The Phil Swallow Podcast
This is my diary-style show where I talk about my filmmaking, the research and behind the scenes work that goes into it, other content creation work I am involved with and those things that life throws my way. Feel free to get in touch and I'd always value a review on your chosen podcast platform, many thanks!
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 185
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
#145 Bluebell Walk in 360° 🔵🔔🚶🏻♂️
- Croydon Typhoid Outbreak Film - complex edit ongoing
- Bluebell Walk on Monday (MayDay) - 360° video now live
- Croydon Research Room
- Sue preparing for her filming trip
- Us preparing for our Japan …
00:17:17 |
Wed 03 May 2023
#143 Crunching the Numbers 💻📈
- Subscriber number profile - very strange
- #30in30 done - high level results (all Shorts)
- 6,336 views
- 19,928 shown in Shorts feed
- 271 Likes
- 32 Shares
- 10 subscribers
- Most views - Henry V…
00:15:48 |
Wed 19 Apr 2023
#142 Easter Break-ish 🐣💻
- Brilliant Headshot Session
- Sue shot me
- Great to use skills, techniques, software
- Counting down to the end of the Shorts exercise
- Thinking about my next 360° video
- Weather misbehaving - res…
00:12:41 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
#141 Analysing My Shorts 🧐🩳
- First grass cut of the year ✅
- A quieter week by comparison
- Crystal Palace recorded their first win of 2023
- Still doing daily shorts
- View profile is interesting
- It pushes the short based on a…
00:13:43 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
#144 Filming Day! 📹🎤
- Sanderstead LHG Meeting
- Filming complete - Croydon Typhoid Outbreak
- London Metropolitan Archive visit
- Theatre trip surprise - Operation Mincemeat
- More detail on holiday
- Visas
00:11:13 |
Sat 01 Apr 2023
#140 Trialling a Video Version 🎤📹
- Welcome viewers and listeners!
- YouTube suggests various things to help creators
- They have been pushing shorts 🩳
- Now they are pushing podcasts
- So a GoPro and an LED light and here I am!
- It…
00:13:57 |
Wed 29 Mar 2023
#139 Multiple Successes! 🍾😁
- Covid for the first time
- Sue’s success
- Theatre Shoot 1
- City of London changes
- Headshot inquiry
- 700+ Subs
- Pond 5 sales
- Video research
- Shorts
- Mum
- Crystal Palace
00:22:43 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
#138 Photography Focus 📷🎭
- Mum home from hospital
- Filming 150 Limpsfield Road
- Shorts - not progressed yet
- Detailed planning for Typhoid film
- Shoot week - main “focus” - prep gear etc
- Holiday prep
- Crystal Palace 👎🏻 …
00:19:06 |
Tue 14 Mar 2023
#137 Now that was a busy week 🏥🦷
- It started calmly albeit Mum wasn’t well
- Friends came over on Tuesday morning
- By Tuesday afternoon the ambulance arrived
- Mum in hospital Tuesday evening
- Dentist on Thursday
- Whyteleafe vide…
00:18:01 |
Wed 08 Mar 2023
#136 Sounds from a Croydon Garden 🦜✈️
This is a "special" episode, a bit different from the norm.
In February 2023 I recorded sounds from my garden in Croydon, UK and decided this would be a good platform to share it. The birdsong is qui…
00:29:00 |
Sat 04 Mar 2023
#135 Changing Things 📤📚
- Bringing a connection to the podcast
- Covering activities relative to my film output
- Evolution rather than revolution
- Links on here not working?
- Projector
- Peak District videos done
- Benjam…
00:20:42 |
Mon 27 Feb 2023
#134 I was Guest Speaker! 🗣️📽️
- My first episode of 2023
- Getting into the release “rhythm” I want for this year
- Delivered some more from the Peak District series
- An enjoyable walk from Addington to Farleigh on a crisp, frosty …
00:20:50 |
Wed 01 Feb 2023
#133 2022 In Review 🎉🥳
- YouTube subscriptions up by 251 on the year
- Overall a positive year for film-making
- Some stills photography e.g. Wimbledon Tennis
- Research skills improving + benefits of networking
- Gear: DJI…
00:16:45 |
Sat 31 Dec 2022
#132 Hometown Filming 🏙️🎬
- RIP Dottie
- Croydon Market Town
- Croydon Old Town
- Smart plugs
- Sky install this week
- Virgin Media Installation
- Shell Recharge update
- Volvo heater
- World Cup
- Postcards
- Saving sessions …
00:24:55 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
#131 Hello Again, Hello 👋🏻🎤
- I took the plunge and bought an Insta360 X3 camera
- Haven’t yet had a chance to use it properly, particularly editing - loads of options
- Prepping for Sue’s Big Birthday events
- National Theatre …
00:23:50 |
Fri 04 Nov 2022
#130 Education 📚📝
- Much quieter in terms of video releases
- Channel has gone quieter as a result!
- Opportunity to learn
- Iain Anderson’s excellent book: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/final-cut-pro-efficient-editi…
00:17:00 |
Wed 05 Oct 2022
#129 Being Part of History 👑💂♀️
- A Queen the world will always remember
- An experience like no other
- Pageantry, professionalism, duty, honour, all on show and done incredibly well
- Four main experiences/events to this episode: …
00:22:32 |
Tue 20 Sep 2022
#128 Quick Update 🎤
- Sad news that Queen Elizabeth II passed away
- Filming update
- Peak District trip - fantastic
- Weather now changeable
00:06:48 |
Fri 09 Sep 2022
#127 A Huge Boost! 📈
- Weather is breaking
- Another great neighbour chat
- Addington Hills Fire Site video
- YouTube Boost via NextDoor app
- Airport Parking costs
- Poor …
00:24:55 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
#126 Theatre Work Again 🎭🎥
- Weather pattern locked in
- Interesting chat with neighbours
- Football season started
- Another theatre filming job
- TikTok ticking over
00:18:50 |
Sun 07 Aug 2022
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