First-time guests of Uncommon and Melbourne filmmakers Kieren Barber Wilson and Walt Mather are owners of Dynamic Visuals, a digital agency and video production company, and Sharegear, a rental provider for filming accessories.
In this episode, we discuss their early days on YouTube and their first shoot, the creation of their gear hire business and their motivations behind everything they do.
In this episode we covered:
- Dynamic Visuals’ first shoot
- Early days: making mistakes
- Relying on each other as co-founders
- Sharegear and vertical integration
- Storytelling and delegating tasks
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SHOW NOTES
00:28 – Welcome to Uncommon
01:09 – Guest introduction
04:11 – Childhood dreams & video
06:30 – First cameras
11:40 – The beginning: taking video seriously
14:25 – Dynamic Visuals: first shoot
18:31 – Learning: hoarding lunch money to first office
24:03 – Early days: making mistakes
27:14 – Business mindset changes
30:42 – Co-founder synergies
36:36 – Sharegear: vertical integration
42:42 – Philosophies: tools of the trade
45:57 – Storytelling & delegating
54:43 – COVID-19 & the industry
01:03:47 – The next 18 months & big shoots
01:10:00 – Morning & evening routine01:12:20 – Best purchase under $200
01:14:21 – Show recommendations
Links:
- Kieren on Instagram
- Walt on Instagram
- Dynamic Visuals
- Dynamic Visuals on YouTube
- Sharegear
- Liam, Mike, and Hayden on Uncommon
- Panasonic DMC-GH4
- Rode Blimp
- Panasonic Lumix GH5
- Real Life Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Hotglue
- Unlimited Memory by Kevin Horsley
- Tristan Cole on Linkedin
- Mark Kobakian on Instagram
- Hayden Pedersen on Uncommon
- Sony A7R4
- Canon 24-70
- Hero with A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
- JCS – Criminal Psychology
- Red Sidewinder
- Free Solo
- Jimmy Chin’s memorial post to Alex Honnold
- Nathan For You
- Speed Racer (2008)
CREDITS:
Produced by Neuralle Media
Host – Jordan Michaelides
Executive Producer – Lauren Lopatko
Assistant Producer – Jacob Smith
Editing & Transcription – Alyssa Partington
Audio Engineering – Jason Barkhouse
Videography – Ricards Lacis