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Scriptnotes Podcast

577 - The One with Daniels

Scriptnotes Podcast

John August

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

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

John and Craig welcome Daniels, writing-directing duo Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Swiss Army Man, Everything Everywhere All at Once) to discuss making big, ambitious movies. The filmmakers share their process of chasing challenging ideas and the importance of novelty seeking.

We also talk about having faith in your future self, bravery, the narrative structure of pop songs, and idea generation as a fish net.

In our bonus segment for premium members, we learn about directing music videos and the unlikely flashpoint of many of their ideas. (It’s Maroon 5. No really, it is and you have to hear the explanation.)

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0:00.0

Hey, this is John heads up that today's episode has just a little bit of swearing in it

0:06.1

Hello, and welcome my name is John August. Oh

0:09.4

My name is Craig Mason and this is episode 577 of script notes

0:13.6

They podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters today on the show

0:18.0

We're sitting down with a writing directing team of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Shinerch

0:21.6

Collectively noticed Daniels to discuss their film everything everywhere all at once and all the stuff that led up to it

0:27.2

Welcome Daniels. Oh my god. Thank you. Hello as a long time list for rats

0:34.6

577 Wow, I know it's crazy. I've and I've listened to all of every episode. That's not true

0:39.7

But I've listened to a decent chunk. So this is very exciting. Thank you for having a decent chunk is a lot

0:44.3

So yeah, thank you. Yeah, well, we'll happily take it

0:47.4

We want to talk to you about everything

0:49.4

Everywhere and including I started how you got started how it all sort of came together

0:52.8

And if you could stick around for a bonus segment. We would love to talk to you about music videos and other things you guys

0:58.2

Shoot that are not movies because somehow we made it through 536 episodes

1:02.5

We've never talked about music videos and commercials and all the other stuff that

1:06.2

Right, the directors get to make which is I'm sure a crucial part of your learning process

1:14.4

I love that music video so much

1:16.4

That is a music video that occasionally I'll just if I'm feeling down if you don't know what we're talking about turn down for what

1:21.7

and

1:23.7

I'm feeling a bit down sometimes I'll just turn on it's instant mood lift

1:28.1

Yeah, I'm sure for the two of you it's nothing but traumatic memories, but for me it's instant mood lift

1:33.7

You have no idea. I've gone to so many weddings since that song that video has come out and yeah any time

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