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Adam Davis, year 10

July 21, 2016 Education, Film Industry, Follow Up, Los Angeles

Adam Davis moved to Los Angeles in 2007, and has been offering periodic updates on what he’s learned and what he’s accomplished.

New and Old Hollywood

Episode - 255

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June 21, 2016 Film Industry, Scriptnotes, Television, Transcribed, WGA

With credits ranging from Captain Phillips to The Hunger Games, plus several stints in WGA contract negotiations, Billy Ray knows as much as any screenwriter about the realities of working writers and the turmoil in the industry. He joins us to talk about his new Amazon pilot, The Last Tycoon, which charts the behind-the-scenes drama at a 1930s Hollywood studio.

The One with the Kates

June 14, 2016 Film Industry, Follow Up, Scriptnotes, Transcribed, Web series

John and Craig welcome Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney, the Australian creator/stars of The Katering Show (a previous One Cool Thing).

Television Economics for Dummies

June 7, 2016 Film Industry, Producers, Scriptnotes, Story and Plot, Television, Transcribed

Jonathan Groff — the Black-ish writer/producer, not the actor — joins John and Craig to explain the new vocabulary of television and why companies are all about ownership.

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