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January 19, 2016 Awards, Follow Up, Genres, News, Pitches, QandA, Scriptnotes, Story and Plot, Transcribed

Craig and John play “How Would This Be a Movie?” looking at three articles in the news.

A band of pensioners pull off an audacious jewel heist — but is it a Working Title comedy, or something darker? Where does the story begin and end? What’s the MacGuffin?

A researcher investigates sleep paralysis and visions of an Italian witch. Is the movie a straightforward horror thriller, and if so, how do you make the audience care about your hero?

A revenge porn king is confronted by his victims. But would the movie version be an investigation (like Spotlight), or a tale of personal justice (like Taken)?

We also need your suggestions for finding a non-coffeeshop place to write when sharing a studio apartment.

Links:

  • 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer
  • Rachel Bloom at the Golden Globes, and on Scriptnotes, 175
  • Kvell at Merriam-Webster
  • Andrea Berloff on Scriptnotes, 144 and the Bonus Straight Outta Compton episode, and the Bonus Drew Goddard episode
  • Tickets are now available to see John talk to Andrea, Drew and more at the Writers Guild Foundation Beyond Words panel on February 4
  • Get your tickets now for Scriptnotes, Live on January 25 with Jason Bateman and Lawrence Kasdan, a benefit for Hollywood HEART
  • On February 13, John will receive the WGA’s 2016 Valentine Davies Award
  • Creative Spark: Aline Brosh McKenna
  • 7 British Men Guilty Of Massive Easter Gem Heist on NPR
  • Eddie the Eagle trailer
  • The Imposter on Wikipedia
  • The Demon Vanquisher by Theresa Fisher, on sleep paralysis
  • Dream Warriors by Dokken
  • Patrick on IMDb
  • At Home with a Revenge Porn Mogul, from Fusion
  • Do I Sound Gay?
  • Priceonomics on How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain
  • Outro submitted by Martine Charnow (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 1-22-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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