Episode 28 - Justin Staple (Director, Producer)

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This was recorded on 3/10/21 around 16:00

Today I am joined by Justin Staple. Justin is a producer, director, photographer and documentary filmmaker. Justin double majored in economics and film at the University of Chicago. He then went on to work for Vice for many years where he produced the series The Therapist, and Noisey, He worked on Fightland among many other things. He is an accomplished videographer and stills photographer and has shot the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, Post Malone, Fetty Wop, and Katy Perry to name a few. In this interview we dive deep into a bit of background, the parallels of the creative processes for visual art and music and we dive into the shallow end of the crypto world, specifically Non Fungible Tokens, or NFTs and their current and potential use in the world of creative meda. Justin directed the FIRST NFT Music Video with his production company All The Smoke.

Here are the Topics and Links for the Episode

Justin Staple https://www.justinstaple.com/

Socials: @JustinStaple

American Rapstar (IMDB) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11655140/

The Therapist (vice) https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/the-therapist

Fightland (Vice) https://www.vice.com/en/topic/fightland

Your War (I'm One of You): 20 Years of Joan Of Arc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm77XfDoR3w


Nomad Land Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sxCFZ8_d84

Awol Erizku https://www.instagram.com/awolerizku/

Grear Patterson https://www.gq.com/story/inside-the-charmed-life-of-artist-grear-patterson

Smokepurpp NFT music video https://foundation.app/allthesmoke

NBA Topshot: https://www.nbatopshot.com/

Mediachain: http://www.mediachain.io/

Beeple sold an NFT for $69 Million dollars https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/arts/design/christies-beeple-auction-blockchain-art.html

allthesmokepictures https://www.instagram.com/allthesmokepictures/?hl=en

All The Smoke (ATS) tokens https://info.uniswap.org/token/0xe5f55a3b74874531a99359b833b92866a6609f6b

Bankless Podcast: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/

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Intro song by Pat Brier, you can check out Queen Jesus here!

Produced by Beth Ann Downey. Mixed and Mastered using Descript.

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