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January 4, 2022 News, Scriptnotes, Transcribed

John and Craig welcome the new year by discussing the art of transitions. They go beyond screenplay-specific terms to examine the psychology of moving through story beats.

We cover the history of screenplays, the different ways to think about a scene, and how to create a punchline for each scene.

In our bonus segment for premium members, we talk about transitioning out of conversations in person and on the phone.

Links:

  • Blog post on Transitions
  • Scriptnotes Episode, 446: Back to Basics at 03:57 of this episode
  • Scriptnotes Episode, 493: Opening Scenes at 26:06 of this episode
  • Scriptnotes Episode, 89: Writing Effective Transitions at 44:12 of this episode
  • A Trip to the Moon the 1902 Science Fiction Film by Georges Méliès
  • The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
  • Ron’s Gone Wrong
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  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John August on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Outro by Henry Adler (send us yours!)
  • Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao, (with a segment produced by Stuart Friedel!) and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

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UPDATE 2-2-2022 The transcript for this episode can now be found here.

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