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Sinopse
ON THE PAGE: Join professional script consultant Pilar Alessandra as she demystifies screenwriting and answers your questions about script craft and story.
Episódios
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899. Artevism
13/09/2024 Duração: 39minActress, director, writer Tiffany Yvonne Cox (Reasonable Doubt, Napa Ever After) talks about the work she does on screen, on the page and behind the scenes to improve artists' lives and "expose the world one story at a time."
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898. Your Aging Superhero
06/09/2024 Duração: 19minHow do you write a character over 50? By writing them as a superhero. From their secret lair to their Kryptonite, Pilar gives a tip-packed lesson in writing mature characters.
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897. "Fan Girling" Over Victoria Male
30/08/2024 Duração: 35minFrom working in development for Ivan Reitman to writing short stories and making the Love List with her feature film, Victoria Male has done it all. Here she shares a wealth of information including her unique take on IP and the secret skills that come with being a “fan girl."
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896. In the Thicket With Elliott Lester
23/08/2024 Duração: 41minDirector Elliott Lester returns to talk about how a gender swap and involvement by Peter Dinklage brought him to his latest project, The Thicket.
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895. Light At the End Of the Tunnel
16/08/2024 Duração: 23minCareer coach Lee Jessup discusses Hollywood’s current “contraction” and suggests that it might ultimately result in a positive outcome.
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894. Writing From the Truth
09/08/2024 Duração: 30minWriter/Director Tracie Laymon turned a painful truth into an award-winning independent feature. Hear how she conceived, wrote, directed and produced Bob Trevino Likes It, earning the jury prize for Best Narrative Feature and the Audience Award at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival.
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893. Breaking Down the Logline
02/08/2024 Duração: 57minWriter James “Doc” Mason digs into the elements of the logline as discussed in his book, Mastering the Logline: How To Excite Hollywood in a Single Sentence.
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892. Coming Full Circle
26/07/2024 Duração: 51minFrom getting stuck in a Zoom room to working in hospice, everything that writer Lauren Glover (Chicago Med, Fight Night) thought was an obstacle, came full circle to help her in her writing career.
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891. The Rules of the Show
19/07/2024 Duração: 45minBarbara Stepansky, writer/producer on Outlander and head writer on Woman of the Dead, talks about how the rules of the shows she writes on present creative challenges that make her job even more interesting.
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890. What’s the Pulse?
12/07/2024 Duração: 43minWriter/Director Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness comes from a personal place in her work and asks the same of her students at Emerson College.
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889. A Quiet Force
05/07/2024 Duração: 36minWriter and “good witch,” Glenda L. Richardson describes her process for capturing voices and crafting stories for celebrities such as Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and Taraji P. Henson.
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888. Lawyer and Dream-Maker
28/06/2024 Duração: 47minEntertainment attorney and composer Corey Field sees his work as helping writers and creators achieve their dreams. Here he explains the difference between sales, options and work-for-hire and discusses potential gains and traps along the way.
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887. Writing Through the Contraction
21/06/2024 Duração: 43minWriter Delondra Mesa (American Rust, Pretty Little Liars) talks about her approach to discovering story and creating content even as the industry experiences “The Great Contraction.”
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886. Finding the Cues
14/06/2024 Duração: 48minDirector Dans Karagannis and Writer Liz Renner discuss their journey meeting in an On the Page class and joining together to make their short film Damned If You Do, currently screening in major festivals.
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885. Middle East Meets West
07/06/2024 Duração: 37minWriter Suha AL Khalifa is a senior writer at the Saudi Giant MBC Studios (Rashash, Devil’s Promise) and also wrote the region's first female super-hero film. She talks about how her experience as a psychotherapist and as a "cultural hybrid" (Bahrain, UK, and US) has informed her writing and storytelling.
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884. Interactive Storytelling
31/05/2024 Duração: 46minJoe Gold’s “Shakespeare Inc.” offers sixteen variations of a story. Hear how he wrote it, how “choose your own adventure” storytelling is structured and how this approach can work for video-game and screenwriting.
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883. Curating a Film Career
24/05/2024 Duração: 45minEmily Harris is not only an award-winning writer-director (Carmilla), she also has an amazing “day job” as the Curator of Film at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
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882. "Why Not Take a Big Swing?”
17/05/2024 Duração: 39minWhen writer-director GG Hawkins had access to a unique location for a limited amount of time, she “planted a flag and figured out a way to do it,” writing, producing and directing an indi-feature called I Really Love My Husband.
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881. Film in the Age of Consent
10/05/2024 Duração: 37minFilmmaker/ professor Michele Meek shares her thoughts about changing sexuality in teen films, how rom-coms often rely on a non-consent premise and about her wish that writers put their sex scenes on the page.
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880. Story to Script
03/05/2024 Duração: 28minFrom "safety nets” to “act three payoffs," Pilar goes solo to talk about what she’s learning while working with writers Story to Script.