Kiwi Talkz

Joel Douek is a television and film composer who has a background in Neuroscience working for the UN. He has composed over 9 David Attenborough documentaries.

#davidattenborough #manhattennight #film

SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE - www.joeldouek.com

WEBSITE VR www.echoer.com

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:50 - How Joel Became A Film Composer/Editing For Pokemon

03:05 - Doing Revisions

05:51 - Removing Ego/Egos In Film

07:51 - Finding Efficiency Under Tight Deadlines/Music Templates On A TV Series

12:00 - Reusing Motifs 

13:23 - Mistakes That Piano Players Make While Composing/Understanding Orchestration

16:25 - Joel Doesn’t Like The Idea Of Hobbies/Balancing Out Different Endeavours 

19:04 - How Neuroscience Has Affected Joel’s Music

21:54 - Melody Is Secondary To Emotion/Joel’s Composing Process

23:39 - How Joel Ended Up Composing For David Attenborough

26:50 - Meeting David Attenborough

29:11 - Networking Is Bad/Building Friendships Is The Way To Look At It

32:22 - How To Get The Word Out About Your Music Portfolio

33:33 - Before Doing A Project Follow 3 Rules

35:18 - Why Joel Is Quite Philosophical/Joel’s Previous Work At The UN 

37:41 - Joel Doesn’t Consider Himself An Entertainer

39:13 - How Travelling Has Influenced Joel’s Music/Have Experiences

42:38 - Travelling To Get Experiences/You Don’t Learn Anything As A Tourist

45:38 - Creators Are Fearful/Embracing Fear/Weight Of Expectations

48:45 - How Joel Deals With Anxiety/Vision Quest

50:54 - Fight Or Flight Relating To Music

52:41 - Doing The Music For Manhattan Night

56:05 - What Joel Is Looking To Musically Going Forward

59:29 - Staying Up With Technology

1:01:53 - Where To Follow Joel Douek

Mike Wikan is a Game Designer who has worked on Duke Nukem, Donkey Kong and DOOM. He is most well known for being Lead Designer on the Metroid Prime Trilogy during his tenure at Retro Studios. He is now Creative Director at Booz Allen Hamilton

WEBSITE - https://www.boozallen.com

#metroid #metroidprime #gamedesign

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

01:27 - How Metroid Prime Was Developed/Techniques That Were Used

07:06 - Working With Nintendo/Language Difficulties/Translators

08:11 - How Nintendo Operates

09:09 - Shigeru Miyamoto Story From Donkey Kong Country Returns

11:12 - Tanabe Was The Reason For Spider Ball & Boost Ball Guardians Difficulty

12:17 - Fixing Things In Metroid Prime Trilogy

13:14 - Nintendo Analysed Every Bit Of Text In Metroid Prime Trilogy

14:03 - Who Was Responsible For The Lore/Luminoth Language

15:56 - Sketching Background /How Mike Learned Coding, 3D Models, Design etc.

19:45 - Growing Up In The Military/Taking Military Experiences Into Metroid Prime Development

22:16 - Mike Had To Do Non Detailed Sketches Before Handing Them To Artists

24:10 - How Quadraxis Boss Was Designed/Gameplay Ramping/Game Engine Camera System

30:28 - MP2 and MP3 Didn’t Have Crunch

31:09 - The True Story Behind Metroid Prime 2’s Initial Development

32:20 - Metroid Prime 1 Crunch/Management Of Retro Studios Changed After Metroid Prime 1

34:00 - How Booz Allen Hamilton Gaming Development Works/Avoiding Crunch For Creatives

36:35 - How To Manage Creative Staff Properly

39:05 - How To Prepare For Curve Balls In Game Design/The Pillars Of Game Design

40:52 - Meta Ridley Boss Fight In MP3 Inspired By Lord Of The Rings/Original Meta Ridley Design Fight In MP1

42:26 - Mike Wikan Loves Lord Of The Rings

43:15 - Mike Is Very Introverted/How He Breaks Through It 

46:35 - Being A Lifetime Learner

47:18 - The Problem With AAA Game Studios & Lack Of Leadership

49:01 - Breakdown Of Gaming Studios Profits From Game Sales

51:28 - How Nintendo Operates In Terms Of Managing Staff

52:03 - Eastern Game Design Vs Western Game Design

52:53 - Gameplay Trumps Graphics/Story Never Sells A Game

54:22 - AAA Games Designs Flaws/How Mike Guides Game Designers

57:10 - How Management Works Once You Have More Than 45 Staff

57:47 - No Excuse For Western Developers Not Adapting To Eastern Game Methodology

58:58 - Mike’s Managing Style At Boon Allen Hamilton

1:02:35 - What Games Mike Wikan Plays/Bullet Echo

1:05:31 - Mike Will Play Metroid Dread & Prime 4

1:06:40 - Where To Keep Up With What Mike Wikan Is Working On

1:07:44 - What Was Being Fine-tuned With Metroid Primes Audio/Clark Wen

1:09:45 - Mike Is Extremely Thankful To All The Metroid Prime Fans To This Day

Dr. Ben Peters is a Professional Practicer at the University Of Otago and has a PHD in biochemistry, he is an avid spokesman for Gene Editing and is a political MP for the TOP party in Dunedin.

SOCIAL MEDIA

FACEBOOK - https://m.facebook.com/BenPetersTOP/

TWITTER - @benapeters

#geneediting #plasticeatingenzymes #crispr

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:45 - Bringing Back The Wooly Mammoth

04:01 - What Gene Editing Is And Its Utilisations

06:26 - What Is Deemed Natural In The Gene World

09:12 - Applications Of Gene Editing/Gene Editing Plants/Enzymes

11:02 - Why Politicians Haven’t Updated Legislation On Gene Editing

12:20 - Politicians Aren’t Scientists

13:49 - Plastic Eating Enzymes And How They Work

16:50 - How Side Effects Are Prevented From Editing Enzymes

17:51 - Using Gene Editing To Make Pests Infertile

20:52 - Cane Toads/ Destabilising Pest Species

23:32 - Protocol Before Gene Editing Can Happen In Food

28:34-  How The Covid Vaccines Work/Why Anti Vaxxers Exist

33:51 - How & Why The Covid Vaccine Was Fast Tracked

38:10 - Long Term Effects From Covid Vs Vaccine

40:43 - Gene Editing Can Be Used For Diseases Such As Diabetes

41:56 - Still Unknown Whether Gene Editing Can Help With Brain Diseases

43:20 - Gut Microbiome/Fecal Transplants

45:03 - Bliss Probiotics

46:01 - Diabetes And When Gene Editing Should Apply

49:26 - How To Avoid Chain Reactions From Gene Editing

51:38 - Cytokine Storms Are Unlikely To Happen From Gene Editing

52:50 - How CRISPR Changed Gene Editing

54:11 - How Much Time CRISPR Saves

56:25 - CRISPR Has Opened The Flood Gates Of Gene Editing

58:08 - Chinese Scientist Who Removed HIV From Babies From Gene Editing

59:54 - NZs Foolish Legislation Around Gene Editing

1:04:20 - Why Dr’s & Scientists Avoid Getting Into Politics/Why Ben Joined TOP

1:07:55 - Ben Will Often Self Diagnose Due To Understanding So Much About Science

1:10:14 - Where To Follow Dr. Ben Peters

Elik Alvarez is a composer who got his start in the industry composing for 4Kids Entertainment on series like TMNT, Yu Gi-Oh, Kirby, F-Zero and more. He has composed for a number of David Attenborough documentaries and has been composing for films as of late.

#tmnt #yugioh #davidattenborough

SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.elikalvarez.com

FACEBOOK - Elik Alvarez

INSTAGRAM - @elikalvarezcomposer

TWITTER - @elikalvarez

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:51 - Working At 4Kids Entertainment

02:44 - Composing For Cartoons Is Like Bootcamp

06:07 - The Process Of Scoring At 4Kids Entertainment

08:39 - Writing Music Using Themes Others Have Written for TMNT 2003

10:00 - Gratification Of Being A Composer/Never Getting Bored

11:09 - Elik Got Allocated A Lot Of Action Cues For TMNT 2003

12:26 - Elik Having To Research Various Genres For Composing TMNT/Collaboration

15:00 - Elik Isn’t An Audio Engineer/Mixes While He Composes/Deadlines

19:07 - Elik Didn’t Take Music References From Japanese Score Of Yu-Gi-Oh

20:09 - Temp Tracks/Referencing Other Composers

22:07 - Applying Degree In Business Administration To Music

23:34 - Freelancing/Negotiating Contracts/PR Agents

25:25 - Soundtrack Releases Of 4Kids Entertainment Shows Could Be On The Horizon

28:58 - Collaboration With Freddy Sheinfield & Joel Douek

31:22 - Friendship With Freddy & Joel/Competitiveness

33:53 - Elik Wants To Meet David Attenborough

35:31 - Composing For Documentaries

39:05 - Direction From Project Director

41:00 - Chasing Projects

43:41 - Royalties Are How Composers Survive Between Projects

45:06 - Kingdom Of Plants Gave Elik Credibility/You Need Validation To Get Work In California

48:00 - You Have To Be Competitive In California

50:00 - Elik Isnt A Networking & Party Guy   

51:30 - Elik Hates Composing For Commercials/Concert Music

53:22 - Action Cues In Yu-Gi-Oh Would Make it Easy To Do Superhero Film

55:22 - Where To Follow Elik Alvarez/What Elik Is Working On

Vanessa Goodson is the winner of The Apprentice Aotearoa and runs the party business OMGNess. SOCIAL MEDIA

Website - OMGNESS.co.nz

Instagram - @_vanessagood, @omgness.co.nz

#theapprentice #mikepero #omgness

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:40 - How Vanessa Maintains Her Energy/Not Shutting Off

02:50 - No Phones Were Allowed On The Apprentice

06:33 - The Reason Vanessa Auditioned For The Apprentice/Audition Process

08:08 - Watching Herself Back On The Apprentice

09:36 - 16 Hour Days On The Apprentice/How A Lifestyle Tagline Came About

10:43 - The Apprentice Was Real And Not Misdirected With Edited/Living At The Apprentice House

11:48 - Building A Camaraderie With The Other Contestants 

13:02 - Duration Of The Board Room Meetings

15:00 - Getting Mentored By Mike Pero

17:34 - Applying Her Business Plan

18:48 - Brand Exposure/Covid Affecting OMGNess

20:25 - Favourite Challenge On The Show

22:15 - Business Pitch/Presentation To Panel

24:47 - Apprentice Being An Emotional Roller Coaster

26:14 - Lawnmowing Challenge

29:36 - Getting Used To Cameras Always Being Around/Micd Up All The Time

31:03 - Vanessa Having Her Small Cry

32:44 - Best Prizes

33:52 - Hamilton Challenge

35:57 - Getting Breakfast & Lunch Everyday 

37:10 - Driving Around To Challenges/Camera Guys In The Car

39:12 - No Forewarning At All

40:43 - Mike Pero Was Physically There To Give Out Challenges

41:15 - Vanessa’s Plan Going Forward

43:46 - How Big OMGNess Team Is

45:57 - West Auckland

47:05 - Going National With OMGNess

48:25 - Talking Fast/Bad Storytelling

49:47 - Where To Follow Vanessa Goodson

Gareth Coker is a video game game composer who came into prominence for composing Ori And The Blind Forest and Ori Will Of The Wisps. He has also scored for ARK, Immortals Fenyx Rising and he is currently scoring Halo Infinite. He is well known for his catchy melodies.

SOCIAL MEDIA

YOUTUBE -  @Gareth Coker 

TWITTER - @garethcoker

#ark #oriandthewillofthewisps #haloinfinite

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:49 - Gareth Being A Veteran/What Constitutes Being A Veteran

01:35 - Smoke & Mirrors Of Game Design

02:30 - Game Scores Vs Film/TV Scores

04:05 - VST Ethnic Instruments Vs Live Ethnic Instruments

07:33 - Underworld Track On Immortals Fenyx Rising

09:44 - Gareth Reasons For Using Orchestras

11:20 - Differentiating Yourself In Gaming Music

13:27 - Memorable Melodies Is A Lost Art

15:24 - Ginzo Tree Escape Sequence Music

17:05 - Implementing Music In A Game Correctly/

18:29 - Gareth Debating With Developers Over Music Implementation In Ori Game Sequence

21:27 - Gareth Prefers To Implement Music In The Game Himself/Implementation Of Music

24:20 - Sackboy Music Implementation

25:09 - Scoring Halo Infinite/Living Up To Expectations 

30:26 - You Cant Please Everyone/Referencing Older Halo Music

31:50 - Halo Infinite Composers Working Together/Collaboration

33:00 - Music Supervisors Role

36:17 - Being In Japan And How It Affected Gareths Approach To Composing

39:50 - Don’t Get Comfortable With Success/Communicating Your Ideas

41:20 - Japan Made Gareth Less Shy

42:15 - Gareth Is Unlikely To Return To Japan/Teaching Rugby In Japan

43:15 - Speaking Japanese/Japanese Game Companies

45:05 - Ori Putting Gareth On The Map/Working On Minecraft

46:54 - Working On ARK

50:00 - How Gareth Writes A Melody

56:02 - Doing Melody For TV/Film

59:08 - Composing To Game Visuals/Writing Process

1:02:05 - How Gareth Finds Time To Play Games/Gareth Doesn’t Play Multiplayer Games

1:05:29 - Gareth Watched Streams Of Will Of The Wisps After Release

1:07:28 - Monitoring Gamers To Gather Data To Make A Game Better

1:09:25 - Gareth Excited For Next Generation

1:10:06 - Possibly Scoring Assassins Creed/Dream Project

1:11:11 - Where To Follow Gareth Coker

John Callen is a NZ Actor who has been acting for over 40 years. He is most well known for playing Oin in the Hobbit.

#thehobbit #oin #peterjackson

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook - John Callen

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:45 - Feeling Old Well Shooting The Hobbit/Weight Of Dwarf Suits

03:23 - Getting A Hernia While Shooting The Hobbit

06:19 - Scottish Accent For Audition/Auditioning For Smaug

07:26 - John Redoes His Smaug Audition Voice

08:15 - Voice Acting Got John Into The Industry/Time As A Journalist

11:44 - What Peter Jackson Is Like/LOTR’s Affect On NZ Film/TV Industry

16:28 - John Is For A Union In NZ/Hobbit Law

21:51 - Different Views On Hobbit Law/Camaraderie Of Actors On Set

23:42 - Debate Over The Hobbit Law/John’s Secret Spy/

27:20 - John’s Experience On Set/Jed Brophy

29:58 - Having To Wait Around On Set/Getting Free Wine

31:59 - What John Would Do While Waiting Around To Be Used

34:23 - Adam Brown/How John Prevented Rashes From Dwarvf Beards

35:39 - Hair For Dwarves Was From Yaks/Food Getting Stuck In The Beard

37:58 - John’s Arthritis/Dwarf Hands

40:34 - Beorn’s House Set/Set Design

42:54 - Bag End Shoot Between The Dwarves And Gandalf/Ian McKellen Story

45:34 - John Talks Working With Martin Freeman, Billy Connolly and Ian McKellen

48:57 - John Dealing With An Unprofessional Actor While Directing Shortland Street

51:03 - Difference Between Stage Vs Film/TV

53:16 - John’s Directing Style/Shortland Street Actor Requirements

55:20 - Time Constraints

57:10 - Comparing Directing Style To Peter Jackson’s

58:39 - Peter Jackson’s Plans Sometimes Not Coming To Fruition/Lake Town Set Change

1:00:00 - Producing/Story Of Producer Losing Everything

1:04:25 - Unions Vs Non Unions

1:05:26 - Working On The Hobbit Was An Amazing Experience

1:06:41 - Voice Acting On A Star Wars Game

1:09:18 - John Took A Drama School To Voice Acting Sessions

1:10:14 - Doing Audio Books For The Blind

1:11:10 - Where To Follow John Callen

Tiffany Cook is a boxer, businesswoman, fitness coach and host of the Roll With The Punches Podcast. She was featherweight victorian champion in 2019 and has certificates in Fitness, Conscious Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming.

SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE - https://www.tiffaneeandco.com.au

FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/TiffaneeAndCo/

LINKEDIN - Tiffany Cook

TWITTER - @TiffaneeCook

INSTAGRAM - @tiffaneeandco

YOUTUBE - @Tiffanee Cook

#rollwiththepunches #pootransplants #neurolinguistics

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:30 - Australia/NZ Relationship

01:05 - How Tiffanee Got Into Boxing

02:36 - Tiffanee’s First Boxing Training/Sparring & Fight

05:35 - Psychology Of Boxing

08:14 - Dealing With Physical Pain/Performance/Inner Critic

13:38 -  Self Reflection/Having A Wall Up

16:49 - Not Being Self Aware Of Issues

19:25 - Self Diagnosis/Tiffanee’s Psychologist Mate/Getting Therapy

22:00 - Worry About Changing And It Affecting Her Boxing  

23:51 - Tiffanee’s Workshop

25:01 - Tiffanee’s Podcast With A Psychologist

26:24 - Hypnosis/Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)

28:50 - Suppressing Emotions/Getting Angry For No Reason

31:08 - Colour Black Being Directly Connected To Anger

32:40 - Fun Anger/Having The Looks

34:30 - Seeking Attention/Not Being Real

35:31 - How Tiffanee’s Podcast Came About/Podcasting

40:36 - Reece Talking About His Podcast

42:15 - NZ/Australia Being Isolated

43:15 - Learning So Much From Podcasting/Editing Podcasts

44:23 - Hating Courses/Ways Of Learning/Audio Books

46:17 - Tiffanee’s Fitness & Nutrition Regime

48:30 - Food Is Connected To Mental Health/Neuro Chemistry

50:29 - Tiffanee’s Diet/Sweet Tooth

51:18 - Epigenetic’s/Health Types

53:02 - Your Body Is A Filtering System/Self Awareness Of Your Body Talking To You

55:35 - Enema Kits

56:22 - Poo Transplants

1:00:32 - Neural Networks

1:01:49 - Where To Follow Tiffany

Jason Graves is a video game composer who is known for composing a number of high profile video games from Dead Space, Until Dawn, Tomb Raider, Far Cry and more....he has also won a number of academy awards for his composing.

#tombraider #farcry #untildawn

SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE - jasongraves.com

TWITTER - jgmusic

FACEBOOK - Jason Graves Music

INSTAGRAM - jasongravesmusic

YOUTUBE - @Jason Graves Music

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

01:39 - How Jason Formed His Style/Creating Scary Music/How Jason Got Into Music

05:38 - Working Under Jerry Goldsmith/Elma Bernstein/Christopher Young

07:57 - Order 1886 Score/Strings Ensemble

10:18 - Coming Up With New & Unique Music 

11:35 - Aftermath Of Deadspace Success/Developers Contact Jason Far Before Development

13:20 - Having To Be Secretive About Composing New Projects

15:28 - Implementing Music For A Jump Scare

17:35 - Creating Music For Dead Space

21:30 - Implementation Of The Music In The Game

24:23 - Collaborative Process Of Game Design

25:58 - Working On Music For Television

28:10 - Working On Music For Far Cry: Primal

31:37 - Being Brought On Late In Far Cry: Primal Development/Jason’s Assistant For Far Cry:Primal

33:35 - Being A Drummer Influenced Far Cry: Primal Music

35:00 - Vocals Of Tribes Were Based On Jason’s Music

35:39 - Working On Tomb Raider/Not Referencing The Older Tomb Raider Games

38:04 - Gameplay Capture Is Imperative To Composing/Finding Time To Play Games

39:53 - Being A Good Listener In Meetings

41:21 - Initial Tomb Raider Demo/Discussions With Directors

42:30 - What Game Director’s Style Doesn’t Gel With James

44:21 - AAA Games & Indie Games Comparison

45:07 - Working On Until Dawn & The Dark Anthologies  

47:30 - Being Typecast To Do Scary Games/Graves Being Jason’s Real Surname

49:53 - Working On Moss/Breaking Through Scary Composer Stereotype

52:29 - Staying Grounded Despite Success

54:24 - Jason’s Drama Background/Award Speeches/Presentations

55:44 - Composers In L.A./University Of Southern California

57:39 - Library Tracks Used For Television

59:08 - Royalties

1:00:36 - Jason’s Work Was Never Affected By Covid 

1:01:45 - Jason Would Love To Work On Fantasy And Work On Naughty Dog

1:03:27 - Jason Wouldn’t Want To Compose Middle Earth Games Due To Howard Shore’s Music Being iconic

1:04:30 - Where To Follow Jason On Social Media

Louise Wallace is an actress, tv presenter and director. She is most well known for being in The Real Housewives Of Auckland and being the cold emotionless host of The Weakest Link.

#realhousewives #weakestlink #treasureisland

SOCIAL MEDIA

Instagram - @louisewallacenz

Facebook - Louise Wallace

Website - tadpoleproductions.co.nz

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:45 - Real Housewives Of Auckland Shooting Duration

01:27 - Setup Of Shooting Real Housewives Of Auckland

02:41 - Real Housewives Is Planned In Advance/Reality TV Is Unethical

04:08 - Louise Has Thick Skin/Young People Don’t Have Resiliance

05:13 - Louise Isn’t That Engaged With Social Media/Louise Blocks Trolls

06:16 - Social Influencers Are Bullshit

06:52 - Louise Was Involved In Casting Real Housewives/Louise Originally Didn’t Want To Be On It

07:59 - Producers Of Real Housewives Were Trying To Catch Louise Out

09:16 - Starting Controversy At The Beginning Due To The Show Being Boring

10:01 - Season 2 Was Never On The Cards

10:24 - The Boat Incident Had No Affect On A Potential Season 2

11:33 - Louise’s Family Largely Not Involved/Julia’s Family Being Affected From Real Housewives

13:12 - Louise Is On Good Terms With The Cast

13:55 - How Louise Ended Up In Journalism/TV Presenting

15:01 - News Readers Follow Teleprompters/Presenting Gigs

16:01 - The Weakest Link

18:00 - How Louise Got Weakest Link Gig

18:38 - Shows Being Affected By Where They Were Placed On TV

19:10 - Weakest Link Protocol Was Very Strict

19:30 - Shooting Weakest Link/Celebrity Shows

20:52 - Louise Said Everything Off The Cuff

21:23 - Experience On Celebrity Treasure Island

23:42 - Directing Celebrity Treasure Island

25:35 - Louise Loves Doing Theatre/Tadpole Productions

27:13 - Theatre Requires A Lot Of Work/Tadpole Doesn’t Get Funding

28:14 - Making Mistakes During A Show

30:15 - Learning Lines

31:02 - How Tadpole Productions Was Setup/Actors Having To Chase Work

32:25 - Covid Affecting Tadpole Productions/Doing Theatre Outside Of Auckland/Campervan

35:09 - Drama School In London/How Drama School Breaks You Down

38:28 - Most Actors Louise Knows Are Down To Earth/Snobby Actors Never Make It

39:40 - Louise Doesn’t Audition People For Theatre, She Goes Off There Work Ethic

40:46 - How Louise Stays Relaxed

42:00 - Louise Wants To See Her Son In UK But Cant Due To Covid/Living With Covid

43:30 - Travelling

44:14 - Audition Process For Real Housewives

46:00 - Anne Helped Louise Get Through Real Housewives

47:12 - Master Interviews After The Day Of Shooting/Speaking In Present Tense

48:05 - Louise Thinks The Show Wasn’t Edited To Change Things/

48:38 - The Apprentice New Zealand Is Tame/Contestants On Apprentice Will Be Careful Due To Work Prospects

50:08 - Most People Enter Those Reality Shows For Fame

50:42 - Louise Thinks If Season 2 Of Real Housewives Happened It Would Of Blown Up

51:17 - Being Noticed In California

51:54 - Louise Doesn’t Care About Fame & Being Noticed

54:36 - Dont Take Yourself To Seriously