The Mechanics of Storytelling – Details, episodes & analysis

• Becca’s origin story: how she got into special effects work (2:10)
• Defining what is special effects (6:05)
• Working your way up in the special effects world (13:30)
• What is it like in the day of a special effects professional? (21:10)
• What is something in real life that doesn’t actually happen the way special effects makes it seem like in the movies? (25:40)
• Thinking of the overall story/storytelling when doing special effects (28:30)
• How does faith life affect your work in special effects? (43:50)
• Spiritual Question: What have you learned about yourself and the world this past 1.5 years during the pandemic? (49:05)

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• Catherine’s origin story (6:45)
• Catherine’s first equity job (15:00)
• Catherine’s  Broadway debut in “Mamma Mia!” (18:10)
• Hundreds of hours of training, practice, and injury to perform (26:43)
• Catherine starts the “Artists Who Code” organization (38:20)
• Spiritual question: What theatre superstition/ritual have you been able to bring into your day-to-day life? (46:35)

Connect with our podcast:

https://www.instagram.com/mostpodcast

Connect with Catherine:

https://www.instagram.com/cattricafort/

Artists Who Code:

http://artistswhocode.com/

https://www.instagram.com/artistswhocode/

• Youngmi grows up in Korea and Saipan (1:00)
• Feeling like an outsider as a white person in Korea (5:00)
• How feeling like an outsider has influenced Youngmi’s comedy (9:00)
• Complexities of biracial upbringing (10:45)
• Youngmi retraces her history with starting Mission Chinese restaurant (14:30)
• Working through co-dependency issues (17:58)
• How Youngmi was able to assert her own creative desires and goals, working through baggage of Asian American upbringing and depression (19:15)
• Doing the scary thing of pursuing creative endeavors and honestly facing the possibility of failure (24:40)
• The challenge of living transparently emotionally and being vulnerable (25:30)
• Processing and healing from repressive Asian upbringing (26:50)
• “Was it scary to get into stand-up comedy?” (28:20)
• Coming up with stand-up jokes and practicing them (31:00)
• Power dynamics: Commanding the room as a stand-up comedian while also being vulnerable (36:30)
• Stand-up comedy as means of self-healing and talking about personal history on stage as comedy (38:25)
• “Do you think you could handle fame/celebrity?” (40:05)
• Youngmi answers a spiritual question: “Why is there suffering in the world?” (42:55)

You can check out Youngmi's podcast "Feeling Asian with Youngmi Mayer and Brian Park" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feeling-asian/id1481891689

Connect with Youngmi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ymmayer

• How Eddie got into drawing comics (1:00)
• Eddie talks about his previous zine/comic book “Sidewalk Empire” (4:30)
• Comic strips vs. Zines/Comic books (7:10)
• Learning to draw as a kid up until now (11:30)
• Eddie talks about his latest comic book based on his life as a lawyer in non-profit work (16:25)
• How to work within the comic book panel form? (22:25)
• Crafting the ending of the story first or develop the story as you go? (24:00)
• Ezra talk about what he liked in Eddie’s previous comic book “Wish the World” (31:00)
• How to create storylines, fictional universes, and characters for a zine/comic book? (36:20)
• Eddie answers a spiritual question: “What is the meaning of life?” (38:55)

Find Eddie's comics and drawings here: https://www.instagram.com/ehacomics/

We talk about Eddie's latest comic book release (which he published on Instagram)--to check it out, you can start at this IG post here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KA-7ZB_0s/

More of Eddie's zines, comics, and drawings: ehacomics.com

• Luba’s YouTube Channel “Life of Luba” (3:05)
• “You don’t need to know a lot about opera to enjoy opera” (5:00)
• How Luba got into singing opera (6:00)
• Why Luba wants to share opera with everyone (9:16)
• Stereotypes of opera singers (14:35)
• Thinking of singing technically and with the story/character of the opera in mind (17:45)
• Luba sings for us! (23:28)
• Luba helps Ezra sing (25:25)
• Dealing with negative comments on social media (27:14)
• “What is the meaning of life?” (30:45)

Connect with Luba's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeoflubaa

You can also check out Luba's YT channel/opera videos--here's a great one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKGYps-BTx8

• Using sounds to effect emotional response in trailers (3:45)
• “What is a ‘marketing campaign’ and ‘creative marketing’?” (9:30)
• How Eric started at HBO (10:55)
• Configuring the story of a trailer (19:50)
• How to navigate Hollywood as someone from underrepresented background (29:00)

Check out Eric’s trailers here: https://vimeo.com/ericobutler

• Kobe Bryant’s death and legacy (1:00)
• How Jonathan became a Lakers fan (10:53)
• How Jonathan got idea for podcast (18:02)
• Logistics of setting up a podcast (18:50)
• Building podcast’s legitimacy and brand image (28:28)
• Marketing for his podcast (35:45)
• Preparing for a podcast episode (38:20)
• “Has being a Lakers fan taught you anything about spirituality or faith?” (45:45)

Connect with Jonathan at his Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jhun88/

The Lakers Legacy podcast at https://twitter.com/LakersLegacyPod

Listen to Lakers Legacy podcast on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/2ykVwciCmU7wdkrGofobvY

Find more of Mark Dragicevic's music (composed one of the interlude songs) at https://soundcloud.com/cactusbloom

• How Matt got into writing and storytelling in high school (1:40)
• Storytelling as means of self-exploration and meaning (10:30)
• Matt’s process in crafting a story to tell (16:35)
• “What is a story?” (17:15)
• Workshop: Matt crafts a story for us in real-time (26:50)
• Contrast makes things interesting (42:00)
• Scenes: placing stories in physical locations, avoiding exposition (46:39)
• “Where do you think we go after we die?” (67:00)

Find Matt's books, podcasts, and everything else at matthewdicks.com

Find Matt's book on storytelling, "Storyworthy" at http://www.matthewdicks.com/storyworthy

Find more of Mark Dragicevic's music (composed one of the interlude songs) at https://soundcloud.com/cactusbloom

And thanks to Tape Works in Hartford, CT for the recording space and sound engineering help: https://www.tapeworksinc.com/

• Edwin’s origin story (1:50)
• Edwin pitches his short film story (15:35)
• Coming up with the idea for “Wind” (17:45)
• Inviting coworker feedback to improve the story (27:26)
• Reworking story per critical feedback (35:45)
• How Edwin pitched his story (39:40)
• Edwin helps Clara and Ezra craft story for a hypothetical short film (42:26)
• Edwin shares generic story structure we can use to craft our story (55:19)

Connect with Edwin’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/edwinwchang/

Watch “Wind” on Disney Plus: www.disneyplus.com/movies/wind/1EvvZOeiTFGb

• Origin: Why/how Ann started into stand-up comedy (1:30)
• On Failing: How do you push through the failures? (6:15)
• Coming up with New Ideas: And on importance of knowing who you are. (9:54)
• Crafting the joke: Establishing subtext (12:25)
• Joke structure: premise, subtext, reveal/surprise (13:45)
• Excerpt/Sound Clip from Ann's recent set (15:24)
• Breaking down the mechanics behind jokes from Ann's set (17:22)
• Sharing personal material, learning about yourself (25:45)

Connect with Ann on IG here! (IG: @ann_chun)