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5 min read🎙️ The Voices & The Context
- The Format: Casual team debrief chat on a bonus episode of the Waveform Podcast, unpacking the production of their ambitious "Year in the Life" (Yiddle) documentary.
- The Key Players:
- Marques Brownlee (MKBHD): Host and studio leader; the star subject whose tech reviews anchor the narrative.
- Eric and Rich: Masterminds behind Yiddle; directors/editors who architected the project from raw idea to 90-minute film.
- Andrew: Shooter and team member adding banter; chemistry is like a proud family reflecting on a massive group effort.
- The Vibe: Fun, triumphant, and self-deprecating—intensely proud of their labor of love, mixed with hilarious production horror stories and geeky tech talk.
🗝️ Key Themes & Topics
The episode dives into the chaotic creation of "Year in the Life," a behind-the-scenes doc capturing MKBHD studio life in 2025. Main topics: project origins, production hurdles, technical wizardry, and future plans.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:05) **🎙️ Bonus Episode Intro: Year in the Life (Yiddle) Project**
- 2 (02:26) **Idea Pitch and Early Planning**
- 3 (05:20) **Tech Stack and January Challenges**
- 4 (09:48) **February: Portugal Ferrari Trip (Deleted Scene)**
- 5 (13:14) **March: SXSW Turning Point**
- 6 (19:40) **Editing Structure and Punctuation**
- 7 (22:49) **Sound Design and Audio Post-Production**
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Show Notes
In this bonus episode, we get a behind the scenes look at what it took to make the "Year in the Life" video on The Studio channel! It's a behind-the-scenes of the behind-the-scenes episode as Eric and Rich talk with Marques and Andrew about some of their favorite moments that didn't make the cut (and more information on some that did). Needless to say, huge spoiler warning if you haven't seen the video yet. Go watch!
Links:
The Studio - Year in the Life
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Music provided by:
Epidemic Sound
Social:
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Hosts:
Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd
Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli
Eric: https://instagram/com/@eric.p.v
Rich: https://www.instagram.com/richontrack
Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17
Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin
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Intro/Outro music by 20syl:
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