Defocused

Defocused is a mostly-weekly podcast about movies hosted by Dan Sturm and Joe Rosensteel. Defocused began in June 2014, and joined the Incomparable network in October 2015.

The show is mostly structured around a discussion of foods eaten by the hosts, the interior temperatures and humidities of their residences, and how great the movie Detention is, as well as an in-depth discussion of a movie each week. The movie discussion is typically colored by Sturm and Rosensteel's VFX expertise and filmmaking backgrounds, as each host may have an "insider's" perspective on how the film or a particular effect may have been made. Additionally, Dan and Joe may make fun of poorly executed or outdated visual effects, as well as critiquing the overall story elements, directing choices, and acting performances.

Movies are selected by one of the hosts, usually from a streaming service. Oftentimes an entire film series will be viewed over the course of several episodes. Recent months have included themes based around particular actors, or genres. Dan will typically pick something problematic, or a David Fincher movie, while Joe will usually pick a movie involving outer space.

Episodes are usually lightly edited to remove meta-discussion or title selection. Closing music related to the film is sometimes added in. Unedited episodes are on the Incomparable Bootleg feed.

The show will occasionally include guests with filmmaking backgrounds, or just people from the internet. Past guests have included: Jason Snell, Merlin Mann, Todd Vaziri, Seth Worley, Anže Tomić, and Mr. Mikah Sargent.

Logo
The logo was designed by Dan and Joe as described here. It is their take on the logo for Cannon Films, a now defunct film company known for making various interesting movies during the 1980s.