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If you've ever imagined what it would be like to help produce animated films, or if you have a curiosity about being one, please take a listen to this engaging podcast episode with Associate Producer Romney Marino as she shares her experiences as an Associate Producer and outlines potential paths you can consider if you're interested in a management career in the animation industry! There's so much helpful information she shares in this episode!

Romney is credited as an Associate Producer for Disney Jr's “TOTS” and “Goldie and Bear”, Apple TV+ “Wolfboy and the Everything Factory”, “Mulligan” for Netflix. And she’s currently the Associate Producer for a Bento Box Studio special.
She has worked for world renowned studios including Pixar, DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks, Warner Brothers Animation, and Titmouse and Bento Box for their television series She's also a member of the Producers Guild,  a long standing member of Women in Animation and ASIFA.

Romney is a graduate of California State University Long Beach with a Bachelor’s of Art degree in Graphic Design and has advanced her studies through UCLA's Professional Program in Producing.

You can see a detailed list of Romney’s film projects through her IMDB site. Please be sure to check out the amazing films she's worked on.
 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1599236/

LOG:

0:00 - Introduction

1:15 - How Drew first thought about getting into sports

3:00 - How he didn’t make the initial cut to work for ESPN as a staff employee but was eventually hired

5:10 - What a remote Production Assistant is at ESPN

6:05 - How he advanced from PA to Associate Producer

7:45 - What an AP’s responsibility is in remote/event production

11:20 - What it took for Drew to get from AP to Producer

12:30 - What role he took in building Longhorn Network

14:10 - His first producing moment

14:45 - How his nerves were producing his first event

15:30 - Some of Drew’s mentors

16:45 - His event that went awry

18:55 - What an ISO producer is

20:40 - Relationship between announcers and producers

22:30 - His thoughts on what makes a good play-by-play announcer, analyst and reporter

25:10 - Drew’s favorite events he’s covered

26:40 - How he started working for PlayStation

29:00 - He was a gamer when he was younger

29:45 - Building a video game for baseball

32:30 - How his current job as Game Design Manager has given him more time to spend with family

33:50 - What influence Drew has made on MLB The Show with the broadcast, announcers and audio

34:30 - How he comes up with ideas for the game and how they get done quickly

35:25 - What changes he’s made for the 2022 MLB The Show version that includes the new announce team

37:40 - How the game was able to get John Sciambi and Chris Singleton as the announcers

41:30 - How they manage the amount of announcer calls within the game

43:00 - Bringing live sports broadcast elements into video games and vice versa

45:40 - How the game looks real

48:00 - What the response to MLB The Show 2022 has been so far & how people react to him when they know he works on the game

49:30 - How Drew can top what he’s doing now on the game

52:05 - Revisiting how people react to him working at MLB The Show

53:30 - How baseball is a part of your life and playing for a men’s adult baseball league, the Bristol Knights

54:10 - Some memorable baseball pictures and statistics of Drew & Don

57:30 - The difference between college football and college baseball as far as the intensity

59:50 - What Drew’s first credential was working live sports television

1:01:05 - His favorite movie

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EP005: Let’s Make A Movie

Join Adam and friends Chidi Ajufo and Zach Grashin as they take a non political exploration through the world of film and media highlighting Chidi’s and Zach’s recent movies, their acting careers and their unwavering love for the movies.

THE ADAM KING SHOW | ENTERTAINMENT FACILITATION AT IT’S FINEST!

The Adam King Show is everybody’s favorite place for news and commentary, the most interesting guests on the planet, humor, arts and culture, spirituality, motivation, business, technology, cannabis, alternative health, ground breaking stories, and just plain old fashion fun.

Every week host Adam King sits down with the most exceptional panel of guests ever assembled, some of which can only be found here on The Adam King Show, to talk about the most current and relevant news of the day.

With a background in diplomacy and government relations, Adam offers unique insights into the world around us through a tremendous amount of experience and relationships.

Adam is a world traveler, an entertainment facilitator, project advisor, and activist for many causes, and an education reform leader. He's a thought leader and activist in the Southern California area. Adam ran for public office and serves on the boards of various philanthropic organizations.

Today I’m talking with Grady Chambless, a film and television professional with experience in reality tv, competition-based reality tv, feature films, scripted television, you name it, he’s done it.  Today we’re going to learn how he got started in the industry, and where he’s going. 

If there’s anyone who knows how to dream, it’s Ron DeShay. After arriving in Los Angeles with his Ford Explorer on a U-Haul, he quickly rose through the ranks of Hollywood to become a producer on American Idol, the revolutionary show that “broke television.” On this week’s episode, Ron joins Carolyn to discuss his arrival in Hollywood, the beginning of his career in entertainment, including acting in Pamela Anderson’s TV show, his transition to behind the scenes work, and his influential role in creating American Idol. He also discusses leaving the #1 show on television to found World of Dreams and his upcoming production, A Better World Project, which aims to bring people together and end racism. In addition, he talks about how he’s revolutionizing the way content is created, and how inspiring others to dream is at the core of his mission at World of Dreams.

1:34 Ron talks about growing up in Bastrop, TX, his early interest in entertainment, and arriving in Hollywood with his Ford Explorer on a U-Haul. 

4:35 Ron discusses the beginning of his Hollywood career which included acting in several commercials and having a role on Pamela Anderson’s show, V.I.P. 

5:45 After taking a 6 month break, Ron gets a behind the scenes entry-level position as a logger on a show called American Fighter Pilots. 

6:42 Ron meets the executive producer his first day on the job and he gets promoted to associate producer on day 4. 

8:03 Fighter Pilots is canceled after 3 weeks on the air, but he becomes an associate producer on the show that became American Idol.  

9:00 Ron talks about the challenges of transforming the U.K. version of American Idol for American audiences and A-list celebs who passed up the chance to host American Idol. 

12:34 Ron tells us about his defining moment of screening a first cut of the show for UK producers, Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, and how it influenced the creation of the show. 

17:31 The reasons why American Idol had universal appeal, had something that everyone could relate to, and became the show that “broke television.” 

25:04 Why Ron left the #1 TV show in America to start his business. 

30:12 The importance of seeing opportunities in difficult situations. 

35:20 How Ron came up with the idea for World of Dreams and the importance of being a sponge and learning everything you can. 

43:39 The 4 lines of business within World of Dreams Entertainment Group and how he created a technological platform in which content creators can get feedback from the people who are watching the content like millennials and Gen Z. 

49:05 Ron discusses A Better World Project and the show’s mission to bring people together and end racism by partnering with the National Student Council Association. 

58:24 The World of Dreams shoe line and Dubai’s influence on Ron. 

Fatima Amjad is a former associate producer for the Geo television talk show "Naya Pakistan" and now the social media producer at Arab News. In this episode we discuss everything about the work that's put in behind the scenes of a renowned news network channel. Fatima talks about her experience working in Geo Television Islamabad, her daily duties and routines, finding stories to produce shows and scripts, whether networks push forward certain agendas or stay impartial and what it's like working in an environment that is male dominated.

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