Meaningful Stories | A Votary Films Podcast

Mike, Luke, Falin and Cody talk about NOPE, the new film by Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us, Key & Peele). Topics include the crazy violent monkey subplot, what's up with that shoe standing up, what the movie may be commenting on in Hollywood, using the bathroom after going to the movies, if the movie was scary, and our thoughts on the ending. 

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Mike, Falin, Ghreg, & Jamin discuss the new A24 movie: Everything Everywhere All At Once. Join us as we talk about alternate realities, family relationships, and hotdog fingers in this episode of the Votary Podcast. 

Mike, Luke, Cody, & Jamin, talk about Kanye West, his music, mental health, and public persona in this episode of the Votary Podcast. 

Batman's story has been retold many of times in many different ways, but is Robert Pattinson's Batman the most accurate? Find out on this weeks review of "The Batman" (2022) with Jamin, Luke, Jai, & Mike.

Mike, Emma, Cody, and Jamin talk about the Netflix Doc: The Tinder Swindler. Let's talk about the horrors of dating apps, relationships, and con-artists.

Mike, Luke, Falin, and Jamin discuss Guillermo del Toro’s remake of the film: Nightmare Alley. We dive into Guillermo’s directing style, brilliant cinematography, and the moral compass of his main character played by non other than Bradley Cooper.

On our 40th episode of the Votary Podcast, Luke, Jamin, Graci, and Mike talk about Paul Thomas Anderson's new film: Licorice Pizza. We analyze the style and substance of this film and talk about it's structure ( or lack of? ) it's theme, it's romance, it's name, and more.   

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Mike and Cody reflect on 2021 and go over some of the best (and worst) films of the year. From "Pig" to "Stillwater" and the atrocious "Matrix Resurrections" - check out this last year in review.

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'Tis the season at Votary Films! Mike, Luke, Cody, and Jamin put on their Santa hats and discuss the best (and the worst) Christmas movies. This episode also goes into Santa Claus, Christmas songs, and other holiday themes. Happy holidays!

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This episode is all about DUNE. Today, the Votary team finally sits down to give a long anticipated review for the recent film Dune. Listen to hear an in-depth discussion about the movie with Mike, Luke, Falin, and Jamin.

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In today's episode, Mike comes out of quarantine recovering from COVID-19 to talk with Luke, Jamin, and Falin about all the movies he watched during his lockdown.

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Tori is a very talented all around filmmaker who initially interned with us and worked with our team for years. Berlin came to us with little filmmaking experience and extensive photography skills, and became a great producer and filmmaker as well as took most of our photos you see from us the last couple years. They both recently moved on so we thought we'd have one last hurrah on the podcast! 

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This episode is about SQUID GAME - a Netflix show many people are talking about and already has many award nominations.   

Mike, Falin, Luke, and Jamin all talk about the story, themes, message, and more.   

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Mark Metry is the host of  the Social Anxiety Society Podcast which has been ranked in the top 100 podcasts where he interviews scientists, doctors, nutritionists, billionaires, etc a New York Times Bestselling Author of Screw Being Shy, and a Forbes Featured TEDx keynote speaker.  

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Sir Michael returns from a solitary mountain quest, and has since witnessed THE GREEN KNIGHT within a quant theatre amidst the villages. Thus, Sir Jamin and Sir Cody accompanies him in an exchange of dialogue and malts to confront the heart of this ancient tale. Does thou believe in a story which can both corrupt and set free? Is such a story great? Why greatness, is goodness not enough? What else ought there be? 

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Some of Votary's talented film crew - Luke, Berlin, Tori, and Falin all tell memorable stories from their lives which end up being stories involving cars breaking down, hitting a deer, finding your bearings in a small Scottish town, and trying to fit the maximum amount of people possible in a bus bathroom.

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Cody, Tori, Berlin, and Jamin talk about the different levels of education in our workplace and whether college was worth it. Some of us are self-taught creatives, and others learned more traditionally, and some have a mixture of both. This has become an increasingly relevant subject in this day and age, especially in the creative fields. 

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Was college worth it in your experience? 

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Story is as vital to our existence as breathing, and like breathing, most of us take it for granted, floating from one day to the next, simply surviving, wishing we could make faster progress. We're living inside stories everyday, for our whole life, and people are watching.

In this episode we dive into Jed's book, writing process, why he wrote the book, and who it is for, as well as go on some usual rabbit holes.

Jed's book is written to empower entrepreneurs and individuals with a powerful framework of 7 Steps to create unstoppable growth by harnessing one of the most powerful fundamental forces in the universe: Story.

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The 25th episode is another Nostalgia fest where we talk about memories throughout the years at Votary Films, Jono becoming a first time father, and why he's moving on from our team. As always there are a lot of subjects that come up and we go on some tangents and have a great time, even though we're sad to see our talented friend go.   

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Dan Rosario is a local filmmaker, artist, musician and Police Detective in Worcester, MA with the best teeth in the biz. 

Votary has collaborated with him on a number of projects including short films, commercials, and some of us have been in music videos he's directed as well. He's an amazing director, DP, Visual effects artist, and has an acute knowledge of gear and technical film language. 

We're always curious about his Police work as it's a very unique dual career life that he leads. 

He's currently working on a upcoming series entitled MERCY, and has other credits here - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4181690/

This conversation was recorded completely candid and features Jed Burdick, Cody Wambolt, and Mike Palumbo. 

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Bo Burnham's special INSIDE on Netflix made a bit of a splash on the internet and within our circles, so we decided to talk about it on the podcast. It's both comedy special, musical, satire, pandemic art, docu-film, and overall an interesting watch. We had a lot of thoughts on it, especially in regards to his mental health which he talks about a lot, as well as the variety of visuals he captured within a year timespan in one room.

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In this episode, Jed's long time friend Andrea Ajemian discusses her background in film and how it eventually led to her producing independent and big budget movies.   

Coincidentally, in episode 10 we talked about the film I CARE A LOT which Andrea was the executive producer on, and is available on Netflix.   

Andrea also grew up in our home of Worcester county and has helped bring a lot of the film industry to our area.   

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The Burdick Boys ( Jed, his brother Josiah, and nephew Jamin ) discuss film, storytelling, and Josiah's projects in this special Votary Podcast Episode.

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It's story time in this episode - Berlin, Tori, Cody and Mike discuss significant memories each of us have. These seem to range from first time college visits, to buying furniture on craigslist from an old woman, to going scuba diving and getting seasick.  

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The Votary crew ( Luke, Jed, Jamin and Mike this episode ) talk about the recent hit indie film directed by Chloe Zhao NOMADLAND.  

The simplistic style, use of non-actors and raw performance in the film created a unique slice-of-life experience and even won this movie the oscar for best picture, and 137 nominations.   

Each of us talk about what we felt was the meaning behind the story, or if there was one. 

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Jed, Mike, Cody and Jamin all talk STORY STRUCTURE. ( Opening, Conflict, Initiation, Journey, Resolution, and ending ) 

Why is it important? What are some memorable beginnings and endings and middles, etc.  

 *****SPOILERS AHEAD***** for 

Breaking Bad 

The Revenant 

The Game 

Simon Birch 

You were never really here  

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In the first two episodes and randomly throughout this podcast, we've told a bit of our origin story, why we do what we do, where we are now, and where we want to go. This conversation is a bit of a continuation of those episodes with us discussing our experience with semi-traditional sales methods. After 2020, it seemed that the whole process changed for many of us, and it certainly did for us.   

These conversations are completely candid and have off-the-cuff opinions, lots of interruptions, and the usual rambling. 

The next episode features our first "structured" podcast about STORY STRUCTURE  

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This episode features Mike, Cody, Graci, and Jono talking about movies and books, which they prefer for different types of stories and why, and the strengths of one medium over the other. We apologize for some of the audio snafus with a mic stand, and for interrupting each other so much. We end up discussing Kurt Vonnegut, C.S. Lewis, a bunch of movies we didn't know were books first, and what books we hope never get made into movies or shows. 

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Episode 13 of the Votary Podcast features Nicole, Tori, Berlin, and Graci ( and Mike ) talking about what Stories have inspired them most in their lives, women in film, artistic pursuits, and a lot more.   

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Jono starts getting into a film photography, and opens up about his father getting Covid. We talk about the power of nostalgia, and whether or not it can be helpful and beautiful in our lives or slightly depressing. We laugh, we tear up, we connect, and a camera dies. We hope you enjoy. 

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Jed, Jamin, Cody, and Mike talk about different directing styles, our favorite film directors, and the movies that shaped us. This leads into some of our personal directing experience in documentaries, commercials, short films, and independent movies. 

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Continuing our conversation from last week's episode about The Anti Hero,  I CARE A LOT is a Netflix film with an intriguing concept about a con-woman who dupes old people out of their money. It sparked a conversation at Votary about motivation in main characters. How important is it that we understand a character's motives? Why do they do what they do? In this episode Jono, Jamin, Cody, and Mike talk about the film and it's many confusing themes, interesting or ridiculous characters, it's audacity, and if we should have named this I DON'T CARE AT ALL. 

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Cody, Jono, Mike, and Berlin talk about the concept of the Anti-Hero in TV and film. This ends up leading down the path of social media, celebrities, cancel culture, phone addiction, and morality. Cody's wife Malia calls in and ends up being an impromptu guest call-in. 

Next week's episode will continue the Anti-Hero discussion with a review of the film I CARE A LOT

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Andi Lipo is a director, screenwriter, and an overall talented filmmaker from Worcester. He's worked on countless music video, commercial, documentary, and short films in LA and New England. We've recently got to know him and are stoked to have him be our first guest for 2021. In this episode we discuss his background, hear a bit of his story, why he's pursued this as a career, and what he's working on now. 

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In this episode Jed, Cody, Jono, and Mike talk about the state of the job market and about Jed's new book that finished moments before recording the episode. So many people are desperately looking to be employed and hopefully pursue something that is meaningful to them. Here we talk about how using basic methods of storytelling can be helpful in being mindful, learning from conflict, and pursuing the career and life you want. Jed shares some of what he covers in his book, and we bat them around. As always, this is a raw, unfiltered conversational approach so we hope that you find something helpful in here. Please share your stories with us, ask us questions, and subscribe :)

Episode 6 of the Votary Podcast features Mikel Wisler - a long time Votary crew member, author, filmmaker, editor, science fiction lover, and host / creator of the Exploring Tomorrow Podcast. In this episode we basically all end up riffing on sci-fi that we love, why it tends to have some stigma around it as a genre, and what we can learn from great science fiction stories.   

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Cody, Jed, Jamin and his wife Graci all discuss the craziness of 2020 and the current political, social, and creative climate we live in. The episode was recorded in the midst of the election limbo which was sparking even more dissension around us than usual. This got us thinking about what our role as creatives, storytellers, and filmmakers is currently. We hope that you enjoy. 

Charbel Najem is an entrepreneur, multiple business owner, Lebanese immigrant, war survivor, and much more. In this interview he tells his story of growing up in Lebanon and why he moved to America, how he started out, and where he is now. 

SPOILER ALERT as they say! If you haven't watched the film Tenet yet, then I don't recommend listening to this episode. The team at Votary get pretty excited for new movies that come out from notable directors, so naturally we all had to see Tenet in theaters when they finally opened back up. Not only was it strange to be in a theater without anybody in there, but it was also strange to experience a movie that was so over hyped and so underwhelming simultaneously. Each of us have differing opinions on the film, but we waited to mull over them until we hit record. It's a departure from our usual marketing and video industry talks, but we hope you enjoy it. 

Jed, Mike, Cody, and Jono talk about what Votary does, why we do it, why people are obsessed with authenticity, and discuss the pandemic and how it has affected us. 

Jed, Jono, Cody, and Mike all talk about their experiences starting off at Votary Films. Jed talks about the struggles of starting a small business, especially during a recession. Jono talks about his desire to be a creative filmmaker in a largely corporate environment. Mike makes noises into the mic and talks about quitting his long term career of making sandwiches in order to pursue something deeper. Cody talks about texting while driving in order to send the most important email of his life - to Mike at Votary in order to work with us.