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](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637497/)
* [Kyle Killen](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3189831/)
* John’s [pitch and outline](http://johnaugust.com/library#dc) for D.C.
* [Amazon Studios panel write-up](http://johnaugust.com/2012/amazon-studios-at-aff)
* [Popcorn Fiction panel write-up](http://www.moveablefest.com/moveable_fest/2012/10/popcorn-fiction-derek-haas.html)
* [Terry Rossio](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744429/)
* INTRO: [I Dream of Jeannie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwpH_IYg0N8)
* OUTRO: [I Want to Be Evil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS02GeKuWQ4), by Eartha Kitt
You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_61.m4a).
**UPDATE** 11-2-12: The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2012/scriptnotes-ep-61-alt-universe-panels-transcript).