No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories

Rebecca Doyle
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  • Film Interviews
  • Updated Biweekly

No Set Path is a biweekly podcast exploring how to succeed in film & TV by talking to people who have actually done it.

  1. Jul 23

    77 - Hot Takes on Curry Barker, AI, and Unions with Michael Ritter

    KEEP UP WITH MICHAEL: IG: @mkritter KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com. bio.site/nosetpath

  2. Jun 25

    76 - From DP to Director with Alli Gooch (Telly Awards, Vice, Zach King)

    KEEP UP WITH ALLI: IG: https://www.instagram.com/alligooch/ http://offscript.cc/ KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow bio.site/NoSetPath www.NoSetPathShow.om

  3. May 21

    75 - Graduating USC Film - 10 Years Later

    Guest host Michael Ritter joins for a discussion 10 years after graduating USC SCA: - What percentage of graduates have left the film industry, or directed a feature film? - How did expectations upon graduation meet reality a decade later? - How can one figure out what opportunities are worth pursuing? - Are there noticeable differences between the trajectories of USC film grads vs. non-traditional film schools? - What advice would be useful for the Class of 2026? KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com bio.site/nosetpath

  4. Apr 10

    74 - Rejected from USC Film School. Now What?

    So you've been rejected from USC SCA (or USC altogether) - what have people done in the past to overcome this and either eventually land a spot as a Trojan, or carve a path toward a film career without it? BREAKDOWN: 0:00 - Intro/Context 3:00 - Episode Outline 3:56 - A note about the appeal process!! (FAQ) 6:24 - For parents!!! 8:13 - My journey getting rejected from USC SCA: admission to USC but denied from SCA, adding a major in Annenberg, transferring into Cinema-Media Studies and eventually transferring into Film & Television Production 44:52 - Stories of successful people who were initially rejected from USC

  5. Mar 26

    73 - Breaking into TV Writing with Evan Iwata (Outlander, CSI: Cyber, Pure Genius, The Fix, Emergence)

    Evan Iwata is a TV drama writer who recently sold his original high-concept crime procedural ON THE CLOCK to ABC with Lionsgate Television and Alexi Hawley’s Perfectman Pictures. He was previously a staff writer on the HBO Max sci-fi thriller SUBJECT TO CHANGE from J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot, and has also developed a YA action-adventure series for DreamWorks Animation. He began his career in the writers room, working in support staff roles on series including Starz's OUTLANDER, CBS's CSI:CYBER and PURE GENIUS, and ABC's THE FIX and EMERGENCE. An alum of the Warner Bros. TV Writers’ Workshop and the USC School of Cinematic Arts.  Today we are getting into how Evan went from being rejected from USC film school to a WGA writer selling his own show, what it was like working directly with JJ Abrams ona series for HBO and the three typical expectations most writers have that are completely incorrect. BREAKDOWN: 13:46 – Evan’s work on a potential Dreamworks show18:26 – Pitch vs. pilot vs. series bible23:18 – How to get paid before you start writing the pilot28:41 – From Oshkosh to USC / underGRAD31:41 – Megan Niquette33:21 – Namrata34:11 – Evan McGahey, Monisha Dadlani, Ethan Welling41:41 – Signing with reps42:24 – Writers’ Assistant Program, Conrad Sun46:41 – Knowing when to add an agent to the team46:41 – Kat Reilly50:41 – Warner Bros. TV Writer Workshop + Covid51:26 – Jennifer Yale52:01 – Getting in the writers room on JJ Abrams show59:21 – Starting as support staff (CSI: Cyber, Outlander)1:06:11 – Wrong expectations as writers1:17:41 – Getting a WGA card1:18:11 – Adapting a true story from an article1:24:36 – TIME CAPSULE KEEP UP WITH EVAN: @iwhata KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com bio.site/NoSetPath

  6. Mar 11

    72 - Third-Year Podcasting Recap!

    RSVP FOR 3/11: Link in bio on IG @NoSetPathShow https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedN4zJwMFdQeR-NMkI6uaoXu8EoCdTLR4FhG7GNoDa68jdig/viewform?usp=header WATCH ANDREA'S GAMBIT: https://thempi.org/film/andreas-gambit/ KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com bio.site/NoSetPath

  7. Mar 5

    71 - ANNOUNCEMENT! No Set Path In-Person in Los Angeles

    RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedN4zJwMFdQeR-NMkI6uaoXu8EoCdTLR4FhG7GNoDa68jdig/viewform?usp=header3 KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com bio.site/NoSetPath

  8. Feb 18

    70 - Reacting to Filmmaker Pet Peeves w/ Michael Ritter

    We're talking talent rep tantrums, slapping "elevated" before genres, and the infamous "mayonnaise commercial." KEEP UP WITH MICHAEL: IG: @mkritter KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com bio.site/NoSetPath

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