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Show notes July 16, 2017- ep06 – Plotpoints Podcast.

Mark Sevi, Toby Wallwork, Mary Claire Anderson (Lorenzo Porricelli sitting in for MC.)

00:00:00 INTRO – THIS WEEK ON PODCAST Mark Sevi MC is Oscar Mike taking a Girl’s Trip, Toby has The Right Stuff, and Larry Smiles at the world (because nobody knows anything.) This…is Plotpoints Podcast featuring #MarkSevi, #MaryClaireAnderson, #TobyWallwork, #LorenzoPorricelli (#Mark, #MC, #Toby)

00:00:19 INTRO MUSIC 00:00:37 OPENING CHAT Host Mark Sevi, Co-Host Lorenzo Porricelli, Producer/Engineer Toby Wallwork Broadcasting from the beautiful Newport Beach Headquarters of Maya Cinemas (www.mayacinemas.com) and many thanks to Frank Haffar and Lorezno Porricelli!

00:03:15 Intro of Hosts You’re killing us, Larry! Not really – we are sooo grateful to have you here filling in for MC. Busy week for all!

00:04:25 WHAT ARE WE WRITING/WATCHING? Lorenzo, Toby, Mark MARK: Script doctoring, working on historical script Keeping my head to the sky!… Read the rest

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Show notes July 02, 2017- ep05 – Plotpoints Podcast.

Mark Sevi, Toby Wallwork, Mary Claire Anderson

00:00:00 INTRO – THIS WEEK ON PODCAST Toby Wallwork

MC is M.I.A.! Where are you, Mary Claire? (hint, orange jumpsuit, a freeway, trash bags…? No, why would you say that!) (actually she’s traveling for the holiday.)

Director/producer/writer Shadia Sepehrnia sits in as guest host.

Mark is Toby’s Favorite Martian.

Happy Birthday, America! This…is Plotpoints Podcast featuring #MarkSevi, #MaryClaireAnderson, #TobyWallwork, #ShadiaSepehrnia (#Mark, #MC, #Toby, #Shadia)

00:00:15 INTRO MUSIC

00:00:57 INTRO Host Mark Sevi, Co-Host Shadia Sepehrnia, Producer/Engineer Toby Wallwork

Broadcasting from the Newport Beach Headquarters of Maya Cinemas (www.mayacinemas.com) and many thanks to Frank Haffar and Lorezno Porricelli!

What’s happening at Maya Cinemas?

00:03:15 Intro of Hosts

Welcome, Shadia.

00:04:25 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING? Shadia, Toby, Mark

MARK: #spacebetweenus #startrekenterprise

SHADIA: #GLOW #jenjikohan

TOBY: #babydriver #anselelgort #edgarwright

Send us your thoughts and what you’re watching.… Read the rest

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Show notes June 18, 2017- ep04 – Plotpoints Podcast. Mark Sevi, Toby Wallwork, Mary Claire Anderson

00:00:00 INTRO – THIS WEEK ON PODCAST

Mary Claire Anderson

MC and her fiance disagree on almost everything entertainment except for…

Mark takes us to Gilligan’s Island (uh, not that Gilligan.)

Toby thinks all genres of film are the hardest!

This…is Plotpoints Podcast featuring #MarkSevi, #MaryClaireAnderson, #TobyWallwork, (#Mark, #MC, #Toby)

00:00:15 INTRO MUSIC

00:00:59 INTRO

Host Mark Sevi, Co-Host Mary Claire Anderson, Producer/Engineer Toby Wallwork Getting easier – and harder.

00:01:45 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING?

MC, Toby, Mark

Mark: #startrekenterprise

MC: #familyguy, #fargo, #anthologytv

TOBY: #topofthelake

Send us your thoughts and what you’re watching.

00:8:30 GREAT WRITERS PROFILE

Mark Sevi

Vince Gilligan! The amazing and prolific television god who strides the cathode ray tube landscape as if it was his personal fiefdom!

#vincegilligan

Mary Claire Anderson, Toby Wallwork contribute to this segment also, bringing the story of the amazing “Lone Gunmen” pilot ep and the insane, compelling, perfect opening to “Breaking Bad’s” pilot ep.… Read the rest

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Show notes June 04, 2017- ep03 –

Plotpoints Podcast. Mark Sevi, Toby Wallwork, Mary Claire Anderson

00:00:00 INTRO – THIS WEEK ON PODCASTMary Claire Anderson

Hitting it hard with a strong focus on what we do which is write, write, write – oh, and talk about writing! And also that writing thing.

No interview this week but plenty of interesting topics, tips and tomfoolery!

Woody Allen, updating Toby’s ToWatch list and Sheckman, Sheckman, Sheckman! With Q&A, What Are We Writing, and MORE!

This…is Plotpoints Podcast featuring #MarkSevi, #MaryClaireAnderson, #TobyWallwork, (#Mark, #MC, #Toby)

00:00:15 INTRO MUSIC

00:00:53 INTRO Host Mark Sevi, Co-Host Mary Claire Anderson, Producer/Engineer Toby Wallwork

We’re having a blast doing this – thanks for your support!

00:01:45 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING? MC, Toby, Mark

#laconfidential, #woodyallen, #topofthelake, #curtishanson

Send us your thoughts and what you’re watching.

00:10:40 GREAT WRITERS PROFILE Mark Sevi

Woody Allen’s amazing career with insights into his unique personality and films.… Read the rest

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Show notes May 25, 2017- ep02 – Plotpoints Podcast

 00:00:00 INTRO – THIS WEEK ON PODCAST

         Mary Claire Anderson

This week Plotpoints ranged far and wide with a strong focus on what we do which is write, write, write – oh, and talk about writing! 

 No interview this week but plenty of interesting topics and tips!

 This…is Plotpoints Podcast featuring #MarkSevi, #MaryClaireAnderson, #TobyWallwork, (#Mark, #MC, #Toby)

 00:00:15 INTRO MUSIC

 00:00:49 INTRO

         Mark Sevi

 Thanks to all who listened to the 1st ep and gave us feedback!  We’re learning!

 00:01:43 THIS WEEK IN WRITING

Mark Sevi, Mary Claire Anderson, Toby Wallwork

 – Mark, MC and Toby talked about their writing issues and what they’ve been working on.

 Mark mentioned he had written 30 pages but it was 10 pages on three different (exploratory) scripts and he wasn’t even sure he’d keep any of them although he liked all the pages. … Read the rest

This one went much smoother than the first which we hoped would be the case.  I also think we focused the content more to our original concept which was to drill down into writing processes.  We’re still all learning as we go but we’re getting better at understanding what it takes, how to be worthy of listeners.  I’ll be interested to hear the rough cut that Toby’s putting together at this point to see how much of that optimism is warranted.

It’s hard not to be ultra-critical of myself but that’s the way I deal with everything.  I don’t dwell on past mistakes but I also don’t let myself off the hook.  I feel the moment I give myself a pass is the moment I begin a downward slide to mediocrity of will and spirit.  My work may never rise to the level of anything remotely great but I will always strive for those goals.… Read the rest

So, we learned a lot from our first podcast and hope to incorporate those lessons into this next one.  Primary is our desire to push the writing side of the podcast and/or funnel everything toward a writing slant.  After all, in the bigger scheme of things we as writers don’t have any control over production values, budget, actors, etc.  We control the story and that only up to a point once something gets sold.  And so all that writing stuff, not production stuff, should be our focus since we are a writer-based team of podcasters although we do have other skills obviously.

An interesting offer came out of my “appearance” on the Le Laporte Show (http://techguylabs.com) – it’s something that came out of left field and is a great opportunity.  We’ll (hopefully) be offering more on this later.

I don’t think we’re going to have a guest on this next ‘cast. … Read the rest

I’ve settled on LibSyn to host the podcast for a bunch of reasons.  This website is perfectly capable of doing everything that needs to be done using the Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin or any of about a dozen others that create most of what you need out of the box.

LibSyn has a great feature that allows me to connect a bunch of social media and this website to a podcast release.  Once set up, I can post the podcast and the connections I made internally get the announcement.  It has a way to create a post here automatically.

iTunes, which is the 800 pound gorilla of podcasting, is also a major consideration.  LibSyn helps you get all that right.

At $15.00/month for the tier that is the least one you need (I’m finding out) I’m not thrilled but it’s reasonable enough to get us started.

But what a f*cking nightmare iTunes is. … Read the rest