579 - Rian Johnson Returns

Scriptnotes Podcast

John August

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

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

John and Craig welcome back writer/director Rian Johnson (Glass Onion, Knives Out, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) to discuss the difference between developing a mystery vs. designing a story. Rian shares how his writing process begins with structure and how the needs of the story inform the tone of his films.

We then test ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that’s been thrilling and terrifying screenwriters, to assess how worried we should be for the future of the profession. We also answer questions on variable frame rate and politics on set.

In our bonus segment for premium members, we dive into theories and spoilers for Glass Onion. Don’t listen until you’ve watched the movie!

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Glass Onion on Netflix, December 23, 2022!
Sign up for a Scriptnotes Premium Membership! use the PROMO CODE: ONION for four months free on your Scriptnotes annual membership. (Valid through 1/15/23)
The 2022 World Cup is being hosted in Qatar, which, as everyone knows, is pronounced… by Sarah Lyall for NYT
Eben Bolter’s Tweet on Variable Frame Rate
ChatGPT
On Airline Mapping by Daniel Huffman
LEGO Star Wars: The Phantom Limb short film by Legg Animations, score by our own Matthew Chilelli!
Comic Con Experience — CCP in São Paulo, Brazil
John Dixon Carr mystery novels including Hag’s Nook and The Mad Hatter
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Check out the Inneresting Newsletter
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Craig Mazin on Twitter
John August on Twitter
John on Instagram
Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)
Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is John. Today's episode has just this small
0:02.6	spit of swearing. Also, my audio is a little bit goofy at the start of this podcast,
0:06.2	but that it gets better as it goes along. So you may not even notice, but we pride ourselves on Good Audio here.
0:11.2	So I thought I'd go ahead step on that and try.
0:16.4	Hello and welcome. My name is John August. My name is Craig Mason.
0:22.0	And this episode 579 of Script Notes. It's podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters.
0:28.2	Today on the show, we have a very special guest. He is the writer director of brick,
0:31.9	the last Jedi, Knives Out, Glass Onion, and the upcoming poker face on peacock.
0:36.7	It's returning champion, Ryan Johnson.
0:39.6	Ryan Johnson welcome.
0:40.7	Yeah.
0:41.5	Oh, thank you for having this.
0:43.8	This is like sinking into a warm bath, being back with you.
0:46.8	Yeah. And then you open your veins.
0:51.2	Just, it just, no pain.
0:53.7	Just slip away.
0:54.8	Just go to sleep in my arms, Ryan.
0:57.4	Now, of the three of us, I am the only person who is not in the middle of a press tour,
1:01.3	because Craig, you're doing your press for your show.
1:03.5	Yes.
1:03.7	Ryan, it's just an endless press tour.
1:05.6	Because the movie came out. I saw on the big screen and yet it's still not out as a recording this on Netflix.
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