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Reshoots used to be a sign that something had gone horribly wrong. But not anymore. John and Craig look at the reasons why Hollywood movies often go back for additional photography, and how the writer is involved.

Also this week, arbitration esoterica about the “final shooting script,” descriptive text for the blind, and news about the Austin Film Festival. (We’re going.)

It’s been almost a year since the last round of Scriptnotes t-shirts. So let’s print some more. We likely have amazing artists among our listeners, so if you have a design for a shirt you want to see, follow the link below for details. (The deadline for submissions is August 11th.)

Links:

* [Fun Home](http://funhomebroadway.com/) on Broadway
* [Sydney Lucas performs Ring of Keys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USae9nIwqhk)
* [Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Party_(Lippa_musical)) on Wikipedia
* [Audio description](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_description) on Wikipedia, and [The Audio Description Project](http://www.acb.org/adp/ad.html) and [examples](http://www.acb.org/adp/samples.html) from the American Council of the Blind
* [The Ax, by Donald E. Westlake](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892965878/?tag=johnaugustcom-20) on Amazon
* [A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder](http://www.agentlemansguidebroadway.com/) on Broadway
* John and Craig will be at the [2015 Austin Film Festival](http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/)
* [Submit your Fall 2015 Scriptnotes shirt design](http://johnaugust.com/shirt)
* [The Peanuts Movie trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVR4E6Q6u5g)
* [Scriptnotes, 193: How writing credits work](http://johnaugust.com/2015/how-writing-credits-work)
* [Patton Oswalt on punch-up and ADR (mildly NSFW)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK9decuuPC0)
* [What is an insert?](http://screenwriting.io/what-is-an-insert/) on screenwriting.io
* [Let’s Talk about Genre, with Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro](http://www.newstatesman.com/2015/05/neil-gaiman-kazuo-ishiguro-interview-literature-genre-machines-can-toil-they-can-t-imagine)
* [Capitals](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/capitals-free-word-battle/id968456900?mt=8) for iOS
* [Bloom County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_County) on Wikipedia and [Berkeley Breathed](https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed) on Facebook
* [Cathy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy) on Wikipedia
* [Garfield Minus Garfield](http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Leon Schatz ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))

You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_207.m4a) | [mp3](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_207.mp3).

**UPDATE 7-24-15:** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2015/scriptnotes-ep-207-why-movies-have-reshoots-transcript).

Craig and John look at why certain genres of movies — mid-budget thrillers, adult dramas and romantic comedies — aren’t getting made, and whether there’s any way to get them back.

We also look at Apple Music, and what streaming means for screenwriters. Finally, we chart the screenwriter’s job from pitch to premiere, and how few of those steps are actually paid.

Big news: we have brand-new USB drives with the entire Scriptnotes catalog available at store.johnaugust.com. Quantities are limited, so don’t delay.

Links:

* [Scriptnotes 200 Episode USB drives are available now!](http://store.johnaugust.com/)
* [Ben Affleck to Produce FIFA Scandal Film for Warner Bros.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bookmark/fifa-scandal-ben-affleck-producing-805295)
* [Scriptnotes, 194: Poking the Bear](http://johnaugust.com/2015/poking-the-bear)
* [Is Hollywood Making Too Many Movies?](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/hollywood-making-too-many-movies-1201526094/)
* [Betteridge’s law of headlines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge’s_law_of_headlines)
* [STX Entertainment](https://stxentertainment.com/) and [on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STX_Entertainment)
* [To Apple, Love Taylor](http://taylorswift.tumblr.com/post/122071902085/to-apple-love-taylor)
* [Taylor Swift Scuffle Aside, Apple’s New Music Service Is Expected to Thrive](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/29/business/apple-can-skate-by-taylor-swift-but-not-product-missteps.html?_r=0)
* [Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html)
* [Neil Gaiman’s advice for getting idea on paper](http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/107713982316/i-have-been-trying-to-write-for-a-while-now-i)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Rajesh Naroth ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))

You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_204.m4a) | [mp3](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_204.mp3).

**UPDATE 7-2-15:** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2015/scriptnotes-ep-204-no-one-makes-those-movies-anymore-transcript).