The Script Podcast

DON'T LET GO!  In Episode 6, our script doctors analyze Alfonso Cuarón's script for "Gravity",

we get a Fall Film & TV Preview from the NYCSC Staff, and The Baron

goes through his 'mail bag' and responds to letters from 'fans'. How

does Cuarón manage to surprise us in the Space Disaster genre we've seen

so many times before? For his first film in 7 years, can Alfonso resist

his history of cinematographic acrobatics and focus on good story? What

are the best independent films and new television series opening in the

next month or so (courtesy of the NYCSC Staff)? Also, the Baron gives

some career advice to aspiring students-- hide your kids, hide your

wife.

LISTEN to THE SCRIPT: Episode 6 here on iTUNES.

- Read the script for "Gravity" on our website at NYC Screenwriters Collective.

- Fan mail, comments, questions, wedding proposals and proclamations can be sent to [email protected]

Script Doctors

David Negrin, Christopher Theokas, Patrick Penta, Paul Epstein, Tawny Foskett, Victoria Augustine

Producers, The Script

Tawny Foskett, Chris Durham, David Negrin

NYC Screenwriters Collective

DON'T LET GO!  In Episode 6, our script doctors analyze Alfonso Cuarón's script for "Gravity",

we get a Fall Film & TV Preview from the NYCSC Staff, and The Baron

goes through his 'mail bag' and responds to letters from 'fans'. How

does Cuarón manage to surprise us in the Space Disaster genre we've seen

so many times before? For his first film in 7 years, can Alfonso resist

his history of cinematographic acrobatics and focus on good story? What

are the best independent films and new television series opening in the

next month or so (courtesy of the NYCSC Staff)? Also, the Baron gives

some career advice to aspiring students-- hide your kids, hide your

wife.

LISTEN to THE SCRIPT: Episode 6 here on iTUNES.

- Read the script for "Gravity" on our website at NYC Screenwriters Collective.
- Fan mail, comments, questions, wedding proposals and proclamations can be sent to [email protected]

Script Doctors
David Negrin, Christopher Theokas, Patrick Penta, Paul Epstein, Tawny Foskett, Victoria Augustine

Producers, The Script
Tawny Foskett, Chris Durham, David Negrin
NYC Screenwriters Collective

THERE'S NO ROOM FOR PUNKS IN SUITS! Just real heroes who can really kick ass... again, while trying very hard to keep the franchise edgy and fresh.  The original Kick Ass director, Matthew Vaughn, handed this installment off to Katie Curic's nephew? but our cast is bolstered by Jim Carrey, John Leguizamo, and can we really ever get enough of Chloë Moretz swearing and beating the hell out of dudes?! New heroes, new villains, new expectations to overcome in this ultra fan boy franchise sequel.

If the appeal of the original Kick Ass was it's irresponsible father leading hyper violent, super obscene, underage heroes to vigilante justice but your sequel lacks the father and your heroes no longer appear underage, then how do you keep the violence and obscenity edgy enough to satisfy? (...inventions like the "sick-stick") What do you call an independent B story that does not crisscross the A story but executes the same theme? (A structural nightmare... and in the end, you call it a second A story in the middle of a film that's not supposed to be multi-plot.) How did the film differ from the Graphic Novel? What's the most obscene word a teenage girl can say? And how do we really feel about McLovin' in S&M attire?

LISTEN to The Script - BSE: "Kick Ass 2" here on iTUNES

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- Read David, Chris D, & Chris T's Combined Beat Sheet for Kick Ass 2- Watch our IN COSTUME Google Hangout for Kick Ass 2!- Need a Blake Snyder Beat Sheet Explanation?- Fan mail, hate mail, comments, and questions can be sent to [email protected]

SCRIPT DOCTORSDavid Negrin, Chris Durham, Chris Theokas

PRODUCERS, The ScriptTawny Foskett, Chris Durham, David NegrinNYC Screenwriters Collective

GODZILLA ain't got nothin' on me! -- Guillermo Del Toro won't come to set unless there's a monster on his call sheet and his modern homage to Japanese Kaiju (monster) films delivers everything we want in a rock 'em sock 'em summer blockbuster, wrapped in a retro 80s aesthetic, and grounded by a story with heart between bad-ass one liners.  Why do genre conventions reused make us cliché squirm, but reinvented elicit cheers from the audience? What happens if your protagonist's inner conflict is smaller than your mentor character's? Can you end up with third act protagonist confusion? How does a strong B-story keep your audience surprised when genre pics can be so predictable? And does Del Toro go full Sharknado with his ending or not?

LISTEN to The Script - BSE: "Sharknado" here on iTUNES.

HELP! iTunes Reviews - we need star reviews, so if you enjoy The Script BSE or main podcast, please post a star review on iTunes and tell us what you like about it.  We're gonna read all reviews good and bad live on our next podcast.

- Read David & Chris' Combined Beat Sheet for Pacific Rim

- Watch our Google Hangout for Pacific Rim!

- Need a Blake Snyder Beat Sheet Explanation?

- Fan mail, hate mail, comments, and questions can be sent to [email protected]

SCRIPT DOCTORS

David Negrin, Chris Durham

PRODUCERS, The Script

Tawny Foskett, Chris Durham, David Negrin

NYC Screenwriters Collective

SHARK ATTACK-- You asked for it!  You wanted more Shark meets Disaster based script analysis! You're in luck, because the NYCSC has Sharknado fever. This week on The Script - Beat Sheet Edition our 3 script doctors analyze SHARKNADO bite for bite! (uh... beat).  And we love this script!

A horny bartender with a past and a shotgun, an ex-surfer superdad with a hero complex, a gang of bad fish jokes and B movies actors, one Mexican hurricane, three tornadoes, and a thousand hungry, deadly, very resourceful sharks!  What are the Rules of Shark in this universe? How does a "conceit" enable the suspension of disbelief? How does Sharknado blend the Monster, Disaster, Action, and Road Drama genres so successfully? And witness the best Blake Snyder 3rd Act "Storming the Castle" we've seen all summer-- coming from a TV movie!

LISTEN to The Script - BSE: "Sharknado" here on iTUNES.

- Read David, Chris, & Jeremy's Combined Beat Sheet Breakdown for Sharknado!

- Watch our Google Hangout for Sharknado!

- Need a Beat Sheet Explanation?

- Fan mail, hate mail, comments, and questions can be sent to [email protected].

Script Doctors

David Negrin, Chris Durham, Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson

Producers, The Script

Tawny Foskett, Chris Durham, David Negrin

NYC Screenwriters Collective

In Episode 5, our script doctors analyze Nicholas Winding Refn's script for "Only God Forgives", we get a monthly Spec Script Update from our Tracking-Board Czar, we demystify the screenplay's structural "Midpoint" with the boys from the Beat Sheet Edition, somehow The Baron scores an interview with Tina Fey to offer her career advice, and our TV experts discuss TV Writing Basics: format, genre, and putting the term "dramedy" to death.How does the script for Only God Forgives get us rooting for both the protagonist and antagonist while exploring the complex inner psyche of violent men? (hint: Thai Pop music)  What do the mid-act reversals of Man of Steel, Star Trek Into Darkness, and The Wizard of Oz have in common? (hint: Listen to the BSEs). What is the best career advice The Baron bestows on Tina Fey? (hint: Hero's Journey + Mean Girls = Blockbuster). And why if you call your feature film a "Dramedy" I will have you beaten from this fort!Read the script for "Only God Forgives" at NYC Screenwriters Collective. Fan mail, hate mail, comments, questions, or proclamations can be sent to [email protected] DoctorsDavid NegrinMike De LucaChris DurhamThe BaronPatrick PentaChristopher Theokas

This week on The Script - Beat Sheet Edition, script doctors David Negrin and Chris Durham compare "White House Down" and "Olympus Has Fallen" beat for beat - Directed by Roland Emmerich and Antoine Fuqua, Screenplays by James Vanderbilt and Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt. Two films, same premise, which executes it better? Is Agent StepUP's A-Story confused? Does Agent Leonidas cross into unheroic torture territory? Why White House Down is more "The Rock" and Olympus Has Fallen is more "Die Hard", and does destroying the Capitol Buildling or the Washington Monument pull more patriotic heartstrings? Read David & Chris' Combined Beat Sheet Breakdown for both films on our website.You can send fan mail, hate mail, comments, questions, proclamations to [email protected]. [Spoilers]

This week on The Script - Beat Sheet Edition, script doctors David Negrin and Chris Durham analyze "MAN OF STEEL" beat for beat - Directed by Zack Snyder, Screenplay by David S. Goyer.  Where does Clark's A-story really kick off, we debate old Zod vs. new Zod, old Heat Vision vs. new Heat Vision, and discover the best "Whiff of Death" moment Man Of Steel should have had. Read David & Chris' Combined Beat Sheet Breakdown for Man Of Steel on the website.

Please send any comments, questions, feedback to [email protected]. Note: v1 of podcast had no sound. [Spoilers]

Our script doctors analyze the Michael Carnahan draft of "World War Z" and an early draft of "The Bling Ring" by Sofia Coppola (both available on our web site). The Baron reviews an indie horror called "After Midnight", and we get a monthly Spec Script Update from our Tracking-Board Czar.  We discuss how the World War Zombies made Napoleon's same winter weather

blunder, the multiple levels of vacuousness Coppola paints in her

tapestry of Los Angeles, and we get one thing straight-- there is

nothing scarey about Julie Delpy in the nude.Read the scripts at NYC Screenwriters Collective. Fan mail, comments, questions, or proclamations can be sent to [email protected] DoctorsDavid NegrinJeremy Engdahl-JohnsonThe BaronMike De LucaChristopher TheokasDenise PapasChris Durham

The Script - Beat Sheet Edition is a companion to the The Script main podcast.  In the BSE our Script Doctors won't analyze a script, but instead see a major film in the theater and analyze its story in terms of the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet structure (Beat Sheet explanation & Samples are available on our web site).

This week on The Script - Beat Sheet Edition our script doctors David Negrin, Chris Durham, and Alec Pollak analyze Star Trek Into Darkness.  We debate different Star Trek religions, old Khan vs. new Khan and where the true All Is Lost moment lies.  [Spoilers]

Please send any comments, questions, feedback to [email protected]