How do you answer the question, “What is your project about?” Recorded live at the Austin Film Festival, John is joined by Scriptnotes all-stars Pamela Ribon and Phil Hay to talk about loglines, framing, and communicating the deeper message behind your project. They also discuss working outside of the traditional studio system, including ways to […]
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This year, like most years, we’re doing an installment of the Three Page Challenge at the Austin Film Festival. Here are the three scripts we’ll be discussing. Links to PDFs, so you can read along. It Gets Worse written by Terry Rietta Ship Happens written by Katy Flynn The Greykin written by Bobby Marino The […]
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On October 29, Authors Alliance asked the court for leave to file an amicus brief in In re OpenAI, Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation, the consolidated copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft pending in federal court in New York. Our brief supports the defendants' motions for summary judgment, but focuses onone issue only: whether "market dilution" is a kind of harm that copyright law recognizes. We argue that it is not, and that treating it as one would end up hurting many of the authors the theory claims to protect.
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What are storytellers’ responsibilities when it comes to real-life figures? How much fiction can you blend with fact? You Can See Everything is the latest film exploring Elizabeth Holmes, the fascinating and singular Theranos founder. In light of its cultural moment, this week we revisit episode 546, where John is joined by Liz Meriwether and […]
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John and Craig welcome a long-awaited guest: Andrew Stanton, writer-director behind many beloved Pixar films including Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., WALL-E, and the Toy Story franchise. They talk about making sequels, Andrew’s approach to storytelling, and the ways that Pixar shook up the typical Disney formula. (For example, Pixar’s take on villains.) In our bonus […]
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