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Inspire Design Create with David Lee — 100 episodes

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8 Out of 10: How One Cold Lead Became a Real Client (Using the Scoring Rubric) | Ep.203

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Stop Wasting Time on Dead-End Leads: A 0-10 Client Scoring System | Ep. 202

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How Reference Pillars Kill Scope Creep on Client Shoots | Ep.201

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How I Sold a 13-Year-Old Gym on a 90-Second Brand Film | Ep.200

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The Pre-Production Tool That Killed My Guesswork on Set | Ep. 199

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Sony FX5 Is Here: Should You Actually Upgrade? | Ep.198

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9 Years, 6 Sony Cameras: What Actually Gets You Hired | Ep.197

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Sony FX5 Leak: 5K Open-Gate & Venice Sensor — Is This the One? | Ep.196

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Build a DP Reel That Actually Books Jobs (60 Seconds Is All You Need) | EP. 195

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EPISODE 194: From Imposter to DP - How I Conquered Self-Doubt on a Kobalt Campaign

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EPISODE 193: What I Feared MOST As An Early DP

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EPISODE 192: Health Is Not Over-rated

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EPISODE 191: Work Life Balance A Thing?

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EPISODE 190: YEAR END REVIEW 2025

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EPISODE 189: Sony A7V - Five Years Too Late?

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EPISODE 188: Staying with Sony BUT...

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EPISODE 187: Starting Over In Business

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EPISODE 186: Kofi Yeboah

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EPISODE 185: They Wanted Mini LF, I Hated It

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EPISODE 184: Cancelation Policies? ABSOLUTELY!

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EPISODE 183: Founder Jamie Maitland

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EPISODE 182: Director Matt Garvin

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EPISODE 181: Mid Year Review

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EPISODE 180: Director Sabine Kahwaji

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EPISODE 179: Content CEO Roger Rojas

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EPISODE 178: Creator Anson and Co

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EPISODE 177: Director Sarah Hays

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EPISODE 176: Cinematographer Jason Anthony

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EPISODE 175: Producer April Mendoza

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EPISODE 174: When Clients DON'T PAY...

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EPISODE 173: Tariffs...Let's Talk About It

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EPISODE 172: Small Business's THINK SMALL, Switch Their Perspectives!

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EPISODE 171: AI Tools Cost What?!

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EPISODE 170: Wishlist for 2025

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EPISODE 169: Course Reopen FREE

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EPISDOE 168: Set A Light 3D

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EPISODE 167: Diminishing Returns

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EPISODE 166: Create Compelling Stories Course Is Out!

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EPISODE 165: Retainers Revisited

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EPISODE 164: Passion Projects - Has Your Passion Died Out?

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EPISODE 163: Do Clients Care About Quality???

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EPISODE 162: Rates in 2024 - IATSE

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EPISODE 161: Pros & Cons - Working Direct to Client

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EPISODE 160: They Wanted A TVC...

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EPISODE 159: Camera to Cloud Experience

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EPISODE 158: New Camera, Sort Of

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EPISODE 157: Fake It Til You Make It

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EPISODE 156: Start Positioning Your Services

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EPISODE 155: I Made This Netflix Quality....

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EPISODE 154: Your Network Is WHERE You Work

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EPISODE 153: Why Shooting Coverage Matters

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EPISODE 152: Is Everyone Leaving YouTube?

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EPISODE 151: Awkward Moments On Set

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EPISODE 150: A Case for Hard Light

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EPISODE 149: GEAR SESSIONS - CRD BAGS

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EPISODE 148 - Time to Renegotiate Rates

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EPISODE 147: BUY, KEEP, SELL...

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EPISODE 146: YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE IN 2024

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EPISODE 145: YEAR IN REVIEW 2023

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EPISODE 144: FIGHTING THE FLATNESS - NIGHT INTERIORS

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EPISODE 143: TOOLS FOR SUCCESS, NOT GEAR RELATED

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EPISODE 142: HOW AI WILL CHANGE THE INDUSTRY

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EPISODE 141: SELLING THE KOMODO

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EPISODE 140: ART VS GETTING PAID

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EPISODE 139: AFRAID OF BEING UNDERCUT???

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EPISODE 138: PRICING YOUR RENTALS

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EPISODE 137: ARE LIGHT METERS RELEVANT???

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EPISODE 136: THE CREATOR FILM FOOLED US...

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EPISODE 135: SMALLHD OR ATOMOS MONITORS???

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EPISODE 134: GEAR SESSIONS - NANUK CASES

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EPISODE 133: PLEASE CALIBRATE YOUR MONITORS...

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EPISODE 132: HALF VS FULL DAY RATES

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EPISODE 131: UNION VS NON-UNION JOBS

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EPISODE 130: LOWER ISO FOR NIGHT SHOOTS

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EPISODE 129: LOW BUDGET FILMMAKING, DON’T FALL FOR IT!

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EPISODE 128: THE ROI ON EQUIPMENT

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EPISODE 127: HDR WITHOUT THE HDR?!?!

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EPISODE 126: GEAR SESSIONS - WALL SPREADERS

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EPISODE 125: MATCHING SONY FX AND ALPHA CAMERAS

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EPISODE 124: SHOOT FOR THE EDIT - FIGHT SCENES

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EPISODE 123: LIGHTING 2 CAMERA DIALOGUE

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EPISODE 122: IT’S NEVER BEEN BETTER

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EPISODE 121: WHERE AM I?!?!

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EPISODE 120: BREAKDOWN - PLAYMAKERLIFE

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EPISODE 119: VIRTUAL PRODUCTION 101

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EPISODE 118: ALL ABOUT BRANDED DOCS WITH STORY OVER EVERYTHING

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EPISODE 117: DO WE NEED THAT PERSON HERE???

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EPISODE 116: NETWORKING IN 2023

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EPISODE 115: EOY REVIEW

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EPISODE 114: 3 TIPS FOR WORKING WITH ACTORS

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EPISODE 113: WHAT JOBS DO YOU LIKE TAKING???

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EPISODE 112: UPGRADE YOUR RATES

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EPISODE 111: WE TOOK HOME THE WIN! Commercial Breakdown

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EPISODE 110: LONG LENS TRANSFORMATION

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EPISODE 109: LIGHT DOMES OR FRAMES, PICK YOUR POISON

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EPISODE 108: CAN WE MAKE IT BRIGHTER???

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EPISODE 107: CLIENTS DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT

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EPISODE 106: ATLAS ANAMOPRHICS, YAY OR NAY???

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EPISODE 105: VALUE YOUR WORK, CLIENT PERSPECTIVE

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EPISODE 104: HOW MUCH TO CHARGE FOR POST???