Episodes

  • How Do I Know If I Have a Good Idea?

    How Do I Know If I Have a Good Idea?
    Apr 7 2025

    As the seeds blow across the terrain, let's see if any take root.

    Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.

    This entire first season © 2025 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 For more information, including how you can help support the project, check out www.rossmorinfilm.com/unpacked
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    33 mins
  • Should I Have a Brand or Production Company?

    Should I Have a Brand or Production Company?
    Mar 31 2025

    I mean, it certainly seems cool, right?

    Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.

    This entire first season © 2025 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 For more information, including how you can help support the project, check out www.rossmorinfilm.com/unpacked
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    34 mins
  • Why Does My Film Have "Politics"?

    Why Does My Film Have "Politics"?
    Mar 24 2025

    Our choices leave us no other option.

    Author’s note: This episode concludes a mini-arc of episodes starting with episode 4.

    Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.

    This entire first season © 2025 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 For more information, including how you can help support the project, check out www.rossmorinfilm.com/unpacked
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    38 mins
  • Why is My Film Biased (Even if I Don’t Want it To Be)?

    Why is My Film Biased (Even if I Don’t Want it To Be)?
    Mar 3 2025

    Description: One lens. One whiteboard marker. What’s objectivity anyway?

    Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.

    This entire first season © 2025 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 For more information, including how you can help support the project, check out www.rossmorinfilm.com/unpacked
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    29 mins
  • What Do We Mean When We Talk About a Film’s “Politics”?

    What Do We Mean When We Talk About a Film’s “Politics”?
    Feb 24 2025

    Let’s disentangle some controversial buzzwords.

    Shownote: Oxford Languages defines “politics” as: “The assumptions or principles relating to or inherent in a sphere, theory, or thing, especially when concerned with power and status in a society.”

    Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.

    This entire first season © 2025 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 For more information, including how you can help support the project, check out www.rossmorinfilm.com/unpacked
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    31 mins
  • How Can I Better Respond to Critique?

    How Can I Better Respond to Critique?
    Feb 17 2025

    We don't have to be monsters.
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    30 mins
  • Why Am I So Defensive About a Critique of My Film's Values?

    Why Am I So Defensive About a Critique of My Film's Values?
    Feb 10 2025

    Let's accept our emotional reactions first; then we can act rationally.

    Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.

    This entire first season © 2025 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 For more information, including how you can help support the project, check out www.rossmorinfilm.com/unpacked
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    26 mins
  • Should I Write What I Know?

    Should I Write What I Know?
    Feb 3 2025

    Let's see what we can take away from this common piece of advice.

    Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.

    This entire first season © 2025 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 For more information, including how you can help support the project, check out www.rossmorinfilm.com/unpacked
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    27 mins