086 - A Whodunnit Happy Hour with Brandon Gries

06/06/2024 2h 23min Temporada 3 Episodio 2
086 - A Whodunnit Happy Hour with Brandon Gries

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In this Happy Hour podcast, John and Ryan are chatting with Brandon Gries about their recent collaboration, Bare Metal, a film that explores sustainability in the digital infrastructure industry. They also reveal the final act of Backflip's Whodunnit Murder Mystery! Topics in this episode:(00:04:17) What does Brandon do?(00:06:40) Why was Brandon in our Christmas video!?(00:09:11) From engineer to film producer.(00:13:26) The Bloomberg film festival.(00:19:58) The Christmas video reveal.(00:45:06) Themed Christmas cards.(00:50:21) Is there time to appreciate the project?(00:55:15) Bare Metal.(01:09:40) The hunt for b-roll.(01:21:42) How do you get the average person to care about the infrastructure of the internet?(01:24:51) Day in the life of Twitter employee.(01:38:47) Copyright vs trademark.(01:45:20) Two truths and a lie.(01:59:11) How many film festivals??(02:04:34) The artbook of the internet.(02:08:46) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.Links:Watch Backflip's Whodunnit Murder Mystery! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfJgz3GRAbcWatch Bare Metal! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al04ho-saMUDon’t say Velcro!?  - https://www.velcro.com/original-thinking/the-velcro-brand-trademark-guidelines/dont-say-velcro/Day in the life of a Twitter employee. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciiJJtP1xXQMike Rowe’s reaction. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DD352it0JsThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism. - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195941-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalismFor more information about us or to see all the amazing people we work with, check out our website:https://www.letsbackflip.com