Emotion - It’s the driving force behind every video production professional’s work. What do we want the audience to feel? How do we want them to act based on those feelings? These are two essential questions to ask before starting any production. And what could be more emotional, more moving, more inspiring than working for a mission dedicated to finding cures for children battling catastrophic diseases?

Get four points today. I repeated the mantra to myself as I stared at the motivational print-outs posted up on the wall above my computer.

Poker Face is an incredibly fun, episodic series from writer/director Rian Johnson, streaming on Peacock. In the same vein as TV classics like Columbo, the show follows main character Charlie Cale who has an uncanny ability to detect when someone is lying. On the run from the mob, Charlie moves from town to town and has the incredible misfortune of getting caught up in a murder plot every single week.