Making a life and living behind the lens.
Most creatives struggle to make a full time living.
Shotlist is all about helping emerging cinematographers, photographers, and directors navigate the challenges of making a life and a living behind the lens. From workflow to personal growth, creative vision to marketing, finances to production—every episode is packed with a wide range of topics to support visual storytellers in their pursuit of building a business and growing a career they are proud of.
Audience:
The audience is a powerhouse of filmmakers, photographers, and directors—driven creatives who are carving their path between part-time success and full-time mastery. This is a niche but fiercely dedicated community, with true fans who hit play within 24 hours of every episode drop. 80% male, 20% female, and primarily based in Canada (60%) and the USA (20%), they are relentless in their pursuit of excellence, always hungry for insight, inspiration, and the next big breakthrough.
A word from the host:
“Why is no one talking about the journey, the struggles, and what it actually takes to become a successful creative behind the lens?
Why does this feel like a gate kept industry and you without knowing the right people you’ll never figure out how this works?
How did I learn more in one day assisting and talking with a professional photographer then I learned in an entire semester of photography school?”
These are the questions that kept commercial Cinematographer Marshal Chupa up at night wondering how he could create the very thing he wish existed 10 years ago when he started out on his freelance creative journey behind the camera. Something that could continually add value into the community and help his peers rise along side him. In hindsight, the most valuable things he had learned along his journey came from connecting with other successful creatives over coffee’s and beer’s and jotting down notes in his black moleskin.
Then came the idea.
If the most valuable insights of his career didn’t come from school and everyone on the internet seem to want to just talk about the next shiny lens then what if he bridge the gap through these very same conversations he was already having with other successful creatives but instead do it in front of a mic and share it with the world and the community.
And so the Shotlist Podcast was born.
Our Goal:
Ignite inspiration in every listener.
Unlock powerful advice, hard-earned wisdom, and game-changing insights through raw, personal stories—both mine and my guests’.
Create deep connection—so every listener feels seen, understood, and never alone.
Deliver cutting-edge industry tips, tricks, and tools to fuel creativity and success.
Our Top Guests
How The Community Feels About The Impact Shotlist is Making.
The Future of Shotlist depends on brands like you.
This is the early days, the numbers aren’t huge, but the impact is.
Total Episodes to-date: 37
🔄 Publish Rate: Tri-Weekly
🎧 Total Streams: 4260
🤚 Total Followers: 296 (Graph below shows steady growth since 2022)
Objective:
We are looking for financial backing to help reach our goal if 50,000 streams by December 2025. The funding will be going towards a combination of talent hiring, production of marketing assets, as well as paid campaigns to increase the audience size and streams.
With Financial Support:
I plan to increase the number of episodes from 17 to 26 per season (one calendar year).
I plan to hire a video editor to create promotional content for social media.
I plan to create paid social media campaigns to drive traffic directly to the podcast.
What I’m Offering:
Host read Ad’s (Pre or mid-rolls).
Sponsored Social Media Posts (IG Feed & Stories).
Your company logo displayed on our website.
Interested in supporting Shotlist? Please reach out to Marshal at shotlistpodcast@marshalchupa.com