212 - Diary of a First-Time Director
John and Craig sit down with Marielle Heller, the writer and director of the acclaimed feature...
01:06:07
John and Craig speculate about why the film industry fared better in the transition to digital...
01:12:02
John and Craig welcome back Aline Brosh McKenna to talk about writing projects outside the...
01:06:11
Craig and John debut a new segment: This Kind of Scene, looking at how different movies handle...
01:00:12
316 - Distracted Boyfriend Is All of Us
John and Craig dive into another round of How Would This Be a Movie, looking at stories (and...
55:00
John and Craig offer a 101 on how movies make money at theaters, and why a 1948 Supreme Court...
01:01:41
Craig and John take a deep dive into 1992’s Unforgiven, looking at how the David Webb Peoples...
01:11:18
313 - Well, It Worked in the 80s
John and Craig look at four films from the past and discuss how we could make them today. Then...
59:25
312 - The Magic Word Is In This Episode
Craig and John tackle a bunch of listener questions, along with follow-up on previous...
55:36
311 - Scriptnotes Live Homecoming Show
John and Craig welcome special guests Megan Amram (The Good Place), Tom Schnauz (Better Call...
01:05:52
Craig and John talk with Chris Keyser, one of the co-chairs of the WGA Negotiating Committee, to...
01:15:09
John and Craig step up to the whiteboard to look at the story logic in our scripts, then examine...
01:04:05
Craig and John discuss the concept of affordances -- player expectations for what videogame...
01:14:10
307 - Teaching Your Heroes to Drive
John and Craig explore how story develops from a synthesis of character and plot, and why writers...
59:53
Craig and John take a look at what happens when the drama is behind the camera, and the...
59:31
305 - Forever Young and Stupid
Craig and John take on a new Three Page Challenge, looking at three listener scenes to see if...
01:04:02
304 - Location Is Where It's At
Craig and John look at how screenwriters describe locations, and how these choices impact...
01:00:27
Craig and John answer listener questions about writer agreements, videogame properties, and page...
54:50
302 - Let's Make Some Oscar Bait
In a new installment of How Would This Be a Movie, John and Craig take a look at three stories in...
59:21
Craig and John look at The Addams Family -- not just the 1991 film and its sequel, but the...
01:10:20
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