Alex and Brandon talk about lighting, clients, and the quality of movies with robes.

Episode 005 | Take Off Your Robe

Alex & Brandon talk about magic hour, script writing, & their latest short film project Kill Game.

Episode 016 | Kill Game Movie

Filmmakers Alex & Brandon chat with Kyle Ebersole about design, creative process, and princesses.

Episode 017 | Design Grind

Filmmakers Alex, Brandon, and Adam chat with Audio Network about music for film production.

Episode 018 | Audio Network

Filmmakers Brandon & Adam geek-out on audio with Sennheiser talking AVX wireless, polar patters, and Chris the rep weighs in on the superhero debate.

Episode 024 | Sennheiser

Filmmakers Alex & Brandon talk about their experience filming their short Kill Game, Star wars, and The Hateful Eight. 

Episode 029 | Don't Call It A Comeback

Filmmakers Alex and Brandon talk about filmmaking in Kenya and breakdown The Revenant vs Hateful Eight.

Episode 030 | Kenya

Filmmakers Alex & Brandon talk about filmmaking in the Philippines, Bomba films, and Oscar noms or snubs.

Episode 031 | Philippines

Filmmakers Alex & Brandon talk with producer Sara Hine about what it means to produce and how to break into the business.

Episode 035 | Who Needs A Producer? (E)

Filmmakers Alex & Brandon talk with Art Director Laura Linville about set life, strange requests, and how to work in the art department.

Episode 036 | That One Time...In The Art Dept... (E)

Alex & Brandon hit the NAB show floor and see what they can find on opening day.

Episode 043 | NAB Day 1

Alex & Brandon sip on 1792 bourbon & talk about living and working as a filmmaker in New York with DP Angus Oborn.

Thanks to our May podcast partner Cineo Lighting. Find out more about there LED lighting systems at http://www.cineolighting.com

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Episode 046 | The Big Apple

Brandon welcomes freelancer and slack group member Josh Emerson to the show and call's in Victor from Benro USA, manufacturer of tripods and other film gear.

Episode 060 | Benro Let's Go

Alex talks with Brandon Heiss from Westcott. He learns about new products and announces an awesome FDB Giveaway! To learn more about Westcott, visit fjwestcott.com.

Episode 066 | Westcott - Light It Up!

Brandon is back! Well at least for this week. The guys catch up before Brandon leaves for a Mexican adventure.

Episode 067 | Tequila Sunrise

Alex chats with gaffer Brian Whitlock about the what goes into lighting different types of projects. Last chance to enter the October FDB Giveaway!

Episode 068 | What is a Gaffer?

In our first contributor episode, Wes Langdon brings David Dietrich on to talk prepping for a feature, the 'state' of L.A., and being a one man band.

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Episode 071 | Westside Connection

Brandon and Alex reunite to catch up on everything from show and project partnerships to joining the union.

Episode 073 | Unions and Partnerships

Brandon chats with Bart van der Zee from Sound Images about going out and just starting your career, the pimping of social causes, new gear, and why he's not drinking bourbon.

Episode 076 | About Starting

Katie Dwertman joins Brandon and Alex to talk about growing up in a film family, separation of art and self, swingers, local stigma, and achieving a work-life harmony.

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Episode 082 | Bathtubs and Bourbon

Sound mixer Geoff Maxwell and iZotope's Geoff Manchester join Brandon and Adam to chat about audio - from capture through post-production and how one affects the other.

Episode 092 | The iZotope Hope

Touring musician Clint Wells joins Frank and Adam Clevenger to talk Metallica, horror films, and the pros/cons of binge watching. Then Adam turns the page by revealing the sad but true horror stories and lessons learned while making his first feature film.

Episode 107 | Fade to Black

Brandon has a moment of clarity and makes a shocking announcement to Alex. They look back on their first episode and favorite moments together while Alex, Frank, Michael, and an email reviewer pepper in plenty of Brandon-burns.

Episode 108 | What More Can I Say?

Happy New Year! Alex and Frank reconnect to discuss some of their goals for 2018, as well as a few from our Slack group.

Episode 110 | New Year, New Goals

Google's new voice-rendering AI network, Tacotron 2 is here; and it's a bit scary. Adam Pleiman joins Alex and Frank to discuss this and its potential affects on film and audio post-production.

Episode 111 | Tacotron 2

Director Brad Golowin is back in the booth, but this time we're drinking Brandy while discussing music video production; from shooting on anamorphics to creating treatments, finding the perfect budget, trick shots, and re-purposing old footage.

Episode 117 | Drinking Brandy

Filmmaker and Marine Sgt. Conner Robbins joins from Afghanistan, talking to Alex and Frank about going above and beyond to take the best shot as a combat videographer, as well as the gear required.

Photo by Sgt. Conner Robbins

The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

Episode 118 | Take Your Best Shot

Stunt performer and actor McKay Stewart talks stunts, covering what's considered stunt work, safety on set, training, delivering the best bang for their buck, coverage and editing choices for fight scenes, as well as what it means to eat s*** and sell-out.

Episode 119 | Eat S*** and Sell-Out

Alex and Frank take a break from work to reconnect over some brand new Bourbon - chatting about recent projects and shootin' the bull on Atlas Orion anamorphics, stunt robots, and new TV's - plus Alex has a cow.

Episode 120 | Shootin' the Bull

1st AC and Camera Op Amy Faust joins Alex and Frank - chatting about eating your young, film school, what's expected of an AC, turning a knob for a living, and why B cam is often harder than A cam.

Episode 121 | Turning Knobs

Frank discusses a compact, go-to kit that he uses for simpler talking head shoots, Alex goes over how he handles potential booking conflicts, and they both talk Star Wars.

Episode 122 | Simple Shoot Setup

Alex invites gaffer Brian Whitlock back on the show, and Frank dives deep into their gear choices and reasoning behind the lighting and shooting plan for a John Frieda project.

Episode 123 | John Frieda Lighting Breakdown

Brandon Faris is back in the booth with Alex and Frank - covering casting and directing a John Frieda project, believing the hype, fighting the resistance to win the day, buying trophies, and why gear doesn't matter anymore. Plus, could the superhero debate be over?

Episode 124 | Winning the Day

Frank returns from France to share some Cognac with Alex as they chat about Point Blank, Obama, Gwynne Sound's remodel, Alex's name, and where FDB went.

Episode 125 | Gone Missing

Frank and Alex go dark and chat about a killer camera, controversy on Vimeo, robots, AI, and the VR revolution.

Episode 126 | Death of Cinema

Filmmakers Drinking Bourbon is an entertaining podcast hosted by working filmmakers Alexander Elkins and Frank Steele. Every week the guys review a different bourbon then answer the questions: What have you been watching? What are you working on? What are you excited about?

The hosts feature an impressive list of industry leading special guests who regularly giveaway gear and swag bags.

If you enjoy filmmaker talk about cinematography, producing, directing, gear, project breakdowns, movie banter, cameras, and all things video production, pour a glass and join the conversation.

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