S2E10 We talk to one of Singapore's top commercials director, Desmond Tan. His company, Atypical Films, was behind the viral McDonalds Ramadan video that grabbed international media plaudits and over 1 million views on YouTube. He shoots for major clients and when he came by to record this interview, he fell in love with our fancy pants headphones!

S2E10 We talk to one of Singapore's top commercials director, Desmond Tan. His company, Atypical Films, was behind the viral McDonalds Ramadan video that grabbed international media plaudits and over 1 million views on YouTube. He shoots for major clients and when he came by to record this interview, he fell in love with our fancy pants headphones!

Recorded and produced in Singapore, This Freelancer Life is a Podcast from Reels Asia, a leading Production Resource for Media Industry in Singapore for Creative Freelancers. In each episode, we sit down with a well known freelancer and talk about what they're up to, how they started their career, what advice they'd like to give to their younger self, and share an industry story or two.

Recorded and produced in Singapore, This Freelancer Life is a Podcast from Reels Asia, a leading Production Resource for Media Industry in Singapore for Creative Freelancers. In each episode, we sit down with a well known freelancer and talk about what they're up to, how they started their career, what advice they'd like to give to their younger self, and share an industry story or two.

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Recorded and produced in Singapore, This Freelancer LIfe is a Podcast from Reels Asia, a leading Production Resource for Media Industry in Singapore for Creative Freelancers. Each episode we sit down with a well known freelancer and talk about what they're up to, how they started their career, what advice they'd like to give to their younger self, and share an industry story or two.

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Desmond Tan Atypical Films - Director

2020 has been the most challenging year in recent memory, with the COVID-19 situation hitting all sectors. Our third season looks at the impact on the creative production industry.

With Singapore on a 4 week circuit breaker period, workplaces and workspaces for the creative community have had to shut, with uncertainty for so many. 

It's hard to stay positive, but right now would be a good time to review our personal branding and relationship with our clients. We talk with marketing expert Yasmin Begum

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2020 has been the most challenging year in recent memory, with the COVID-19 situation hitting all sectors. Our third season looks at the impact on the creative production industry. With Singapore on a 4 week circuit breaker period, workplaces and workspaces for the creative community have had to shut, with uncertainty for so many.  It's hard to stay positive, but right now would be a good time to review our personal branding and relationship with our clients. We talk with marketing expert Yasmin Begum <a href="https://yasminbgm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Website</a>

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2020 has been the most challenging year in recent memory, with the COVID19 situation hitting all sectors. Our third season is about its impact on Singapore’s creative production industry. 



This podcast aims to be as neutral as possible, to present information, opinions and commentary in a manner that, we hope, is fair and useful to everyone.



With so much downtime caused by COVID-19, a productive exercise would be to review our own business practices, something that a performance coach can help us address, we chat with Saba Hasanie of Global OSC

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2020 has been the most challenging year in recent memory, with the COVID19 situation hitting all sectors. Our third season is about its impact on Singapore’s creative production industry.  This podcast aims to be as neutral as possible, to present information, opinions and commentary in a manner that, we hope, is fair and useful to everyone. With so much downtime caused by COVID-19, a productive exercise would be to review our own business practices, something that a performance coach can help us address, we chat with Saba Hasanie of Global OSC <a href="https://globalosc.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Website</a>

COVID-19 Saba Hasanie OSC Leadership Performance

2020 has been the most challenging year in recent memory, with the COVID19 situation hitting all sectors. Our third season is about its impact on Singapore's creative production industry.



This podcast aims to be as neutral as possible, to present information, opinions and commentary in a manner that, we hope, is fair and useful to everyone.

Mental Wellness has only recently become less taboo as a topic of public discussion, and freelancers can be at risk because of the stresses of running a business of one, and self-motivation, emotional and mental wellness and risk of depression are all areas in which freelancers need to be aware

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2020 has been the most challenging year in recent memory, with the COVID19 situation hitting all sectors. Our third season is about its impact on Singapore's creative production industry. This podcast aims to be as neutral as possible, to present information, opinions and commentary in a manner that, we hope, is fair and useful to everyone. Mental Wellness has only recently become less taboo as a topic of public discussion, and freelancers can be at risk because of the stresses of running a business of one, and self-motivation, emotional and mental wellness and risk of depression are all areas in which freelancers need to be aware <a href="https://www.igrow.sg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Website</a>

Desmond Tan Atypical Films - Director

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