Developing Stories for TV/Film with Toni Natalizio, Story Consultant and Creative Producer

10/01/19 • 45 min

Toni’s origin story (1:20)
Arguing in the writers’ room (3:58)
Toni’s professional journey: becoming a creative producer (6:44)
Getting ideas for stories (11:51)
Difference in stories for TV and film (16:26)
Getting audience to connect with characters through universally relatable desires or scenarios (22:55)
Writing for dialogue and character-to-character relationship (27:07)
Writing characters into and out of seemingly inescapable situations (32:27)
Character psychology profiles: Mapping out characters’ psychologies, wants, and fears (34:09)
Making character actions believable by tying in aspects of their psychological profile (36:00)
Common pitfalls in the writing room (39:00)

You can find Toni's Instagram here.

Toni’s origin story (1:20)
Arguing in the writers’ room (3:58)
Toni’s professional journey: becoming a creative producer (6:44)
Getting ideas for stories (11:51)
Difference in stories for TV and film (16:26)
Getting audience to connect with characters through universally relatable desires or scenarios (22:55)
Writing for dialogue and character-to-character relationship (27:07)
Writing characters into and out of seemingly inescapable situations (32:27)
Character psychology profiles: Mapping out characters’ psychologies, wants, and fears (34:09)
Making character actions believable by tying in aspects of their psychological profile (36:00)
Common pitfalls in the writing room (39:00)

You can find Toni's Instagram here.

Origins: How Run River North was formed (1:05)
Navigating interpersonal relationships in the band—aka infighting! (9:49)
"What kind of stories are you trying to tell?" (10:45)
Creating songs from place of joy (15:00)
Writing songs that capture ethos and experiences of moment (18:40)
"What story trying to tell through song 'Casina'?" (19:52)
LISTEN TO RUN RIVER NORTH'S SINGLE "WAKE UP" (22:07)
Honing the sound of “Wake Up” with music producer Nick Anderson (26:04)
Learning new instruments and “Maintaining the Illusion” (MTI) (34:00)
Why Alex goes shirtless (39:39)
Ezra confesses/explains why he used to hate Run River North (40:55)

Check out Run River North...

On Instagram here.
On Spotify here.
Online website here.

Origins: How Chef James Syhabout got into cooking (1:55)
Growing up in Oakland in an immigrant family (3:19)
Re-connecting with the food of his heritage culture (7:10)
What catalyzed Chef James’s reconnection with his heritage culture and food? (13:15)
Cooking with confidence and without worrying excessively about how food is received (17:40)
How do you formulate your dishes? (19:40)
Thinking about presentation (24:05)
Anthony Bourdain’s friendship and legacy (25:33)

Check out Chef James Syhabout's cookbook here.