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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469. Moving the Needle
02/09/2016 Duration: 01h12minTom Nunan discusses his tremendous career from being an executive at ABC, Fox, NBC and UPN to founding Bull’s Eye Entertainment which produced the Academy Award winning movie "Crash.”
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468. The Return of Marc Haimes
26/08/2016 Duration: 56minMarc Haimes, writer of "Kubo And The Two Strings," discusses his up and coming projects: the adaptation of the subversive graphic novel “Nimona," and a drama based on the Waco Texas tragedy, produced by Mark Boal.
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467. Reality Rocks
19/08/2016 Duration: 47minProducer and TV host Damona Hoffman talks about the creativity and storytelling that goes into developing and writing reality shows.
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466. How To Write Like A 10th Grader
12/08/2016 Duration: 50minLarry Friedman, the high school teacher you wish you had, walks us through the inspiring prompts and exercises he gives in his writing classes. Guaranteed to unstick any writer ... no matter what the age.
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465. Trans Characters on Screen
05/08/2016 Duration: 45minWriter Sonya Ellis talks about the negative tropes and positive approaches to writing trans characters in film and TV.
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464. Scoring Story
29/07/2016 Duration: 51minComposer and writer Heather Schmidt talks about the ways she captures the emotion, tone, pace and story beats of the films, TV shows, and video games she scores.
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463. Romy, Michelle, and Robin Schiff
22/07/2016 Duration: 46minPilar entertains Robin Schiff in the OTP Studio, as Robin relates the autobiographical origin of her script for 'Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion', and teaches us how to effectively write voices through improv, all while reflecting on how writing comedy for TV and Film have changed over her thirty-year career.
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462. Scripting Suits
15/07/2016 Duration: 53minWriter Aaron Korsh, (creator of the hit show Suits), and director Kevin Bray (Suits, Empire, Blackish, CSI, Walking Tall) discuss the happy intersection of writing and directing on TV.
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461. Novel To Screen
08/07/2016 Duration: 43minRebecca Phelps and Chris Cookson, authors of the blog “Novel2Screen,” discuss the ways that screen adaptations go right … and painfully wrong.
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460. Plan For Success
01/07/2016 Duration: 01h01minEntertainment attorney Richard DeLossa discusses copyright protection, script releases, writing partnerships and more.
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459. Out of the Ashes
24/06/2016 Duration: 44minWriter Suzanne Keilly talks about her work on "Ash vs. Evil Dead" as a writers’ assistant, episode writer and webisode writer.
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458. Inspired By
17/06/2016 Duration: 50minPilar helps writers Alicia Lomas Gross and Steve D’Arcangelo build a whole movie from one real-life-event. Listen and follow along!
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457. Terry Rossio
10/06/2016 Duration: 58minTerry Rossio, writer of “Aladdin," “Shrek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean," shares his thoughts about adaptation, story telling, dialogue and script notes.
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456. The Poetry of the Page
03/06/2016 Duration: 37minSK Valenzuela, literature professor and winner of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest, discusses the similarities between poetry writing and screenwriting.
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455. Pickle and Peanut and Joel and Noah
27/05/2016 Duration: 46minJoel Trussell and Noah Jones traveled from Maine and Tennessee to the land of unicorns. Hear how they did it and went on to work on animated projects such as "Yo Gabba Gabba," "Fish Hooks" and "Pickle and Peanut."
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454. Joy To The Script
20/05/2016 Duration: 42minJoy Gorman Wettels, producer of "The Meddler" and "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," starts with the question, “why should your story be told?"
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453. Writing the Thing That Scares You
13/05/2016 Duration: 44minWriter Irene Turner does not shrink away from tough characters and true crime. Here, she talks about co-writing "An American Crime," starring Ellen Page, and "The Most Hated Woman in America," with Melissa Leo (Netflix 2017).
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452. Paul Rust
06/05/2016 Duration: 51minWriter Paul Rust is everywhere on Netflix right now with his show “Love” and co-writing credit on “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday.” So it looked like a good time to replay an episode you might have missed!
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451. Making Connections When You Have Zero Connections
29/04/2016 Duration: 59minWriter and marketing consultant Melissa Cassera talks about 7 ways you can create your “little black book” of helpful industry connections.
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450. 1-Hour & Y.A.
22/04/2016 Duration: 52minWhat do a "Grey’s Anatomy” and “I-Zombie” writer have in common? They both moonlight as Y.A. writers! Jen Klein and Sara Saedi talk about structure and storytelling for both mediums.