Creative Chat with Suzanne Wallace

“I’ve never really been much of a creator, but with video work, it just tapped into this very magical, ‘creator’ feeling.”

It’s Creative Chat time, and this week, we're talking with Suzanne Wallace, the founder and creative director of IndieBard, a creative studio that specializes in small-scale storytelling: specifically, trailers for video games. Here’s a teaser:

Just so you know, Suzanne has it all: she's warm, funny, fabulous, and so dang insightful about the world of video games — particularly indies — and how to tell an amazing distillate story in a visual format. You can grab the episode transcript here. Enjoy!

xx, aa

[ Teaser video transcript; dialogue playing over music bed ]

suzanne wallace: I’ve never really been much of a creator, but with video work, it just, like, tapped into this very magical, ‘creator’ feeling that was like an instant high.

allison arth: This week on the Little Oracles podcast, a Creative Chat with video editor and the founder and creative director of IndieBard, Suzanne Wallace.

sw: It wasn’t until I lost my job that I started to think, “Can I do this full-time freelance?”

aa: You’re self-taught, then?

sw: Completely self-taught. Video work just became another feather in my cap, but from a marketing focus.

aa: What is it about storytelling in that, kind of, distillate way, that excites you? Like why do you this? You know, every day, you get up and you’re like, “I’m gonna make game trailers and I love it.”

sw: It is the editing process itself — like the actual creation I find ridiculously fun.

aa: I haven’t really thought about that: like, it’s actually exciting to use that tool. I love that!

sw: Because there are infinite ways of visually showing something, you have to figure out: what is it that you’re trying to say? And then think of the most effective way to achieve that. It turns it into almost a game in itself; it has a similar feeling to when you’re obsessed with a game, and time just [snaps fingers] whooshes.

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