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I am your host, Michael Covel, not filtered, raw, honest.

That's my passion.

I've mentioned it a few times on this podcast.

I have been working on scripts, film scripts,

for the last 18 months, two of them in particular. Now, if you're not from this world,

and I'm definitely not from this world, a late bloomer, so to speak, you've got to do a lot of homework, a lot of research. And YouTube is absolutely invaluable, whether it's the famous directors, the famous

screenwriters, the famous academics that know all about this world, YouTube is absolutely a godsend. And it's fascinating. We often don't

think about the process of making a film, where it starts. It starts with the screenplay.

It starts with the words. It starts with the writing. You have 120 pages. That's generally it.

There's exceptions, of course, if you happen to be Tarantino or someone who might run over like

Aaron Sorkin, but generally it's 120 pages. And there are reasons for that. I will not discuss those right now in my intro of my guest today,

but there are reasons.

And they're fascinating.

At least they're fascinating to me.

And they're fascinating to a lot of Los Angeles, no doubt about it.

My guest today is part of comes from my research into this screenplay writing process. Paul Galino. Paul is a professor

at Chapman University in Orange County, Orange County, California, that would be. He believes deep in his

bones, Hitchcock's adage that films are made on paper, I never would have understood that

statement, never would have got that at all if not for the last 18 months of my life.

So in my process of figuring this puzzle out, I came across Paul. I asked him on to the podcast. He said yes. I hope you

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