Bacon Wrapped Avocado: Creativity UnWrapped

by Laurel Mojica

Are you an artist in search of other artists who are working to make their passion their career? Are you interested in the work-life struggles of other creators? The gear, software, or workflows used to create animations in Unreal Engine? Real-world feedback on different marketing strategies and platforms?

In this podcast, Jose and Laurel Mojica, co-founders of the Bacon Wrapped Avocado VR animation studio, talk about  ... 

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Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • Patience with Gear, Brainstorming Mindsets, and an Animation Update

    Patience with Gear, Brainstorming Mindsets, and an Animation Update

    S01 E07
    Jan 22, 2025
    45:38

    In the first section, Jose and Laurel talk about how they use their new Fostex RM3-DT Active Rack-mount Monitor with Dante and their Triad-Orbit T3C Tripod. They also discuss the challenges of figuring out new gear. The second section (23:19) contains thoughts on brainstorming inspired by John Cleese's YouTube video on "Creativity in Management", focusing specifically on the mindset necessary for productive brainstorming (and also complaining a bit about those who are unhelpful in a brainstorming session). The third section (34:04) is an update on the studio's latest short (working title "Elle's First Day"), and their continuing challenges in working with motion capture (mocap) gear. RM3: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/RM3DT--fostex-rm3-dt-active-rack-mount-monitor-with-dante T3C: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/T3CMicStd--triad-orbit-triad-t3c-tall-tripod-stand-with-casters John Cleese: https://youtu.be/Pb5oIIPO62g?si=orkZ-JC-spber9tu BWA's webpage: https://baconwrappedavocado.com/

  • Black Friday Sales and Writing Tools

    Black Friday Sales and Writing Tools

    S01 E06
    Nov 30, 2024
    38:42

    Jose and Laurel talk about mics and preamps, Black Friday sales and the history of some audio clones. Then they take a deep dive into some of the pros and cons of writing software: Storyist, Scrivener, Word, and Pages. (Spoiler alert: They use all of them for different things!) They wrap up the episode with a discussion of the somewhat complicated process of writing and recording audio for VR video. Timing is key!

  • Creativity Under Stress

    Creativity Under Stress

    S01 E05
    Nov 30, 2024
    34:09

    In this episode, Jose and Laurel talk about how negative things can make it hard to be creative, and some of the ways combat that. They also discuss the expansion of their recording area and their new teleprompters. Plus, they give an update on a big milestone for their company: submitting their application for an Epic MegaGrant. Teleprompter: GVM TQ-L Teleprompter from Procam Software: PromptSmart Pro for iPad

  • AI: Competition or Tool?

    AI: Competition or Tool?

    S01 E04
    Nov 27, 2024
    37:05

    Jose and Laurel discuss their experiences with and opinions of Artificially Intelligent audiobook readers, YouTube narrators, and social media post readers; James Earl Jones, Disney, and SAG contracts for actors' likenesses and voices; Awkwafina as an AI voice; AI-generated images; and finally AI assistance in software development. Then Jose manages to segue back into talking about buying gear. (He can be sneaky like that!)

  • New Gear, Part Two

    New Gear, Part Two

    S01 E03
    Nov 23, 2024
    27:48

    Admittedly, the decision to purchase gear and the effects that it has on our productivity is a favorite topic of ours. Also, I'm pretty sure Episode One was supposed to be a test run but I really liked the way it turned out. This is a longer discussion that highlights different aspects of the decision-making process.