963. The Ultimate Production Planner
On The Page
Filmmaker Landi Maduro walks us through the elements of her Ultimate Feature Film Production Planner which give creatives a timeline to help stay on track and concrete strategies to make their work profitable.
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962. Supporting the Writers Room
On The Page
Writer Brett Melnick (King of the Hill, Dave) walks us through the different jobs and duties of the “support staff” in a writers' room: writers' assistant, showrunner's assistant and script coordinator.
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961. A Clear Message
On The Page
Writer/director Rhona Rees knows what she wants to say before she writes. Here she talks about her award-winning dystopian thriller and her newly completed high-concept comedy, both driven by big issues and a strong message.
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960. The Autism Scene
On The Page
Entertainment attorney Britton Payne talks about his work with The Autism Scene, a nonprofit advocating for the inclusion of explicitly autistic characters in kids pop culture. Check out his new competition the AuSPEC AWARDS, a kids animated series spec script competition which requires a series regular meaningfully interacting with an explicitly autistic character.
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959. LaToya Morgan: Fifteen Years Later
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What happens when you’re feeling discouraged in your writing career? You “persevere” and eventually carve out a career like writer-producer LaToya Morgan (Shameless, Parenthood, The Walking Dead, Duster). We read her fifteen-year-old letter to the podcast and talk about what happened next!
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958. A Social Commentary
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Writer Lori Rosene-Gambino does not back down from adding social commentary into her fictional narratives. Hear what she has to say about her movie Anniversary, directed by Jan Komasa and starring Diane Lane.
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957. The "Strange Alchemy" of Playwriting
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Krista Knight discussed her work as a playwright, screenwriter, and new media artist, including scripting a ride for Tokyo Disneyland, adapting Trolls for DreamWorks/Music Theatre International, writing a stage musical with the late Jill Sobule and creating a VR puppet play during the Covid lockdown.
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956. Epic Intimacy
On The Page
Writers Jake Emanuel and Willie Block talk about the “epic intimacy" they created for their fictional podcast Edge of Sleep which went on to become a book and television show.
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955. Writing a Movie While Staffed in the Room
On The Page
Rae Benjamin (The Witcher, Sirens of the Deep) says she’s “inspired by stories and characters” and isn’t afraid to explore any medium to get there.
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954. Trial by Fire
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What happens when fire breaks out on the first day of your film shoot? Writer/director John W. Kim talks about that and other challenges that went into the writing, directing and producing of his independent film Reunion (currently in post-production).
info_outlineWriter/producer David Simkins (Adventures in Babysitting, Charmed, Grimm, Blade, Roswell, Angel) talks about his start as a screenwriter and his evolving process of writing his “core story."