The long work
The long work.
The slow half of CAN WE SEE? One guest, one day, and a conversation that runs as long as it needs to.
The long work is filmed where the person actually lives or works, not across a desk in a studio. One interview, filmed over a day, edited carefully, and released when it is ready rather than on a schedule. We would rather hold a film for a month than publish a version we are not sure of.
It is built for the guest first. The kind of person you can spend an hour with and leave wanting another hour. Someone who has built, mastered, or questioned something worth understanding. Not necessarily famous, and not necessarily anyone you would recognise from a list.
It is not a podcast with a camera pointed at it. It is not a press cycle. It is not a place to catch anyone out. The aim is to see someone properly, and to let them see the final cut before anyone else does.
Episode Zero
Three minutes, before the show begins.
Episode Zero — coming Three minutes with Simer and Sayeed, before the show begins.
How it's filmed
Real kit, real light, their room.
Every interview is filmed on proper equipment, in real light, in the place that belongs to the person we are talking to. The kit matters only because it gets out of the way.
What we are really after is the moment someone forgets the camera is there. Everything we carry is in service of that one thing.
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