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Action Density

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October 19, 2021 News, Scriptnotes, Transcribed

John and Craig talk action! They examine iconic scenes in classic movies to illustrate the relationship between intensity and density on the page.

We also host a Three Page Challenge: Spooky Edition, our segment that invites listeners to submit writing samples for critique. This week we’re specifically looking at thrilling and chilling scenes. We follow up on the IATSE vote and negotiations.

In our bonus segment for premium members, we talk scary movies, things that scared us as kids, and what’s continued to haunt us.

Links:

* [Hollywood Strike Averted As IATSE & AMPTP Reach Deal On New Film & TV Contract](https://deadline.com/2021/10/hollywood-strike-averted-iatse-amptp-reach-agreement-on-new-film-tv-contract-1234850563/)
* [Learned League](https://www.learnedleague.com/thorsten/whatis.php)
* [Learned League’s Classic Action Scenes](https://johnaugust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Untitled-document.pdf)–play along with Craig!
* [Fractal Forest](https://johnaugust.com/index.php?gf-download=2021%2F10%2FFractal-Forest-3-Page-Challenge.pdf&form-id=1&field-id=4&hash=09ef60e375578582dcaf52e8f9abc7c61c3157fd593804d7ac3406965b747fdf) by Nicholas Nyhof
* [The Other Side of Night](https://johnaugust.com/index.php?gf-download=2021%2F10%2FEllen-Apswoude-The-Other-Side-of-Night-Three-Page-Challenge.pdf&form-id=1&field-id=4&hash=0ad0aadf23eb71cd8ef81f83e1610df5b0a502f1d92ec36c8f80417a66f79f03) by Ellen Apswoude
* [Big Evil](https://johnaugust.com/index.php?gf-download=2021%2F10%2FBig-Evil-Three-Page-Challenge.pdf&form-id=1&field-id=4&hash=7b50f3984902b4c0662a6dc94ab68a7670d3e4f814932d3682929318f8a0e742) by Lance Baughman
* Thanks to all our participants and our selected writers. You can submit your three pages [here](https://johnaugust.com/threepage) to be considered!
* [Way Too Interested podcast by Gavin Purcell](https://waytoointerested.com/)
* Respect your local school board! Also enjoy this [SNL sketch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2dj59Db1C4).
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* [John on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Matthew Chilelli ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
* Scriptnotes is produced by [Megana Rao](https://twitter.com/MeganaRao) and edited by [Matthew Chilelli](https://twitter.com/machelli).

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**UPDATE 10-31-21** The transcript for this episode can be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2021/scriptnotes-episode-521-action-density-transcript).

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