The J-WAT Podcast

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast, Tim Drake and Alex Watson bring on their fellow producer Clyde Ratliff to talk about how they cast thier most recent film, Demonetize! Clyde was a critical role in our casting process as he reached out to agents and managers to bring their clients on the film. We talk about the long process and the details of what we provided to talent and reps to get them...

On today's episode J-WAT producers Tim Drake and Alex Watson talk about how they found investors to make their second feature film, "Demonetize".  ** This episode was recorded 2 months ago, but we kinda went and made a movie. So ignore the timeliness of some of the references and dates. 

On today's episode producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake dive into what goes into making a pitch deck to pitch your project. Tim and Watson also talk about what they've been watching, as well as their upcoming feature film "Demonetize", that starts filming later this year. 

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast, Producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake sit down to take you through how to build a business plan to attract investors and bring attention to your film. We are currently financing our next feature horror film, "Demonetize", and this is the business plan approach we have taken to start bringing investors on board. This is a very detailed episode, and if you have...

The J-Wat Podcast is back! It's been 7 months since our last episode and boy have we been busy! Producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake sit down to talk about everything that has been going on for the past 7 months. Our new feature horror film, "Demonetize" is in heavy pre-production, and we give an overview of everything we have been encountering from casting, to financing, business plans, executive...

On today's eouside Alex and J-WAT Producer Clyde Ratliff reflect on all that we've done in 2023. 

Today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast is a long one full of Bundy Manor spoilers! So if you don't want the movie spoiled, don't listen yet! Today Tim and Alex bring on their co-producers of the film, Terrence Kiriokos and Clyde Ratliff, as well as the man, the myth the legend, Siddiq Maginn. On the this episde we went through the entire movie, talking about our favorite moments from making the film...

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast Tim and Alex talk about how to find your first job in the industry. They discuss the first jobs they had, how to make a good impression, finding work, staying busy, where to find jobs, and so much more.  Dont miss Bundy Manor streaming September 8th! 

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast, Alex and Tim talk about the importance of the script breakdown. Having a throurough script breakdown is critical to the success of your film, and Tim and Alex talk about what goes into a good breakdown, software and tools they use, recognizing all of the departments needs, and so much more! Enjoy!

On today's episode we are coming to you LIVE from San Diego Comic-Con! This episode is a little different as this is actually a live episode of Tim's long-running show, On the Mic Podcast. This is the 8th year SDCC has invited Tim to be a part of the show and he decided to bring the J-WAT producing team, Alex Watson, Clyde Ratliff, and one of our crew members, and comic book writer, Christian Mart...

ACTION! Today on the J-WAT Pordcast is Part 2 on our chat about Directing in film and TV. During Part 1 we walked you through our process of getting to set, in Part 2 we are ready to roll! Tim and Alex walk you through how the manage the set when they are Directing and how to make sure that you prepare yourselves for the inevitable bumps you will encounter.  They also discuss recent travel, anothe...

Today's episode of The J-WAT Podcast is Part 1 of our approach to Directing. Tim and Alex start off the episode talking about what they've been watching, film festivals, and more. Tim corrects Alex's Utah accent while struggling to say a word as well, and then we dive in Directing for film. In Part 1 we go through all of the pre-prodcution as a director. Everything from assembling our crew, unders...

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast, Alex and Tim are discussing writing. We talked about how we find inspiration and come up with new ideas, our process for sitting down to get the actual writing done, ways to speak creativity, and our journey to getting us to where we are at now. We also talked about the upcoming WGA strike and some of the key things to understand about why a writers stike i...

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast, Tim and Alex discuss film festivals! Alex just returned from the Horrifc Hope Festival in Virginia where we had Bundy Manor screening. We thought this would be a good time to talk about submitting to festivals, the fesitval experience, knowing where your film fits, understanding festival programming, and so much more. We have had such a great experience wit...

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast we are talking all about editing! Exciting, right? Tim and Alex talk about how they make a plan when filming to work with the unique 9X16 requirements for most social media site. Before diving into the editing chat, they also discuss screening three of the newest episodes of "Screams from the Dark" as part of the Warner Brothers 100th Anniversary Employee Fi...

Tim Drake and Alexander Watson get ready to film new episodes of their series "Screams From the Dark". The newest episode called "The Chair" is being directed by Tim, and the second episode "Apartment Tour" is directed by Alex. Tim and Alex discuss how they prep for their episodes, planning out shots and preparring to direct their episodes. Tim's episode "The Chair" will release on the J-WAT Films...

Tim and Alex sit down with one of their crew members and writers, Christian Martin. We gave you a brief introduction to Christian in our welcome episode, but now it's time to get to know him better! We learn about his writing inspirations and the unique way that Christian and Alex became friends. Christian is also the writer for the first episode of the new J-WAT short series, "Screams From The Da...

Tim and Alex talk about their backgrounds and how they got into filmmaking. They also tell the story of how they met and started working together and how they plan to continue to build J-Wat Productions. 

In the debut episode, Tim Drake and Alex Watson welcome you to their new podcasting venture, The J-Wat Podcast! A quick intro before a long day of filming, we learn more about their new series "Screams from the Dark", a few words of advice for new filmmakers, and briefly meet two of their crew members, Siddiq Maginn and Christian Martin.