Our host Vikram welcomes writer, filmmaker, and SVC’s faculty advisor Daniel Tysdal! As a multi-disciplinary creative, Daniel lends advice for aspiring filmmakers, speaks on how formal education fosters creativity, and details his experiences in writing in an array of different mediums. Tune into to this riveting discussion, and find out why practice proceeds abstraction!

Some resources about the topics mentioned in this episode may be found below:

Articles and media -

• The Oath of Isis (YouTube)
• “The Time Traveller’s Pantoum” (NSI)
• “How TIFF Helped Save My Life” (The Walrus)
• “Letter from the Faculty Advisor” (Screenwriters’ Perspectives Vol. 2)
• “Interview with Professor Daniel Tysdal” (Screenwriters’ Perspectives Vol. 2)
• “Waveforms and Doom Scrolls” (CBC Books)
• Daniel’s TEDX Talk at UTSC (YouTube)

This episode’s News Reel section:

• “What do you need to be warm?” by Neil Gaiman
• Neil Gaiman NFT Auction – Can Crypto And The Creative Industry Collab? (Comic Years)
• “Neil Gaiman to auction off NFT of film-adaptation of poem for Afghan aid” (Jerusalem Post)
• “NFT Of Neil Gaiman Poem Auction To Aid Afghanistan Refugees” (Bleeding Cool)

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