Video Chats with The Vidacademy

Judie Russell

Video is the hot topic of this decade. With the advancement of mobile phone cameras and the popularity of apps like TikTok, there is a whole new frontier for reaching people who we normally would find it hard to connect with. In these episodes, Judie Russell speaks to people who use video to spread their messages. Nahla Summers is an adventurer who breaks records to raise awareness around kindness and uses videos to amplify her journey. Tadhg Hickey is an actor and comedian who has exploded on Twitter by making funny and easy to digest videos on complex topics. Hilary Rose is an actor who creates self-tapes to land roles on award-winning films and TV shows and Gina London is a former CNN anchor who has seamlessly transitioned from high-cost studio-based productions to a self-made home studio and mobile camera. Each person has a wealth of knowledge to share with any aspiring or professional videos makers in today's rapidly changing environment. To watch the video version of these podcasts, visit: https://www.thevidacademy.com/vlog Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

  1. 02/01/2022

    Truthful Videos with Hilary Rose

    Hilary Rose is an Irish actress and writer. She is best known for her portrayal of Mairéad MacSweeney in The Young Offenders franchise, including the 2016 feature film and its subsequent television series, which commenced in 2018. In this interview Judie speaks to Hilary about her life as an actor, filming self-tapes for casting directors, imposter syndrome and her blog about living wild and free in our modern world. Here are three key takeaways: 1. The Self-Tape Set-Up:As an actress, filming self-tapes are a big part of Hilary’s life. “Nowadays before you even get in the door to do an audition face to face with somebody, you do a self-tape first.” Hilary started out filming with her laptop camera however more recently she has upgraded to the iPhone 13, two softbox lights and she always makes sure her background is neutral. While casting directors and directors can somewhat see-through poor quality self-tapes, they do have some expectations for the auditionees. 2. Imposter Syndrome:Imposter syndrome is ubiquitous. Even the most confident among us can still feel the burden of a bad day or lack confidence when we need it most. Hilary too struggled from imposter syndrome and to her, this was a signal that she wasn’t “going in the right direction”. Hilary used to put a lot of weight on her career but now, she has realigned her values. While she takes her job seriously, she now treats her roles with fun, and she tries not to take herself too seriously. “I think the second you stop taking yourself seriously, you kinda drop all those negative expectations almost of yourself.” 3. Self-connection and frequencies:In 2020, Hilary had created her blog website called “Live Wild” - https://bit.ly/TheVidLiveWild. Hilary shares that she has a whole other side to her that is very deep and holistic where she loves to go “barefoot walking in the woods” and “sea swimming”. As humans, we all naturally strive to connect and Hilary understood that people were craving this connection, however, not from an external force. For her, “the blog was all about self-connection, like connecting deeply within oneself”, where people are looking for connection deep within themselves rather than externally. “What you emanate from yourself is a frequency and when other people match that frequency you are drawn together quite a bit” For Hilary “the frequency of love is the highest frequency that one can attain” and as sovereign beings, we have the choice to change our frequencies whenever we want. _______________ Explore Hilary’s blog Live Wild. https://bit.ly/TheVidLiveWild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Video is the hot topic of this decade. With the advancement of mobile phone cameras and the popularity of apps like TikTok, there is a whole new frontier for reaching people who we normally would find it hard to connect with. In these episodes, Judie Russell speaks to people who use video to spread their messages. Nahla Summers is an adventurer who breaks records to raise awareness around kindness and uses videos to amplify her journey. Tadhg Hickey is an actor and comedian who has exploded on Twitter by making funny and easy to digest videos on complex topics. Hilary Rose is an actor who creates self-tapes to land roles on award-winning films and TV shows and Gina London is a former CNN anchor who has seamlessly transitioned from high-cost studio-based productions to a self-made home studio and mobile camera. Each person has a wealth of knowledge to share with any aspiring or professional videos makers in today's rapidly changing environment. To watch the video version of these podcasts, visit: https://www.thevidacademy.com/vlog Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.