John and Craig connect the dots on transitions and how they can be just as important as the scenes themselves. They look at how to get your scenes flowing into one another, the many different types of transitions, when to use “CUT TO,” and how to use your cuts to tell your story.
We also discuss those shots we no longer need to see in movies, and use a lawsuit filed by two GI Joe writers to examine some common issues created by prewriting.
In our bonus segment for premium members, the Olympics are coming to Los Angeles and we have conflicting feelings!
Links:
- Episode 89 – Transcript
- The 100th episode
- The Inebriati from That Mitchell and Webb Look
- Paramount & MGM Sued By ‘G.I. Joe’ Writers from Deadline
- Twenty Shots to Be Henceforth Retired from Film Vocabulary on Reverse Shot
- Good Times | Florida Breaks Down
- The Los Angeles Times on Studios donating film set materials to Habitat for Humanity
- Scandal Revealed, Episode 221
- Mistresses on ABC
- We’re the Millers on Wikipedia
- LA28 Design Guide
- torched.la
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- This episode was originally produced by Stuart Friedel. Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli.
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