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Scriptnotes Podcast

565 - Sorry to Splaflut

Scriptnotes Podcast

John August

Screenwriter, Tv & Film, Writing, John, Screenwriting, August, Craig, Screenplay, Mazin

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

John and Craig host a round of the Three Page Challenge, a segment where they offer feedback on listeners’ scripts. This week they discuss the whiplash of cutting too quickly, captivating title pages, and V.O. narration that actually works.

We also cover the return of MoviePass, 25 years of Netflix, and AI generated language.

In our bonus segment for premium members, we discuss senior year.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome. My name is John August. My name is Craig Mason. And this is a 565 of

0:08.1

script notes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screen

0:11.9

letters. Today on the show, it's another round of the three page challenge in which we

0:15.8

look at scenes of sent by our listeners and give our honest feedback. We'll also be

0:19.4

answering some listener questions and discussing the return of movie pass. Oh, thank God.

0:23.8

Along with 25 years of Netflix. Wow. And in our bonus segment for Premium Members,

0:28.6

we will discuss senior year. Oh, dear. Craig, you and I both have daughters beginning

0:31.9

their senior years of high school. Yes. And we'll look at that weird time because you're

0:35.4

both sort of king of the mountain and kind of one foot out the door. And it's all true.

0:40.9

It's all true. Our Premium Members will also get first tips on our live show, which we

0:44.6

can announce today is going to be October 19th when it's the October 19th in Los Angeles.

0:50.1

And they're going to be given an email with information about tickets first for that.

0:53.9

So I'm so excited to be back on stage with you, Craig. Yes, it's been way too long.

1:00.6

So it should be fun. Yeah. That'll be fun. Yep. And just a few weeks after that, we'll

1:04.3

be back in Austin for the Austin Film Festival. We'll be doing not one, but two live shows,

1:08.8

a live three page challenge and a live, a rockest AFF version of script notes. Yeah.

1:14.5

That's the one. I mean, we generally are half in the bag for that one, which for John

1:18.8

and me means we've each had one to two glasses of wine. Yeah, one and a half is my sweet spot.

1:24.0

That's where we'll be, but we'll still we'll be loose and we'll be fun. It'll be very good time.

1:27.7

And I hope you'll be seeing some people out there in the audience wearing the brand

1:31.5

new script notes t-shirts that we're just announcing today. Okay. We are the John Bon Joviah

1:36.4

podcast. And so we wanted a John Bon Joviah podcast, kind of t-shirt. Oh, I'm looking at it right

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