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September 1, 2015 Film Industry, Follow Up, Formatting, International, QandA, Scriptnotes, Transcribed, Weekend Read, WGA

Craig and John open the mailbag to answer questions on acronyms in dialogue, off-the-air specs and international WGA jurisdiction. Plus we look at the growing trend of non-disclosure agreements on studio projects, and whether the nature of film requires less complex characters.

The big news: we have new Scriptnotes t-shirts! They’re available only by pre-order, and only for a short time. Join us at the store as we talk through the three designs, ranging from the classic logo, to vintage Camp Scriptnotes to an all-new Three-Act Structure blueprint by listener Taino Soba. Orders must be in by THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th. (Link below)

Links:

  • Scriptnotes shirts are available for pre-order in the John August Store
  • Dewalt hex bit set and a magnetic bit extensions set
  • This is the last week of the summer for Featured Fridays on Weekend Read
  • Scriptnotes, 130: Period space
  • South Park popularity is soaring in Taiwan from The Baltimore Sun
  • Non-disclosure agreements on Wikipedia
  • Screenwriting.io on handling numbers in dialogue
  • Screenwriting.io on spec scripts
  • Scriptnotes, 11: How movie money works
  • Dead Synchronicity
  • Mr. Robot on USA
  • Outro by Duncan Pflaster (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 9-3-15: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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