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Daniel Draper on Movies That Changed Your Life: Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Gleaners And I, Marcela

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with Daniel Draper, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Distant Voices, Still Lives analysis, The Gleaners And I influence, and Marcela impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Daniel also discusses the making of Liverpool Story: A Portrait Of A City

Movies That Changed Your Life

Find out about what Daniel Draper, and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.

Liverpool Story: A Portrait Of A City

[2:47] Brief synopsis of Liverpool Story: A Portrait Of A City

[4:44] The importance of transitions on documentary storytelling

[6:00] How do you, as a person born and raised in Liverpool, see Liverpool with fresh eyes?

[8:49] Using voiceover in documentary and people talking to the camera

[14:09] Whispered voices drifting in and out of the soundtrack

[16:57] What did you learn about Liverpool that you didn’t know before you made the film?

[24:23] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

Distant Voices, Still Lives Analysis

[25:15] Daniel Draper shares how Distant Voices, Still Lives is one of the most special films in his life. How writer/director Terence Davies is not just a Liverpool filmmaker but a master of his art. It’s a film that’s nostalgic in a very present way.

The Gleaners And I impact

[31:49] Daniel Draper loves the face that such an established filmmaker as Agnes Varda would hit the streets with a DV camera and make The Gleaners And I. How a film can be about something so simple as ordinary people; people who operate in the cracks and shadows of society.

Marcela Influence

[37:49] Daniel Draper remembers watching Marcela and after the film ends he was thinking about the subject of the film – Marcela – for weeks after.

Key Takeaways:

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn how to make feature length documentaries

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Gleaners And I (2000), Marcela (2007)

- Full show notes and transcript:

About the Guest:

Daniel Draper is half of Shut Out The Light Films, an independent film and distribution company, founded in Liverpool in 2014. His previous feature-length documentaries to date, Nature of the Beast, The Big Meeting, Almost Liverpool 8 and Manifesto

For more information https://www.shutoutthelight.co.uk/liverpoolstory

Get Involved:

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!

Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which 3 films that impacted your life.

Credits:

Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)

Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Manage episode 479869709 series 172961
Content provided by Stuart Wright. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Stuart Wright or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with Daniel Draper, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Distant Voices, Still Lives analysis, The Gleaners And I influence, and Marcela impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Daniel also discusses the making of Liverpool Story: A Portrait Of A City

Movies That Changed Your Life

Find out about what Daniel Draper, and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.

Liverpool Story: A Portrait Of A City

[2:47] Brief synopsis of Liverpool Story: A Portrait Of A City

[4:44] The importance of transitions on documentary storytelling

[6:00] How do you, as a person born and raised in Liverpool, see Liverpool with fresh eyes?

[8:49] Using voiceover in documentary and people talking to the camera

[14:09] Whispered voices drifting in and out of the soundtrack

[16:57] What did you learn about Liverpool that you didn’t know before you made the film?

[24:23] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

Distant Voices, Still Lives Analysis

[25:15] Daniel Draper shares how Distant Voices, Still Lives is one of the most special films in his life. How writer/director Terence Davies is not just a Liverpool filmmaker but a master of his art. It’s a film that’s nostalgic in a very present way.

The Gleaners And I impact

[31:49] Daniel Draper loves the face that such an established filmmaker as Agnes Varda would hit the streets with a DV camera and make The Gleaners And I. How a film can be about something so simple as ordinary people; people who operate in the cracks and shadows of society.

Marcela Influence

[37:49] Daniel Draper remembers watching Marcela and after the film ends he was thinking about the subject of the film – Marcela – for weeks after.

Key Takeaways:

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn how to make feature length documentaries

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Gleaners And I (2000), Marcela (2007)

- Full show notes and transcript:

About the Guest:

Daniel Draper is half of Shut Out The Light Films, an independent film and distribution company, founded in Liverpool in 2014. His previous feature-length documentaries to date, Nature of the Beast, The Big Meeting, Almost Liverpool 8 and Manifesto

For more information https://www.shutoutthelight.co.uk/liverpoolstory

Get Involved:

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!

Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which 3 films that impacted your life.

Credits:

Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)

Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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