Synopsis
ON THE PAGE: Join professional script consultant Pilar Alessandra as she demystifies screenwriting and answers your questions about script craft and story.
Episodes
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709. Jessica Goldberg
12/03/2021 Duration: 40minScreenwriter and executive producer Jessica Goldberg talks about Cherry, the feature film she co-wrote starring Tom Holland, as well as her experiences creating the Hulu series The Path and acting as showrunner for the Netflix series Away.
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708. Writing Military Scripts
05/03/2021 Duration: 47minTom McCafferty, Vice Chairman of Veterans in Media and Entertainment, talks about the creative possibilities and unique challenges of writing movie and TV shows that focus on military events and characters.
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707. Writer’s Room CPA
26/02/2021 Duration: 39minWhen should you incorporate? How can you take a home office deduction? How can you get financially organized? Entertainment accountant Trina Rozen explains it all to you.
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706. Before, During and After
19/02/2021 Duration: 44minActor/Writer Finnerty Steeves discusses the courage and "1001 favors" it took to write, produce and star in her independent film, Before/During/After being released by Gravitas Pictures.
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705. Honoring the Game Universe
12/02/2021 Duration: 52minAndrew Robinson, senior writer for Blizzard Entertainment talks about how he helps craft narrative and world-building for World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone and Overwatch with animated cinematics, short stories, comics and songs.
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704. Constant Collaboration
05/02/2021 Duration: 45minJohanna Stein, show-runner of Madagascar A Little Wild, breaks down the animation process from story board to “lip flap."
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703. Crosby Selander and the Seven Figure Deal
29/01/2021 Duration: 43minAfter years of hard work and hustle, writer Crosby Selander defied the odds and sold his script in a major bidding war to Legendary Pictures. Hear how he did it and cleared that “final hurdle!"
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702. Writing Telenovela
22/01/2021 Duration: 54minAward-winning Brazilian writer Rosane Svartman talks about the story work that goes into writing 155 episodes of one season of a prime-time telenovela.
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701. What Does The Character Think of Himself?
15/01/2021 Duration: 41minHunter Doohan discusses what he’s learned as an actor and as a writer from portraying the role of Adam opposite Bryan Cranston on the Showtime series Your Honor.
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700. Script Guy for Coverfly
08/01/2021 Duration: 42minMitch Lusas, Head of Product for Coverfly, talks about his company’s approach to finding talent and helping writers.
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699. Double the Talent
01/01/2021 Duration: 44minJaNeika and JaSheika James, co-executive producers of Gossip Girl, talk about the life and career experiences that went into their inspiring memoir, Living Double.
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698. Logline Contest 2020: Part 2
28/12/2020 Duration: 55minPilar reads and gives feedback on the loglines that didn’t make the consider or recommend list for the 2020 Logline Contest.
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697. Logline Contest 2020
25/12/2020 Duration: 01h45minPilar and Aadip evaluate loglines sent in by listeners. Who will get a consider, recommend or pass?
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696. 2020 Writing Trends in Review
18/12/2020 Duration: 51minCareer coach Lee Jessup returns to discuss the writing trends popular in 2020 and shares what’s ahead for the new year.
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695. Filming it While Living It
11/12/2020 Duration: 42minWith a little help from Michael Bay, Adam Mason and Simon Boyes wrote and produced a movie about the pandemic during the pandemic. Hear how both the story and the production of their movie, Songbird, adapted to the real-life events happening around them.
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694. Getting Creative During Covid
04/12/2020 Duration: 57minAlexander Troxler reached out to other writers during the lockdown and ended up with a collaborative tv pilot and a whole new kind of writers’ room.
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693. Unblocking
27/11/2020 Duration: 36minStress relief expert Suzanne Gundersen talks about how writers can overcome writer's block by dealing with their fear, grief and anxiety.
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692. 2020 Logline Competition Announcement!
26/11/2020 Duration: 08minAnnouncement of the deadline and rules for the 2020 Logline Competition. Plus a replay of last year’s bonus episode to remind you of 10 patterns to help build your logline.
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691. It’s All About The Theme
20/11/2020 Duration: 54minWhether she’s writing on the prequel to Game of Thrones, helping adapt Daisy Jones and The Six for Reese Witherspoon’s company or developing a feature film for Margot Robbie, it all comes down to one thing for writer Charmaine DeGrate: theme.
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690. Who Invented Oscar Wilde?
13/11/2020 Duration: 01h01minDavid Newhoff, author of Who Invented Oscar Wilde, dives deep into the history of copyright and the protection issues writers and creatives still deal with today.