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Ep 78 - Secret Sauce: Let It Breathe
Sometimes the best thing you can add to a story⌠is nothing. When weâre creating, itâs tempting to keep adding. Another shot. Another line. Another graphic. Another music cue. We want to make sure the audience gets...
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Ep 77 - Secret Sauce: Run It Back
If you spend your life helping other people tell their stories, hereâs an interesting question: What happens when you turn that same curiosity on yourself? Where did your story begin? Who gave you a break?
What...
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Ep 76 - Secret Sauce: Where Great Stories Begin
Great stories donât begin when you press RECORD. They begin earlier. Before the cameras. Before the lighting. Before the edit. They begin with curiosity.
In this episode of You Gotta Hear This!, I share how I start...
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Ep 75 - Secret Sauce: Beating The Algorithm
Everybodyâs trying to beat the algorithm. More views. More likes. More followers. More reach. But if youâre a working creative, thereâs another algorithm that may matter a whole lot more. People.
Because when a...
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Ep 74 - Secret Sauce: Get Ready For Your Moment
Sometimes opportunity gives you plenty of warning. And sometimes the phone rings and someone says: âNeed you to sub-in tomorrow?â Suddenly youâre confirming the call time, showing up at a location youâve never seen...
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Ep 73 - Secret Sauce: Staying In Sync
Great creative teams develop a rhythm. They learn how each other thinks. They anticipate whatâs coming next. And eventually, they can communicate in shorthand. âLetâs do what we did on the Santa Monica shoot.â
That...
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Ep 72 - Secret Sauce: I Never Went To Film School
What if your greatest education never happened in a classroom? In this episode, I share why I'm actually grateful I never went to film school.
As a music major in college, I found myself producing two full-scale...
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Ep 71 - Secret Sauce: Soak It All In
Have you ever had one conversation change the way you looked at your work forever? For me, it happened during a visit to Capitol Records in Hollywood.
A record producer friend invited me to sit in on a recording...
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Ep 70 - Secret Sauce: Shaping Your Reputation
Your reputation isn't built by what you say about yourself. It's built by what other people say after you've left the room.
In this episode, Paul explores why your secret sauce isn't just a skill â it's the consistent...
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Ep 69 - Secret Sauce: What's In Yours?
Every successful creative seems to have something extra. Not a better camera, more expensive gear, or a more impressive titleâbut a unique value that keeps people coming back. I call it their secret sauce.
Years ago,...
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Ep 68 - Connect The Dots: Shoot For The Moon, And Work Backwards
Every great creative project begins with a vision.
Years ago, while working with a television director in Dallas, I learned a simple principle that has guided my work ever since. Before anyone picked up a camera or...
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Ep 67 - Connect The Dots: You Gotta Change Your Perespective
What if the biggest breakthrough in your creativity isn't learning a new skill...but looking at the same subject from a different angle?
In this episode of You Gotta Hear This!, Paul explores one of the most powerful...
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