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Three Page Challenge Live in Austin

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November 8, 2022 Scriptnotes, Three Page Challenge

John invites NBC Executive Marc Velez, SVP, Head of Development at UCP, on for an in-person round of the Three Page Challenge, our segment where we look at listener-submitted pages and offer honest feedback, at the Austin Film Festival.

We’re joined live the writers who add context and pitch their vision for each project. From near-future sci-fi to a familiar Hollywood horror story, John and Marc offer advice on how to craft a compelling opening.

In our bonus segment for premium members, we answer listener questions on noisiness, specs, and preparing other pitch materials.

Links:

  • Marc Velez on IMDb
  • The Encyclopedists by Michael X. Heiligenstein
  • Call Me 7.14 Years Ago by Liliana Liu
  • The Untimely Demise of That Awful David Schwartzman by Rudi O’Meara
  • Thank you to the Austin Film Festival! and all our participants in the three page challenge.
  • Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!
  • Check out the Inneresting Newsletter
  • Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription or treat yourself to a premium subscription!
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John August on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Outro by Jeff Graham (send us yours!)
  • Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

Sorry to Splaflut

Episode - 565

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September 6, 2022 Scriptnotes, Three Page Challenge, Transcribed

John and Craig host a round of the Three Page Challenge, a segment where they offer feedback on listeners’ scripts. This week they discuss the whiplash of cutting too quickly, captivating title pages, and V.O. narration that actually works.

We also cover the return of MoviePass, 25 years of Netflix, and AI generated language.

In our bonus segment for premium members, we discuss senior year.

Links:

  • Our first post-pandemic liveshow will be on October 19, 2022 and tickets will be available to premium members on September 9!
  • Order your new Scriptnotes Shirt here!
  • Things I Think Are Awesome: Hunger Stones and Stability, Lynn Cherny’s substack
  • Made-Up Words Trick AI Text-To-Image Generators Discover Magazine
  • This Word Does Not Exist
  • @Dribnet’s Twitter Thread on Splaflut
  • MoviePass beta
  • MoviePass Will Work This Time* Alex Kirshner writing for Slate
  • Netflix turns 25
  • HBO Max Cynthia Littleton for Variety
  • Secret History of Mac Gaming
  • Happy Halpinmas Mark Halpin’s Labor Day Puzzles
  • Three Page Challenge Selections: Oculum by Larry Bambrick, We’re All Very Tired by Marissa Gawel, Wake by Jordan Johnson
  • Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!
  • Check out the Inneresting Newsletter
  • Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription or treat yourself to a premium subscription!
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John August on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Outro by Matthew Jordan (send us yours!)
  • Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 9-23-22 The transcript for this episode can now be found here.

Parentheses Would Help

May 31, 2022 News, Scriptnotes, Three Page Challenge

John and Craig host a round of the Three Page Challenge where they look at listener pages and offer feedback on what’s working and how to avoid common pitfalls. This week we look at time jumps, reveals, and ticker-tape dialogue.

We follow up on confusing credits, then answer listener questions on narrative geography, professional development and when it’s okay to take your pitch somewhere else.

In our bonus segment for premium members, the guys share the secret to social media.

Links:

  • Ryan’s Elvis Question on Twitter
  • Follow along with our Three Page Challenge Selections: Tag – You’re It by Suw Charman-Anderson, Halloween Party by Lucas Abreu & Zachary Arthur & Kyle Copier, Belly Up by Emme Harris
  • Blockbuster, the Party Game
  • The Hanger Reflex
  • Sara Schaefer Silence Video
  • Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!
  • Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription or treat yourself to a premium subscription!
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John August on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Outro by Nico Mansy (send us yours!)
  • Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

Counting Clowns

November 24, 2020 Scriptnotes, Three Page Challenge, Transcribed

John and Craig host another round of the Three Page Challenge. This week they cover how to use voice over, build suspense, and write alter egos for the screen.

In follow up, we look at the day-and-date release of Wonder Woman 1984, updates in the WGA agency negotiations and of course the newly announced Uno game show.

Finally, in our bonus segment for premium members we discuss autobiographies and what we’d include in our own.

Thank you to all our Three Page Challenge participants!

Links:

  • Wonder Woman 1984 coming this Christmas!
  • Assistants and support staffers, please fill out the #PayUpHollywood survey today!
  • Uno Game Show
  • Read along with our Three Page Challenge selections:RPG by Michael Seminario, Rodeo by Dwight Myfelt, and The Interview by Leilah Ruan
  • I Want to be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom
  • Melania’s ‘Auntie Gay’ Speech
  • Harley Quinn Cartoon Show
  • Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!
  • John August on Twitter
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Outro by Mike Caruso (send us yours!)
  • Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

 

UPDATE 11-27-2020 The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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