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Producers and pitching

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September 18, 2012 Follow Up, Pitches, Producers, QandA, Scriptnotes, Three Page Challenge, Transcribed

What’s the difference between a reader and a producer? Much more than one high-profile online reader seems to believe. John and Craig discuss what producers do, and how one plausibly gets started.

Casting and positive outcomes

January 24, 2012 Producers, Scriptnotes, Story and Plot, Transcribed

Craig and John discuss the screenwriter’s role in casting, then segue to the New York Times profile of producer/executive Lindsay Doran’s approach to story.

What do producers do?

December 20, 2011 News, Producers, Scriptnotes, Transcribed

Craig and John explain what producers do — at least, what they’re supposed to do — and discuss the myriad subclasses of producers that litter the opening titles of many movies.

Endless producer notes

August 10, 2011 Producers, Psych 101

How do you handle a producer who won’t stop giving notes?

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