Women in Film Telling Stories With a Purpose

The Imperfect Podcast

This week's guests on the Imperfect Podcast are the women from REAL Pictures and founder Jacqueline Real. The REAL Brand NYC is a brand built on humanitarian, forward-thinking ideals. Their first company launch will be REAL Pictures, a production house helmed by #TheREALSisters that produces provocative, female-driven films with a purpose. Its premiere film will be ‘The Drive,’ written by Jacqueline Real & shot by Diana Matos. Jacqueline Real is a native New Yorker as well as a working SAG-AFTRA/EQUITY actress. After a year of activism and volunteer work, she has finally focused her passions and launched the company The REAL Brand NYC. The REAL Brand NYC combines her love of activism, volunteering, and film making. The most recent film she produced, 'How Far' (2016), was featured at the New York Short Film Festival. For more info on Jacqueline's multiple skills go to follow her on IG @JacquelineReal! Jacqueline's sister, Nicole Real has worked in the film & television industry for almost 15 years, where she started as an intern on "The FBI Files" for the Discovery Channel and then later at Tribeca Productions; Robert De Niro’s production company. She graduated from The School of VISUAL ARTS in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in cinematography and later met a group of filmmakers who led her to work with Glass Eye Pix “one of the indie scene's most productive and longest-running companies.” - Filmmaker Magazine. Also feature in this weeks interview is Diana Matos, who is a New York based Director of Photography working regularly in LA and Miami. Once a Local 600 camera assistant, her credits include: The Amazing Spider Man, The Bourne Legacy, R.I.P.D., Winter’s Tale, The Other Woman, Annie and Ricki and the Flash. Prior to working on set, she was a technician at Panavision NY and is a graduate of the University of Miami. Talking to Diana about film gear was a real treat. Hell she even owns owns an Arri Alexa Classic with High Speed License! Diana has shot with a