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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281. "Guy In Wheelchair"
25/01/2013 Duration: 46minActor Tobias Forrest and Director Hilari Scarl discuss the benefits of writing for characters with disabilities.
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280. Writing for Saturday Night Live
19/01/2013 Duration: 42minWriter/Producer Hugh Fink talks about his seven years writing on Saturday Night Live and about his current TV show, Parental Discretion.
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279. Joy in 2013
11/01/2013 Duration: 43minFilmmaker and funny girl Joy Gohring talks about her adventures in independent filmmaking for features, tv and web.
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278. Career Strategy with Lee Jessup
04/01/2013 Duration: 47minCareer Coach Lee Jessup discusses personal branding and making it in the business. http://www.leejessup.com
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277. The Seven Year Pitch
29/12/2012 Duration: 48minActor/Producer Joe Sabatino describes the journey he went on to create, pitch and produce the one-hour show "Necessary Roughness."
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276. Return of The Christmas Guys
22/12/2012 Duration: 39minThey're back! "Christmas Guys" Brian Turner and Garrett Frawley talk scripts and Santa.
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275. TJ Miller
15/12/2012 Duration: 56minTJ Miller writes in a bathing suit. He also has some interesting things to say about script writing, comedy and ways to create "likable" characters.
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274. London Screenwriters Festival, Part 2
07/12/2012 Duration: 50minTaped live at the London Screenwriters Festival, Pilar interviews Pitchfest Winner Tom Kerevan, Writer Paul Bassett Davies, Producers Luke Ryan & Sascha Hecks and Festival Founder Chris Jones.
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273. Political Theater
30/11/2012 Duration: 39minFilmmakers Jane Edith Wilson and Grace Lee discuss their controversial movie "Janeane From Des Moines" and its unique fact-to-fiction style of storytelling.
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272. Stand-up to Script
24/11/2012 Duration: 54minStand-up comedians Murray Valeriano, Ryan Budds and Pat Francis discuss the structure of joke writing and the craft of script writing.
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271. London Screenwriters Festival, Part 1
16/11/2012 Duration: 50minTaped live at the London Screenwriters Festival, Pilar interviews producer Lucy V. Hay, author Linda Aronson and writers Tim Clague and Danny Stack.
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270: NYC Writers
09/11/2012 Duration: 28minNYC Writers speak! (Please remember to help out their city).
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269. Talking Politics
03/11/2012 Duration: 51minPIlar and David discuss the structure and DNA of political films and tv shows.
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268. Shriekfest!
27/10/2012 Duration: 41minRoving reporter "San Francisco Terisa" interviews writers and filmmakers at Hollywood's scariest film festival!
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267. The Unofficial Google Plus Film Festival Podcast Episode
19/10/2012 Duration: 47minWriter/Director, producer of the "Unofficial" Google Plus Film Festival Mike Wollaeger discusses shorts and web series. http://blindlylefilms.com/pilar
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266. Animation and Visual Effects
12/10/2012 Duration: 54minDara McGarry, animation production and visual effects, has a "chin wag" with Pilar and Pat.
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265. Saying "Yes" To Story
05/10/2012 Duration: 51minFor show runner Jeff Kline, it all boils down to story.
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264. Four-part Structure
29/09/2012 Duration: 44minWhat do "The Master" and "The Avengers" have in common? Four-part Structure! Pilar and Pat discuss.
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263. Writing the Contained Thriller
22/09/2012 Duration: 58minChris Sparling, writer of "Buried," talks about finding inspiration from airplanes, obituaries and bunk beds.
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262. The Screenwriter's Fairytale
15/09/2012 Duration: 46minTodd Klick, author and writer, discusses the universal story and scene beats of great movies.