WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.520 Testing, one, two, three, testing. This is like my camera voice, I guess you could say. 00:00:07.580 --> 00:00:10.960 Mark, how's it going? I'm good, I'm good. 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:14.680 Did you run out of people or something? Whoa, what do you mean? 00:00:14.680 --> 00:00:20.240 Like, who else are you gonna, there should be some other staff you can interview. 00:00:20.240 --> 00:00:24.120 I mean, there's a lot of people in this company now. Yeah. There's a lot of people we gotta interview, 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:27.640 but I feel like this one's a long time coming. Yeah, I guess so. 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:34.720 So tell me a little bit about what you do here. I am an editor at Linus Media Group. 00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:37.880 Well, I'd hope it's here. Yeah, well, yeah. 00:00:39.080 --> 00:00:45.120 How long have you been here and how'd you get the role? I've been here for almost five years now 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:49.200 and I applied and got the role around the same time as Andy. 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:53.800 Actually, the exact same time, we were hired on the same day. What got you interested in the role? 00:00:53.800 --> 00:00:58.800 Oh, so I've been a video editor for a number of years, 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.480 actually, since 2009 professionally. 00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:06.040 And I was working freelance for a long time 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:09.200 and realized it really wasn't for me anymore. 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:14.920 It's just such a high pace and I wanted something a little bit more consistent. 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:17.920 Normal hours, I didn't want to work 24-7. 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:24.260 So yeah, I applied for the job here. Initially, I applied in 2018 when David got hired. 00:01:25.720 --> 00:01:30.880 He got that role. Which is more shooter focused anyway, so it worked out. 00:01:30.880 --> 00:01:34.960 I applied a year later and yeah, I'm here. How was freelancing for you? 00:01:34.960 --> 00:01:38.720 Sucked. I mean, it was great. 00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:42.440 It was good money, got to meet a lot of people, 00:01:42.440 --> 00:01:46.520 got a lot of really odd jobs. You're completely in control of your schedule 00:01:46.520 --> 00:01:49.840 but then you have about 18 hours worth of work to do a day 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:53.320 and I didn't know how to regulate myself, 00:01:53.320 --> 00:01:58.640 especially because there's always that fear that you're never gonna get your next job. 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:02.640 So I would always push myself a little bit too much. 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.440 Were you taking on multiple jobs at once? Oh yeah, yeah. 00:02:06.440 --> 00:02:10.600 I mean, I would limit myself in that sense 00:02:10.600 --> 00:02:13.680 but yeah, I would be working mainly editing 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.680 because you can shoot on separate days. 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:21.680 Can't shoot multiple jobs on one day unless you hire other people or subcontract. 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:26.200 But I would go shoot two weddings, for example, 00:02:26.200 --> 00:02:29.680 in one weekend and then I would have to edit it 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:33.000 throughout the rest of the month simultaneously 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.720 to make deadlines, yeah. Wow, while still doing other shoots. 00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:43.040 While doing other shoots. Summer was very busy because I did weddings but then fall and spring would be more 00:02:43.040 --> 00:02:47.720 just random jobs here and there, yeah. What's the craziest job you've ever done? 00:02:47.720 --> 00:02:51.520 I did a pregnancy shoot. Oh, interesting. 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:55.360 It was the C-section. Oh, yeah. 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:58.480 Oh wow, okay, so I thought it was like taking pictures 00:02:58.480 --> 00:03:01.600 of maybe the mother with the big bump or anything. 00:03:01.600 --> 00:03:07.480 Oh no, pregnancy, like birth, birth. A birth, sorry, birth video, yeah. 00:03:07.480 --> 00:03:10.480 Okay, that's very different. That was a weird one. 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:15.840 How do you even do that, don't you? You have so many hoops you have to jump through 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:21.520 at the hospital to even come into the room and you're basically locked down on a tripod. 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:24.840 But it was a sentimental moment for the parents 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:30.280 because they really tried for a child and really needed the cash. 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:34.240 Speaking of weird jobs, I mean, you work here. How has that been so far for you? 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:40.320 As good as it can be. There's been moments for the most part, things are good. 00:03:40.320 --> 00:03:45.120 What's the weirdest job you've done here? You're gonna have to make me think. 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:48.840 That's what these are all about. I don't know, anytime I'm shooting Linus, 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:53.600 it gets a little weird. Like when I'm shooting and you know, on location, 00:03:53.600 --> 00:03:59.600 hey Mark, you and Luke, get in the car. I'm gonna use the go-kart to get to where I'm going. 00:03:59.600 --> 00:04:05.240 There was one time Linus was testing the parental controls on a phone 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:08.240 and he went to pu-hub, didn't work. 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:12.720 Sorry. Is that one of the Noctua chocolates? Yeah, those are delicious. 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:15.960 They're really good. I love Christmas here. Especially all the German brands, 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:19.040 they send us like the best chocolate, Noctua. 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:22.600 Noctua is not German. Or they're Austrian, sorry. Close. 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:27.600 Culturally German. Germanic, all right, I don't wanna offend anyone. 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.800 But my last name is Rathgeber, so I think I have a little bit of... 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:33.320 What's the hardest part about your job? Editing. 00:04:34.440 --> 00:04:42.000 No, I mean, the hardest part of the job really is figuring out what the writer wants sometimes. 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:45.800 Everybody's a little different. I'd say that's the hardest part. 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:49.080 Yeah, that makes sense. I mean, how much input do you have with the writers? 00:04:49.080 --> 00:04:52.280 Do editors work directly with the writers often? 00:04:52.280 --> 00:04:58.960 Yeah, I mean, we review with the writers and we regularly converse back and forth. 00:04:58.960 --> 00:05:02.960 There's dialogue between us. It's a very collaborative process, 00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:06.520 or at least it should be. And the longer you work here, 00:05:06.520 --> 00:05:11.640 the more comfortable you become with that, really, that back and forth and saying, 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:16.520 hey, maybe we should do this shot differently. 00:05:16.520 --> 00:05:20.560 Maybe this would be easier to do as B-roll 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:24.760 instead of animating. You also mentioned that you've done shooting 00:05:24.760 --> 00:05:27.960 in the past as well. How does that kind of work with your role? 00:05:27.960 --> 00:05:32.200 Are you primarily an editor and from time to time you'll go and shoot? 00:05:32.200 --> 00:05:35.920 When do they call you to film a video? Used to be more regular. 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:41.120 We hired a lot more people. Pretty much everybody here is editor hybrid, 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:45.360 to a degree. So as shooters become less available, 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:49.400 maybe there's something going on, multiple videos being shot at once, 00:05:49.400 --> 00:05:52.520 I can be called in to set up or do a shoot. 00:05:52.520 --> 00:05:59.080 I'm relatively familiar with everything, so that does come up from time to time. 00:05:59.080 --> 00:06:04.480 But mainly when people are sick. I've shot Mac Address. Yeah, I remember seeing you with Jonathan 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:08.280 cooking something up a bunch of times. Yeah, he shot me for Mac Address ones. 00:06:08.320 --> 00:06:12.480 Digitizing Linus' family videos is kind of weird. 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:15.760 Yeah, how was that? How much footage did you end up going through? 00:06:15.760 --> 00:06:22.680 There was a full tape. There was two tapes. One was just recordings of The Simpsons and Friends. 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:27.240 And then the other one was his childhood. And I got to see Linus speaking French 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:31.560 for a couple hours. For that video where you were digitizing VHSs, 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:35.040 how was that processed? Because you don't usually have a role 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:38.600 in the actual content of the videos, is that correct? Yes and no. 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:41.960 I shouldn't, but I often do. 00:06:41.960 --> 00:06:45.720 Linus kind of had a vision of how he thought it should play out. 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:49.040 And then I was just explaining how the whole process works 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:53.720 to him. And yeah, it was scripted. And of course, I'm not on camera very often. 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:58.120 So when I helped out with that, having that kind of writer 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.800 review with Linus is great. Would you like to be on camera more often? 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:05.760 I wouldn't mind. Not too often, though. 00:07:05.760 --> 00:07:08.840 It's a lot of pressure. I guess getting into your freelance work 00:07:08.840 --> 00:07:14.400 and the stuff you did before, how did you get into that? And how did you learn how to operate cameras and edit videos? 00:07:14.400 --> 00:07:19.400 Oh, yeah. So out of high school, I went to Capilano College. 00:07:19.400 --> 00:07:23.280 Now it's a university. In their film program, graduated film school. 00:07:23.280 --> 00:07:26.480 It was 2008. And there was the recession. 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:31.120 There was the 2007 writer strike. And there was absolutely no work in film. 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.240 So I made work for myself by becoming a freelancer 00:07:34.280 --> 00:07:37.280 and connected with different people. 00:07:37.280 --> 00:07:41.760 Eventually got into weddings as a niche. For anybody who's trying to explore freelancing or anything, 00:07:41.760 --> 00:07:46.040 do you have any tips on how you got connected or how you found that niche? 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:51.360 Meet like-minded people. Meet like-minded people and also just have to meet people. 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:57.320 That's really it. Sending an email online probably isn't the best tactic. 00:07:57.320 --> 00:08:02.080 But yeah, just reaching out to different people. Practice and create. 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:06.040 You're probably going to have to develop your own style. 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:10.480 And that takes time. How do you develop your style? Because feeling that's something that I'm even 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:14.000 trying to do myself? Definitely repetition. 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:19.040 That's just practicing any craft. You do it over and over and over again. 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:24.920 And you watch media. Media that is relevant to what you do, 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:28.560 as well as media that's completely irrelevant to what you do. 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:32.040 You went to film school. You've always been into film? Yeah. What? 00:08:32.040 --> 00:08:35.200 Is your favorite era of film? 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:39.120 That changes, man. That constantly changes. 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:43.080 70s special effects were just on another level. 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:48.520 You had a whole bunch of filmmakers in the 70s who were just really proving themselves. 00:08:48.520 --> 00:08:52.360 The era that Steven Spielberg, Lucas, and all these people 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:58.920 who grew up watching a lot of foreign films and bringing those styles into Hollywood. 00:08:58.920 --> 00:09:05.040 So yeah, I guess that era. I also do a lot of 80s and 90s Japanese movies. 00:09:05.040 --> 00:09:09.080 There's a lot. There's a lot to unpack. I don't know if you're going to put that in the video. 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:13.800 Do you have a favorite movie from that era? Yeah, OK. 00:09:13.800 --> 00:09:16.920 That's what I was worried about. Come with a hard question. 00:09:16.920 --> 00:09:20.200 Yeah, man, Ron was really good. 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.640 Kurosawa, you know? From the 70s, you had movies like Close Encounters, 00:09:24.640 --> 00:09:29.000 even Star Wars, very popular fantasy sci-fi movies. 00:09:29.040 --> 00:09:32.360 But just set the stage a bit. How about some of your other hobbies? 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:36.520 Every so often, I'll see a post in off-top vacay and bring a cup of coffee. 00:09:36.520 --> 00:09:39.920 How do you brew the perfect cup of coffee in Mark's world? 00:09:39.920 --> 00:09:44.640 Well, I prefer pour over. It's a very obvious answer. 00:09:44.640 --> 00:09:48.840 But coffee's not the only thing that you're into. I know speaking to you over the years. 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:53.640 I know you're into a couple of other things. Food, restaurants, that's a big thing for you, right? 00:09:53.640 --> 00:10:00.480 Oh, yeah. I mean, aren't we all into eating? Some people, like I'm speaking mostly over on the other side. 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:03.920 Yeah, I like food. I like cooking. 00:10:03.920 --> 00:10:07.320 Part of it, I used to be a butcher. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:11.680 I just cut four kilograms of chicken thighs last night. 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:15.600 Why four kilograms? You go Costco? Meal prep, yeah. You've been meal prepping recently? 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.760 Oh, yeah. I know you've lost a little bit of weight recently. 00:10:18.760 --> 00:10:22.280 A little bit. I mean, then I got married and it came back. 00:10:22.280 --> 00:10:27.680 Because who cares anymore? But you've been running and stuff. Oh, yeah, yeah, I do running pretty regular. 00:10:27.680 --> 00:10:32.360 Used to be more. The winter has slowed me down a bit, just too busy. 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:35.760 But yeah, I like running. Hoping to do a marathon next year, maybe. 00:10:35.760 --> 00:10:38.960 Oh, wow. Yeah, we'll see. Which marathon are you aiming for? 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:43.480 Maybe either the Sun Run or BMO. I mean, something local. I've never done a marathon before. 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:49.280 So this is all new to me. Right, like a marathon marathon. Because BMO is a marathon, Sun Run and One, I think is a tenkei. 00:10:49.280 --> 00:10:52.800 Yeah, so that's the thing is I'm kind of nervous about doing 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:57.280 I might have to do a half marathon. Because it's a lot. 00:10:57.280 --> 00:11:02.240 And the most I've been able to run consecutively 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:06.680 has been 8.3K. But that's an under an hour. 00:11:06.680 --> 00:11:12.400 Yeah, that's really good. So yeah, I've been told. But then the thing is, is after that I 00:11:12.400 --> 00:11:17.640 need to recover for like three days straight. I need to train my body more, I've realized. 00:11:17.640 --> 00:11:21.680 It's fair. Yeah. So you do mostly kind of just like light runs and stuff 00:11:21.680 --> 00:11:25.680 like that then? Yeah, treadmill. OK. I go to the gym, treadmill. 00:11:25.680 --> 00:11:29.000 Yeah. You're a big history buff too, is that correct? 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:33.200 I guess a little bit, yeah. What got you into that? I think that was just when I was working freelance. 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:39.600 There was nothing else to watch. So I kind of got into it. And I've always kind of been curious about like certain points 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:42.640 in the history of mankind. 00:11:42.640 --> 00:11:47.600 What is the most interesting era of mankind? 16th century, 17th century. 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:51.320 It was like basically firearms were coming to Europe, 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:54.320 smaller firearms. And in Europe, they're trying to figure out 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:58.880 how to incorporate firearms into these old formations, 00:11:58.880 --> 00:12:02.680 like medieval formations that are no longer relevant. 00:12:02.680 --> 00:12:05.680 Yeah. It's really cool. Even the clothing they wear. 00:12:05.680 --> 00:12:12.200 You'd have plate armor and helmets. And then they're just holding a really giant, large musket. 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:15.400 And you'd have pikemen too. And it was just, it was wild. 00:12:15.400 --> 00:12:18.520 Am I missing anything else? I don't know, I'm a pretty big Apple fanboy. 00:12:18.520 --> 00:12:23.360 What do you think of the state of Apple right now? Oh man, it's all over the place. 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:27.840 I guess the book marked this all off. Do you have any last words for the Floatplane peeps? 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:32.480 Floatplane pilots? I forget what we call you guys. I think Sammy's been changing it every single video. 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:36.440 Oh really? Yeah. I just call them Floatplane subscribers. 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:41.040 We're going to call you float planeers. How about that? Float planeers, the passengers. 00:12:41.040 --> 00:12:44.560 The Floatplane passengers? No, just passengers. We're on a Floatplane. 00:12:44.560 --> 00:12:50.360 I like that. They're the passengers. We're the pilots. Are we in economy, first class, business? 00:12:50.400 --> 00:12:53.880 I mean, big plane, you know. Any last words, sir? 00:12:56.880 --> 00:13:00.040 You know, good luck. Good luck with what? 00:13:00.040 --> 00:13:03.080 Everything. Keep doing what you're doing. 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:06.240 Stay healthy. Eat lots of legumes. 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:09.320 And you know, make sure you have all your micronutrients. 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:14.240 You can continue subscribing to Floatplane. 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:18.120 Subscribing to Floatplane. Exactly. 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:22.280 That's why you need one of the prerequisites 00:13:22.280 --> 00:13:26.560 for subscribing to Floatplane. We're filming this around Christmas, 00:13:26.560 --> 00:13:31.560 but you guys are probably going to see this late January. Have a great February. 00:13:31.560 --> 00:13:36.440 We could be in February, too. Great rest of your February. 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:40.000 If this comes out in March, already. 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:44.920 We have a lot of float planes, all right? All right, thanks, guys.