Beyond the Template
Welcome Beyond the Template- the more than “just-talk” podcast. Here you will find the untold stories of everyday creatives facing fear, reinvention, and the unknown… with practical tools, reflection questions, and soulful storytelling for people stepping out of hiding to finally follow through with their dream project or goal. Creativity isn’t limited to art. It’s anything someone wants to bring to life... be that a course, an event, a product, a piece of music, a first draft of a script or book, a relationship, or an evolved version of themselves. You will be offered ways to bring bring your creative...
Margot Robbie: Controlling the “Attractive Blond” Narrative
Summary:
This week finds me in a quieter week back in Lane Cove and stepping into the unfamiliar world of voice over recording, this episode reflects on creative expansion before tracing how Margot Robbie moved from rural Australia to global stardom while building her own production company and reshaping opportunities for women in film.
Key Words:
Beyond the Template podcast, Margot Robbie, LuckyChap Entertainment, Hollywood, Entertainment, Australian film, Australia, Sydney, Female Directors, Female filmmakers, Women in Film, Barbie movie, Jennifer Kent
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Chris Hemsworth: Extending Self from Australia to Hollywood
In a quieter week tucked into Sydney’s western suburbs, this episode reflects on identity, home, and creative stamina before tracing how Chris Hemsworth moved from Australian television to global stardom, expanding the cinematic road George Miller built and forging his own path into creative ownership.
Welcome to Beyond the Template.
If you’re ready to explore what real partnership could look like for your project, your business, or your creative direction, I invite you to reach out.
You can email me directly at camelieleboeuf@gmail.com to book a FREE, 30-min...
Architecture of Action Through the Eyes of George Miller
From ferry rides across Sydney Harbour to standing inside the real world that inspired Finding Nemo, this episode traces the emotional contrast between freedom and captivity while exploring how George Miller rose from a small-town doctor to the creator of Mad Max and one of the architects of modern Australian cinema.
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If you’re ready to explore what real partnership could look like for your project, your business, or your creative direction, I invite you to reach out.
You can email me directly at camelieleboeuf@gmail.com t...
Catherine Martin: Builder of Cinematic Worlds
An exploration of Catherine Martin’s rise from Australian theatre student to four-time Academy Award winning production and costume designer, and how vision, discipline, and design shaped some of the most iconic cinematic worlds of the past three decades.
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Key Words: Filmmaking, Costume design, Set Design, Production design, Film Production, Theatre, Musicals, Film, Movies, Simply Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Australia, The Great Gadsby, Catherine Martin
If you’re ready to explore what real partnership could look like for your project, your business, or your creative direction, I invite...
The Man who put Opera on Screen - Baz Luhrmann
Checking in from Sydney Australia, we will talk about travel surprises, the ease of companionship and we will hear the story of Baz Luhrmann, someone who rearranged cinema from the edge of the world.
Welcome to Beyond the Template.
If you’re ready to explore what real partnership could look like for your project, your business, or your creative direction, I invite you to reach out.
You can email me directly at camelieleboeuf@gmail.com to book a FREE, 30-min 1:1 with me to explore how I can help.
And if...
Suzie Moncrieff: Containing the World of WearableArt
Today’s episode explores creative success through partnership, told through Suzie Moncrieff’s journey of building World of WearableArt and the often-invisible cost of being the one who creates the container.
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World of WearableArt (WOW): https://www.worldofwearableart.com/
If you’re ready to explore what real partnership could look like for your project, your business, or your creative direction, I invite you to reach out.
You can email me directly at camelieleboeuf@gmail.com to book a FREE, 30-min 1:1 with me to explore how I ca...
Tania Rodger: Feminine Authorship in Film Collaboration
An honest reflection on creative partnership, visibility, and shared authorship through the lens of Tania Rodger’s role in building Wētā Workshop and why sustainable creative success is never a solo act.
Welcome to Beyond the Template!
If you’re ready to explore what real partnership could look like for your project, your business, or your creative direction, I invite you to reach out.
You can email me directly at camelieleboeuf@gmail.com to book a FREE, 30-min 1:1 with me to explore how I can help.
And i...
Taika Waititi- From Boy to Thor
In this episode, we will hear an honest update from life in Wellington, NZ before exploring Taika Waititi’s journey from a messy, underfunded beginning to global success through long-term collaboration.
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Reflection of the Week:
Where in your life or work are you throwing logic over passion… where have you been trying to become “legitimate” versus embracing your truth…and do you have someone in your life to help you remember that there isn’t a problem with your truth in the first place?
You can add any...
Richard Taylor- Architect of Creative Collaboration
Preparing for a “Take 2” of the renowned Wētā Workshop from the Auckland to Wellington tour, we will hear the story of Richard Taylor, co-founder and Co-CEO of a company that has built some of the most powerful worlds in cinematic history.
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I want to hear about YOU.
1. Send me Expander of the Week suggestions!
2. What was your main takeaway from this week’s episode?
3. What projects are you working on right now?
4. What are you struggling with as a creative these days?
...Time, Trust, Talent and Peter Jackson
Happy New Year from a new place in the world… Auckland, New Zealand. This week is the first of transitioning away from the research, preparation, and deep thinking of the past several months into actual creation. We will hear the story of Peter Jackson, beloved son of New Zealand, and legendary creative, who chose to build legacy right where he was already rooted.
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Referenced Films:
Bad Taste (1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IHwKJOZZ6U) .
Meet the Feebles (1989 https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Genius vs. Audience: Finding Your Creative Balance
This week we will reflect on a BIG issue for creatives: how to balance work and media. We have all felt the emotional strain social media places upon us. I will share three ways I have learned for better self-care as a creative online.
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SPECIAL TO THIS EPISODE:
If you are following along and implementing changes, make sure to add the #balancedmakersandshakers !
Let’s engage in conversation! Tell me all about YOU and send me YOUR...
Design Phase of Creativity- Introduction
Today we are talking about designing our creative work to align with everything we have researched so far and prepare us for the work to be done in 2026. I will also tell you the story of Isamu Noguchi.
Reflection Questions:
•What are the best ways to approach expressing your concept, idea, emotion, story?
•How can you be sure that what you create offers meaning to your audience and makes an impact?
•What interpersonal skills will your audience need to have in order to gain the most from their experience of you...
Recap of Episodes 1-11: Analysis Phase of Creative Work
It’s our 12th episode as we head into the last month of the year. December is an excellent time to check in on progress started in the earlier months, so this episode will serve as a reminder of what this podcast is all about, who it’s for and reflect on how each of us are doing. We will then recap everything we have covered so far this season to feel fully energized to move onto the next phase in our creative journeys together.
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Sequencing For the Creative and Their Audience
Let’s dive into the deep of “sequencing” as both a creative tool and an audience experience strategy, framed through life’s chaotic realities. We will explore how intentional ordering transforms your process and your final product and the story of Katherine Mansfield.
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More on Katherine Mansfield, Expander of the Week:
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield – the essential collection of her major works.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/796878/the-collected-stories-of-katherine-mansfield-by-katherine-mansfield/
The Katherine Mansfield Society – a robust hub of scholarship, b...
Creating Nintendo: The Story of Hiroshi Yamauchi
This week, as with the 5th episode, this episode is a special one! It will be more storytelling focused, connecting the concept of creating a space for your creative “voice” to make a positive change in the world…with the story of Hiroshi Yamauchi.
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About your host: www.cameliedesigns.com
On our Expander of the Week:
Books-
Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World by David Sheff — still the definitive biography of Yamauchi’s leade...Finding your Voice: Why pivoting is crucial for the success of any creative work
This week, we will consider the power of voice and how calling out into the world might change everything. And we’re taking inspiration from the incomparable Eartha Kitt, a woman who never stopped speaking truth, no matter the cost.
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The Spooky Song (maniacal laugh at the end!)
GOOD NEWS of the WEEK!
Lockdown drills are a fact of life in U.S. schools. What does that mean for students?
‘Art is good for you’: how go...
Creativity and Strategy- Objectives (Pt. 2)
News, moon and goals! I’ll share personal wins and pivots in creative work and objectives, and tell the story of George Washington Carver.
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George Washington Carver
The Man Who Talks with the Flowers
The Scientist Who Saved the South
“An Uncommon Life”
NEWS
Teens start an after-school club to read banned books
'Screen-free smartphone' lets kids communicate safely
Denver students learn drought-resistant landscaping
Alex Wharton
MacKenzie...
Creativity and Strategy- Objectives
This week, I’m sharing good news, unpacking our evolving relationship with AI and how human insight and technology can actually work together to build creative communities. We will define why creative objectives matter… Plus, the story of Estée Lauder: a woman who turned belief, beauty, and relentless action into legacy.
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Substack: Stop telling students they are cheating by using AI
More on this week’s “expander”:
Biography: Estée Lauder: The Woman Behind the Empi...
Creativity and Strategy- Task Analysis (Part 2)
Under the full moon and a mountain of to-dos, let’s find light in good news, the story of surrealist Remedios Varo, and the creative process of turning ideas into something real… even when the world feels heavy.
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More on this week’s “expander”:
National Museum of Women in the Arts – Artist Profile
Tate Museum – Surrealism Beyond Borders (Exhibit context)
DailyArt Magazine – “Remedios Varo: Painter of Magic”
Short Documentary – “The Surreal Life of Remedios Varo” (YouTube, SmartHistory)<...
Creativity and Strategy- Task Analysis
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Slow and steady meets the GOAL this week as we start moving out of our initial assessment of purpose for our projects and move into analysis of strategy, and we will hear the story of someone who’s biographer called “the most dramatic rags to riches story ever told”… Charlie Chaplin.
More on this week’s “expander”:
Charlie Chaplin Official Site
Full Short Film “Work” (Video- 28 Minutes)
The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin...
Analyzing the Context of Your Creative Work
This week I will share what’s winning in education right now, we will check in on how our projects are going, I’ll discuss how to narrow down the characteristics and traits for our audience through considering context, and we’ll hear the story of someone who surpassed all odds against him to bring innovation into the world Frederick McKinley Jones. I hope this episode will inspire and uplift you and help you continue towards your goals!
More on this week’s “expander”:
Wander and Wonder from MPR
USDA on World-W...
Analyzing Your Audience: Characteristics and Traits
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It’s week 3! And it might already be time to reassess where we are heading (Already? Sigh.). We will hear some good news (so needed), design takeaways from a surprising (but seasonal) source, and hear the story of someone who put her own bias aside to care for those on both sides of a war- Clara Barton.
Check out MORE on this week’s “expander”
Clara Barton- History.com
Clara Barton- Wikipedia
Listener Shout out! Mattie in...
Defining the Needs of your Creative Project (Part 2)
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It’s week 2! Only 33 left to go. This week I will go deeper into the structure of this podcast, my secret hopes for how this podcast can help YOU, and we will be connecting and applying the needs we identified to problems we want to solve. I’ll tell you what I narrowed down for myself first, tell you who inspired me the most this week Stephanie Kwolek and then (you guessed it) I’ll give you some homework to do for your own projects.
Check o...
Defining the Needs of your Creative Project
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It’s the very first episode! In this episode, I explain why I created this podcast and together we will start considering how to define the needs which our projects will address. I will also tell you about someone who inspired me to keep going with love in mind- bell hooks.
More on this week’s “expander”. (bell hooks' website)
All About Love (FREE VERSION of bell hooks' book!)<...
