Uncover the Mysterious Power of the Ladybug Effect with Greg Porper – SYS Podcast Episode 535 Exclusive!
Ashley
Welcome, Greg, to the Selling Your Screenplay podcast. I really appreciate you coming on the show with me today.
Greg Porper
Thank you so much for having me. I’m excited to be here.
Ashley
So, to start out maybe you can tell us a little bit about your background. Where did you grow up and how did you get interested in the entertainment business?
Greg Porper
So, I grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey, a wonderful town right outside of New York City. I knew from a young age, I just loved watching TV and I liked movies and I liked sports, watching sports and playing sports. So, I thought, probably when I was like a young teenager, when I was actually starting to think about what I want to be when I grow up, I would say like, oh, well, these are things I enjoy. Maybe that’s something I can be a part of. And I actually took the root of being a sports broadcaster. So I did a sports broadcasting camp with Ian Eagle, who is constantly on all the networks, calling the big NFL games, the big NCAA games. And I was required to go in front of a camera and like a studio audience in front of all these people in the camp, I was 14 years old. And I was so nervous, I was in front of the camera. I said, I just, I don’t feel comfortable. I love what I’m talking about. I love this idea, but I don’t belong here. I like what the guys behind the camera who are recording me are doing. And I specifically remember that week, we watched a, this is sports center recording where they used to have it where on ESPN, you would have the actual telecast and then on ESPN2 at the same time, you’d have the behind the scenes and you’re seeing the director in the director’s room and saying, camera A, camera B, switch here. I’m like, that is what I want to do. Like, I want to be the one that’s kind of orchestrating what you’re seeing on the screen. And then from there, as much as I love sports, I also love narrative storytelling. So I said, okay, I want to basically be doing this, controlling what’s happening, but in a narrative sense. And so I think that kind of really hit me like midway through high school. And then I kind of just started making short videos, learned how to utilize the family camcorder. And from there, I wanted to say like, this is what I want to do with my life. And my parents being very responsible said, we want to support you in that, but also like, what’s the practical, what’s the additional practical thing you’re going to do as like your safety net. And so I, when I went to college in Northwestern, I had a background as well as marketing, I was a marketing minor and a business institutions minor.
