WEBVTT - Bonus #2: Acting / Writing / Interviews 0:00:02.200 --> 0:00:05.200 Welcome, welcome, all you listeners out there. I'm Bobby see 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:07.640 Us and I play Marco. That's a wrap on our 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:09.920 story for the season, but we still have more content 0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:12.560 for you. This is a bonus behind the scenes episode 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:23.400 about the making of Here Comes the Break. For the 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:25.400 second week of our behind the scenes look at the 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:27.800 makers of the show, we have two more segments coming 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:31.000 at you. First up, I had a conversation with Danielle Perkins, 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:33.920 who plays Janelle, about our experience making the show our 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:41.519 first podcast listening. Cool, cool, cool. I'm here with my 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:45.279 co star, are Janelle the Lovely Daniella Perkins? Daniella, how 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:49.440 you doing? Introduce yourself? Let's get it. Hey, guys, I'm 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:52.880 Daniella Perkins, I played Janelle and Here Comes the Break 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:56.760 and I'm excited to have this little conversation. Alright, alright, 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:59.400 so we'll just dive right in. First question, I'm really 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:02.200 curious about this. How did you get involved with Here 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:04.280 Comes a Break? What was the process like for you 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:09.280 joining the project? Okay, so I got involved with this 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:12.479 project after my agent sent me over the script. I 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:14.880 read it. After I read it, I was thinking about 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:18.080 it the entire day. I was like Wow. Wow, that's 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.760 a really good script. So I got back right away 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:22.400 and I was like, I want to be a part 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.280 of this, please, let's do this. I just connected with 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.760 it immediately, no question about it at all. And it 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.360 was right when all the protests were going on and everything. 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:34.560 It just hit different. I guess, yeah, that's dope for me. 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:36.800 It was kind of like it was pitched almost as 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:40.559 like a play podcast hybrid um, and I was like, Okay, 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:42.800 this sounds cool and news. Let me read into it 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.440 um and then yes, it's sort of same for me. 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:49.080 The idea of combining hip hop and mental health conversation 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.600 through what I love to do, it was just dope. 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:54.520 So I was like, yeah, I'm right in there. Okay. 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.200 So like, were there any particular parts of the story 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:00.040 that really drew you in that made you definitely to 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:03.200 be a part of it. Oh yeah, I mean literally 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:06.240 everything about this story I was just drawn too because 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:08.880 it was one, you know, relating to topics our nation 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:12.720 was is still currently dealing with racially, you know, having 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:16.639 those open conversations about mental health. And another thing that 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:19.160 I thought was really really cool is it's super relatable 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.440 in all those parts obviously, but another thing is like 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:26.200 kids nowadays are creating their own business. Regardless how old 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.919 you are, you can make a career for yourself. And 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:31.919 I thought, obviously, you know, I also do that myself, 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.160 and yeah, I just think that's so cool. You know, 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:39.600 everything about this project is just so real and I 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:43.120 was just drawn to it. So yeah, yeah, that's dope. 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:45.200 Like when I think about that, I think about what 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:49.360 I was doing at sixteen or fifteen in comparison to 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:54.040 this newer generation. They're like so far ahead of like 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.919 what I was doing in terms of being producted. It's 0:02:57.000 --> 0:03:00.839 very inspiring. Yeah, facts, So we'll just keep zooming through 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:04.480 these questions. Is there something that you identified with about 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:09.840 your character and or how are you different? Okay? Um, 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:12.720 I mean we're both very headstrong and determined. We both 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:15.560 know exactly what we want. But I feel like her 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:18.160 determination is like she'll like go out there and get 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:19.840 it done. And then like with me, I know what 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:21.519 I want, but I'll take a little more time, but 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.160 really think about things and go for it and just 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:25.919 know if you've got to get it done, you know, Ruben, 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:27.519 you're gonna go here. We gotta talk about this, we 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:29.920 gotta get this, and so she has just more like 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:32.000 pushed behind me, I guess, and I'm more like I 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:35.160 needn't think a little bit fucking do something. I feel that. 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.120 I feel that. Do you feel like there's got a 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:39.960 better way to go about doing things in your life? 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.440 Me personally? Yeah, if you could be more like Janelle, 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:45.360 would you want to or do you prefer how you 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:47.960 sort of? Oh? No, I would Yeah, I'd want to 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.880 be like Janelle. I feel like having those little stops 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:52.680 and mean, well, what if I do this is gonna 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:54.760 be seen this way, you know, instead of just being like, well, no, 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:57.160 I know exactly how I want things to play out 0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:59.840 and where my vision is and how how I want 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.040 to thing to play out. And so I feel like 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.040 with me taking those little stops to be like, okay, 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.560 we'll let me think instead of just going for it fully. 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.800 Is what I look up to Janelle about, Like she's 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:13.560 just like goes for Yeah. For me, Marco, I think 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:18.120 what I resonate with is just his hustle. His hustle 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:21.560 and his ability to to not necessarily pull strings but 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:25.640 finesse people into pulling strings for him. Oh I like that. Yeah, 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:27.960 that's sort of like I wish I could do that more. 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:29.800 I think I have quite a bit of a hustle, 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.599 but he's just super ahead of the game. Yeah, same 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:36.880 thing with Janelle. This is just just a little bit more. Okay. 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:41.600 So what was your experience like just recording the production? So, 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:44.080 like I the studio is like a city over from 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:46.480 where I live. So I actually went in studio mask 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:50.200 on see what I did there. So like that was 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:53.160 my experience. What was yours? Like? Recording all the way 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:57.320 from the West coast? So mine, I just recorded in 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:00.040 my bedroom. They sent me with this little microphone and 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.200 pack over and all this stuff, and I I was 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.400 just like, wow, I'm in my room doing this, Like 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:07.960 who am I? You know? The only thing that was 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:10.560 different for me was not having that natural planter and 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:13.480 would get from being in the room with people, you know, 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:16.000 and it was just odd, you know, like being live 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:19.320 action acting is like so different than doing a podcast 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.160 and especially being at home, Like I feel like also 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.480 being in the studio just gives you that extra oath 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:27.039 of you feel like you're really in that moment. So 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.880 did you get any direction? Well, yes, they gave me 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:32.560 a direction. We'd be on the call and everything and 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:34.080 like they would read it through me, but you know, 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.080 being an actor you give a little bit more. Yeah, 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:41.599 it's just different. But it was definitely an experience and 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:43.840 I'm so happy with how it turned out. Wouldn't want 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.360 it any other way. It was a cool experience. Path 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.159 when it finally dropped. What was your experience like listening 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:51.840 to it? Well, one, I was nervous and I was like, 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:53.479 oh gosh, I was going to play at because you know, 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:55.360 like not having that panter there. I was like, Oh, 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:57.279 I hope I did to know justice and I would 0:05:57.360 --> 0:05:59.920 really love this project. I wanted to be the best 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.160 could be. When I listened to it the first time, 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:05.520 I was like, oh my gosh, it turned out so bad. 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:08.440 Like I cried a little bit. I did because I 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.000 was so happy. It truly felt such a connection with 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.880 this story and all these characters, and I did. I did. 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.440 I cried a little bit. I get very connected to 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.040 the work I do, so when I see something from 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:21.040 out and I'm very happy being proud of it, it 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:23.640 gets me a little emotional. But yeah, I listened to 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.880 it with my mom. That's really I was just waiting 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:30.039 counting down the days for to drop. And then I 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:33.800 remember when I got the notification on on Apple Podcasts. 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:36.440 I just turned on my headphones, laid in my bed, 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:38.440 face to the ceiling, and I was like, all right, 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:42.000 let's do this. And then just the like first fifteen seconds, 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:44.400 I was like, Yo, the music quality of this is 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:47.720 so fire, like how am I even part of this? 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:50.000 And then just listening to the story. There are a 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:52.200 lot of times where I had to rewind because I 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:56.039 was so focused on how well I I did justice 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.920 to Marco, if I was doing justice, and just listening 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:02.400 to those things. As an artist, something I'm always striving 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.159 for is to be able to consume or just be 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.680 an audience member for projects that I'm in, rather than 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.480 like judging it from an actor's point of view, you 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.280 know what I mean to Like, I found myself almost 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:17.840 not listening quite to the story, but rather listening to 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.080 how it came out, if that makes sense, you know, 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:21.880 So like that makes sense, I'd have to rewind and 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:23.920 be like, okay, like let me actually tune into what 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:29.080 I'm going on and not just my voice. You know. Yeah, 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.960 same with you. I was like totally blown away just 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:35.400 by like the story and the production quality of it all. 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:41.000 Thank you, word word, What was something important and different 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:46.120 about keeping creatively busy during the pandemic year for you, Okay, yeah, 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:50.920 the pandemic definitely like changed my world completely because what 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:54.560 I do is so much about seeing people and getting 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.360 to me. It's just revolves around like so many other 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.960 people and that just me. So it's definitely like, Okay, 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:03.240 what am I gonna do? You know? But when this 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.920 podcast really helped me because it gave me something to 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.760 do and really throw myself into and just work on that. 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.440 So I was very very thankful it came when the 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:15.200 pandemic was happening and all that. It was scary. It 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:17.800 was a big change on the acting side of things. 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:21.120 Live action wise, every audition was zoom and it still 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.560 is zoom. It's how you know, charming people in the 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:25.320 room isn't a thing you have to like get on 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.800 the zoom and be like hey, what's up? And you know, 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.800 there's not that like connection you can build with casting directors. 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.320 Literally just this past week ahead a producer session and 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:37.160 I was like, oh jeez, it's so different, Like, I 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:39.600 don't know, I think it's definitely going to be a 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:43.120 new normal in a way. I think the biggest part 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.240 for me was it also gave me time to figure 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.720 out more about me that makes sense and like what 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:50.280 I really want my career to be and what I 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.120 wanted to do and what I needed to get there. 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:54.040 It gave me more time to kind of focus on 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:55.800 that instead of being on this constant hustle and like 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:56.920 I need to do this, I need to do this, 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:58.640 I need to be here, and I was just like 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.880 I got to stay home, you know, with yourself. Definitely 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:04.480 feel that. Definitely feel like get in touch with me 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.360 and get better at all the things that I want 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:09.760 to do. Yeah, I'm curious what does that look like 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:13.200 aside from working on your career during the pandemic when 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.160 you weren't doing that sort of stuff, whether it was 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.840 like meditation like rubin or like what are some of 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.960 the daily practices or things that you engaged with that 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:25.400 made you feel like you're being a better Daniela. Um, 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:30.839 definitely just cutting out time for me because I very 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.120 easily to be like I can do a million things 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.600 at once and that's okay because that's the lifestyle. And 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:37.520 you know, realizing like no, you you know, you go 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:39.840 to take some time for yourself, like it's okay to 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:43.040 have one day where you're not running around and doing 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.880 all these things. Meditation is something I never thought I 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:48.800 was going to be into and I didn't get into, 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.680 and it's helped me a lot because I've a very 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:55.080 overthinking mind. I guess I would say it's always on. 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:57.800 It's never I'm doing this right now, I can think 0:09:57.840 --> 0:09:59.640 about that. I could be like all the most beautiful 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.680 hype in the world. I'll be thinking about what I 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:03.320 have to do when I get back to my room, 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:07.319 you know, instead of just like enjoying the now. And so, yeah, 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.160 I feel like meditation really helped me with that. I 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.360 also do this little thing called a brain dump. I 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:13.040 take time in the morning when I wake up and 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.320 I just write down kind of like journaling, and I 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.520 just write down everything thinking and everything. That's just clearing 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:21.400 my mind of the clutter. Yeah, I would say that's 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:24.840 what I kind of do. That's dope, that's dope, very 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:29.000 similar for me. I actually, during the pandemic, I challenged myself. 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.840 I've been meditating for quite some time a few years now, 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:35.400 but I challenged myself to just do it more consistently. 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:39.400 So I did like a hundred day eight minute meditation challenge, 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:42.200 where like I wouldn't break it for any day. Wow, 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:45.960 that was like the most rewarding thing that I've ever 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.880 put myself through, and like, by the end of the 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.960 hundred days, I just felt so much more clear and 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.679 like productive and it was really cool. Since then, it's 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.160 been hard to get back to it now that things 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:00.360 are going back to normal or semi normal, but like 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.680 that's now something I try to incorporate daily and try 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.400 to just keep up with it. I love that. That's 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.160 also another cool thing. It's not something that has to 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:10.440 take up like an hour of your day. It's true 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:13.520 something that you can work into your busy life, which 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.800 I love. It's nice to find something like that. Yeah, 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.520 real quick, before we wrap this up, I have one 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:22.000 personal question and then I'll have one rapping question. So 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:25.800 in the podcast, our characters and Reubens specifically, we talk 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:29.720 about influencer culture and how that sort of affects us personally. 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:33.640 I've always been curious, as someone who's an actor but 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:36.480 like not like a breakout star yet. I've always been 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:40.079 curious what the transition from not having a super large 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:43.880 audience too then having one, what that looks like. Are 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:48.200 there things that you personally had to like mentally think 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:51.360 about because you now have a large audience that you're 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.080 almost like responsible for. What was that like for you? 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:58.000 For me, I started the whole social media thing and 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.320 my main passion acting at the same exact time. I 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.040 was on set for my first thing and my sister 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:05.360 was like, Yo, we gotta hop on this musically thing 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.480 and I was like, okay, bet let's do so for me, 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:10.120 it kind of happened at the same time. And I 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:13.920 really haven't changed my own personality, I guess when it 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:15.880 comes to being online. And I never was really like, 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.080 oh my gosh, people are gonna like look up to me, 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:19.560 like I need to make sure I'm like being a 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.000 role model and things like that. I don't know. I've 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:24.040 never been like I need to hide a part of 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.199 me because I'm super open and I feel like nothing 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:30.160 about me personally is like shocking or like, oh my gosh, 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.840 I might be a little weird, but like that's okay. 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:37.319 And it comes to social media and all that. I mean, 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.560 now I feel like it's definitely changed then when I 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.360 started it, and that was only you know, like a 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:45.080 couple of years ago. But I feel like now becoming 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:49.680 TikTok or like that must be very crazy, and seeing 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:51.880 it is also crazy, like going into all the Internet 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.480 stuff and you're like, wow, this is such a different world. 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:57.360 And now that it's like next thing of kids coming 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:59.880 and I'm oh, my gosh, this is such a different world. 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:04.720 It's crazy what a couple of years can change everything. Thought. 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:07.960 With social media, it's definitely a little scarier now. For sure. 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:10.640 Before I felt like it was a safe place rather 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:12.280 than like a place to like, you know, get a 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:14.400 brandle and do all this stuff. I hear that. I 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:19.840 hear that. Okay, now that life is returning to normal, 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:23.360 what can we expect from you? What are some projects 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.920 you might be working on, whether independently or big projects 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:28.559 that you can speak about. Where are we going to 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:32.840 see Danielle next? Okay, so this is actually very exciting. 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:37.800 I am gonna be in the upcoming season of Grown Ish, 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:43.640 so congress excited for it premiers this month, so I'm 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:49.000 very excited. I booked it end and we just wrapped 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:52.720 in June. That's dope. Yeah, it's really cool. So that's 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:56.040 something that's super fun and you can look out for. 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:59.439 I also did an independent film last month, so it 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:01.839 also up in June. I did it right after Grown Ish, 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:05.600 Super Super Cool. It's called del Topia. But yeah, thank 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:08.800 you for sharing your time with me. Looking forward to 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:15.120 working again. Pleasure meeting you, and peace out by We'll 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:27.520 be right back and now back to the show. For 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.920 our final behind the scenes segment, we have a wide 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:33.240 ranging conversation between Here Comes the Breaks writers Taylor Bettinson 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.040 and Kia Hill about crafting the story and balancing all 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.080 the characters and themes. And Nikia conducted all of the 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:42.080 mask on artists interviews, which Taylor has some questions about 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:54.920 for her too. Their conversation coming up next. M hm Hi, 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:58.480 I'm Nikia Hill and I'm Taylor Bettinson. Together we wrote 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:00.680 Here Comes to the Brain, and I was the real 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:04.560 voice behind the interview host you knew as mascart. So 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:06.680 this is a special behind the scenes look at the 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:09.360 writing of season one of Here Comes the Break. Nikkia, 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.960 why didn't you tell the listeners how you got involved 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:15.360 in the show, how he came to work together? Absolutely so, 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.960 about maybe almost two years ago. Now, I met the 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:23.080 executive producer and one of the co founders of Double 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:27.720 Elvis Production, Brady Fadler. I met him through a contact 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:32.400 and we kept in contact, and I invited him to 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:39.160 come speak to my students about branding and podcasting and 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:42.480 to talk about his work. And Brady just blew both 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:46.200 myself and my students away. And after he spoke to 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:50.840 my students, we actually sat and we just spoke about 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:54.200 like just creative things, some of the projects that he 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.520 was working on. And I shared that I have a 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:01.400 background in podcasting, and and we were just like vibing, 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:03.440 really just getting to know each other. And I said 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.440 that I had a desire to I'm a nonfiction writer, 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:10.000 a journalists by practice, and I have a background of 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:13.760 music journalism. But I really, at that moment, about more 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:16.080 than a year ago, I had a desire to get 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:19.920 into script writing. And months past he didn't tell me 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:23.240 about Here Comes the Break podcast. He was super secretive 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.080 about with some of the projects he was working on, 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:29.000 which I understand now, Um, industry all the way it works, 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:33.120 you can't talk about everything. And I just happened to 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:35.800 reconnect with him. I just was like, hey, shot him 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:39.640 an email, and um, you know, he remembered the conversation 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:43.560 that we had and then the rest was history. He 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:47.320 shared a lot about the Here Comes the Break vision 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:52.640 and talked about you and also the casting director Chris, 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:54.400 and I just fell in love with the story and 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:56.640 I'm like, I have to be a part of this, 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.840 and luckily he invited me to be on the team 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:03.480 in Yeah, the rest of this history, how about you? Yeah? Well, no, 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:06.080 I was so excited, like you said, when you came aboard. 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:08.280 I had been involved with Double Elvis a little longer 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:10.480 than you. I knew the other co founder of Double Elvis, 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.359 Jake Brennan, from other projects around Boston and other companies 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.639 around Boston that we had worked in together, and so 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:17.960 I had been doing some writing in the podcast based 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.159 on script writing and support writing for Jake on his 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:23.119 hit show disgrace Ling, and they thought of me to 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.120 come on board with Here Comes the Break and sort 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.479 of do the show running. But as you alluded to, 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.040 you know, you've got students, you're really in touch with 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:33.520 the youth today, as old like me would say. And 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.439 I was really excited to have someone who would you know, 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:39.720 again to use zoomer slang, who maybe would keep us 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:42.639 from me in too choogy, you know, who would keep 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.400 us in touch with with kind of the youthful spirit 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:47.440 of the characters, because I knew that I had some 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:49.960 real attachment to the story as well in terms of 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:51.560 some of the themes which we're going to get to 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:53.760 talk about in this behind the scenes look, but in 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:55.880 terms of what I think made us a great match 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.560 with just being able to balance bringing some of that 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:01.160 realness and some of that lived extreme arans to knowing 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.399 some kids these age in a way where we can 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.800 reflect the maturity and bring a sophisticated structure behind these 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.920 interviews together with these character arts, but just keeping it 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:11.640 down to ground level. I was. I was so happy 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:13.960 when we got to work together. So it's pretty simple 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:16.320 for me. I knew Devil Elvis and knew that they 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:18.720 were gonna introduce me to even more great people to 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:20.600 work with. I'm lo and behold you did. Yeah. Like 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:25.159 as I think about just how Brady and I connected 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:28.520 and like why he decided to bring me on the team, 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:32.119 I'm like, wow, I just have all of these different components. 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:35.159 In regards to my background, it didn't quite lawn on 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:39.480 me that, oh I worked with youth and also I 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:42.480 used to have an online publication and at my background 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:46.439 to music journalism, like it honestly felt like in up 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:49.240 to date, like it feels like a full circle moment 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:52.200 for me. And also like I felt working with you 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:54.800 on the script, it was really because my background was 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:57.880 not in scriptwriting, Like I'm a storyteller. I'm a writer 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:00.720 through and through, and I really is that if you're 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:03.200 a writer, you are writing. It just comes naturally. And 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:05.800 I felt like I was in school because there is 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:10.200 a particular structure with scriptwriting and just working with you, 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.720 I definitely just appreciate like I felt like I was 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:15.240 a student, like I was able to be it was 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:18.160 just fluid. I was able to be creative. And then 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:23.480 I was learning from both you and christs And even 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:27.720 when we were going through the process of the auditions 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:30.760 kind of figure out the cast, I just learned. I'm 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:35.960 learning so much about the evolution of like where podcasts 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:39.879 are going, and I really feel a part of history 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:42.320 because we don't see a lot of podcasts doing what 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:44.800 we're doing in this space right now. Well it is right, 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:46.639 I mean, it's exciting space to be in. There's a 0:19:46.680 --> 0:19:48.320 lot of different stuff being tried out, and you know, 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:51.280 we incorporated that into the show with the kids pursuing 0:19:51.320 --> 0:19:53.880 a podcast. Thank you so much for those comments. Book 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.080 Like a Student trust me, I felt as much a 0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:58.680 student in terms of us being able to find a 0:19:58.760 --> 0:20:00.920 way to bring these voices to together. It is a 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:04.560 new medium and the structure of a podcast episode can 0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:08.399 be more experimental in some ways than what people are 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:11.120 used to and more established mediums like movies and TV 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:14.320 where the rhythms are really established. So we had a 0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:17.520 great time, and particularly because it was over the pandemic 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:20.440 year and there was a lot of time to be 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:22.479 inside and to be working and be in your head 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:25.120 about something like this. It was great to have even 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:27.679 our small two person writers from to bounce ideas off 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:30.359