49 | Michael Arndt's Act 1 Masterclass

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Little Miss Sunshine's script, penned by our guest Michael Arndt, won almost every major industry award, and for good reason. Its warmth, humor, and surefooted commitment to its themes makes it one of the finest scripts written this century. And SO many of those themes show up in Act 1. Michael has become a bit "obsessed" with act 1's lately, because it's our chance to maximize the "rooting interest" around our hero so that our audience has no choice but to keep watching. FOR MICHAEL'S (AMAZING) WEBSITE: https://www.pandemoniuminc.com/

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafour. And I'm L'Orian McKenna.
0:05.0	We are professional screenwriters. We've worked together as a team and separately.
0:09.0	We've worked on studio and indie films, live action, and animation, from my work on Inside Out and
0:13.9	Captain Marvel. To my work in Pixar Story Department on Up, Brave, and Inside Out.
0:18.0	We are here to share our insights on the craft of screenwriting and also the lights.
0:23.0	Had a not only survived the ups and downs but thrives.
0:26.0	We want to help you become the best screenwriter you can be and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey.
0:32.0	Hey guys, welcome back to the show.
0:34.0	Today we are thrilled to be talking to one of Hollywood's most well known
0:38.0	and most well respected screenwriters, Michael Arndt.
0:42.0	Michael Arne's first produced screenplay, Little Miss Sunshine,
0:45.0	won the Oscar Baffa, WGA, an Indie Spirit Award for Best Original Screenplay
0:51.0	and is considered one of the finest scripts written in the 21st century.
0:54.7	He has written for many major studios and franchises,
0:57.4	including Pixar, Lionsgate, Disney,
0:59.3	and has one of the most respected and valued story brains
1:02.4	working in our business today. So from one
1:04.8	story brain to another I will say I am so excited to be doing this. Welcome
1:09.8	Michael. Welcome. Well thank you you kind of ambushed me with that introduction. I wish I had had some fair
1:16.4	warning that that was going to happen. But thank you for having me on the podcast.
1:20.8	You're so humble. And we're really excited to get into talking to you but
1:25.4	before we do that we want to talk about our week so what we call adventure in
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