In Love with the Process Podcast

On today’s episode of Right Place Right Time, Mike Pecci and Lance A. Williams hang out in the studio for one of those episodes that starts chill and slowly goes off the rails.

Lance shares how a painful rejection as an actor didn’t end the road, but somehow turned into a completely different role in a film. A perfect reminder that timing and perspective can flip disappointment into opportunity. Mike talks about experiencing Blade Runner with a full orchestra performing the score live, and how it completely rewired the way he thinks about cinema and sound.
The conversation shifts to Oscar nominations, industry frustrations, and why the guys believe Guillermo del Toro deserved a Best Director nomination. Opinions are strong. Feelings are felt.
Then things get dangerous.

Their friendship is put to the ultimate test with a round of Last Film Standing, where a shocking truth is revealed. Lance has apparently been lying to Mike for years about which films he has actually seen. Trust is questioned. History is rewritten. The friendship may never recover.
Will this end the podcast. Will this end the friendship. You’ll have to tune in to find out.

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One of the best parts of In Love with the Process is getting to skip the gatekeepers. No agents. No managers. Just real conversations with actors Mike genuinely loves watching right now.

These are the performers who shine on screen, who feel dangerous, curious, and alive, and who represent the next generation of talent taking us to strange new worlds through film.

On today’s episode, Mike sits down with Taylor John Smith (Warfare, The Outpost). As part of the show’s Genuine Human Experience initiative, the two get deeply nerdy about acting, process, and what actually motivates a performance.
They talk about how Taylor gets his hands on material through his team, what he looks for in scripts, and how he prepares emotionally and physically for demanding roles. Taylor flips the script and asks Mike the questions actors actually want to ask directors, leading to an instant bond over the performances, films, and filmmakers that excite them both.

Taylor also goes deep into how the brutally intense film Warfare was made, what the experience demanded of him, and how he ultimately landed the role. It’s an honest, thoughtful conversation about craft, trust, and the work behind performances that truly stick with you.
If you care about acting, filmmaking, and real conversations with artists who are shaping the future of cinema, this episode is essential listening.

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Music: Code Elektro , Mitch Murder, Betamaxx

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On today’s episode of In Love with the Process, host Mike Pecci dives deep into the medium that has single handedly shaped his life as a storyteller, photographer, and director. Comic books.
From the first day he cracked open a comic, Mike understood the raw power of visual storytelling. How the human brain can look at two separate images and subconsciously fill in everything that happens between them. How a strong silhouette can communicate more about a character than pages of dialogue. And how movement, posture, and framing often say everything words cannot.
To get properly nerdy about it, Mike is joined by John Amor, Eisner nominated artist and creator of Urban Animal. John is known for drawing iconic characters at an epic scale and distilling them down to their most essential shapes and gestures. His work proves that storytelling lives in posture, weight, and intent.
The two break down why comics remain one of the most powerful storytelling tools ever created, how artists guide emotion between frames, and why filmmakers have so much to learn from the medium. This episode is a love letter to visual language, composition, and the art of saying more with less.
If you love film, illustration, comics, or storytelling in any form, this episode is essential listening.

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Music: Code Elektro , Mitch Murder

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Mike jumps on real quick from a parking garage to drop some fresh thoughts on lighting, creativity, and the new project he just wrapped with Gina for Entertainment Weekly. From shaping mood with light to pushing visual storytelling even further, this quick hit is a behind the scenes look at how their latest shoot came together and what inspired the choices on set. A fast, honest creative check in straight from the field. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode of In Love with the Process, host Mike Pecci goes deep into one of the most powerful and artistic roles in filmmaking, Production Design.
Joining Mike is Academy Award winning production designer James Price (Speak No Evil, Poor Things, Bugonia) whose work on Poor Things earned him an Oscar for creating one of the most visually rich and emotionally immersive worlds in modern cinema.
Together they break down what a production designer actually does on a film, how James collaborates closely with directors and cinematographers, and why production design is the backbone of tone, mood, and storytelling. This is the department that quietly shapes how you feel in every scene.
James walks through his full creative process, from building miniatures and custom sets, to why he often insists on constructing ceilings for realism and lighting control, to how he creates detailed mood books the moment he reads a script. These books are a collection of sketches, images, textures, and thematic references that guide the entire visual identity of a film.
They talk about going to war creatively, solving impossible problems, and turning words on a page into living, breathing worlds.
If you love film craft, visual storytelling, or want to understand how movie worlds are truly built, this is a must listen episode.

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Music: Code Elektro , Betamaxx Mitch Murder

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