Joe Schaefer on Editing Hot Ones and Freelance Filmmaking | The J-Card Podcast

Today’s guest is Joe Schaefer. Joe is a filmmaker, photographer, and video editor based in San Francisco, and someone I go way back with. We met working together at Complex in video production.Since then Joe has worked all over the world shooting and editing content about music, food, sports, and more. He’s also an accomplished photographer, and he even spent time working on Hot Ones.We get into all of that and of course, his mixtape, which is full of true classics. If you have any interest in filmmaking or the behind-the-scenes of how that world actually works, you’ll enjoy this one.More on IG:@maraudr_ https://www.instagram.com/maraudr_Subscribe on YouTubeRue Defense Tape Club x GetMusic Collaboration Tape Music Submissions (NOW OPEN):While our regular quarterly subscriber-only cassette compilation for September is almost ready to go, we’ve partnered with GetMusic to bring our subscribers a special BONUS tape. Now’s a great time to become a paid subscriber, and it’s also a great time for any artists out there to submit their own music to us via this dedicated GetMusic submissions form.GetMusic is a music discovery and promotion service. Artists can provide Bandcamp download codes of their work for music fans to discover and add to their collections. You can find releases on there from J-Card Podcast host Alexei Shishkin and Rue Defense founder Graham W. Bell. Artists can sign up here, the first upload is free.The J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.New episodes drop here and wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching, and if you liked this one, share it with a friend who also might.Created by Alexei ShishkinAssociate Producer: Alivia StonierBooking: Jamie Halliday📬 Subscribe:Subscribe now📲 Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruedefense Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tapeclub.substack.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ruedefenseX: https://x.com/ruedefenseBandcamp: https://ruedefense.bandcamp.comTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tapeclubLinktree: https://linktr.ee/ruedefense🤝 Support / Sponsorship: https://forms.gle/8L4o4yLvX5fQnpAXA 🎶 Submit Music: https://forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2BbgxJA 📩 Contact: [email protected]⏱️ Chapters:00:00 - Intro to Joe Schaefer01:04 - Getting Started at Complex03:29 - How Video Editing Changed09:54 - Complex’s A-List Talent10:17 - Hip Hop DNA Documentary11:16 - Landing the Hot Ones Gig12:28 - Working With Sean Evans16:19 - The Hot Ones Secret Sauce17:12 - Music-Driven Filmmaking19:44 - Storyboarding vs. Vibes21:39 - New York vs. San Francisco24:07 - The Mixtape25:18 - “Slim’s Return” by Madlib29:04 - “Rhymes Like Dimes” by MF DOOM32:34 - “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” by Roy Ayers Ubiquity36:34 - “LITE SPOTS” by KAYTRANADA40:28 - “Zombie” by Fela Kuti44:08 - “Les Fleurs” by Minnie Riperton46:54 - Honorable Mentions49:03 - Game: Blind Ranking55:11 - Plugs & Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe