TITLE : FilmCouch

SUPPORT : Spout blog

WEB : blog.spout.com/category/filmcouch/

LENGTH : 30-40 minutes

STYLE : produced, conversational

CONCEPT

Two guys who went to art school talk about film.  They’re smart, easy to laugh, and each have fine voices for radio.  They don’t think of themselves as film critics, so their conversation is mostly about old films, some new films, trends, ideas within film and inspired by film, and so on.  It’s mostly a smart reaction to film in general, so it’s not breaking any news, but it’s hilighting the often-ignored aspects of film viewing that really makes my roster of film podcasts complete.  It’s often like listening in on the kind of conversation you wish you were having with your intelligent, film-loving friends, and sometimes get to.  Also, they call Karina Longworth for the last segment of the show, who is an actual film critic, to get an insider’s perspective on different festival happenings and reviews or responses to current movies.

CONTENT 

Each episode tackles a single topic, which leads the guys’ conversation through a dialog that easily (or eventually) works towards an understandable response or thesis.

PRODUCTION

The guys don’t just sit and talk and let their ideas ramble into unimportance.  They rehearse a conversation, record, then edit it.  The show doesn’t feel over-produced, it feels very natural, professional, intelligent and pithy because they’re taking their time to cull the process.  This isn’t a podcast that just talks about film to talk about film.  These guys are creating a podcast with core values about the importance of film in general, not just what’s happening now.  Their partnership works so well because they obviously care as much about this conversation as they do about other, major areas of their life.

THEME MUSIC

It works!  Very functional.  Not irritating.