{"id":16952,"date":"2021-09-21T17:33:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T17:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?page_id=16952"},"modified":"2023-05-06T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T14:31:40","slug":"production","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/production\/","title":{"rendered":"Production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_2074.jpg?resize=1024%2C707&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17007 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_2074.jpg?resize=1024%2C707&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_2074.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_2074.jpg?resize=768%2C530&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_2074.jpg?resize=435%2C300&amp;ssl=1 435w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_2074.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PRODUCTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Mann has worked as a director, producer, writer, and talent on a variety of video projects. His first major production was in 2013 he worked with Michael Bane, Todd Jarrett, Julie Golob, and Gunsite Academy to produce, direct, and write, the Laser&#8217;s Edge DVD for Crimson Trace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then he has  created hundreds of videos for his own YouTube channel, worked with  the Discovery Channel on firearm related content, and he was the developer, producer, and talent for the first season of Gunsite Academy Now! Richard also pioneered the concept of filming outdoor writers in a story-like format while they were hunting and testing products. This unique approach to hunting video content resulted in Season 1 and 2 of WILDCraft in 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his Interest in WILDCraft disposed, Richard now works with his son, Sabastian &#8220;Bat&#8221; Mann who has contributed to productions for Amazon Prime, and produced commercials and numerous documentaries. With Bat as the lead videographer, Richard and his company Ramworks INC. can create a wide range of video content, in and outside the firearms community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1249\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HHZrxPn6wY8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1249\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wnwYIMHr2mg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=4&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp\" data-blog-id=\"78049815\">\n\t\t<form\n\t\t\taria-describedby=\"wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_consent-text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Enter your email\"\n\t\t\t\t\tplaceholder=\"Enter your email\"\n\t\t\t\t\trequired\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Enter your email\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"email\"\n\t\t\t\t\tname=\"email\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-button wp-block-button\" style=\"\"><button class=\"wp-block-button__link\" style=\"\" data-id-attr=\"mailchimp-button-block-1\" id=\"mailchimp-button-block-1\" type=\"submit\" data-wp-class--is-submitting=\"state.isSubmitting\" data-wp-bind--aria-disabled=\"state.isAriaDisabled\">Join my email list<span class=\"spinner\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M12,1A11,11,0,1,0,23,12,11,11,0,0,0,12,1Zm0,19a8,8,0,1,1,8-8A8,8,0,0,1,12,20Z\" opacity=\".25\"\/><path d=\"M10.14,1.16a11,11,0,0,0-9,8.92A1.59,1.59,0,0,0,2.46,12,1.52,1.52,0,0,0,4.11,10.7a8,8,0,0,1,6.66-6.61A1.42,1.42,0,0,0,12,2.69h0A1.57,1.57,0,0,0,10.14,1.16Z\"><animateTransform attributeName=\"transform\" type=\"rotate\" dur=\"0.75s\" values=\"0 12 12;360 12 12\" repeatCount=\"indefinite\"\/><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"is-visually-hidden\">Submitting form<\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n\t\t\t<p id=\"wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_consent-text\">\n\t\t\t\tBy clicking submit, you agree to share your email address with the site owner and Mailchimp to receive updates from the Richard Mann. 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His first major production was in 2013 he worked with Michael Bane, Todd Jarrett, Julie Golob, and Gunsite Academy to produce, direct, and write, the Laser&#8217;s Edge DVD for Crimson Trace. Since then he has created hundreds of videos for his own YouTube channel, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16952","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5hujZ-4pq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16954,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/training\/","url_meta":{"origin":16952,"position":0},"title":"Training","author":"gunwriter","date":"September 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"TRAINING Richard spent a large portion of his professional military and law enforcement careers as a firearms instructor. He is a firm believer that anyone who uses firearms should seek out quality training. And to those people his first recommendation is Gunsite Academy. 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And the best way to learn how to hit, is to seek out good training from a reputable source. 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