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Scriptcast 59 – Best of 2014 (Sort of)
In this brisk episode Matt and Eric are joined by writer Brian Lee to talk about the best things we watched in 2014.
Apologies for the quality of my microphone. We continue to tweak our audio in this new post-UCLA Radio era. Matt and Brian sound great, and I will never, ever use that mic again.
Discussed:
Matt’s lack of food in his apartment, the best movies of 2014, best television shows of 2014, best movies we SAW in 2014, best television shows WE WATCHED in 2014, Brian Lee, screenwriting…
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Matt: @tweetofmatthill
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Thanks again for being a listener here in the futuristic year of 2014. Let’s hope there are many more years to come.
Onward!
-Eric
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Scriptcast 58 – All About Matt (And making short films, and Randall Park, and more…)
Eric interviews Matt about his experiences writing and creating short films for Channel 101 and elsewhere.
Matt’s shorts are mentioned in the discussion. The best ones include:
Also…
And Baby Mentalist from Randall Park
Discussed:
Matt Hill, short films, Randall Park, more Randall Park, Channel 101, Randall Park again, Craig Mazin & John August’s Script Notes, Craig Mazin, bad screenwriters, good screenwriters, tangents, putting yourself out there, a few more things.
Matt: @tweetofmatthill
Eric: @scriptdreric
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Thanks for listening, and…
Onward!
-Eric
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Scriptcast 56 – Update
Matt and Eric return for a 30 minute chat and discuss what they’ve been up to for the past two years. Along the way, they discover one the secrets of life. (Sort of.)
Music:
None. (No, that’s not the name of a band, but there is probably a band out there named “None.” If so, sorry, we didn’t play your stuf.)
Discussed:
What we’ve been up to for the past 2 years, getting your PhD in 7 easy years, parenting metaphors, explaining parenting to non-parents like Matt, Spain, Karate PI on Channel 101, technical difficulties…
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Eric: @scriptdreric
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Scriptcast 55 – Fade Out (For Now)
Matt and Eric record at the UCLA Radio studios for the final time, as they get jobs and finish grad school (respectively).
However, new Scriptcast episodes have been recorded outside the studio, and are coming soon!
Music:
“The Future Soon” – Jonathan Coulton
Discussed:
Listener questions, writing down movie ideas as they come, when to break screenwriting rules, technical screenwriting questions, character descriptions, referring to characters in screenplay, consistent formatting, Phillip Mottaz from our writer’s group, writing out dialog in the background, pdf screenplays from Emily Blake (Bamboo Killers), music’s influence on writing, using a robot to help you write – Cleverbot, our 12 best episodes, best podcasts besides Scriptcast, The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith, angel investors for scriptcast, Megan Ellison, finishing grad school, the next episodes…
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Scriptcast 53: Marie Rose – Producing
Producer (and award-winning screenwriter) Marie Rose joins Matt and Eric in the studio to discuss It’s Not You, It’s Me, the new film she’s working on with past Scriptcast guest Nathan Ives! (Yes, it all ties back to Scriptcast…)
Music:
“Me Me Me” – Pete Holland
“IKEA” – Jonathan Coulton
Discussed:
The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan, 1960s Robin says “No Cell Phones,” Marie Rose interview, script analyst, masters in theater, reading scripts for agencies, reading bad screenplays, winning the Disney Fellowship in screenwriting, development, directing at AFI, a writers group called Deadline Junkies, producing and development, pitching projects you believe in, writing to your resources, having friends, taking notes, rewriting and drafts, post-production and marketing, becoming a producer, LA Confidential, The Truman Show, It’s Not You, It’s Me, what a producer does, specialty skills, international publicist, international Script Doctor Eric, finding distribution, film festivals, Marie Rose on Twitter, twitter questions for Marie Rose, romantic comedies dead?, pitching loglines to a producer, bad loglines, producer game, True Grit, In Bruges, Marie wins the game on the last question, thanks Marie Rose for coming on the show, write something!
Links to the film:
It’s Not You, It’s Me – Facebook
It’s Not You, It’s Me – Website
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