Lighter Darker | Episode 2 | "Transformers One with Josh Cooley"

In Episode 2 of the #LighterDarker podcast, the team welcomes #TransformersOne director Josh Cooley to talk about combining heart and humor in his filmmaking. Josh also shares the story of getting his dream shot at ​⁠Pixar, working on Toy Story 4, and how he almost had a very different career path!

Chapter Markers
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:01:41] Questions from the mailbag
[00:04:46] What is virtual production?
[00:13:00] Rejection letters
[00:17:05] Humor and heart in animation
[00:33:15] The Martini
[00:39:21] Outro

Episode Links
Josh Cooley - IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2155757/?...
Joe Ranft - IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710020/
Toy Story 4 (2019) - IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979376/...
Transformers One (2024) - IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8864596/...

The Martini

Rob (and the rest of the internet) is obsessed with the Star Tours StarSpeeder Play Set https://wdwnt.com/2024/09/starspeeder...

2005 Star Tours - Original - Disneyland Anaheim    • 2005 Star Tours - Original - Disneyla...  

Jenny scrambled to come up with something last minute because Rob stole her martini (see above). She is reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë | Goodreads   / 6185.wuthering_heights  
and obsessing over the Oxford comma debate. What Is the Oxford Comma (or Serial Comma)? | Grammarly. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/what-i...

Yes, she is boring.

Josh is staying true to the current Transformers hype by adopting a Flagship Optimus Prime from Robosen. https://www.robosen.com/us/flagship-o...

Featured Music
The Lighter Darker theme was created by Khatsho Orfali. This episode features music by Ben Charles aka Chromasy.

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Transcript
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