Making of Otter Things Episodes 3 & 4 | Behind the Scenes SWM+ Sneak Peek
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Title: Making of Otter Things 3 & 4
Diffuser / Essential Oils
https://healingscents.net/blogs/learn/18685859-history-of-essential-oils
https://blog.lebermuth.com/essential-oils-a-journey-through-history
https://www.rockymountainoils.com/learn/history-of-essential-oils/
Stranger Things Fever
https://weminoredinfilm.com/2017/10/28/on-trying-to-understand-the-stranger-things-phenomenon/
https://medium.com/@vaibhavanday/stranger-things-how-to-capitalise-on-nostalgia-52bb59fa22b0
https://www.vogue.com/article/stranger-things-tv-show-review
Wind Chimes
“Heart of Darkness” impact
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/11/06/the-trouble-with-heart-of-darkness
https://warontherocks.com/2020/09/the-abiding-relevance-of-heart-of-darkness-for-those-who-wage-war/
Plugs: Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Referral Program; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; Crisis Textline
Summary: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Quince; Odoo
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- 888 Intro
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered, this safe place is yours
- Senseless Banter
- Talking Bunting
- Bedtime Banter
- Diffused and Confused
- Diffusing my Nonsense Scents
- The Mist of a Diffused Flower Smell
- I’m the Mist
- Are there any videos of cats looking at mist?
- Otter Things
- It’s such a pleasure to make this show
- It really is an honor
- Does Rick Steves have a podcast?
- Story
- Series on Series
- A tribute / parody to 2 shows
- Right now, it’s a 2 week writing process
- Since this is BTS, I guess I’ll go BTS on this ep too
- I’m writing in May 2020 right now
- My recording schedule has changed
- Normally, I’d record 5 – 6 days per week
- The goal was 2.5 episodes per week
- Each day was a blend of different episode parts
- Making some changes
- I’ve decided that for the summer, 1 out of every 8 episodes will be from the archive
- A ⅛ savings in my time and work
- More time at home and schooling from home
- I needed to adjust my priorities
- Co-parenting my daughter
- When my daughter isn’t here, I’ll record full episodes
- When she’s here, I’ll record intros
- That way it’s less disruptive for her, too
- And right now I’m not recording during the weekend
- Building into the time budget
- Time Budget vs Financial Budget
- I can’t pay someone to be Scoots, you know?
- Budgeting for a Patreon episode
- Going through my notes after watching episode 3
- Then I’ll revisit the episode I already recorded for ep 1
- Ep 3
- Barb is swimming in the cold
- Her splash wakes up Nancy
- She takes the portal to the warm world
- Holly Jolly Chapter 3
- Nancy wakes up but Steve is still asleep
- Mom is not happy and tries to connect with nancy
- The long Mom look x2
- Creaky Dulcet Porch Swing
- Mom has a bunch of lights
- 11 is playing in the basement
- Operation Murkwood
- A lot of “Trust Me On This”
- Getting snacks and supplies
- A lot of Dustin comedy
- Power lines after school
- 3:15
- Back at school
- Where’s Barb?
- There’s Cold War talk
- Charm, please
- Eleven makes snacks and is bored
- Looking for more snacks
- Modine is reading some readouts
- Joyce is hanging up more lights
- Who is in charge??
- Snowsuits Slimer
- Eleven is upstairs in Nancy’s room
- Talking powers vs Weirdos
- Jonathan develops photos of Nancy and Steve
- Hey Marissa Old Flame I’m Sorry
- The MK Backstory
- Where’s Holly?
- Karen, thank you for your casserole
- Jonathan gets busted by Steve and crew
- Steve is not that nice
- Flashback to a not happy Modine and Eleven
- Modine got what he wanted
- They check in on Eleven
- They hop off
- Eleven and Mike connect
- Moment Shared
- Nancy at Barb’s car
- Nancy jogs through the woods
- Joyce wants more lights
- Will communicates through lights
- Joyce will find Will
- Martin Brenner runs the lab
- Work With Me
- Eleven leads them to Will’s house
- Will is playing hide and seek here
- R-I-G-H-T H-E-R-E
- Frowny faces and denial
- Mike gets upset and blames Eleven
- Joyce runs from her house
- Jonathan finds Joyce while she’s jogging
- Lots of mother and son hugs
- Okay so how do we handle all this?
- And what’s going on in the lab?
- Don’t share this if you’re listening
- This does exist in a shared world of another thing we’ve made
- Humans are mostly gone from this world
- Protecting animal resources
- Labs, portals, kids with powers
- Another portal, another layer of backstory
- Btw there’s another portal
- What’s going on with Barb?
- The Barb storyline
- Going over the story points
- These kids do S-U-C-K
- I love Joyce’s problem-solving
- That’s why I like Joyce and Lucas
- Translating that to Otter Things story points
- The beginning of a structure
- Wind chimes, not Christmas lights
- Store Bought Wind Chimes
- True friendship. Fun rocks
- Digging deep at the library
- Important questions I need to answer before I can write
- Flashbacks
- The Quarry
- Barb
- Joyce’s communication with Willow
- What is the lab?
- A portal at the bottom of the swamp
- Are humans real?
- How do we deal with humans if they return?
- Songs from Francis by Willow
- Ideas for music flashbacks
- Right, the fake album by Willow that trashes the entire town
- Is there an F-E-A-R we can play up in our world?
- So that’s where I’m at with ep 3 right now. Let’s see how it goes
- Behind The Otter Things
- I record this the week before I record the ep
- Episode 4
- Reviewing my notes
- Tires, lights, Twin Peaks music
- Joyce says Will is talking through the lights
- Hopper tells Joyce to take a breath
- Joyce is talking about tangible things!
- Joyce waits for Will to call again
- Mike is upset against Eleven
- Eleven finds a signal on the radio
- Jonathan and Joyce have to go
- Mike plays sick
- Mike tries to reconnect with Lucas
- Jonathan is concerned about Joyce
- Steve and Nancy talk about Barb
- Jonathan expresses doubts to Joyce
- They have a blow-up in public
- Trying to find a signal on the radio
- Dressing up Eleven
- Pretty. Good.
- Trying to make a stronger radio signal
- Nancy gets interviewed about Barb
- Eleven enjoys the bike ride with wind in her hair
- My second cousin Eleanor (from Sweden)
- Mom is not happy with Nancy
- Flashback
- What do you see, Eleven?
- The Modine Frown
- Mouth breathers are making fun
- Nancy shows up to talk to Jonathan
- Talking about those weird pictures with Jonathan
- Nancy is on the case
- Downtown, buying drinks
- Who do you work for?
- El uses the ham radio to go back to the past
- Listen and Repeat
- Joyce hears heavy footsteps (Will)
- Joyce sees a big bunny in the portal
- The big bunny is gonna tickle me
- Nancy and Jonathan develop photos
- Jonathan likes to observe people
- What did Jonathan get a picture of?
- Wait, this is a stuffed bear, what?
- Going into the lab
- The episode closes
- Going over the plot points
- Joyce is gonna wait
- Please talk to me, Willow
- Will is out there, somewhere
- Jonathan, Steven, and Nancy is a little tough since we made this just 2 characters
- Dealing with the authority figures
- The gravity of the photo
- Into the heart of Conrad
- Translating plot points
- Realizing Willow’s not singing on the record
- Mom buys jumbo carrots for the big bunny
- There’s No Big Bunny!
- Hearing Willow in the flashback
- Clues with Tefe and Babs somehow
- Willow is not gone!
- The Big Bunny is real!
- So that’s where I’m at right now
- Today is Thursday
- I don’t know if I’ll be able to record it this by next week
- Hopefully I’ll answer some of these questions soon
- I hope you enjoyed this
Notable Language:
- Senseless Banter
- Bedtime Banter
- Diffused and Confused
- ⅛ Savings
- Time Budget
- The long Mom look x2
- Operation Murkwood
- W-E-I-R-D-O
- Snowsuits Slimer
- A-S-S
- Hey Marissa Old Flame I’m Sorry
- R-I-G-H-T H-E-R-E
- S-U-C-K
- Store Bought Wind Chimes
- True friendship. Fun rocks
- F-E-A-R
- Pretty. Good.
- Listen and Repeat
- Into the heart of Conrad
Notable Culture:
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- “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” – Stevie Wonder
- Cat Videos
- Diffused and Confused Autobiography
- Dazed and Confused
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- Otter Things
- Rick Steves
- Stranger Things
- Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas
- He Man
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- Rush
- UB40
- “Pump Up The Jam”
- Bell Biv Devoe
- Twin Peaks
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- X-Men
- Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
Notable Talking Points:
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- 888
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered, this safe place is yours
- Senseless Banter
- Talking Bunting
- Bedtime Banter
- Diffused and Confused
- Diffusing my Nonsense Scents
- The Mist of a Diffused Flower Smell
- I’m the Mist
- Are there any videos of cats looking at mist?
- Otter Things
- It’s such a pleasure to make this show
- It really is an honor
- Does Rick Steves have a podcast?
- Story
- Series on Series
- A tribute / parody to 2 shows
- Right now, it’s a 2 week writing process
- Since this is BTS, I guess I’ll go BTS on this ep too
- I’m writing in May 2020 right now
- My recording schedule has changed
- Normally, I’d record 5 – 6 days per week
- The goal was 2.5 episodes per week
- Each day was a blend of different episode parts
- Making some changes
- I’ve decided that for the summer, 1 out of every 8 episodes will be from the archive
- A ⅛ savings in my time and work
- More time at home and schooling from home
- I needed to adjust my priorities
- Co-parenting my daughter
- When my daughter isn’t here, I’ll record full episodes
- When she’s here, I’ll record intros
- That way it’s less disruptive for her, too
- And right now I’m not recording during the weekend
- Building into the time budget
- Time Budget vs Financial Budget
- I can’t pay someone to be Scoots, you know?
- Budgeting for a Patreon episode
- Going through my notes after watching episode 3
- Then I’ll revisit the episode I already recorded for ep 1
- Ep 3
- Barb is swimming in the cold
- Her splash wakes up Nancy
- She takes the portal to the warm world
- Holly Jolly Chapter 3
- Nancy wakes up but Steve is still asleep
- Mom is not happy and tries to connect with nancy
- The long Mom look x2
- Creaky Dulcet Porch Swing
- Mom has a bunch of lights
- 11 is playing in the basement
- Operation Murkwood
- A lot of “Trust Me On This”
- Getting snacks and supplies
- A lot of Dustin comedy
- Power lines after school
- 3:15
- Back at school
- Where’s Barb?
- There’s Cold War talk
- Charm, please
- Eleven makes snacks and is bored
- Looking for more snacks
- Modine is reading some readouts
- Joyce is hanging up more lights
- Who is in charge??
- Snowsuits Slimer
- Eleven is upstairs in Nancy’s room
- Talking powers vs Weirdos
- Jonathan develops photos of Nancy and Steve
- Hey Marissa Old Flame I’m Sorry
- The MK Backstory
- Where’s Holly?
- Karen, thank you for your casserole
- Jonathan gets busted by Steve and crew
- Steve is not that nice
- Flashback to a not happy Modine and Eleven
- Modine got what he wanted
- They check in on Eleven
- They hop off
- Eleven and Mike connect
- Moment Shared
- Nancy at Barb’s car
- Nancy jogs through the woods
- Joyce wants more lights
- Will communicates through lights
- Joyce will find Will
- Martin Brenner runs the lab
- Work With Me
- Eleven leads them to Will’s house
- Will is playing hide and seek here
- R-I-G-H-T H-E-R-E
- Frowny faces and denial
- Mike gets upset and blames Eleven
- Joyce runs from her house
- Jonathan finds Joyce while she’s jogging
- Lots of mother and son hugs
- Okay so how do we handle all this?
- And what’s going on in the lab?
- Don’t share this if you’re listening
- This does exist in a shared world of another thing we’ve made
- Humans are mostly gone from this world
- Protecting animal resources
- Labs, portals, kids with powers
- Another portal, another layer of backstory
- Btw there’s another portal
- What’s going on with Barb?
- The Barb storyline
- Going over the story points
- These kids do S-U-C-K
- I love Joyce’s problem-solving
- That’s why I like Joyce and Lucas
- Translating that to Otter Things story points
- The beginning of a structure
- Wind chimes, not Christmas lights
- Store Bought Wind Chimes
- True friendship. Fun rocks
- Digging deep at the library
- Important questions I need to answer before I can write
- Flashbacks
- The Quarry
- Barb
- Joyce’s communication with Willow
- What is the lab?
- A portal at the bottom of the swamp
- Are humans real?
- How do we deal with humans if they return?
- Songs from Francis by Willow
- Ideas for music flashbacks
- Right, the fake album by Willow that trashes the entire town
- Is there an F-E-A-R we can play up in our world?
- So that’s where I’m at with ep 3 right now. Let’s see how it goes
- Behind The Otter Things
- I record this the week before I record the ep
- Episode 4
- Reviewing my notes
- Tires, lights, Twin Peaks music
- Joyce says Will is talking through the lights
- Hopper tells Joyce to take a breath
- Joyce is talking about tangible things!
- Joyce waits for Will to call again
- Mike is upset against Eleven
- Eleven finds a signal on the radio
- Jonathan and Joyce have to go
- Mike plays sick
- Mike tries to reconnect with Lucas
- Jonathan is concerned about Joyce
- Steve and Nancy talk about Barb
- Jonathan expresses doubts to Joyce
- They have a blow-up in public
- Trying to find a signal on the radio
- Dressing up Eleven
- Pretty. Good.
- Trying to make a stronger radio signal
- Nancy gets interviewed about Barb
- Eleven enjoys the bike ride with wind in her hair
- My second cousin Eleanor (from Sweden)
- Mom is not happy with Nancy
- Flashback
- What do you see, Eleven?
- The Modine Frown
- Mouth breathers are making fun
- Nancy shows up to talk to Jonathan
- Talking about those weird pictures with Jonathan
- Nancy is on the case
- Downtown, buying drinks
- Who do you work for?
- El uses the ham radio to go back to the past
- Listen and Repeat
- Joyce hears heavy footsteps (Will)
- Joyce sees a big bunny in the portal
- The big bunny is gonna tickle me
- Nancy and Jonathan develop photos
- Jonathan likes to observe people
- What did Jonathan get a picture of?
- Wait, this is a stuffed bear, what?
- Going into the lab
- The episode closes
- Going over the plot points
- Joyce is gonna wait
- Please talk to me, Willow
- Will is out there, somewhere
- Jonathan, Steven, and Nancy is a little tough since we made this just 2 characters
- Dealing with the authority figures
- The gravity of the photo
- Into the heart of Conrad
- Translating plot points
- Realizing Willow’s not singing on the record
- Mom buys jumbo carrots for the big bunny
- There’s No Big Bunny!
- Hearing Willow in the flashback
- Clues with Tefe and Babs somehow
- Willow is not gone!
- The Big Bunny is real!
- So that’s where I’m at right now
- Today is Thursday
- I don’t know if I’ll be able to record it this by next week
- Hopefully I’ll answer some of these questions soon
- I hope you enjoyed this
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