YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY EPISODE 18: Dave Mervik

YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY

Welcome to the sequel interview called 'The Davination'

This episode I am, once again, joined by Dave Mervik, the senior narrative director from Tarsier Studios. In this follow-up interview we get to discuss the changing nature of horror, his work on Little Nightmares II, how to engage with art and moving on to different projects. We also discuss terrible sequel names, things we talked about on the episode from 2020, never before released information on Little Nightmares II as well as Statik and we close off the show by collaborating in a very special way.

Time – Topic Discussed:

0:00 - Intro

3:10 - Momo

6:46 - How do people experience media

11:40 - The Exorcist III

17:29 - Frank

21:40 - The Fountain

24:53 - Guest topic: The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg

29:00 - It Takes Two

32:28 - Modern horror in games and movies

36:14 - Creating endings

39:03 - Three act structure

41:28 - Genius planner vs. random pretender

45:47 - Going back to older work

48:48 - Naming the podcast episode

52:15 - When is something good enough?

56:22 - Little Nightmares II

58:40 - Re-naming Little Nightmares II

01:00:05 - Moving on to different projects

01:02:35 - Weirdest piece of media that made it into a game

01:05:58 - Plugs and Outro

Things mentioned on the show:

Momo by Michael Ende

Silent Hill 2 Soundtrack

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk about Alan by Alan Partridge

Dolly Parton - Jolene

Dolly Parton - Jolene (33rpm slowed down digital version)

The Exorcist III by William Peter Blatty

Frank by Lenny Abrahamson

The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky

The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Garth Brooks Greatest Hits (Full Album) Best Songs of Garth Brooks

It Could Happen to You by Andrew Bergman

Midsommar by Ari Aster

Hereditary by Ari Aster

Statik PSVR - I solved a 3 year old secret message hidden in plain sight!

Little Nightmares II

Statik

Peter Cook and Chris Morris interview

Social Media:

Tarsier Studios

Tarsier Studios Homepage

Tarsier Studios on Instagram (@tarsierstudios)

Tarsier Studios on Twitter (@TarsierStudios)

Tarsier Studios on Facebook (@TarsierStudios)

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Dorian on Twitter (@DorianChou)

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Intro/Outro by FreshMcZone

Artwork by Thomas Martin (Instagram: @thomas.martin.martin)