Down on the Farm Podcast with Henry Carpenter
Oct 10, 2026 · 34 min · 11 segments
Sam faced challenges straight from early life. With him having kidney failure and all the complications that come with that, many that people wouldn't realise would which he shares with us in this…
Henry CarpenterHostYeah, and I think that's why I've lent into the documentary style side of filming.
You know, I don't need everything to be structured and completely laid out for me shot by shot with a schedule.
I like to let things play out probably because of the adversity I've had in my life anyway.
You say, well, I'm going to walk this way while you come out the door and we go over there.
That's on the spot thinking though, because you look at the circumstances you're in, you look at the layout of things and you work with what you've got.
You know, following an artist doing a tour or something has never appealed to me.
Whereas the variety of documentary filmmaking and working with different people telling different stories all the time is what's always interested me.
Is there a way you go around making the documentaries? Is there sort of a process? Do you think it's more tailored to your individual target in terms of what you're trying to achieve and come across the end viewer and what obviously you're going to be making effectively?
In a practical sense, I think it's always very useful to get the interview done as soon as possible.
Get to know your subject at least a little bit, get to understand each other and what the premise is.
And then when your interview takes place, that's when you can really get into the nitty gritty of the story, get the message out.
Yeah, and I think that's why I've lent into the documentary style side of filming.
You know, I don't need everything to be structured and completely laid out for me shot by shot with a schedule.
I like to let things play out probably because of the adversity I've had in my life anyway.
You say, well, I'm going to walk this way while you come out the door and we go over there.
That's on the spot thinking though, because you look at the circumstances you're in, you look at the layout of things and you work with what you've got.
You know, following an artist doing a tour or something has never appealed to me.
Whereas the variety of documentary filmmaking and working with different people telling different stories all the time is what's always interested me.
Is there a way you go around making the documentaries? Is there sort of a process? Do you think it's more tailored to your individual target in terms of what you're trying to achieve and come across the end viewer and what obviously you're going to be making effectively?
In a practical sense, I think it's always very useful to get the interview done as soon as possible.
Get to know your subject at least a little bit, get to understand each other and what the premise is.
And then when your interview takes place, that's when you can really get into the nitty gritty of the story, get the message out.
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