
No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories
77 - Hot Takes on Curry Barker, AI, and Unions with Michael Ritter
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Hosted by Rebecca Doyle · tv · EN · 78 episodes
No Set Path is a biweekly podcast exploring how to succeed in film & TV by talking to people who have actually done it.
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No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories
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Episode #3
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

Episode #2
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

Episode #1
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 show 18:26 – Pitch vs. pilot vs. series bible 23:18 – How to get paid before you start writing the pilot 28:41 – From Oshkosh to USC / underGRAD 31:41 – Megan Niquette 33:21 – Namrata 34:11 – Evan McGahey, Monisha Dadlani, Ethan Welling 41:41 – Signing with reps 42:24 – Writers’ Assistant Program, Conrad Sun 46:41 – Knowing when to add an agent to the team 46:41 – Kat Reilly 50:41 – Warner Bros. TV Writer Workshop + Covid 51:26 – Jennifer Yale 52:01 – Getting in the writers room on JJ Abrams show 59:21 – Starting as support staff (CSI: Cyber, Outlander) 1:06:11 – Wrong expectations as writers 1:17:41 – Getting a WGA card 1:18:11 – Adapting a true story from an article 1:24:36 – TIME CAPSULE KEEP UP WITH EVAN: @iwhata KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com bio.site/NoSetPath
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