Good final morning of #PM22! We're here at the closing keynotes settling in for a chill little livetweet, starting here!
Live tweet this morning will be tips and tricks and thoughts as they come versus a full play by play. Stay tuned for thoughts from some of the best in the biz! #PM22
And Mosley has an important marketing tip: have an Instagram, a Twitter, and don't just post about the content!
Post about things in the zeitgeist as well, things related to what your podcast is about.
For instance: being blocked on all platforms by a CERTAIN scammer 😌 #PM22
OH DANG apparently we're getting breaking @AudieCornish news here at #PM22? 👀
NEW PODCAST COMING SOON! The Assignment with Audie Cornish! October release! #PM22
Abridged but:
"What can an abortion clinic clinician tell you about personal safety, and what it's like being in the eye of a violent storm?"
"Why would a Stevie Nicks [etc] sell their catalogues to hedge funders? What does that tell us about the music industry?" #PM22
The Assignment with @AudieCornish will be about digging in deeper to the "first anecdote" many journalists would use in their coverage of an event or topic, and approaching it from a different perspective.
There's something really beautiful about watching @drsanjaygupta complimenting @AudieCornish here on this stage, especially given their ostensibly opposite trajectories between TV and podcasting.
Can't capture this earnest, reverent energy happening on stage via tweet. 💙 #PM22
And @drsanjaygupta adds some lovely advice that is in a specific context, but I think is fairly universal:
"Wherever you are today, you can be better tomorrow."
Not all the way better, of course--but you always have opportunity to grow and change. 💙 #PM22
And yes, as she enters new roles, even Literally Audie Fucking Cornish gets waves of impostor syndrome.
How does she fight it?
"I want to try. What's the worst that can happen?" 💪🎉 #PM22
How does @drsanjaygupta deal with the backlash, given his work deals in... shall we say... controversial topics?
He leans into humility. He casts off the urge to do things too quickly. He leans into uncertainty. He does his research, and he listens. He stays transparent. #PM22
And even Literally Dr. Sanjay Fucking Gupta podcasts from a little closet with a mic setup! 😂 #PM22
Quick advice for making a great podcast:
@drsanjaygupta: "You have to be willing to share yourself."
@AudieCornish: "This medium feels good when you do it in a little group."
20khz takes 200+ hours per episode. This shit is METICULOUS. Honestly, a lot of what I learned about sound design for fiction from 20khz.
First tip: @trello ! This is the system the team uses for brainstorming, organization, and project management #PM22 trello.com/en
Trello is a great way to keep an infodump of episode ideas. You can categorize them, make channels pf favorites, and organize by tags and topics and so many different things.
Project management tools are here to help you, and so many like Trello have free plans! #PM22
Ready to PAINT WITH SOUND? 🎨 The legendary @starplanes is here at #PM22 to tell us all about sound design 😍
First, what the heck is a soundscape? Let's break it down;
-What does the audience want to know?
-Where does it take place?
-What is in the place? What things are there?
-How does the place FEEL?
And yes, you'll start listening to all the sounds around you closely #PM22
And Minear is also a visual artist, so they're always thinking about light. They're thinking about the changing colors of clouds ☁️⛅⛈️
The same is true for sound: "I think about how the sound is impacted by the things around it" #PM22
You need your podcast name, obviously, but what else is podcast art for?
It's taking your audio's vibe and giving your audience a visual intro to what they're going to hear #PM22
Podcast art is also part of your podcast's brand. It'll be there on all of your marketing, including "out of home marketing" eg billboards, taxi tops, etc. ads outside of the home #PM22
Dutes starts off saying she doesn't want to wait for another Halle Berry or Denzel Washington to win an Oscar but in the podcast world. We NEED to be doing better than Hollywood. #PM22
Popping in a second late to @missdefying talking a great first scene of an #AudioDrama here at #PM22! Live tweet starts here!
First: think about the vibe of your story. Set the vibe up top!
Next: make your audience curious. Encourage them to ask questions. Who's the antagonist? What does the protag want?
Next: you do not have a lot of time to hook an audience. Add tension FAST! #PM22
Make sure the dialogue between your characters shows what makes them different. Audiences will get characters confused! We get them confused in TV different!
Start with strong dialogue and distinct actor voices. #PM22