Suit Up! the production podcast

The podcast's last hoorah...

suitup@gmail.com (James Mellor) — Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:08:00 +1030

The Suit Up! podcast was a fun, experimental part of the Suit Up! project. I first heard about podcasts on an episode of ABC Radio National's Background Briefing, but, like so many people, it wasn't until the release of iTunes 4.9 that I actually started listening to them. The grass-roots nature of podcasting, the way it put power in the hands of people, and the way it was free from censorship was just... electric. I had a few early favorites, including The Dawn And Drew Show and Geek Speak Radio.

When the Suit Up! project began, I got excited: here at last was something possibly worth podcasting about. I had the facilities to record myself at my disposal at school, and had lots of stuff going on to discuss. But despite my enthusiasm, podcasting and me just didn't work out. For one, I'm dull; I'm not well-suited to talking to no-one, as I just end up running off at the mouth and making stupid comments that beg to be edited out, but never will be because I'm no sound editor.

Secondly, it can get exhausting, not to mention pointless, blogging about every bit of your project and then regurgitating it for your podcast. It does nothing for you, and it's just tacky.

Thirdly, and this remained the main reason there are no more podcasts, I had no online server space to which I could upload my podcasts as soon as they were recorded; they'd either hang around til I found a way to get it up online, or they'd have to be compressed to ridiculous quality levels to fit on my measly 10MB Optus webspace. You really need server space to make a successful podcast; it's the best way to set up a good RSS feed, crucial to the subscription model that makes podcasts different from downloadable sound-files. It's that RSS feed that makes it possible for iTunes or iPodderX or whatever podcatcher you use to retrieve new episodes once they become available.

I just found the never-before-released fourth enstallment of the podcast. I still don't have any server space to make a dedicated and clean link, but I've uploaded it to MediaFire: SUPodcast004. Enjoy my rambling one last time, because I don't plan on making more of these anytime soon. I'm also taking down the link to the podcast feed, even though I do love that icon. Anyways, it's all about video-blogging now.

I'd like to dedicate this one to...

suitup@gmail.com (James Mellor) — Tue, 9 May 2006 12:20:00 +0930

Suit Up!'s production podcast dedicated blog is coming very soon! Just ironing out the kinks, y'all!

SUPodcast003 - a highspeed message from a fussy director

suitup@gmail.com (James Mellor) — Tue, 9 May 2006 00:22:00 +0930

In this belatedly posted episode, I try and spill my guts as quickly as possible, having recorded the content earlier and then screwing things up royally in GarageBand.

Topics include:
The Da Vinci Code and its upcoming movie.
Sourcing actors
Location scouting
My fussiness with regard to locations
Fundraising developments (or lack thereof)
Production design for other films
The minutae of my life!

This podcast was recorded Thursday after school, but I haven't had a chance to get on the net until now, hence the lateness. Apologies.

As much info as I can cram into 2-and-a-bit minutes. Enjoy.

Suit Up! the production podcast #3

SUPodcast002 - recces, production meetings and TV show critique

suitup@gmail.com (James Mellor) — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:39:00 +0930

In the words of the great Professor Farnsworth, "Good news, everyone!"

And good news it is indeed, as we have our second podcast up on-line. This installment is being hosted by Maxx on blindportrait.com, so thanks be to Him for that.

In this most wafflous of podcasts, we touch on some upcoming plans for pre-production next week, including location recces and shot list stratagema-ramas. Then we just crap on about shows we like. It's part Suit Up!, part Geek Speak Radio (a more awesome podcast than mine). Check it out, give me feedback, and make fun of my lack-lustre voxpoppery.

Get the podcast!

SUPodcast001 - our first f***ing podcast

suitup@gmail.com (James Mellor) — Sun, 9 Apr 2006 00:17:00 +0930

I've been trying to educate myself a little bit on RSS and feeds in general. It's a bit of a headache. As a bit of an experiment, I've syndicated my feed through FeedBurner, and as such you can now subscribe to the Suit Up! podcast through iTunes. As I said before, this is just an experiment at present, so don't take this as permanent in any way. For the purposes of this experiment, I have uploaded the podcast file to my ISP's paltry 10MB WebSpace allocation. I'll find something better soon. As a result, though, you can now download the mp3 from a direct file location, as opposed to clicking on a link on the MAPS website.

Note also our shiny new feed icon ( ). I might make it a different colour at a later date.

So, in the words of Tobias Fünke, "Let the great experiment begin!"

Download the first "Suit Up!" podcast (again)

Our first f***ing podcast!

suitup@gmail.com (James Mellor) — Tue, 4 Apr 2006 04:59:00 +0930

Our very first production podcast is now being hosted on the M.A.P.S. website. Just a little something I recorded this morning; not much chop, but you've got to start somewhere, hey.

Suit Up! podcast #1