MWP - Weiko Lin Is Bad At Keeping (Crazy Screenwriting) Secrets To Himself
Author, screenwriter, Nichols-finalist and MFA-haver Weiko Lin is on The Hollywood Fishbowl to bring his inside knowledge of how we can improve filmmaking, international coproductions and life in general.
Author, screenwriter, teacher and international jet-setter Weiko Lin fills up a room with personality. Wouldn’t you know it, he can also fill a podcast with industry insight and wisdom. This conversation is guided by the contents of his book Crazy Screenwriting Secrets, now available through Michael Wiese Productions. Throughout the conversation, we don’t just talk screenwriting and filmmaking, Weiko talks a fair bit about how we can improve our relationship with China and how the American and the Chinese film industries can best coproduce. When we get to The Fishbowl, we get questions on Robert Redford (@al_lafleur), limitless dreaming and life on mars (@riceperloff). As always, thanks for listening!
This episode is sponsored by Michael Wiese Productions
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EPISODE NOTES
Season 02 Episode 44
MWP - Weiko Lin Knows That Everyone’s Trying (Because It’s Hard)
Recorded on September 29, 2019
Released on October 22, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:27:59
Weiko Lin can be found on Facebook at /weiko and on the web at www.weikolin.com.
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Storytelling: David & David Take Over The Hollywood Fishbowl
In which David Diamond and David Weissman take over The Hollywood Fishbowl and don’t give it back... Until they do!
Jesse’s out. David’s in! Also, David’s in! Once Mr. David Weissman and Mr. David Diamond are hosting, they cover the genesis of the Nicolas Cage/Tea Leoni vehicle The Family Man. Once we’re pulling cards from The Fishbowl, we get queries on meditation, sexiness and inspiration. If that isn’t The Hollywood Fishbowl in 3 words, I don’t know what is. As always, thank you for listening!
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Season 02 Episode 29
Storytelling: David & David Take Over The Hollywood Fishbowl
Recorded on June 7, 2019
Released on June 11, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:02:38
Bulletproof can be found on Twitter @bulletproofscr1, Instagram @bulletproofscript and on the web at http://www.bulletproofscript.com/.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Storytelling: David & David Deliver Dual Discussion Directly
David Diamond and David Weissman have written a fair number of movies that made it to the screen. Then, they wrote a book called Bulletproof sharing the wisdom they’ve gained from their shared multi-decade career. And, now? They’re on The Hollywood Fishbowl!
David Diamond and David Weissman have racked up quite a rap sheet in LA, including writing Evolution (directed by Ivan Reitman), Old Dogs (starring John Travolta and Robin Williams), The Family Man (starring Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni) and Dream A Little Dream 2 (starring not one but TWO Coreys from The Brat Pack). With a multi-decade career under their belts, they felt it was time to write down the wisdom they’ve gained to share with a broader audience. And that’s how Bulletproof was born. How did it find its way to Michael Wiese Productions? Listen and find out!
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Season 02 Episode 28
Storytelling: David & David Deliver Dual Discussion Directly
Recorded on June 7, 2019
Released on June 11, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:04:31
Bulletproof can be found on Twitter @bulletproofscr1, Instagram @bulletproofscript and on the web at http://www.bulletproofscript.com/.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Potpourri: The Ever-Loving Wheels Come Off! (Hilliard Guess and many more!)
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Welcome to the first episode of The Hollywood Fishbowl that goes beyond “conversation” and teeters into “soiree” territory. First, we catch up with Fishbowl Alumn Hilliard Guess who is now a writer on the hit SyFy show Deadly Class. If you listen to his original episode (found in our Storytelling series) and then watch some Deadly Class, you’ll be celebrating his success just as enthusiastically as I am. Why? Listen and you’ll know. Then, we do something unprecedented on The Fishbowl. We go into speed rounds with heaps of new guests and a returning fan favorite. Next week, we’ll be back with a more regular series. Until then, thank you always for listening!
Season 02 Episode 11
Potpourri: The Ever-Loving Wheels Come Off!
Recorded on Various Dates
Released on March 19, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:17:13
Hilliard Guess can be found on Instagram @hilliardguess.
Darling Alley Cat can be found on Instagram @darlingalleycat.
Faye Tal Curves can be found on Instagram @fayetalcurves.
Genevieve Dixon can be found on Instagram @genevieveinflight.
Vixen DeVille can be found on Instagram @vixencatvixen.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
MWP: Simone Bartesaghi Talks 3D Filmmaking, Sensitivity and The Matrix
We met Simone through Michael Wiese Productions but the title of ‘author’ only begins to scratch the surface. Simone started his career in business and had already found success when he finally got bitten by the film bug. Once he got his start, he couldn’t shake it and went on to produce and direct multiple award-winning shorts (one of them unbound by 2 crummy dimensions). As always, thank you for listening!
We met Simone through Michael Wiese Productions but the title of ‘author’ only begins to scratch the surface. Simone started his career in business and had already found success when he finally got bitten by the film bug. Once he got his start, he couldn’t shake it and went on to produce and direct multiple award-winning shorts (one of them unbound by 2 crummy dimensions). As always, thank you for listening!
Season 01 Episode 08
Simone Bartesaghi Talks 3D Filmmaking, Sensitivity and The Matrix
Recorded on January 24, 2019
Released on February 26,2019
Episode Duration: 01:50:39
Simone Bartesaghi can be found on the web at www.sibamedia.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Potpourri: Checking In With Kimberly Liermann and Naomi Beaty
It’s a Fabulous First! The days of never having a previous guest back on are over and we have two: Kimberly Liermann and Naomi Beaty.
Kimberly Liermann has a story to tell and that story ends with clear thinking and a return to self. How’d she get there? Well, why don’t you just fire this episode up and find out! After she shares her heart, we talk to Naomi Beaty about the podcast she’s launching. We pull some from the bowl on both conversations including What Would You Give Up, Which Villain Are You and What Inspires You (among others). Thanks for listening!
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Season 01 Episode 22
Potpourri: Checking In With Kimberly Liermann and Naomi Beaty
Released on: October 9, 2018
Episode Duration: 01:15:59
Kimberly can be found on Instagram @pillowpants8 and on Twitter @berlymann
Naomi Beaty can be found at www.writeandco.com and at www.moviesthepodcast.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and atwww.sunshinepicturesllc.com/hwfishbowl
Faith-Based Film: Sonja Piper Dosti Heard The Best Pitch At Age 8
Sonja Piper Dosti found her faith at 8 years old and never turned her back on it, even through a long and successful career in filmmaking. How does that work? Listen and find out!
Sonja didn’t grow up a Christian; she discovered her faith at 8 when a stranger introduced her to The Bible. She’s held that faith close through her life, even as she moved through a career in film. We talk about the gap between the quiet austerity of religion and how that squares with a career in the film industry, which isn’t exactly known for its quiet austerity. We also take a swim in The Fishbowl and answer some humdingers from that arena. And, of course, empathy!
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Season 01 Episode 19
Sonja Piper Dosti Heard The Best Pitch At Age 8
Recorded on July 23, 2018
Released on August September 18, 2018
Episode Duration: 01:10:45
Sonja Piper Dosti can be found on Twitter @spdosti and on the web at www.sonjapiperdosti.com/.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com/hwfishbowl
Faith-Based Film: Jennifer Dornbush Believes In Hope, Healing & Dissecting Depravity
Kicking off our miniseries on Faith-Based Film, writer Jennifer Dornbush opens the case file on her life, her writing techniques and thoughts on how we can improve movies about The Bible.
Jennifer Dornbush grew up in a house with human body parts strewn about, but not in a bad way. Her father worked in forensics. That environment would have an influence on her writing career but not right away. Once it did though, her career took off in new and unexpected ways, including a recent turn as a faith-based film writer. All of that in more detail in this episode and then we get to The Fishbowl. We draw Improv Poetry (nail it!), Childhood Mischief and Anti-Antidisestablishmentarianism.
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Season 01 Episode 18
Faith-Based Film: Jennifer Dornbush Believes In Hope, Healing & Dissecting Depravity
Recorded on July 18, 2018
Released on September 11, 2018
Episode Duration: 01:14:26
Jennifer Dornbush can be found on the web at www.jenniferdornbush.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