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October 30, 2012 Follow Up, Scriptnotes, Transcribed, Words on the page

Craig and John ret-con the Austin Film Festival, placing themselves on panels in which they didn’t participate. It’s a chance to give the answers they would have given without the bother of being asked (or listening to other people’s opinions).

For example, Terry Rossio’s seminar on “The Throw” — his term for how you end a scene — was presumably terrific. We didn’t attend, but it’s fun to spitball what we would have said about this interesting and under-discussed aspect of screenwriting.

Other topics discussed this week include:

  • Setiquette
  • Kyle Killen’s secret shower
  • Videogame storytelling
  • Amazon Studios
  • Pilots vs. presentations

Happy Halloween, everyone. Stay safe and dry.

LINKS:

  • Marti Noxon
  • Kyle Killen
  • John’s pitch and outline for D.C.
  • Amazon Studios panel write-up
  • Popcorn Fiction panel write-up
  • Terry Rossio
  • INTRO: I Dream of Jeannie
  • OUTRO: I Want to Be Evil, by Eartha Kitt

You can download the episode here: AAC.

UPDATE 11-2-12: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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