Documentary First19 Tammi 2023

Episode 188 | New Year, New Beginnings

This week on the podcast Christian talks with Ben Feithen, Documentary First's CEO, about plans for Documentary First in 2023.

The DocFirst team is smaller now, and they ponder how to do more with less? When you hear the word "AI" - do you think about the Terminator series.....?????

Well, don't be alarmed, in this podcast we unpack the pros and cons of a few new exciting automation and AI tools.

00:00 - 09:43 - A review on how Ben joined the team to help Christian with Documentary First through her son, Hunter Taylor

09:34 - 20:35 - Ben's thoughts on content ideas, 2023 strategy and an ensuing conversation with Christian about content creation with less resources. How does automation looks like as an answer to our problem and how can "AI" tools can help our social media engagement?

20:35 - 26:38 - Using AI to help create a new blog for Documentary First called "Stories of Service" and using AI tools to help with a backlog of content and stories not used yet.

26:39 - 34:59 - DocuView Déjà Vu: Ben: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), imdb.com/title/tt1016150, a remake on Netflix, 148 mins (2hr 28 mins), Ben shares his thoughts from his military background and relevance to what is going on in the world today.

Christian: D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! (2022), imdb.com/title/tt21063148, Limited 4 Episode Documentary Series on Netflix

35:00 - Wrap up - We want to hear from documentary filmmakers about your experiences and any problems you have bumped into. We would love to work as a community to help solve some of those problems and hear how you may have solved them. Please chime in, whether it's writing an email to christian@documentaryfirst.com, tagging us on any one of the socials or joining us on Patreon and helping us you know, do something pretty great there. We really want to hear from what YOU want to hear. What do you want to know? What questions do you have? Let us know. And we'll keep producing great content for you.

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Visit our new website: www.documentaryfirst.com

Make a donation to help us share more stories! https://www.livingstoriesltd.org/

Links and resources mentioned:

"Copy AI": https://www.copy.ai/ "ChatGPT": https://openai.com/

Thanks again for listening and we look forward to hearing from you.

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