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A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative Coach
With 20+ years in the entertainment industry at the top level, I’m Phil Svitek. Join me as I pay it forward, sharing insights from my journey as a filmmaker, author, podcaster, and even high-level executive. Get a 360-degree view of the digital artist’s path to success, blending technical theory, practical wisdom, and personal development. Your smoother journey awaits.
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A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachUtilize Templates on Creative Projects to Save Time & Money
Why create something from scratch when chances are there's a template out there for what you're looking for? At least a jumping off point. In this episode, I…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachStop Focusing On What You Haven't Yet Accomplished In Your Career, Focus On What's Ahead For You
Many artists, when asked, aren't exactly where they want to be in their career. To me, that's no different than a soccer striker missing a shot on goal. I…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachReflecting on 2021 - 12/17/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
In this episode of my vlog, I look back at 2021 and invite you to do the same. There's lots of nuggets in there for you to utilize, so enjoy. Thanks for tuning…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachAdopt The Principle of Astronomical Risk & Reward: Low Cost/Risk, High Reward
The greatest investors don't go for high risk, high reward. They aim for low risk (or cost), high reward. I love this principle and have been applying it to…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachWhy 5 Minutes (Or Less) is the Ideal Length for Short Films
At Emerson College, I wanted to make grand short films. But my professor Rob Patton-Spruill forced us to make them 5 minutes or less (with credits). There was…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachDon't Skimp Research When It Comes to Creative Projects
As an artist of any kind, whenever we have an idea we want to jump on it right away and bring it to life. The problem is our initial ideas are riddled with…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachQuitting Is Too Easy; At the End of the Day, You Have to Handle Your Responsibilities
Growing up with sports, I was raised with two notions: the body has more to give than the mind thinks and quitting is too easy. These are both notions I…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachAllowing Yourself to Work at the Speed of Thought - 12/6/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
Now that I'm back from filming in Colombia, I've been organizing all the footage and syncing it up with the audio. This always takes longer than expected but…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachOvercoming the Modern Dilemma: Being More Interesting That Someone's Phone
The modern dilemma when hanging out with someone is that you have to be more interesting than their cell phone. I forget where I heard it and from whom, but it…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachMultiple Ways to Support My Creative Journey
As a 360 Creative Coach, I believe it’s important that I practice what I preach. During my life, I’ve been privileged to work on all kinds of different…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachMy Answers to Most of Tim Ferriss' Questions from "Tribe of Mentors"
Podcaster/author Tim Ferriss published a book called Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World. In it, the best people across every…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachWe Don't Rise to the Level of Our Expectations; We Fall to the Level of Our Training (Archilochus)
Greek poet Archilochus said, "We don't rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training." This is an important notion for any artist…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachMy Debut Novel Elan, Elan is Finally Published!
My debut novel, the one I've been working on for a few years now, is finally out in the world. It was inspired by my summers spent in Slovakia, where my family…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachWays I Can Help You with Your Creative Endeavors
I love helping artists achieve their creative ambitions. But you might be wondering how specifically, if at all, I can help you. This short piece illustrates…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachEncanto (Walt Disney Animation Studios) - Movie Review
This is my review of Encanto, which is a 2021 American computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachYou Might Not Be Able To Control Something, But That Doesn't Mean You Can't Influence Them
Self help books teach us there's things we can control and things we can't. In fact, the only thing we can truly ever control is ourselves. But this is a…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachI'm Back From Colombia... Updates & Next Phase - 11/22/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
I've returned from Colombia where the team and I filmed our movie. Such a wonderful experience. Most of it I can't share as it'd spoil the film but I do share…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachThe Last Duel (Ridley Scott) - Movie Review
This is my review of The Last Duel. First half is spoiler free, second half gets into spoilers (with a fair warning beforehand). The Last Duel is a 2021 epic…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachWe Fall To The Level Of Our Training & Hiatus Starts - 10/27/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
Greek poet Archilochus said, "We don't rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training." I think about this in the final stage of…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachHow You Can Invest in Startups Like on Shark Tank
Ever wanted to be like one of the investors on ABC's Shark Tank? Did you know you can. There's investing platforms out there for startups. The two that I'm…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachIt's Easier To Roll Up Your Sleeves And Get To Work Than To Complain: Vlog
As we approach November, when we'll be filming my 2nd feature film, I've been getting ahead of work. This way, things are done and no one has to pick up the…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachAlways Make Sure To Get Your Source Files from Freelancers/Companies
If we need something done that we can't do ourselves, we hire someone to do it for us, right? Yup. But too often, the people I know who hire someone never…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachMacro Ideas Learned from My Journey of Creating 1,000 Videos for My YouTube Channel
Achievement unlocked as they say. For what? For having created 1,000 videos on my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxGHVlaobpjY7DBmOkN_TEg)…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachConsider the Levers of Society That Make the Most Impact
In this episode, I invite you to reflect and consider what levers in society are the most effective to achieve the goal you're after. I use a Tweet from…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachIs That A True Thought or a Blue Thought? (Inspired by Blue Bayou Film)
In the film Blue Bayou (don't worry, not a spoiler), Justin Chon's character asks his daughter Jessie, "Is that a true thought or a blue thought?" This…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachReal Test of Any Choice Is Doing It Twice - 10/11/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
In The Matrix Revolutions, the Oracle says, "The real test for any choice is having to make the same choice again, knowing full well what it might cost – I…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachWhat Squid Game Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Can Teach Us About Rejection
Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk had to wait about a decade to see his vision of the show to see the light of day…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachIf Freedom Is The Ability To Do Anything, What Do You Choose to Do?
I've often thought about what freedom really means. I've examined it through different lenses. Today, I ask you a simple question, if freedom is the ability to…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachA Strategy to Defuse People in Arguments & Have a Civil Debate
The world seems more and more polarized every day. Here's a strategy I thought of to help defuse arguments and have a civil debate with some. After listening…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachOne Month To Go Before Colombia! - 10/04/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
"We're in the endgame now," as the Marvel quote goes. Yup, my team and I are a month away from flying to Colombia to film my 2nd movie. It's exciting for sure…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachJamie Wheal: 80% of Your RIO Comes From Your First Few Times
Jamie Wheal is the author of the global best-seller and Pulitzer Prize-nominated Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, Navy SEALs and Maverick Scientists are…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachLearn About All That Your Library Has to Offer You
Libraries are really magical places. Yes, you can check out books for free. But there's also so much more at your disposal. For example, there's so much that…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachFirst Day of Filming Has Wrapped - 9/27/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
We officially began production on my 2nd feature film! Well, sorta, kinda... We filmed all the green screen stuff here in LA because it's easier to do here…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachHow to Define & Utilize "Practical Self Help" (Interview w/James Lott Jr & Flobo Boyce)
Recently, I posted an episode where I discussed that you have to consider how other people's habits and routines apply to your life before adopting them…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachThe Reason You Haven't Taken The First Step Towards Your Pursuit
This episode aims to answer a simple question: why haven't you taken the first step towards your pursuit? Once you begin to understand this, you can combat it…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachBlue Bayou (Justin Chon & Alicia Vikander) - Movie Review
This is my review of Blue Bayou, a drama film written and directed by Justin Chon. It's about Antonio LeBlanc who is a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachThings Fall Through, Learn to Embrace That - 9/20/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
In the past week, a number of locations we'd booked for my upcoming movie fell through. Then other things happened as well. That happens all the time in…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachIt's A Limiting Belief To Think More Money Will Always Make Your Film Better, In Fact It Can Ruin It
There are many who hold onto this limiting belief that having more money will make a movie better—whether it be a director, producer, actor, cinematographer…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachHow to Think About Production Design (Principles from Award Winning Production Designer Donald Burt)
Award winning Production Designer Donald Burt (Mank, Social Network, Gone Girl) was a recent guest on the Team Deakins podcast…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachPick Based On Principles, Not Sides
There's a sense that we're more divided than ever, as if either you're with us or you're with them. I'm of the opinion this is causing us more harm than good…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachIn Memory Of Pete Chvany - 9/13/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
This past week I didn't have any immediate tasks that needed to be completed for my upcoming film, which gave me time to both play and reflect. And thankfully…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachDifference Between Internal vs External Pauses in Acting & Why It Matters
In acting, there's either an internal or external pause that happens. Generally speaking, you don't want external pauses. It's the equivalent to dead air in…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachDon't Get Distracted From Your Long Term Goals By Quick Hits of Pleasure
The cliche of "it's a marathon, not a sprint" is a cliche because it is true. To have longevity and more importantly to really have your work resonate and…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachFinding Stock Footage, Photos & GFX for Your Projects
As a content creator, from time to time you're going to need to pull some stock images, video or graphics. Question is, where do you go to get them?…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachMy First Film is FINALLY Available - 9/6/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
Big announcement: my first movie is finally AVAILABLE to watch publicly! "Love Market" is now on Amazon…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachHow To Utilize Final Draft's Revision Mode on Shooting Scripts
Final Draft is a wonderful screenwriting tool AND it's equally powerful when it comes to pre production. That's where revision mode comes in. In this episode…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachWays Descript Can Help You With Podcast & Video Editing
No, this is not an ad for Descript (https://www.descript.com/)—I pay to use it because I think it's a powerful tool in my box of tricks when it comes to…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachWhat It Means To Lead With Love
As I reflect upon the episodes I've released, most of them are techniques to help you get to a place where you lead with love. When this notion popped into my…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachTogether (James McAvoy & Sharon Horgan) - Movie Review
This is my review of Together, a 2021 British comedy-drama television film written by Dennis Kelly and directed by Stephen Daldry. It stars James McAvoy and…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachFiguring Out the Visual Rhythm of Filming - 8/30/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
This past week focused on three aspects: the creative, the life aspect and goodwill. In this vlog I break down each of them, starting with how Jonathan Moulton…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachPlay Music During Rehearsals With Your Actors
As filmmakers (I'm using the term loosely to encompass anyone making video content), we place music into your projects (TV shows, films, etc). And so why not…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachDon't Argue Against Reality Otherwise You'll Suffer
There's a Byron Katie quote that says, "If you argue against reality you will suffer." The irony is most people argue against this reality because they cannot…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachKnowledge Is Understanding Something, Wisdom Is Doing It
If you're someone like me, you love to learn. But for a long time I didn't do anything with that info. I thought I was smart but really I just knew a bunch of…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachRealigning Mentally - 8/24/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
There's a reason why I call myself the 360 creative coach and that's because I believe having talent and skills alone doesn't make you successful—you need to…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachA Simple Way to Create a Strong Group Dynamic
While I was in college I worked for my film professor Rob Patton-Spruill. It was for his show Garden Girl where I worked alongside several other classmates…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachStop Being Driven to Make Purchases Based on Marketing
The driving force of capitalism based on what you don't have. Let's start flipping that. Instead of defining ourselves by what we lack, let's see ourselves…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachHow To Not Feel Overwhelmed by Everything Going on in the World & Take Positive Action Steps
To say there's a lot of things happening in the world currently is an understatement. That can feel overwhelming and force you to feel despair. But you have a…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachFree Guy (Ryan Reynolds) — Movie Review
This is my review of Free Guy, a 2021 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, and…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachCrowdfund Ends But Prep Carries Onward - 8/17/2021: A Phil Svitek Vlog
What a difference a day makes, right? Last week, puzzle pieces (as I like to call them) started falling into place. Part of that was because of having…
A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative CoachWhy It's Important to Have a Note Taking System & How to Structure It
Ideas come to us at any moment and if we don't capture them right away, they may leave us forever. This is why it's important to have a note taking system. But…