36 min
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"Reframed" is a show that helps growing filmmakers learn from the creators behind inspiring new work, offering real insights, practical tools, and a stronger sense of connection within the film community.

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  • Creator
    Frame Set
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    43
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Frame Set
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    Reframed The Podcast

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