M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews talk about making stuff!!! This time we talk about CASTING and how critical it is to making good stuff that includes actors! We talk about PLOT, running to fix plot holes, how to balance what happens vs. what it's all about and how we apply those ideas and principals to all kinds of media from TV to digital to comics and beyond! We're still catching up with the backlog of episodes but this is a good one! PLUS project updates ...
Jan 13, 2019•52 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews talk about making stuff!!! We've been super busy and posting the show has fallen through the cracks. We suck! Time to catch up! 👎👎👎 PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 2 is LIVE on Yarn!!! 💀🚀🔥 👉 Check it out > iwth.app.link/cbt5dAmIhO • Seasons 3 and 4 are written, in production and scheduled for release in late December / Early Jan... • 🥂 Breakout is at 2.6 MILLION V...
Dec 05, 2018•27 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews talk about making stuff!!! We've been super busy and posting the show has fallen through the cracks. We suck! Time to catch up! 👎👎👎 PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 2 is LIVE on Yarn!!! 💀🚀🔥 👉 Check it out > iwth.app.link/cbt5dAmIhO • Seasons 3 and 4 are written, in production and scheduled for release in late December / Early Jan... • 🥂 Breakout is at 2.6 MILLION V...
Dec 02, 2018•27 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews go free form to chat about what we've done, what we want to do and why are we doing all this stuff anyway!!!??? Than we do a little song about it ☺️🤪😱 PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 2 is LIVE on Yarn!!! 💀🚀🔥 👉 Check it out > iwth.app.link/cbt5dAmIhO • Seasons 3 and 4 are written, in production and scheduled for release in early October! • 🥂 Breakout is at 2.4 MILLI...
Sep 05, 2018•49 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews talk about TV show first episodes or "Pilots", how to make a good one, different types, how to learn and embrace the format and how that relates and correlates to making stuff across all types of media. PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ • DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 2 is LIVE on Yarn!!! 💀🚀🔥 👉 Check it out > iwth.app.link/cbt5dAmIhO • Seasons 3 and 4 are written, in production and scheduled for rel...
Aug 23, 2018•43 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews talk about Pre-Production for film and TV and how it relates and correlates to making stuff across all types of media. Hey! It's EPISODE #50... COOL! PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ • DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 2 is LIVE on Yarn!!! 💀🚀🔥 👉 Check it out > iwth.app.link/cbt5dAmIhO • Seasons 3 and 4 are written, in production and scheduled for release in early September! • 🥂 Breakout is at 2.3 MILL...
Aug 15, 2018•56 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews talk about Scene Blocking in live action film and TV production and how it relates to creating work in other media. A bit-o-booze equals extra silliness as Adam tries to rock the intro/outro 🤘- Sorry Brandon! PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ • DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 2 is LIVE on Yarn!!! 💀🚀🔥 👉 Check it out > iwth.app.link/cbt5dAmIhO • 🥂 Breakout is at 2.2 MILLION Views and counting!!! 🥂 --...
Aug 08, 2018•45 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews let their nerd flags fly high reacting to all the big San Diego Comic Con trailer releases. AQUAMAN, SHAZAM, GODZILLA, GLASS and more to geek out on! Do YOU think what WE think about this next wave of stuff? Let's find out! PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ • DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 2 is LIVE on Yarn!!! 💀🚀🔥 👉 Check it out > iwth.app.link/cbt5dAmIhO • 🥂 *As of Aug 1* Season 1+2 hit 2.2 MILLION...
Aug 02, 2018•40 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews celebrate the release of Season two of DeadTown: 'BreakOut' on Yarn and talk all things DeadTown as part of the party! 💥🥃🍷🍹🍾🥂 PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ • DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 2 is LIVE on Yarn!!! 💀🚀🔥 👉 Check it out > iwth.app.link/cbt5dAmIhO • 🥂 *As of Aug 1* Season 1+2 hit 2.2 MILLION Views and counting!!! 🥂 --- • 💀 DeadTown Episode #8 is live on Macroverse > l.ead.me/M...
Jul 17, 2018•38 min
Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about pulling from personal experience and how we integrate that into all kinds of storytelling. PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ • DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 1 is LIVE on Yarn!!! 💀🚀🔥 👉 Check it out > https://iwth.app.link/cbt5dAmIhO • 💀 Season 2 launches 07/12/18 - Stay Tuned! --- • DeadTown Episode #8 is live on Macroverse > l.ead.me/M2App Download and read for FREE! Get the Macroverse App...
Jul 10, 2018•31 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about what works and what doesn't (as well) in writing and creating escalating tension in comics, new media film and TV creation and production. PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ • DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 1 is launching to Yarn this THURSDAY - 7/5/18 !!! 💀🚀🔥 👉 Follow us on instagram @m2action for more info and direct links to get into all the outbreak-y goodness :) --- • DeadTown Episode #8 ...
Jul 03, 2018•40 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about balancing blue-sky creative development with the realities of production constraints and the magic that 'can' happen as a result! PLUS project updates and more geek/nerd talk! ⚡️News:⚡️ • DeadTown Episode #8 is live! www.Macroverse.media • An exciting new deal is closing - We think we'll be able to announce it next week! • DeadTown: 'Breakout' Season 1 is coming to Yarn... #staytuned DeadTown: 'Rise' Episodes #1 - ...
Jun 26, 2018•43 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about the process of creating traditional animation - both 2D and 3D! PLUS Incredibles 2, non-spoiler thoughts, updates and more geek and nerd talk! ⚡️More project updates and news:⚡️ • DeadTown Episode #8 is live! www.Macroverse.media • Lots more we STILL can't really reveal and talk about DeadTown Episodes #1 - 8 are LIVE on Macroverse. Download and read for FREE! Get the Macroverse App : www.Macroverse.media • iOS: ap...
Jun 19, 2018•1 hr 1 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about working with and the benefits of constraints in creative work and how that can elevate the final product. We discuss the film Upgrade as a case study and how those lessons apply to media creation in general along with more geek and nerd talk! ⚡️More project updates and news:⚡️ • DeadTown Episode #8 is live! www.Macroverse.media • Lots more we STILL can't really reveal and talk about DeadTown Episodes #1 - 8 are LIV...
Jun 14, 2018•35 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about creating, inventing and building story worlds, connected universes and more. How we approach it, how we work through it, opinions on writers block and more! We also review Solo and offer our own humber suggestions on where it went wrong and how to fix it... Kathy, call us! More project updates and news: • DeadTown Episode #8 is live! www.Macroverse.media • Teasing new work with Mammoth Media / Yarn • Macroverse con...
Jun 08, 2018•29 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat with special guest and new collaborator HAL HEFNER! Hal is an internationally renowned artist and storyteller know for his "CONSUME" art project, the first digital comic series for Heavy Metal (Gates) and much, much more! We dig deep into his background, creative journey, philosophy on making art, multi-platform storytelling, his take/review of SOLO a Star Wars story and much more! More project updates and news: • DeadTo...
May 30, 2018•57 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about breaking story from idea to finished script as we develop the next seasons of DeadTown on the Yarn platform and more! More project updates and news: • DeadTown Episode #7 is live! www.Macroverse.media • Writing, writing and more writing • New projects in the works Plus geek fueled obsessions and more! DeadTown Episodes #1 - 7 are LIVE on Macroverse. Download and read for FREE! Get the Macroverse App : www.Macrovers...
May 15, 2018•48 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about creating story worlds, rules for building multi-platform content, creating materials for your own creative output as well as how to put together material for other creators to work from and with, experiences with DeadTown, Back to Earth and more! More project updates and news: • DeadTown Episode #7 is live! www.Macroverse.media • Laemmle production is in full swing • Back to Earth script #3 art has begun • Lots of ...
May 08, 2018•54 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews SPOILER ALERT the F out of Avengers Infinity War! A few M2 updates but really it's all about INFINITY WAR! Pssst. SPOILER ALERT... . . . We LOVED IT! DeadTown Episodes #1 - 7 are LIVE on Macroverse. Download and read for FREE! Get the Macroverse App : www.Macroverse.media • iOS: apple.co/2CaInsG | Android: bit.ly/2EuxlfL #thefutureofcomics Hoogimaflips: Adam: Infinity War Eben: Infinity War Please drop us a rating and review ...
May 02, 2018•56 min
Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat with long time comics writer, DOUG WAGNER (Plastic, The Hard Place, The Ride, I.C.E., Witchblade/Red Sonja, World of Warcraft and more) - They deep dive into process, script format, structure and more followed by a discussion on the comics industries present and future perspective on digital comics and the future of the medium... Good Stuff! More project updates and news: • DeadTown Episode #7 is live! • Back to Earth script ...
Apr 24, 2018•58 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about their writing process : collaboration, writing for comics vs. film/tv, format, working through creative disagreements and much more! More project updates and news: • DeadTown Episode #6 is live with #7 launching this week! • Back to Earth script #3 just finished with animation continuing... • Lots of meetings and collaborations in the works that we can't talk about yet... Plus geek fueled obsessions and more! DeadT...
Apr 16, 2018•38 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about the M2 Animation Setup process and how that applies to the creative and production process in film, TV, comics animation and new media. More project updates and news: • DeadTown Episode #6 is live on Macroverse • Back to Earth continues... • Talking to creators about Macroverse content and lots of meetings we can't talk about yet... Plus geek fueled obsessions and more! DeadTown Episodes #1 - 6 are LIVE on Macrover...
Apr 10, 2018•37 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about the Script editing process - writing and re-writing as it applies to film, TV, comics animation and new media. More project updates and news: • Laemmle Animated Shorts • Back to Earth continues... • DeadTown Episode 5 is LIVE on Macroverse with #6 coming this week! Plus geek fueled obsessions and more! DeadTown Episodes #1 - 5 are LIVE on Macroverse. Download and read for FREE! Get the Macroverse App : www.Macrover...
Apr 02, 2018•34 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews share about their early adventures in "Startup Land" - learning about making investor focussed pitch decks, the first investor meeting, mindset, collaboration and more. More project updates and news: • Animated Shorts for Laemmle Theaters are in development... • Back to Earth continues... • DeadTown Episode 5 is LIVE on Macroverse! Plus geek fueled obsessions and more! DeadTown Episodes #1 - 5 are LIVE on Macroverse. Download...
Mar 26, 2018•41 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews go all in on their nerd/geek-dom and get animated about Justice League vs. The latest Infinity War trailer. The geek flags are flying high and conjecture, rumor and hearsay are in abundance! More project updates and news: • All Episodes of DeadTown on Macroverse are going FREE! Get over to www.Macroverse.media and start reading. Episode #5 launches this week as well! Plus geek fueled obsessions and more! DeadTown Episodes #1 ...
Mar 19, 2018•52 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about editing. It's a pretty deep dive on the thought process and considerations when shooting and creating in live action film, tv and animation and how we think about how that ends up working in the editing room. Additional discussion leads to how editing works and compares in comics work and in the new Macroverse format. More project updates and news lead to a big news week: Adam, Eben and DeadTown Artist, Steven Perk...
Mar 13, 2018•58 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about The 90th Academy Awards! Oscar predictions and discussion followed by a post show wrap up, M2 news and project updates, Macroverse, great meetings over the past week plus geek fueled obsessions and more! Get the Macroverse App : www.Macroverse.media • iOS: apple.co/2CaInsG | Android: bit.ly/2EuxlfL You can see more of what we're up to here: www.M2.ninja www.instagram.com/m2action www.facebook.com/m2action www.patre...
Mar 05, 2018•39 min
M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about closing in on wrapping up current work, bringing in the next gigs and launching their vision for the future of comics: MACROVERSE! They discuss creating visual effects in television (and film), animation production wrap up, how Avatar holds up, all kinds of B.S about The Justice League (which neither have seen) and the infamous Snyder Cut Plus geek fueled obsessions and more! Get the Macroverse App : www.Macroverse...
Feb 26, 2018•50 min
Macroverse Founders Adam Martin + Eben Matthews practically explode with enthusiasm as Macroverse launches! Hopes! Dreams! Ambitions! The duo share their vision for the future of comics and fandom in the digital age. We can't wait to hear your thoughts as we build this together! Get the App : iOS: https://apple.co/2CaInsG | Android: http://bit.ly/2EuxlfL Macroverse is the future of comics! Dive in. Adventure awaits... You can see more of what we're up to here: www.Macroverse.media www.instagram....
Feb 21, 2018•9 min
M2 Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews chat about the state of current projects, writing scripts for comics vs. live action film/TV, Black Panther, The End of the F***ing World, App Development, Macroverse and (of course) Star Wars! Plus geek fueled obsessions and more! Get the DeadTown App : www.M2.ninja/app You can see more of what we're up to here: www.M2.ninja www.instagram.com/m2action www.facebook.com/m2action www.patreon.com/m2action
Feb 19, 2018•42 min
