463 - Writing Action (Encore)
Scriptnotes Podcast
John August
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
John and Craig talk action! It’s an all-craft episode about how words on the page become high-adrenaline events on the screen.
Using a variety of different scripts, we look at how different styles of action sequences can be used to clearly communicate what is meant to happen in a scene and how it’s supposed to feel.
In our bonus segment for premium members we try to discuss the Emmys but mostly talk about teenage girls’ obsession with Criminal Minds.
Links:
- Action Scenes PDF
- Scriptnotes Episode 463: Writing Action
- Entertainment Community Fund – Emergency Financial Assistance
- CAA Lays Off Agents and Employees
- From 2020: WGA East and West members voted to approve the new contract
- Good Sudoku
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- Ghosts of Tsushima
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- Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)
- This episode was originally produced by Megana Rao. Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and is edited by Matthew Chilelli.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John. |
| 0:03.4 | Today's episode is a rebroadcast from Wayback in 2020. |
| 0:08.1 | DreamR4K tell us about this episode. |
| 0:10.1 | So this is episode 463 writing action. |
| 0:13.1 | And what I love about this one is it's almost |
| 0:14.8 | an interactive script notes episode |
| 0:16.5 | because we'll have a PDF of all the different scripts |
| 0:19.4 | that you and Craig talk about in the show notes. |
| 0:22.8 | Well, it sounds great. |
| 0:23.9 | Now, apparently we also follow up on WJ News |
| 0:26.0 | and agency layoffs. |
| 0:27.3 | You've got to remember this is back from 2020. |
| 0:29.3 | So we're talking about WJ News and the contract being signed. |
| 0:32.0 | That was the 2020 contract that the one |
| 0:34.0 | we did in the middle of the pen down. |
| 0:34.9 | So it's not the current negotiation |
| 0:37.0 | that we're in right now. |
| 0:37.8 | It's crucial, yes. |
| 0:39.2 | And in our bonus statement from Premier Members, |
| 0:41.2 | we have a discussion of the Emmys, |
| 0:43.0 | but we mostly talk about teenage girls' |
| 0:45.4 | obsessions with criminal minds. |
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