WAM: Heroes In A Half Shell In A Whole Movie!!!
You were expecting uhhh maybe the Addams Family?
Guests are hard to come by during a global sequester so we’re turning to a classic format - What A Movie(?)! In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, we’re watching the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie! Jesse’s seen it before so he’s out of the guessing. But not only is the film well off of Swinky’s radar, the entire franchise is all but absent from her purview. After guessing the plot well, the catch phrases poorly and the turtles’ favorite food very very poorly, we watch the film. Bads are thin on this one, folks. While a little bit dated, the film is largely unimpeachable. So, we don’t impeach it. As always, thanks for listening!
EPISODE NOTES
Season 03 Episode 13
WAM: Heroes In A Half Shell In A Whole Movie!!!
Recorded on April 1, 2020
Released on April 14, 2020
Episode Duration: 01:06:28
Jesse can be found on Instagram @jjkoester and on the web at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com.
Swinky can be found on Twitter & Instagram @swinkymusic and on the web at www.swinkymusic.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Mini-Sode: Parasite In Paradise (Spoilers, obviously...)
In which we discuss the best Best Picture we’ve seen in ages, Bong Joon-ho’s isntant-classic Parasite.
Swinky and Jesse have co-hosted co-ghosted with the co-mosted before. In a different life… In a different world… Back in Japan, they produced a movie-review podcast called What A Movie(?). In celebration of Bong Joon-ho taking home Best Picture at The Oscars this year, we’re reviving that old format. If you like what you hear here, you can listen to every single episode of What A Movie(?) ever recorded here: https://sunshinepicturesllc.com/wam. As always, thank you for listening!
NOTES
Season 03 Episode 08
Potpourri: Parasite In Paradise
Recorded on February 16, 2020
Released on March 2, 2020
Episode Duration: 00:57:40
Jesse can be found on Instagram @jjkoester and on the web at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com.
Swinky can be found on Twitter & Instagram @swinkymusic and on the web at www.swinkymusic.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Storytelling: Kathie Fong Yoneda Has Had Her Feet On Every Rung Of The Ladder
Kathie Fong Yoneda has climbed from typist to executive but didn’t do so in a straight line (because there is no such thing as a straight line when it comes to life). Exactly how does an early interest in journalism and art lead to top-level employment at major studios? We’d answer that but Kathie does so better than we ever could.
One of the common themes among our guests is empathy. While this isn’t a competition, Kathie was the first guest to ask about Neo’s wellbeing after he finished fighting Morpheus. So, that’s where the bar is now, future guests. From there, the conversation takes off, touching on community college, art, journalism, affirmative action, and storytelling. Specifically, we focus on how to think about storytelling when addressing executives. How do you best package an idea for studios? How do you rework a project for pitch and for sale? All that and more on this episode of The Hollywood Fishbowl!
Storytelling: Hilliard Guess Has Game, Shares Game
Hilliard Guess can pinpoint the exact moment he became a writer. It was when he started writing. Of course, no story is so simple and few are this well told. As always, thank you for listening.
Hilliard Guess knows his way around a microphone. And a podcast. And a writers room. And a screenplay. And a film set. And a stage. So, where do you even start the interview? We start at the relationships he cultivated with the local skinheads (Neo-Nazi and traditional) growing up in the ‘hood, as a gay, black kid in the 80s Mod/Rudeboy/Punk Scene. From there, we wind our way into the writers room with a torrent of gold wisdom on how to navigate that environment. Our belated arrival at the fishbowl gives us solid three-act structure with the pulls Baby Writers, Autobiographies and Death.
NOTES
Season 01 Episode 11
Hilliard Guess Has Game, Shares Game
Recorded on July 8, 2018
Released on July 17, 2018
Episode Duration: 01:12:11
Hilliard Guess can be found on Twitter @hilliardguess & @screenwritersRR, and on the web at https://www.patreon.com/ScreenwritersRantRoom
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com/hwfishbowl
Storytelling: Naomi Beaty Also Has A Very Specific Set Of Skills
Stories need structure too, ya know! And, who better to talk structure with than a teacher, writer and podcaster? On a normal day, we’d have to find 3 people to meet all that criteria. But no day is normal when Naomi Beaty is around. Enjoy the wisdom!
Naomi shares a name with a couple of heavy-hitters in the entertainment industry, including Naomi, Naomi and Naomi (listen to the full episode for specifics). She also shares her knowledge and wisdom with us as we do a deep-dive into the mechanics of storytelling. As a long-time collaborator with Save The Cat, a podcaster and a teacher, she’s certainly a contender for this type conversation. As a kind person with a passion for supporting others in their endeavors, she’s a shoe-in. To illustrate the reliability of story structure, we compare two nearly identical films - Taken and Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. When we get to the Fishbowl... Guest Host with Swinky! Whooo!
NOTES
Season 01 Episode 10
Naomi Beaty Also Has A Very Specific Set Of Skills
Recorded on June 28, 2018
Released on July 10, 2018
Episode Duration: 01:18:16
Naomi Beaty can be found on Twitter @NaomiBeaty.
Save The Cat can be found at www.savethecat.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com/hwfishbowl